Maple Cross

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Maple Cross is a village in Hertfordshire straddling the modern M25.

Maple Cross is thought to be a contraction of Maypole Cross and the village was once a place where maypole dancing took place. The nearby village of Mill End is on record as having complained to the lord of the manor about the noise of the dancing in 1588. The village stands on the western edge of the River Colne flood plain with the river a third of a mile to the east. The village has no churches, historically it lacked the population to support one and its residents were part of the parish of St Thomas’s West Hyde a mile to the south.

Until the Second World War, Maple Cross consisted of an inn, a blacksmith’s shop and a few cottages. After WW2 it was intentionally developed as a dormitory for workers in the nearby towns and at the new sewage treatment plant by the river. Today there are around 800 postwar council houses with some of these have been sold into private ownership.

The ancient route known as Old Shire Lane runs in a north south direction at the summit of the rising high ground half a mile to the west. It is at least of Saxon age as it designated the boundary between the kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia. Today it forms the boundary between the counties of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Parts of it take the form of a hollow way from centuries of use embedding the path into the earth.


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Wendy    
Added: 22 Mar 2024 15:33 GMT   

Polygon Buildings
Following the demolition of the Polygon, and prior to the construction of Oakshott Court in 1974, 4 tenement type blocks of flats were built on the site at Clarendon Sq/Phoenix Rd called Polygon Buildings. These were primarily for people working for the Midland Railway and subsequently British Rail. My family lived for 5 years in Block C in the 1950s. It seems that very few photos exist of these buildings.

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:42 GMT   

Road construction and houses completed
New Charleville Circus road layout shown on Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1879 with access via West Hill only.

Plans showing street numbering were recorded in 1888 so we can concluded the houses in Charleville Circus were built by this date.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:04 GMT   

Charleville Circus, Sydenham: One Place Study (OPS)
One Place Study’s (OPS) are a recent innovation to research and record historical facts/events/people focused on a single place �’ building, street, town etc.

I have created an open access OPS of Charleville Circus on WikiTree that has over a million members across the globe working on a single family tree for everyone to enjoy, for free, forever.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

Telephone House
Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000

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Paul Cox   
Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT   

War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street
Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there.

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Diana   
Added: 28 Feb 2024 13:52 GMT   

New Inn Yard, E1
My great grandparents x 6 lived in New Inn Yard. On this date, their son was baptised in nearby St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch

Source: BDM London, Cripplegate and Shoreditch registers written by church clerk.

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Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Maple Cross Maple Cross is a village in Hertfordshire straddling the modern M25.

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Ash Vale, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode
Beechen Wood, WD3 Beechen Wood is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Birch Drive, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode
Bradbery, WD3 Bradbery is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Buttlehide, WD3 Buttlehide is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Chalfont Road, WD3 Chalfont Road is a road in the SL9 postcode area
Coppermill Lane, WD3 Coppermill Lane is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Crosslands, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode
Denham Way, WD3 Denham Way was constructed in the 1920s as a bypass for the Uxbridge Road through West Hyde
Downings Wood, WD3 Downings Wood is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Edinburgh Avenue, WD3 Edinburgh Avenue is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Franklins, WD3 Franklins is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Hornhill Road, WD3 Hornhill Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Horsleys, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode
Ladywalk, WD3 Ladywalk is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Long Croft Road, WD3 Long Croft Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Long Lane, WD3 Long Lane is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Maple Cross)
Longcroft Road, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode
Longlees, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode
Longmore Close, WD3 Longmore Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Maple Lodge Close, WD3 Maple Lodge Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Maple Lodge, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode
North Orbital Road, WD3 North Orbital Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Oakfield, WD3 Oakfield is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Oakhill Close, WD3 Oakhill Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Oakhill Road, WD3 Oakhill Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Old Uxbridge Road, WD3 Old Uxbridge Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Park Avenue, WD3 Park Avenue is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Pinchfield, WD3 Pinchfield is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Pleasant Place, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode
Pollards, WD3 Pollards is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Quickwood Close, WD3 Quickwood Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area
The Dumbletons, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode
The Hawthorns, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode
The Queens Drive, WD3 The Queens Drive is a road in the WD3 postcode area
The Yews, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode
Tichborne, WD3 Tichborne is a road in the WD3 postcode area
West Hyde House, UB9 West Hyde House is a block on North Orbital Road
West Hyde, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode
Woodland Road, WD3 Woodland Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Woodwicks, WD3 Woodwicks is a road in the WD3 postcode area

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