Abbey Road

Rail station, existing between 1999 and now.

 HOME  ·  ARTICLE  ·  MAPS  ·  STREETS  ·  BLOG  ·  CONTACT US 
(51.532 0.004, 51.532 0.004) 
MAP YEAR:175018001810182018301860190019502024Show map without markers
ZOOM:14 15 16 17 14 15 16 17 14 15 16 17 14 15 16 17 14 15 16 17 14 15 16 17 14 15 16 17 18 14 15 16 17 14 15 16 17 18
TIP: To create your own sharable map, right click on the map
Rail station · * · E15 ·
APRIL
30
2021
Not a zebra crossing in sight.

Abbey Road DLR station is built on the original route of the Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway which opened between Stratford and Canning Town stations in 1846. The line became part of what is now known as the North London Line in 1979. The Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway had four tracks over this section of route. The western pair were redeveloped as part of an extension to the London Underground’s Jubilee Line in 1999 and the eastern pair, which carried the North London Line service, were cut back at Stratford in 2006. The tracks were converted for use as part of the Docklands Light Railway.

The area between Canning Town and Stratford has been identified for major regeneration and new development as part of the Lower Lea Valley. The street that it serves is named after the nearby Stratford Langthorne Abbey.

The station is nowhere near the other, better-known Abbey Road of Beatles fame, with the celebrated zebra crossing near St John’s Wood tube station. Signs directing travellers to the right station are posted, complete with references to The Beatles’ hits.




Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence


Click here to explore another London street
We now have 664 completed street histories and 46836 partial histories
Find streets or residential blocks within the M25 by clicking STREETS


CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

None so far :(
LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Comment
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.

Reply

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

Reply
Comment
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

Reply
Comment
Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

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

Reply

NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

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

Reply
Comment
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.

Reply
Comment
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.

Reply
Comment
Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

Reply


NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Abbey Mills Pumping Station Abbey Mills pumping station is a much-​​admired masterpiece of Victorian public works engineering, built in 1865–8 and nicknamed ’the cathedral of sewage’.
Abbey Road Not a zebra crossing in sight.

NEARBY STREETS
Abbey House, E15 Abbey House is a block on Bakers Row (Abbey Road)
Abbey Road, E15 Abbey Road has a name derived from the Cistercian abbey of Stratford Langthorne (Abbey Road)
Alan Hocken Way, E15 A street within the E15 postcode (West Ham)
Aquaflo Care Ltd, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Abbey Road)
Asland Road, E15 Asland Road is a road in the E15 postcode area
Bakers Row, E15 Bakers Row was built over the lands of an old abbey (Abbey Road)
Bawley Terrace, E15 A street within the E15 postcode (Stratford)
Bettons Park, E15 Bettons Park is named after Sir Thoman Betton
Canning Road, E15 Canning Road is one of the streets of London in the E15 postal area (Abbey Road)
Channelsea Business Centre, E15 Channelsea Business Centre is one of the streets of London in the E15 postal area (Abbey Road)
Channelsea Path, E15 Channelsea Path is a road in the E15 postcode area (Stratford)
Chaplin Road, E15 Chaplin Road is a road in the E15 postcode area
Cridland Street, E15 Cridland Street is a road in the E15 postcode area
Durban Road, E15 Durban Road is a road in the E15 postcode area (West Ham)
Eastbourne Road, E15 Eastbourne Road is a road in the E15 postcode area
Eve Road, E15 Eve Road is one of the streets of London in the E15 postal area
Gay Road, E15 Gay Road is a road in the E15 postcode area (Stratford)
Gillman Drive, E15 Gillman Drive is one of the streets of London in the E15 postal area
Greenway Gate, E15 Greenway Gate is a road in the E15 postcode area (Abbey Road)
Greenway Link, E15 Greenway Link is a road in the E15 postcode area (Abbey Road)
Greenway, E15 Greenway is a road in the E15 postcode area (Abbey Road)
Harcourt Road, E15 Harcourt Road is one of the streets of London in the E15 postal area
Holland Road, E15 Holland Road is one of the streets of London in the E15 postal area (West Ham)
Hubbard Street, E15 Hubbard Street is a road in the E15 postcode area
International Business Park, E15 International Business Park is a road in the E15 postcode area (Stratford)
Jack Clow Road, E15 Jack Clow Road is one of the streets of London in the E15 postal area (West Ham)
Leather Gardens, E15 A street within the E15 postcode
Leywick Street, E15 Leywick Street is a road in the E15 postcode area
Manor Road, E15 Manor Road is a road in the E15 postcode area (West Ham)
Marcus Court, E15 Marcus Court is a road in the E15 postcode area
Meath Road, E15 Meath Road is one of the streets of London in the E15 postal area
Mitre Road, E15 Mitre Road is one of the streets of London in the E15 postal area
Moorey Close, E15 Moorey Close is a road in the E15 postcode area
Mortham Street, E15 Mortham Street is a road in the E15 postcode area
Napier Road, E15 Napier Road is a road in the E15 postcode area
New Plaistow Road, E15 New Plaistow Road is one of the streets of London in the E15 postal area
Old Barrowfield, E15 A street within the E15 postcode
Plaistow Road, E15 Plaistow Road originated in Roman times
Pond Road, E15 Pond Road is a road in the E15 postcode area (Abbey Road)
Ranelagh Road, E15 Ranelagh Road is one of the streets of London in the E15 postal area
Richardson Road, E15 Richardson Road is a road in the E15 postcode area
Rick Roberts Way, E15 Rick Roberts Way is one of the streets of London in the E15 postal area (Stratford)
Rokeby Street, E15 Rokeby Street is a road in the E15 postcode area
Sandal Street, E15 Sandal Street is a short road in E15
Skiers Street, E15 Skiers Street is a road in the E15 postcode area
Springfield Road, E15 Springfield Road is a road in the E15 postcode area (West Ham)
Springfield Road, E15 Springfield Road is a road in the E13 postcode area (West Ham)
Stanley Road, E15 Stanley Road is one of the streets of London in the E15 postal area (Stratford)
Stephens Road, E15 Stephens Road is one of the streets of London in the E15 postal area
Tom Nolan Close, E15 A street within the E15 postcode (West Ham)
Turley Close, E15 Turley Close is named Wally Turley, a sub officer in the West Ham Fire Brigade.
Wakelin Road, E15 A street within the E15 postcode
Worthing Close, E15 Worthing Close is a road in the E15 postcode area


Click here to explore another London street
We now have 664 completed street histories and 46836 partial histories




LOCAL PHOTOS
Click here to see map view of nearby Creative Commons images
Click here to see Creative Commons images near to this postcode
The renowned Two Puddings pub on the Broadway Stratford (1966) Early in the twentieth century, the Two Puddings had became a notorious pub, known locally as ’The Butcher’s Shop’ on account of the amount of blood spilt. Some people would turn up at the pub for a Saturday night punch up rather than for a good time and a pint. From 1962 until its closure in 2000, Eddie Johnson was landlord of the Two Puddings and he started to drastically change its reputation. Eddie and wife Shirley were rock ’n’ roll fans and the Two Puddings - a.k.a. The Puddings or simply The Pud - became a prime venue with the UK’s first disco upstairs, later more of a nightclub. Coming along to the pub in the 1960s and beyond were television personalities, actors, writers, champion boxers, musicians, gangsters and footballers. Harry Redknapp met his wife Sandra there in 1963 and David Essex made his performing debut at the Puddings. At the end of the 1990s, changes in the law required breweries to sell off pubs, including the Two Puddings. There was a court case that saw Eddie Johnson thrown out as landlord. Because of his four decades in charge, Eddie Johnson was then London’s longest serving licensee. In 2012 he wrote a book about his experiences called ’Tales from the Two Puddings’. It was later made into a documentary.
Credit: London Metropolitan Archives
TUM image id: 1624529399
Licence:

In the neighbourhood...

Click an image below for a better view...
The Victorian Abbey Mill pumping station on the London trunk sewerage system The original pumping station, designed by engineer Joseph Bazalgette, Edmund Cooper, and architect Charles Driver, was built between 1865 and 1868, housing eight beam engines by Rothwell & Co. of Bolton. Two engines on each arm of a cruciform plan, with an elaborate Byzantine style, described as The Cathedral of Sewage.
Credit: Velela
Licence:


The Abbey Road mug is an 11 ounce ceramic mug. While it might seem to make an ideal present for Beatles fans, quite the contrary is the case. It’s an ideal present for Docklands Light Railway fans instead. It’s an east London not a west London Abbey Road.
Credit: The Underground Map
Licence:


West Ham Lane (1950s) Despite the caption on the original postcard, West Ham Lane is more Stratford or Forest Gate than West Ham itself.
Old London postcard
Licence:


The Stratford High Street mug is an 11 ounce ceramic mug.
Credit: The Underground Map
Licence:




  Contact us · Copyright policy · Privacy policy