Aldermaston Street was part of an estate of 50 acres that a barrister called James Whitchurch purchased (for £10 an acre) in the nineteenth century. Streets began to be laid out on the estate during 1846. Aldermaston, Bramley, Pamber and Silchester were four neighbouring villages near Basingstoke, where Whitchurch’s daughter - Florence Blechynden Whitchurch - was living.
Aldermaston Street was one of the streets which disappeared after the Westway was built though it didn’t lie directly on the route. Instead its footprint covers what is now the Westway Sports Centre.
The Underground Map project is creating street histories for the areas of London and surrounding counties lying within the M25.
The aim of the project is to find the location every street in London, whether past or present, and tell its story. This project aims to be a service to historians, genealogists and those with an interest in urban design.
The website features a series of maps from the 1750s until the 1950s. You can see how London grows over the decades. |