Theydon Bois

Underground station, existing between 1865 and now

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Theydon Bois is a village in the Epping Forest district of Essex.

The origin of the name comes from the family of Bois (de Bosco), which held the manor in the 12th and 13th centuries. For the village, the pronunciation is either boyce or boys. The village dates back to at least medieval times and in 1066 there were ten villagers.

Between 1348 and 1351 the Black Death killed approximately 30% of the population of England.

In 1381 the villagers of Theydon Bois took part in the Peasant’s Revolt having been hit hard because of a shortage of labour and food was scarce. The Statute of Labours meant that the peasants could not demand more money for their labour and therefore could not profit from the shortage. Poll tax to pay for the Hundred Years War had also been introduced as a one-off tax but it was so successful it was repeated three more times. This was the last straw for the peasants and in May 1381 riots broke out in Essex.

In Essex around 500 people were put to death without any form of trial.

Theydon Hall was the manor house until the early 17th century. The old parish church was nearby but was demolished in 1843.

The station was opened as Theydon as part of a branch line of the Great Eastern Railway on 24 April 1865. In December that year it received its present name. As part of the New Works Programme (1935–1940) the branch was transferred to London Underground, to form the part of the eastern extension of the Central line.

A notable characteristic of Theydon Bois is its almost complete absence of street lighting. Villagers have consistently voted against the installation of such lighting for decades, fearing that it would damage the traditional village ambience and require a rise in council tax. Only the approach to the tube station features a small number of lampposts.



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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Theydon Bois Theydon Bois is a village in the Epping Forest district of Essex.

NEARBY STREETS
Abridge Road, CM16 Abridge Road is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Avenue Road, CM16 Avenue Road is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Baldocks Road, CM16 Baldocks Road is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Barnmead, CM16 Barnmead is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Beulah House, CM16 Beulah House is a block on Coppice Row (Theydon Bois)
Blackacre Road, CM16 Blackacre Road is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Buxton Road, CM16 Buxton Road is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Coopers Court, CM16 Coopers Court is a block on Piercing Hill (Theydon Bois)
Coppice Row, CM16 Coppice Row runs along the top of Theydon Green (Theydon Bois)
Debden Lane, CM16 Debden Lane is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Dukes Avenue, CM16 Dukes Avenue connects Forest Drive with the northern edge of Theydon Bois (Theydon Bois)
Elizabeth Drive, CM16 Elizabeth Drive is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Forest Drive, CM16 Forest Drive runs north from the centre of Theydon Bois (Theydon Bois)
Forest Road, CM16 Forest Road is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Forest Side, CM16 Forest Side is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Graylands, CM16 Graylands is a post-war layout (Theydon Bois)
Great Gregories Lane, CM16 Great Gregories Lane is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Green Glade, CM16 Green Glade is a turning off of Poplar Row (Theydon Bois)
Green Ride, CM16 Green Ride is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Harewood Hill, CM16 Harewood Hill is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Heath Drive, CM16 Heath Drive is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Hill Road, CM16 Hill Road is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Hornbeam Close, CM16 Hornbeam Close is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Hornbeam Road, CM16 Hornbeam Road is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Little Gregories Lane, CM16 Little Gregories Lane is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
London Orbital Motorway, CM16 London Orbital Motorway is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Loughton Lane, CM16 Loughton Lane has what is widely regarded as Theydon Bois’ most iconic landmark - the ’Avenue of Trees’ (Theydon Bois)
Manor Villas, CM16 A street within the CM16 postcode (Theydon Bois)
Maple Close, CM16 A street within the CM16 postcode (Theydon Bois)
Morgan Crescent, CM16 Morgan Crescent is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Octave House, CM16 Octave House is a block on Station Approach (Theydon Bois)
Orchard Drive, CM16 Orchard Drive is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Pakes Way, CM16 Pakes Way is a 1950s-built crescent-shaped road (Theydon Bois)
Pavilion Court, CM16 Pavilion Court is sited on Orchard Drive (Theydon Bois)
Piercing Hill, CM16 Piercing Hill is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Poplar Row, CM16 Poplar Row is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Purlieu Way, CM16 Purlieu Way is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Red Oaks Mead, CM16 Red Oaks Mead is an estate on the north-west side of Loughton Lane consisting of ten pairs of roughcast council houses built before the Second World War (Theydon Bois)
Robin’s Lane, CM16 Robin’s Lane is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Sidney Road, CM16 Sidney Road is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Slade End, CM16 Slade End is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Station Approach, CM16 Station Approach is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Station Hill, CM16 Station Hill is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
The Green, CM16 The Green is so-called as it runs around the edge of Theydon Green (Theydon Bois)
The Weind, CM16 The Weind is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Theydon Bois Golf Club, CM16 A street within the CM16 postcode (Theydon Bois)
Theydon Park Road, CM16 Theydon Park Road is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Theydon Road, CM16 Theydon Road is the road leading north out of Theydon Bois (Theydon Bois)
Theydon Towers, CM16 Theydon Towers dates from about 1880. (Theydon Bois)
Thrifts Hall Farm Mews, CM16 Thrifts Hall Farm Mews is in the land of Thrifts Hall Farm (Theydon Bois)
Thrifts Mead, CM16 Thrifts Mead is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)
Woburn Avenue, CM16 The first modern houses on the Blackacre Estate and Woburn Avenue were built in 1885 (Theydon Bois)
Woodland Way, CM16 Woodland Way is a road in the CM16 postcode area (Theydon Bois)


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