Centre Drive follows the alignment of the railway, some 100 metres to its east.
It connects Station Road at its northern end with Ivy Chimneys Road in the south. The road already appears, albeit without any other buildings, on the 1920 Ordnance Survey map
On this side of the railway, development started in the late 19th century with St John’s Road and Chapel Road. After the Second World War, Epping Urban District Council built housing estates on this side at Beaconfield, Coronation Hill, Steward’s Green and Centre Drive.
Standing at the junction of Centre Drive and Woodland Grove, until the late 1980s, the firm of British Mathews and W. C. Pantin Ltd manufactured a wide range of mechanical handling equipment that was sold to Ford at Dagenham, the steel manufacturing plants of the Midlands, breweries and others.
The company had had offices and manufacturing sites in London and South Woodford. Having outgrown these sites, the entire operation was moved to the former Cottis brick and nail making site at Epping in 1937.
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. |
Centre Drive follows the alignment of the railway, some 100 metres to its east.
