Hampton Close, WD6

Hampton Close is a road in the WD6 postcode area

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Parkers Row, SE1 Added: 9 Jan 2025 18:51 GMT	Parkers Row, SE1 My great great grandmother, and her soon to be husband, lived in Parker’s Row before their marriage in St James in June 1839. Thier names were - Jane Elizabeth Turner and Charles Frederick Dean. She was a hat trimmer and he was a tailor. Reply
Lindsay Trott Lockside, E14 Added: 1 Jan 2025 17:55 GMT	Lockside not on 1939 Register I have the Denby family living in Lockside in 1938 but it does not appear on the 1939 Register. Reply
Janelle Robbins Blossom Place, E1 Added: 27 Dec 2024 18:47 GMT	Harriet Robbins Please get in touch re Harriet Robbins Reply
Dave Hinves Bacon Street, E1 Added: 27 Nov 2024 03:55 GMT	he was a School Teacher Henry sailed from Graves End 1849 on ’The Woodbridge’ arrived South Australia 1850. In 1858 he married Julia Ann Walsh at Burra, South Australia, they had 3 children, and 36 grand children. Died 24 June 1896 at Wilmington, South Australia. He is my 1st cousin 3x removed. Reply
Kevin Pont St George’s Square, SW1V Added: 23 Nov 2024 17:03 GMT	St Georges Square This is rather lovely and well worth a visit! Reply
Simon Chapman Blossom Place, E1 Added: 22 Nov 2024 17:47 GMT	Blossom Place My Great Great Grandmother, Harriett Robbins lived in 2 Blossom Place in 1865 before marrying my Great Great Grandfather. They moved to 23 Spitall Square. Reply
Mark G Skidmore Street, E1 Added: 26 Oct 2024 21:54 GMT	Skidmore Street, E1 Skidmore Street was located where present day Ernest Street and Solebay Street now stand. They are both located above Shandy Street and Commodore Street. Reply
Alan Russell Cheshire Street, E1 Added: 26 Oct 2024 14:36 GMT	Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969 Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969 Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Bull and Tiger (Directors Arms) The Directors Arms was formerly known as the Bull and Tiger.

Bull and Tiger (Directors Arms)

Cranes Farm Cranes Farm was a farm in Boreham Wood.

Cranes Farm

Home of Rest for Horses The Home of Rest for Horses was situated at the corner of Furzehill Road and Barnet Lane, near Borehamwood.

Home of Rest for Horses

NEARBY STREETS

Arundel Drive, WD6 Arundel Drive runs from Furzehill Road to Balmoral Drive (Borehamwood)

Arundel Drive, WD6

Ashley Drive, WD6 Ashley Drive was one of the original Laing estate roads (Borehamwood)

Ashley Drive, WD6

Burghley Avenue, WD6 Burghley Avenue is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Burghley Avenue, WD6

Carrington Avenue, WD6 Carrington Avenue dates from 1958 (Borehamwood)

Carrington Avenue, WD6

Carrington Close, WD6 Carrington Close lies off of Carrington Avenue (Borehamwood)

Carrington Close, WD6

Cedars Close, WD6 Cedars Close is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Cedars Close, WD6

Cleveland Crescent, WD6 Cleveland Crescent is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Cleveland Crescent, WD6

Cobb Close, WD6 This is a street in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Cobb Close, WD6

Cranes Way, WD6 Cranes Way is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Cranes Way, WD6

Dacre Gardens, WD6 Dacre Gardens is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Dacre Gardens, WD6

Elmwood Avenue, WD6 Elmwood Avenue is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Elmwood Avenue, WD6

Farriers Way, WD6 Farriers Way was built on the site of the former Home of Rest for Horses (Borehamwood)

Farriers Way, WD6

Featherstone Gardens, WD6 Featherstone Gardens runs from Kenilworth Drive to Arundel Drive (Borehamwood)

Featherstone Gardens, WD6

Furzehill Road, WD6 Furzehill Road runs from Shenley Road to Barnet Lane (Borehamwood)

Furzehill Road, WD6

Grantham Green, WD6 Grantham Green is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Grantham Green, WD6

Graveley Avenue, WD6 This is a street in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Graveley Avenue, WD6

Hampton Close, WD6 Hampton Close is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Hampton Close, WD6

Hunter Close, WD6 Hunter Close is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Hunter Close, WD6

Hunter Walk, WD6 Hunter Walk is a location in London (Borehamwood)

Hunter Walk, WD6

Kimbolton Green, WD6 This is a street in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Kimbolton Green, WD6

Lemsford Court, WD6 This is a street in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Lemsford Court, WD6

Linster Grove, WD6 Linster Grove is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Linster Grove, WD6

Lullington Garth, WD6 Lullington Garth has a very unusual name! (Borehamwood)

Lullington Garth, WD6

Manor Way, WD6 Manor Way was one of the first new roads to be designed in the Boreham Wood Estate (Borehamwood)

Manor Way, WD6

Masefield Avenue, WD6 Masefield Avenue is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Masefield Avenue, WD6

Melrose Avenue, WD6 Melrose Avenue was the first built of Borehamwood’s ’poet’ roads (Borehamwood)

Melrose Avenue, WD6

Milton Drive, WD6 Milton Drive is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Milton Drive, WD6

Monksmead, WD6 This is a street in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Monksmead, WD6

Newton Crescent, WD6 Newton Crescent is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Newton Crescent, WD6

Norfolk Gardens, WD6 Norfolk Gardens is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Norfolk Gardens, WD6

Oakwood Avenue, WD6 Oakwood Avenue is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Oakwood Avenue, WD6

Sadlers Close, WD6 Sadlers Close is a location in London (Borehamwood)

Sadlers Close, WD6

Sandringham Close, WD6 Sandringham Close is a location in London (Borehamwood)

Sandringham Close, WD6

St Paul’s Close, WD6 St Paul’s Close is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

St Paul’s Close, WD6

St. Pauls Close, WD6 St. Pauls Close is a location in London (Borehamwood)

St. Pauls Close, WD6

Tennison Avenue, WD6 Tennison Avenue is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Tennison Avenue, WD6

Thornbury Gardens, WD6 Thornbury Gardens runs from Kenilworth Drive to Arundel Drive (Borehamwood)

Thornbury Gardens, WD6

Vale Avenue, WD6 Vale Avenue is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Vale Avenue, WD6

Woodlands Close, WD6 Woodlands Close is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Woodlands Close, WD6

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Farmer George King retired from running Bullbaiter’s Farm on 25 March 1905. The farm was the property of the Earl of Strafford of Wrotham Park, South Mimms. TUM image id: 1469056023 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Auction of farm goods from BullBaiters Farm. Boreham Wood after the retirement of farmer George King. TUM image id: 1469056803 Licence:	Horses and a cart at Bullbaiters (Bullbeggar’s) Farm c1880 The area has been built over and the farm was approximately where Bullhead Road, Borehamwood is now. Bullbeggar meant "hobgoblin" or "scarecrow." TUM image id: 1469052965 Licence:	View of Borehamwood (1928) Credit: Aerofilms TUM image id: 1556885103 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The rectangular structure in the foreground was a water tank. This aerial view looks along the line of Elstree Way in the 1950s. It also shows the large white bulk of the Studio Cinema. Credit: Elstree and Borehamwood Museum TUM image id: 1479130163 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Cranes Farm, lies towards the centre of this 1939 image. The Horses Home and Furzehill Road at the bottom with the chalk outline of the future Ashley Drive clearly visible. Delayed by the war, Borehamwood Estate’s housing covered the scene in the early 1950s. Credit: Aerofilms TUM image id: 1525280040 Licence:	292A bus at the Bull and Tiger (1970s) TUM image id: 1534096995 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Hillside School Credit: Eve Glover TUM image id: 1522577725 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Woodcock Hill 1900s, looking down from the crossroads at Barnet Lane, Elstree. The entrance to Woodcock Hill Farm can just be seen on the right where the horse and cart is. The vicinity was later the home of director Stanley Kubrick who chose to live here not only due to its proximity to Elstree Studios in Borehamwood but for its still-bucolic environment. TUM image id: 1526597127 Licence:	Summerswood Primary School Credit: Eve Glover TUM image id: 1526567167 Licence:
Clarendon Road, WD6 TUM image id: 1469027977 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Shenley Road, WD6 TUM image id: 1469289026 Licence:	Looking along Furzehill Road from the Shenley Road junction, early twentieth century. TUM image id: 1511006998 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Whitehouse Avenue in Boreham Wood photographed in about 1928. On the far right can be seen the stages of the British International Pictures Studio built in 1925-26. Credit: Elstree and Borehamwood Museum TUM image id: 1515074503 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Looking northeast along the future path of Ashley Drive. Credit: Britain From Above TUM image id: 1515078058 Licence: CC BY 2.0