Bullbaiter’s Farm Sale (1905)

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Bullbaiter’s Farm was located at the bottom of the modern Bullhead Road.

Auction of farm goods after the retirement of farmer George King.
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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.

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Lindsay Trott   
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Lockside not on 1939 Register
I have the Denby family living in Lockside in 1938 but it does not appear on the 1939 Register.

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Janelle Robbins   
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Harriet Robbins
Please get in touch re Harriet Robbins


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Dave Hinves   
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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.

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Kevin Pont   
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St Georges Square
This is rather lovely and well worth a visit!

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Simon Chapman   
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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.

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Mark G   
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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.

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Alan Russell   
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Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969
Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
ABPC Elstree Studios British National Pictures Ltd purchased 50 acres of land on the south side of Shenley Road and began construction of two large film stages in 1925. The first film produced there was Madame Pompadour in 1927.
Bullbaiter’s Farm Bullbaiter’s Farm in 1905.
Bullbaiter’s Farm Sale (1905) Bullbaiter’s Farm was located at the bottom of the modern Bullhead Road.
Bullbaiters Farm Bullbaiters Farm near Boreham Wood was originally called Bullbeggar's Farm - Bullbeggar meaning 'hobgoblin' or 'scarecrow'.
Hillside School Hillside School existed between 1939 and 2000.
Horse and cart at Bullbaiter’s Farm Horses and a cart at Bullbaiters (Bullbeggar’s) Farm, c1880.
Shenley Road water tank Shenley Road tank was a fire prevention feature of Boreham Wood.

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Mops and Brooms, Well End
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292A bus at the Bull and Tiger (1970s)
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Hillside School
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In the neighbourhood...

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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.
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Thift Farm taken from stills in the TV series "The Prisoner"
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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."
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View of Borehamwood (1928)
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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
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Hillside School
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Summerswood Primary School
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Still from the TV series "The Avengers" taken as one of the protaganists cycles towards Thrift Farm Lane from Thrift Farm
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MGM Borehamwood was first built on a rural site. Amalgamated Studios Ltd had constructed a large studio on the north side of Elstree Way, Borehamwood, between 1935 and 1937. MGM-London purchased the former Amalgamated Studios in April 1944 and changed its name to MGM British Studios Ltd. Films made at the MGM-British Studios included Ivanhoe (1952), Anastasia (1956), The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958), The Dirty Dozen (1967), The Prisoner TV series (1967–68) and 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
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MGM-British studios, Borehamwood on 2 May 1966 This was a major centre for UK film production. Alongside the 1966 sets depicted on the backlot, the late 1960s alone saw Kubrick’s ’2001: A Space Odyssey’ and TV series ’The Prisoner’ (when not in Portmerion) based there With MGM built over by a 1970s housing estate, the movie industry continues with the 2022-built Sky Studios Elstree (which is in Borehamwood, not Elstree) which is now just to the right of the greenhouses on the 1966 image.
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