Elstree Distribution Park, WD6

Elstree Distribution Park 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

Tempsford Green Tempsford Green was created from an area of rough ground in 1951.

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NEARBY STREETS

Adecco House Elstree Way, WD6 Adecco House Elstree Way is a location in London (Borehamwood)

Adecco House Elstree Way, WD6

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Armstrong Close, WD6

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

Balmoral Drive, WD6

Barnet by Pass, WD6 Barnet by Pass is a location in London (Borehamwood)

Barnet by Pass, WD6

Chester Road, WD6 Chester Road is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Chester Road, WD6

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

Corfe Close, WD6

Croft Court, WD6 Croft Court is a location in London (Borehamwood)

Croft Court, WD6

Devonshire Business Park, WD6 Devonshire Business Park is a location in London (Borehamwood)

Devonshire Business Park, WD6

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

Dunster Court, WD6

Durham Road, WD6 Durham Road is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Durham Road, WD6

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

Easton Gardens, WD6

Elstree Distribution Park, WD6 Elstree Distribution Park is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Elstree Distribution Park, WD6

Elstree Gate, WD6 Elstree Gate is a location in London (Borehamwood)

Elstree Gate, WD6

Elstree Way, WD6 Elstree Way connects Shenley Road and the A1 in Borehamwood (Borehamwood)

Elstree Way, WD6

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

Featherstone Gardens, WD6

Hertsmere Industrial Park, WD6 Hertsmere Industrial Park is a location in London (Borehamwood)

Hertsmere Industrial Park, WD6

Kenilworth Drive, WD6 Kenilworth Drive was one of the roads built for the proposed Laing’s Estate (Borehamwood)

Kenilworth Drive, WD6

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

Kensington Way, WD6

Langdale Terrace, WD6 Langdale Terrace is a location in London (Borehamwood)

Langdale Terrace, WD6

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

Lowen Close, WD6

Manor Point, WD6 Manor Point is a location in London (Borehamwood)

Manor Point, WD6

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

Newark Green, WD6

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

Norfolk Gardens, WD6

Oaks Court, WD6 Oaks Court is a location in London (Borehamwood)

Oaks Court, WD6

Paddock Lane, EN5 Paddock Lane is a road in the WD6 postcode area

Paddock Lane, EN5

Paddock Lane, EN5 Paddock Lane is a road in the EN5 postcode area

Paddock Lane, EN5

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

Penscroft Gardens, WD6

Powys Court, WD6 Powys Court is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Powys Court, WD6

Premiere House, WD6 Premiere House is a location in London (Borehamwood)

Premiere House, WD6

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

Rye Close, WD6

Tempsford Avenue, WD6 Tempsford Avenue gives its name to Tempsford Green, just beside it (Borehamwood)

Tempsford Avenue, WD6

Wansford Park, WD6 Wansford Park is a street in Borehamwood (Borehamwood)

Wansford Park, WD6

Warwick Place, WD6 Warwick Place is a location in London (Borehamwood)

Warwick Place, WD6

Warwick Road, WD6 Warwick Road is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

Warwick Road, WD6

York Crescent, WD6 York Crescent was created to connect industrial areas off of Elstree Way (Borehamwood)

York Crescent, WD6

York Way, WD6 York Way is the remnant of a service road which used to serve the MGM studios (Borehamwood)

York Way, 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	Thift Farm taken from stills in the TV series "The Prisoner" TUM image id: 1474208118 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:	Barnet grass speedway in operation (1930s) This track was situated beside the A1 Barnet By Pass in what is now Borehamwood, south of the Thatched Barn. Saffron Green primary school was built over the site in the 1950s. TUM image id: 1526569186 Licence:
Thatched Barn TUM image id: 1488372418 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	Still from the TV series "The Avengers" taken as one of the protaganists cycles towards Thrift Farm Lane from Thrift Farm Credit: ATV Studios TUM image id: 1489767774 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The building of the Rowley Lane flyover over the Barnet bypass in the 1960s. Previously, the lane had crossed over the A1 here beside the Thatched Barn (seen here in the background) at an increasingly congested and dangerous crossroads. Credit: Barnet Post TUM image id: 1610029736 Licence:
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). Credit: Aerofilms TUM image id: 1510145333 Licence:	Looking northeast along the future path of Ashley Drive. Credit: Britain From Above TUM image id: 1515078058 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Ely Gardens (2009) Credit: Google Street View TUM image id: 1522760117 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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. TUM image id: 1665761536 Licence: