Dormers Wells Lane, UB1

Road in/near Southall, existing between the 17th century and now.

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Dormers Wells Lane is an ancient lane of the area.

Before the 19th century, Dormers Wells had been a tiny hamlet halfway along Dormer’s Wells Lane between the Uxbridge Road and another hamlet called Mount Pleasant. Largely the settlement consisted of a farm of the same name, owned by Lord Jersey.

The manor of Dormers Well (then Dorman’s Well) seems to have developed in the late 16th and 17th centuries from the house and estate of Gregory Fiennes, Lord Dacre. It is said to have taken its name from the medicinal chalybeate springs in the neighbourhood. A certain Ralph Dorman is mentioned in 1294 but nothing further is known of the family. The large house called Dorman’s Well was recorded as in the possession of Robert Cheeseman upon his death in 1547. Records show that there was a chapel, possibly a domestic one, at Dorman’s Well in 1547. Robert Cheeseman left the house or ’great hall’ to Alice Cheeseman as long as she remained a widow. The house in due course became the seat of Lord and Lady Dacre, who had a park surrounding the house.

In 1770 the land comprising Dorman’s Well Farm, amounting to nearly 108 acreas was principally arable. By 1816 it was described merely as a farm rather than a manor.

Suburban development came late - the Ordnance Survey mapping from the last decade of the nineteenth century showed a rural landscape which become built up after the First World War as Southall expanded to be a manufacturing district.

North of Uxbridge Road and east of Dormer’s Wells Lane the course of the West Middlesex Golf Club was laid out in 1890 which protected some of the area from developement though 700 houses were built between 1926 and 1928 at Mount Pleasant.

The area has a large secondary school, Dormers Wells High School, founded in 1930. Dormers Wells Junior School and the adjoining school: Dormers Wells Infant School, were purpose-built in 1954. There is also a community centre and an old people’s home.


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Wendy    
Added: 22 Mar 2024 15:33 GMT   

Polygon Buildings
Following the demolition of the Polygon, and prior to the construction of Oakshott Court in 1974, 4 tenement type blocks of flats were built on the site at Clarendon Sq/Phoenix Rd called Polygon Buildings. These were primarily for people working for the Midland Railway and subsequently British Rail. My family lived for 5 years in Block C in the 1950s. It seems that very few photos exist of these buildings.

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:42 GMT   

Road construction and houses completed
New Charleville Circus road layout shown on Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1879 with access via West Hill only.

Plans showing street numbering were recorded in 1888 so we can concluded the houses in Charleville Circus were built by this date.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:04 GMT   

Charleville Circus, Sydenham: One Place Study (OPS)
One Place Study’s (OPS) are a recent innovation to research and record historical facts/events/people focused on a single place �’ building, street, town etc.

I have created an open access OPS of Charleville Circus on WikiTree that has over a million members across the globe working on a single family tree for everyone to enjoy, for free, forever.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

Telephone House
Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000

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Paul Cox   
Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT   

War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street
Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there.

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Diana   
Added: 28 Feb 2024 13:52 GMT   

New Inn Yard, E1
My great grandparents x 6 lived in New Inn Yard. On this date, their son was baptised in nearby St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch

Source: BDM London, Cripplegate and Shoreditch registers written by church clerk.

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Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

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Dutch Canal, 1899
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