Edith's Streets

Thames Tributary Mayesbrook The Mayesbrook continues to flow south towards the river Roding. Post to the north Mayesbrook Post to the east Becontree Ben Tillett Close Named for the union leader who was instrumental in unionising the dock labour force in the late 19th of the late Victorian era. He formed the Tea Operatives and General Labourers' Union which was the largest constituent of what became the Transport and General Workers Union. He was prominent in the 1889 Dock strike. He was a founding member of the Labour Party, an MP and the first general secretary of the T&G. Bevan Avenue Named for the Labour politician. As a Member of Parliament he was one of leaders of the left wing. As Minister of Health in the post-war Attlee government, he masterminded the establishment of the National Health Service. (Surprising that in this area it was him and not Ernest Bevin who the road was named after) Bragg Close This is on the area of the car park of the Round House and i...

Thames Tributary Mayesbrook The Mayesbrook continues to flow south towards the River Roding TQ 466 852 Post to the north Goodmayes Park Post to the west Longbridge Road Loxford Water Post to the south Mayesbrook Park Bradfield Drive Named after the coastal village in Norfolk. This was part of the Leftley estate but has local authority housing built in the 1950s. Davington Road Dorothy Barley Junior and Infants’ School . Opened by Barking Education Committee 1933 Fitzstephens Road Housing on the site of Sports Ground for Erkenwald Comprehensive School, closed 1990 Goodmayes Lane Parkside Community Association and Theatre. Goodmayes Lodge . Sheltered housing for London Borough of Redbridge. Hepworth Gardens Named after an area of Norfolk. This was originally part of the Leftley estate but taken over by Barking Council for social housing. Hepworth Green – amenity open space Hepworth House – medium rise tower block, built by the local authority in the 1950s in...

Thames Tributary Mayes Brook The Mayes Brook flows south west towards the River Roding. Post to the south Mayesbrook Park Post to the west Seven Kings Post to the north Goodmayes Bungalow Estate The Bungalow Estate . This area, with some bungalows with barge boarded gables, covers an area with many Scottish street names developed by Cameron Corbett in the 1900s. There are no garages and, being near Ilford, people park in what were front gardens. Goodmayes Lane This ancient road ran from Barking town to Becontree Heath and in the 15th was ‘Goodmaistrete’. Now called Goodmayes Lane, it runs from Longbridge All Saints Church . Built 1912-13 by P.K. Allen of Tunbridge Wells. It is in brown brick with a little bell tower. Inside is a War Memorial and the organ case said to come from Sandringham with gothic painted decoration on the pipes and flowing ironwork. The timber pulpit came from the earlier church. It was consecrated in 1913, and became a parish in 1914 Hall . This was the o...

Thames Tributary Mayesbrook The Mayesbrook continues to flow south west, largely unseen The Great Eastern Railway from Liverpool Street to Shenfield runs north eastwards from Goodmayes Station and through Chadwell Heath Station and onwards. TQ 47682 87332 Suburban area with acres of largely local authority housing and a shopping centre based around the old main road.  Among the houses are old estates and some industrial sites. Post to the west Goodmayes Post to the north Chadwell Heath Post to the east Whalebone Lane Back Lane On line of London-Colchester Roman Road and thus probably the oldest road in the area. It was once called Post Office Lane. 1-2 cottages which are thought to be the oldest surviving houses in the area, built in 1827. A blacksmith lived in one. Burnside Road Angle Green . Green built in the middle of the London County Council’s cottage estate Chadwell Heath Records of the area show that in the 14th it was called Blackheath – and this contin...

Thames Tributary Mayesbrook The Mayesbrook picks up small tributaries and flows south, largely hidden and unseen TQ 47717 88602 Suburban area with a large park, some industry - but sites being turned to housing. Post to the north Marks Gate Post to the west Goodmayes Hospital Post to the south Chadwell Heath Bishop’s Avenue St Bede RC church . Built1963 by Purcell & Johnson. A Hexagonal, brick church, Church hall – was opened as the church in 1935 Chadwell Heath Lane West view cottages , late 19th Aenon chapel built in 1860 Grove Primary School OES House . Office furniture factory Gresham Drive Chadwell Heath School – extended into day centre Chadwell Centre – day centre now closed. It is said the old hospital pumping station was used as a club and presumably this was it Grove Road Marjorie Collins Centre . Multiple Sclerosis Society day care centre New housing on of site of Wiggins Teape factory. some factory buildings remain New Housing on the site of ...

Thames Tributary Mayesbrook The Mayesbrook appears to rise in this area Post to the west Little Heath Post to the south Chadwell Heath Bardfield Avenue Marks Gate Baptist Church Billet Road Oaks - A mere handful of trees from Hainault Forest survive in this area and they stand in farmland north of the road Crooked Billet Pub dates from at least the mid 19th. Red House farm The Harrow pub Hainault House . Farm buildings with a clock tower. Now a canine hydrotherapy centre Sheepcotes . This 14th farmhouse was destroyed in Second World War bombing. Eastern Avenue 159-161 Woodcraft . Art Deco style factory Lake Road Padnall Lake . The lake is a flood storage basin and part of the local land-drainage system. As a balancing pond it takes drainage from the A12 and from the Marks Gate Estate. Orchard - – a remnant from Padnall Hall it has been enhanced as a community orchard. Padnall Road This is name for Padnall Gate which was a gate to the forest. Padnall Corner ...

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding flows south east and is joined by number of tributary ditches from the west This marshy area would be rural if it wasn't East Ham going towards the river. As it is its a world of rubbish tips and development sites. Sadly its not nice Post to the west East Ham Post to the east River Road Post to the south Beckton Claps Gate Lane This is now Eric Clarke Lane Jenkins Lane East London Refuse Transfer Station . This was built in 1978 by the General Works Department of the GLC Department of Architecture and was a landmark building. It has since been demolished and the station reconfigured. Beckton Main Drainage site .This square does not cover the original site of Beckton sewage works but a more recent extension to it. The sewage from some 2 million Londoners is treated her as well as surface water from rainfall .Sewage comes to Beckton by gravity through five diameter sewers. Grit and sand is removed by settlement and then floatin...

Thames Tributary River Roding A number of marshland waterways from westwards to the River Roding Post to the north East Ham Post to the east Jenkins Lane Post to the south Beckton. Post to the west East Ham Claps Gate Lane This lane was an eastbound lane leaving Gooseleys Lane. It is now a road which is part of a trading estate, known as Beckton Triangle, running westwards from Royal Docks Road. It contains the usual range of big shed stores, burger bars, etc. 2 Newham Riding School . This was established in 1971 under the Silvertown Flyover. In 1996 The London Docklands Development Corporation donated a site here and the centre was set up with donations and fund raising efforts. A new building was finished in 2004. The first part of the site was an indoor arena and barn for twenty horses. Designed 1994-5 by Aukett Associates Eastbury Road Road within a trading estate – but which predates ‘regeneration’ by London Docklands Development Corporation. Beckton Activities Cen...

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding continues to flow south east A tributary rises in the southern area of Langdon School Grounds and flows south east towards the Roding Boundary area along the Roding with many industries Post to the north Barking Post to the south East Ham Post to the west East Ham Abbey Road Previous name of some of it was Fisher Street. In 1909-10 it was built by the council to London Road across the former abbey lands. Land to the west beside the Roding was sold for industrial development. During this work the main sewer of the abbey was found. Trading estate down the west side. Vulcan Globe Match Factory in buildings down the west side of the road. They were a Swedish company, Jonkoping and Vulcan, looking to expand into more markets. When the Bryant and May factory opened at Bow the works was transferred to Masters and became Masters Match Factory which remained there until the 1960s. Delaney Galley . This Cricklewood based motor accessories ...

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding flows south and is joined by Loxford Water from the east The Gospel Oak to Barking Railway runs southeastwards from Woodgrange Park Station This is where the Roding divides East Ham and Barking. On either side of the river are some of the respective boroughs less attractive public utilities. Now the North Circular Road follows the river north:south between the two boroughs. On the East Ham bank is a rail depot near the spot where the London Underground District Line meets the main line Gospel Oak to Barking Railway. Post to the east Central Barking Post to the north Little Ilford Post to the south East Ham and Barking Post to the east East Ham Plashet Barrington Road Bridge to Stevenage road – called ‘Arches’ or ‘Seven Arches’ bridge Circular structure is a ventilation shaft for the High Speed Line. Was used as an access shaft during building. Burges Road On the eastern fringe of East Ham, developed in the 1890s. The Burges esta...

Thames Tributary Loxford Water Loxford Water continues to flow south west towards the River Rod ing The Gospel Oak to Barking Railway arrives in Barking Barking Town Centre - or rather the northern part of the centre, missing the town hall.  Somewhere here are the remains of a small Essex country town built around and to serve the all powerful abbey.  Post to the north Loxford Post to the west Barking/Newham borders Bamford Road Cinema DeLuxe. Opened in 1914 and closed in 1925. The building then became a second hand furniture store and then a sausage factory. This was demolished and Council almshouses built which have also now been demolished for the ring road. Barking Barking was a suburb in the 1950s but in 1900 was a fishing village. It is separated from Dagenham by the River Rom and until 1858 included Ilford. The centre still retains a medieval street pattern and the town grew up around the London Road east of the Roding crossing. Barking Park Opened in...

Thames Tributary Loxford Water Loxford Water flows south west towards the River Roding Post to the east Longbridge Road Post to the west Little Ilford Post to the south Central Barking Post to the north Ilford Barking Park The park was opened in 1898 and contains many mature trees which include beech, ash, holly and yew, plane, lime, poplar, sycamore and false acacia. Spotted flycatchers breed here and nest in holes in trees. The Park had a bandstand The longstanding park cafe was demolished and a roller-skating park built on the site. Lake . The lake was formed by damming Loxford water and there are three small islands where ducks, moorhens and coots nest. It is used for boating starting with rowing boats and later motor boats and a paddle steamer called "Phoenix II" which continued to until 1967. The south bank has a vertical concrete wall, with a broad walkway but the north bank is natural in places, with willows, and nettles reaching the water edge. There are ...

Thames Tributary Loxford Water Loxford Water flows south towards the River Roding. Post to the north Seven Kings Post to the west Loxford Post to the east Mayesbrook Park Cavendish Gardens Upney Baptist Church . Built in 1934 on a donated site which had been designated for housing. It was progressively expanded with a Sunday school and other buildings. Longbridge Road, Line of old road- in part called Smallwell Lane. The Longbridge itself was the crossing of the Mayesbrook. Barking bus garage built in the 1920s and later enlarged. It is Neo-Georgian with an extension of 1958 by M. Maybury, Borough Architect, and spanned by 70-ft wide pre-cast concrete bowstring trusses. It operated the last RTs up to 1979. Now owned by Stagecoach 219 Drill Hall , used by an air cadet corps Barking Abbey School . This was founded in 1922 as the first co-educational grammar school in England. In 1970, it merged with Park Modern School to form the present school. It is on 2 sites and years ...

Thames Tributary Seven Kings Water Seven Kings Water flows south through this area towards the Rover Roding. It is underground and unseen and emerges as Loxford Water Post to the north Seven Kings Post to the south Longbridge Road Post to the east Goodmayes Park Post to the west Ilford Green Lane Ash Grove Pub and Indian restaurant. Post war building High Road Ilford Swimming Pool . Built 1929-31 by L.E.J. Reynolds, the Borough Engineer to a design of 1914 by his predecessor Herbert. It is thus Edwardian. Closed 2008 with structural problems. Cricklefield Stadium behind the baths. Built in 1923 and used by Ilford Football Club and an athletics club. Cauliflower brick works north of the road in the 19th. Water tower - the water tower for the Great Eastern Railway’s Eastern Depot can be seen behind the shops. It stands roughly on the site of the Seven Kings Curve on the Great Eastern Railway's Woodford Branch, which opened in 1903 and left the main line here to run n...

Thames Tributary Seven Kings Water Seven Kings Water continues to flow south towards the River Roding eventually disappearing under railway line The Great Eastern Railway from Liverpool Street to Shenfield runs north eastwards from Ilford Station through to Seven Kings Station and onwards. Post to the west Seven Kings Post to the east Goodmayes Post to the south Seven Kings Aldborough Road South The Downshall Centre – this is now a ‘free’ private school run by E-Act. It had for many years been a youth and community centre, but had been built in the 1930s as Downshall Junior School. St John the Evangelist Church . The church dates from 2004 but was reconfigured in the early 1990s Sheltered accommodation on the site of the vicarage. Cameron Road Joker pub – big pub with large open space in front. Closed with planning consent for housing. 14 Shannon Centre . Irish social centre which includes night club, bars etc. Chadwick House . Sheltered housing on the Site of the ol...

Thames Tributary Seven Kings Water Seven Kings Water continues to flow south towards the River Roding on and The Great Eastern Railway from Liverpool Street to Shenfield runs north eastwards from Seven Kings Station, through Goodmayes Station and onwards Post to the north Goodmayes Post to the west Seven Kings Post to the east Chadwell Heath Post to the south Goodmayes Park Airthrie Road Goodmayes Primary School . Goodmayes Temporary School was opened in 1905, in a corrugated iron building and known as the 'Tin School'. The current site was opened in 1909 as Goodmayes Infants School and Goodmayes Junior School. It was remodelled in 1962 and in 1976 became Goodmayes Primary School. Ashgrove Road Goodmayes Mosque Eman Community Centre Barley Lane Named for the last abbess of Barking Abbey, a Dorothy Barley. St Paul’s. The parish of St. Chad was created in 1895 but because of the amount of building it was clear another church would be needed. Cameron Corbet...

Thames Tributary Seven Kings Water The Seven Kings water flows south towards the River Roding Post to the north Little Heath Post to the south Goodmayes Post to the east Chadwell Heath Barley Lane The continuation of Wood Lane north of High Road, to Little Heath. The name is first recorded in 1609 and may be a corruption of an older word - ‘Berdelove strete’. Redbridge College was Redbridge Technical College opened in 1970. It is part of a college on two campuses offering vocational courses in a range of subjects it has a Restaurant open to the public as well as hair and beauty salons Newbridge School. The school is an amalgamation of Ethel Davis School for children with physical disabilities and Hyleford Schools which joined in 2005 to cater for special educational needs over the age of 14. King George Hospital. A major general NHS hospital. Plans to relocate the King George's general hospital from Newbury Park led to the redevelopment Goodmayes Hospital site in th...

Thames tributary Seven Kings Water Seven Kings Water flows south east and then turns to flow south west Post to the north Hainault Farm Post to the south Goodmayes Hospital Post to the east Marks Gate Barley Lane The Hawbush pub. Closed 2006 and site now housing. Pump in the garden of a bungalow, now gone. Billet Lane Site of St.Chad’s Well after which Chadwell Heath is named. The well was very ancient and thought to have medicinal properties and ‘beneficial to the eyes'. It was covered by a by a brick alcove. It was destroyed in road widening in the 20th but there is a brick pillar, with a bronze plaque at the spot put there in 1951 by the Borough Council to commemorate the Festival of Britain. Chadwell Heath Road Chadwell Heath Care Home Eastern Avenue Opened 1925 Hainault road Little Heath House. Demolished Hargreaves scout camp Little Heath Special School . Secondary school West Ham United Academy . Football training ground Chadwell Heath Lawn Tenni...