Edith's Streets

Phillibrook Stream The Phillibrook, or Fillebrook, comes through this area and flows south west Post to the west Leyton Post to the south Leytonstone Post to the east Wanstead - Golf course and basin A12 Section through Leytonstone opened in 1999 as the Hackney-M11 link road Aylmer Road. London City Mission . Building dates from 1885. It was later a clothing factory Browning Road This was Back Lane which went from the High Road to the Forest. Also known as Green Man Lane and in 1893 as Park Road. It became Browning Road in 1900 Cottages built by Lord Wellesley, probably in the 1840’s, to house the workforce which serviced local big houses. 24 North Star . Built as a 'beer house by Lord Wellesley. It was originally two cottages knocked together and first referred to in 1858. There was an off-sales serving hatch. It is either named after a famous steamship or famous train or a ship which an early landlord sailed on. Henry Reynolds Gardens . This is a small park n...

River Lea and the Hackney Cut The Lea, the Hackney Cut, the Flood Relief Channel and the Aqueduct flow south eastwards Post to the north Lea Bridge Road Post to the west Lea Bridge Post to the east Leyton Post to the south Hackney Marshes Hackney Marsh Hackney Marsh is described as ‘Hakenemersshe’ in 1397. The l and was owned by the Knights Hospitallers and some of the area was Lands . South Hackney was still mainly farmland in the 1820s. Most common and Lammas lands were passed to the Metropolitan Board of works in the mid 19 th but the Hackney marsh was excluded because many Lammas rights were still active and the marsh was used for grazing. There was pressure from landowners – for example the Eton Manor Mission - who wanted to use the marsh for sport. In 1890 the London County Council took it over by purchasing the landowners' interests and commoners rights and opened it to the public in 1893. They also undertook flood prevention - a lthough this is marshland it ha...

River Lea and Aqueduct The River Lea, and the Aqueduct continue to flow southwards The Great Eastern Railway from Liverpool Street to Chingford The rail line running north from Clapton Station continues to run north westwards Post to the north Walthamstow Marshes Post to the east Hackney Marshes Post to the west Upper Clapton Casimir Road Millfields Park . 'Millfields' as a name can be traced back to the 15 th and in the 16 th as ‘north’ and ‘south’. The two fields are separated by Lea Bridge Road. The fields were made up of strips held by tenants until at least the mid 18th. They are the remains of what was originally Saxon common land available to local residents for grazing cattle and sheep from 'Lammas day', 1 st August, until 'Lady day' ,25th March, when they was closed for growing a hay crop. Sport began to take over - bull baiting in 1791 then football.   There was gradual pressure from mission halls and others providing sports for young...

Dagenham Brook The Dagenham Brook goes south east/west through the area Post to the north Low Hall Post to the west Walthamstow Marshes Post to the south Hackney Marshes Post to the east Leyton Argall Avenue Argall refers to Thomas Argall, a local landowner in the 16 th . Trading estate . This dates from 1935. Cromwell Industrial Estate – Thomas Argall was Secretary to Thomas Cromwell. Dorma Trading Park . Metallico – structural steel co with metal work construction outside Lewden Electrical Industries . They have made and sold electrical equipment to industry since 1946. It was set up as Lewden Metal Products, the founders being Mr. Lewis and Mr. Denfield Supermet Works 1940s Manufacturers of Metal Fittings for Travel Goods, including Attaché Case Locks, Handles, Handle Shapes, Pin Bolts, Corners, Button Clamps and Miscellaneous Stampings. Argall Way Built as an access road through the site of the former parcels depot/signals training school Bloxall Road Thi...

River Lee, Lee Aqueduct and the Flood Relief Channel The Lee, the Lee Aqueduct and the Flood Relief Channel continue to flow southwards The Great Eastern Railway from Liverpool Street to Chingford The rail line running north from Clapton Station continues to run north westwards Post to the north Coppermills Post to the west Springfield Post to the east Lea Bridge Road Post to the south Lea Bridge Argall Avenue Trading and light industrial estate, Set up in the mid 1930s. Bates of London . Launderers. Martha Bates started taking in washing when her husband was out of work. By the 1950s the business moved to Tottenham as the South House & Elmhurst Laundry . In 1982 it merged with Purity Sweet Clean Laundry in Enfield and traded as Royal Jersey, Enfield, and in 1999 moved to Leyton, re-branded as Bates . Bakers Hill Dye works . At the bottom of the hill in the 1880s William Connell’s Dye Works – Lea Valley Works, bleaching and dyeing. Later became a laundry and eve...