Ellenbrook Nast Hyde

Ellenbrook
Ellenbrook flows south eastwards and then south westwards

Post to the north Hatfield Aerodrome
Post to the east University of Hertfordshire
Post to the south Sleapshyde
Post to the west Smallford

Alban Way
This opened in 1985 as part of National Cycle Route no. 61 between Hatfield and St. Albans along the disused railway line.  It is also a 'wildlife corridor'

Ellenbrook Lane
Nast Hyde Halt,   February 1910. Built by the Great Northern Railway. The line has been built in the 1860s by the Hatfield and St. Albans Railway with GNR support. Nast Hyde Halt was opened in 1910 to serve a new residential area; local folklore also says that it was opened at the instigation of one local householder Oliver Bury who used the line to commute to Kings Cross. Closed 1951. The overgrown station remains alongside the Alban Way

St. Albans Road
Popefield Farm. The farm consists of a three storey 16th oak framed farmhouse, an oak and elm 16th barn, cow shed, granary and a shed and had been part of the estate taken over by de Havilland.  It has been converted to housing which was used for British Aerospace staff. One of these was the father of Tim Rice, who wrote some of Jesus Christ Superstar there,

Wilkins Green Lane
Nast Hyde Farm. Weather boarded 17th barns and stables
Forge Cottage. Timber framed House which was once a forge built in the 17th or 18th. It is Weather boarded with a plastered downstairs.
Great Nast Hyde House.  This was part of the St Alban’s Abbey estate – the name ‘Nast’ may be a version of ‘East’. The red brick house dates from the late 16th and there are design features in common with other local great houses. . A turret alongside its central chimneystack may once have had a beacon to guide travellers across Colney Heath by night. It has an oak staircase carved from the starboard companionway and bridge deck of a 16th ship. The original owners were the Oxton family who made their money in the malting trade. The house was owned in the 20th by de Havilland who used it for corporate hospitality – and where Geoffrey de Havilland’s room is preserved - and it has been renovated since.
Torilla. Built in 1934 by F.R.S.Yorke. Commissioned by Christabel Burton for her daughter Barbara Macdonald. Concrete construction painted pink derived from a le Corbusier design.  Nearly demolished in 1993 but now listed.

Sources
British Listed Buildings. Web site
Disused Stations Web Site
Hertfordshire Genealogy. Web site
London Railway Record
Pevsner and Cherry. Hertfordshire
Welwyn and Hatfield council. Web site

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Bromley by Bow

Post to the west (north west quarter) Mile End Post to the west (north east quarter) Post to the east Bromley by Bow Post to the north Old Ford Addington Road Addington Arms . Pub dating from the 1860s. It does not appear to be still there. Police stables . From 1938 twenty horses were located here. These stables were built in moderne style white concrete by police surveyor Gilbert Mackenzie Trench. There is a stable at the back as well as tack rooms and a chimney for the forge – there was a full time farrier. Above are two flats for married police officers. The white concrete wall is original.  Alfred Street 1-5 Inland Revenue Office . Sold off 1981. Has been used as a college an as offices Almshouses Way, This was once called Priscilla Street.  1 Drapers' Almshouses . These were built in 1706.  What remains is a brick group of four tenements with central raised and pedimented chapel. They were restored in 1982 but were originally part of a larger group funded by
Read more

South Norwood

Post to the south Woodside Post to the east Birkbeck Post to the north Anerley Albert Road This road is the earliest built here, first listed in 1855, and although the Croydon Canal was no longer in use it influenced the alignment of the road. From the junction with Portland Road looking the curve of the road reflects the line of the old canal which was to the north of the houses. It is named after Albert, the Prince Consort. 74-76 Stanleybury . Very large three-storey semis. Built for William Stanley, who moved to 74 in 1867. William Stanley’s works in South Norwood was complimented by his local philanthropy. His site is now a close of modern flats. Accidentally demolished. 67 small trading estate and MOT centre .  At one time this was home to a theatre transport specialist. St.Mark . This was the first church in the area and is the parish church by G. H. Lewis. The nave was built in 1852 and the church was extended in 1862 and in successive years until 1890. It is in Kentis
Read more

River Lea/Bow Creek Canning Town

River Lea/Bow Creek The Lea winds itself generally southwards towards the Thames TQ 39505 81448 Canning Town on the Essex bank of Lea/Bow Creek. This was, and is, a heavily industrialised area together with a very down market housing area with markets, shops, cinemas, pubs and many charitable and missionary organisations. In the 2000s public transport has been transformed and much housing renewed, and it is an area in a great deal of change. Post to the west Poplar Post to the south Leamouth   and Dome Post to the east Canning Town, Butchers Road Post to the north West Ham Station Appleby Road The road is named after a local ARP warden who was killed during the Blitz. A pre-war suburban ideal is demonstrated in this West Ham estate. Barking Road It was built by the Commercial Road Turnpike Trust from the East India Docks eastwards. Now the A124 it formed part of the original A13 before the building so the East Ham  and Barking Bypass in 1928. It was widened as part o
Read more