Edith's Streets

River Gade The Gade flows southwards and is joined by the River Bulbourne from the west. It then flows on in a number of channels Post to the west Roughdown Post to the north Magic Roundabout Post to the east Apsley End Post to the south Nash Mills A41 Until the 1990 the road numbered A41 was the current London Road. A bypass road was built to the south and opened in 1993 as the Berkhamsted Bypass built by Amey Construction Ltd. This section is built to dual 2 lane standard with grade separated junctions. The first junction after the M25 is the Two Waters interchange a diamond junction with the A414 which has two     dumbbell roundabouts which function as one roundabout. Avia Close This was previously called Thorpe Street Apsley Manor School . On this site 1857 until 1949 Durrants Hill Road 3 Residential Care home . Possibly converted to flats. The Albion Pub . This pub was known locally as The Wooden Box. It had a cottage, a garden and a wharf with ...

River Bulbourne. The Bulborne flows south eastwards Post to the north Boxmoor Post to the east Two Waters  A41 The A41 from the M25 and the Tring bypass was opened in 1993. This section was built by Amey Construction Ltd. The road is built to dual 2 lane standard with grade separated junctions. The road comes alongside the west-coast main line, crosses the  and crosses the London Road London Road This was the A41 but lost its primary status when the bypass was built and became the A41. This road is now the A4251 389 Haven House . Hemel Hempstead Community Church. This was a warehouse belonging to the gas works. It is leased to an evangelical group as a church and community base. 449 site of the now demolished Princes Arms, later called Hooden in a Box. There is some speculation if this name relates to Snooks' grave, or to the traditional Hooden Horse. Boxmoor Baptist Church . 1826 this was between Stratford Way and Russell Place and closely associated with the f...

River Bulbourne The Bulbourne flows east and south eastwards TL 04609 06364 Area to the south of Hemel Hempstead with much of the land run since the 17th century as a trust for local people. The Grand Union Canal parallels the Bulbourne and there are pubs and the remains of older industry. Post to the east The Magic Roundabout Post to the west Chauldon Post to the south Roughdown Anchor Lane Anchor pub .   Used to have a lump of Hertfordshire pudding stone outside. The pub was very small with no bar Anchor Brewery . It was owned by Nash, and was sold Imperial Stout, and Fine India Pale Ale Beechfield Road Anchor Pub . The Anchor pub was built near its predecessor around 1955 and changed its name to the Leinster. It is now closed Cowper Road Houses built 1914 Boxmoor Primary School Crouchfield Road The area’s traditional name is Crouchfield and that was taken up by the Development Corporation for a section of the New Town Fishery Passage This foo...

River Bulbourne The Bulbourne flows eastwards TL 03394 06471 Pleasant canal side stretch at the back end of Hemel Hempstead Post to the west Bourne End Post to the east Boxmoor A4 Built as a dual carriageway motorway standard road In the 1990s across the upland chalk plateau Chaulden House Garden Area of the gardens of Chauldon House Chaulden House  was built in the early 19th. It was used by the Charing Cross Hospital medical school during the Second World War. Isbister Centre. The building is part of the stable block of Chauldon House. It became a day centre for the mentally ill when Hill End Hospital closed and is now a palliative care centre. It includes a 19th octagonal tower in flint rubble, and brick with an octagonal wooden lantern and a weather vane. It has pointed arches to the door and slit windows. Conch shells are set in the flint rubble above the arches and there are arched pigeon holes on 3 sides in 3 rows. There is a band of shells below the br...

River Bulbourne The Bulbourne flows eastwards TL 02704 06467 Where the A41, the main railway line from Euston and the Grand Union Canal are adjacent.  Old gravel pits here are now fishing lakes and there are plenty of pubs and restaurants in the small village of Winkwell.  There is even the grave of a highwayman. Post to the west Bourne End Post to the east Chaulden A41 Slip Road South Westbrook Mere . This is an old gravel pit worked out in the early 1900's and operated by Cranstone's.   It has been used for angling since the 1920s. It has been owned by Boxmoor and District Angling Society since 1954 and is used by them as a carp fishery. Bourne End Lane The name of the land indicates the eastern end of the intermittent Bourne Gutter stream. Chaulden Lane This lane is thought to preserve the line of pre-Roman Akeman Street. The name refers to a chalky area. Grand Union Canal Bourne End Bottom Lock Watercress beds alongside the canal Bourne End M...

River Bulbourne The Bulbourne flows south east wards TL 01528 06761 Where the A41, the main railway line from Euston and the Grand Union Canal are adjacent.  On the outskirts of Berkhamsted here is the sewage works Post to the west Long Green Post to the east Bourne End A41 The A41 is a major trunk road that links London to Birkenhead. The original road followed part of the line of the Roman Akeman Street and 18th Sparrows Herne turnpike. This section which is part of the bypass road between Tring and the M25 was finally built in the early 1990s to a lower standard than other parts of the motorway sections. The 7-mile Berkhamsted bypass opened in September 1993 Grand Union Canal Sewer Lock Little Heath Lane Lock Sharpes Lane Bridge Little Heath Lane Parts of this road are or were called Broadway Church Lane and also Haxters Lane Berkhamsted Sewage Works . A sewage disposal works has been on this site since the late 19 th built by the then Rural District Cou...

River Bulbourne The Bulbourne flows south eastwards Post to the north Bank Mill Post to the east Bourne End A41 The A41 is a major trunk road that links London to Birkenhead. The original road followed part of the line of the Roman Akeman Street and 18th Sparrows Herne turnpike. This section which is part of the bypass road between Tring and the M25 was finally built in the early 1990s to a lower standard than other parts of the motorway sections. The 7-mile Berkhamsted bypass opened in September 1993 London Road This road is part of the Sparrows Herne turnpike length of what became the A41 Long Green This is a wooded green lane which is a registered common Sources A41 Wikipedia. Web site Commonsland. Web site

River Bulbourne The Bulbourne flows south eastwards This succession of mill sites lie to the east of the town of Berkhampstead in the valley of the Bulborne stream where occupied sites lie alongside both the stream, the Grand Union Canal and the A40 road. Post to the west Berkhamsted Post to the south Long Green Bank Mill Lane This is the original road from London to Berkhamsted replaced by the 18 th turnpike road. New Lodge . This is now a development site of a previously derelict house and grounds. New Lodge itself is an 18 th house with 19 th additions possibly on the site of an earlier house. 102 Lock Keepers Cottage. Now a private house. Early 19 th house with an entrance from a raised level at the lock side. A single-storey outbuilding is against the canal retaining wall, separated from the cottage by a flight of steps that lead to the canal towpath and the front of the house. Bank Mill Bridge – the abutments appear to be contemporary with the canal. Bullbeggars ...