Edith's Streets

Railway from London Bridge to Gravesend The railway continues north eastwards Post to the west East Greenwich - North Charlton Post to the east West Woolwich Post to the north Silvertown  and Charlton Riverside Anchor and Hope Lane British Ropes. The works was set up in 1912 as the Charlton Ropeworks Ltd. in association with Frost Bros. of Poplar. They were on the east side of the road with access to a riverside wharf. The ropewalk was designed by J.J.Frost was 300' by 100' on the twisted steel bar principle, but it was commandeered as an Ordnance Depot in the Great War.  In 1924 with Frosts they became the British Ropes Group.  The ropewalk was rebuilt in the 1920 with rails along the 145 fathoms from the factory to the river. 1927 wire rope works. They took over other companies and production from Commercial Road and Falmouth as well as a southern England sales office. They developed wire rope production and in the Second World War made, among much else, the cab...

Railway from London Bridge to Gravesend The railway runs north eastwards through Westcombe Park Station and beyond Industrial and suburban area a world away from 'Royal Greenwich' to the west Post to the west East Greenwich Post to the east North Charlton Post to the north Silvertown Post to the north Charlton Angerstein Post to the south Eastcombe  Aldeburgh Street Anglo-American Oil Company’s works on north side of the street and extended to the Thames. The company shipped lamp oil branded as "Royal Daylight" from America to the United Kingdom. Standard Oil Trust owned Rockefeller in the USA. In the UK they used the brand name of Pratts. In 1935 they became the Esso Petroleum Co Ltd.  They were on this site alongside the Angerstein railway with a riverside wharf from at least the 1890s until the 1960s. Anchor and Hope Lane United Glass Works .  This large works took up the majority of the space between Lombard Wall, the riverside, Anchor and Hope La...

Railway Line from London Bridge to Gravesend The line turns slightly north east on this section Riverside industrial area with 19th workers housing Post to the south Maze Hill Post to the east East Greenwich and North Charlton Post to the west Cubitt Town  and Highbridge and Ballast Post to the north Greenwich Marsh Annandale Road Calvert Road Schools . This was a London School Board School. A bell was supplied to the school in 1884. Parts of the entrance gates are incorporated into the new housing on site. Annandale Primary School. The school was built in 1967 by the Inner London Education Authority and replaced a previous Annandale School and Calvert Road Schools. It closed in 2000 and became Millennium Primary School on a different site. The school site between Annandale and Calvert Road is now private housing. Armitage Road The road was originally built in the 1880s and had two small blocks of London County Council houses called Armitage Cottages. The east side ...