Riverside -- south bank west of the Tower. Chertsey Abbey Chase

Riverside -- south bank west of the Tower. Chertsey Abbey Chase

This post covers sites to the south of the river only.  North of the river is Laleham Littleton Lane Quarry

Post to the south Chertsey Bridge and Chertsey Bridge North
Post to the west Chertsey Abbey
Post to the north Laleham

Bridge Road
Abbey Chase. This is now a Care Home.  The house was built in the 1920s on the site of the Miller’s House at Abbey Mills. It was a five-bedroom bungalow owned by Col. Claire and called Benham Park.  It was bought by the care home owners in 1989. The stables were sold off for housing and the main building had a new floor added to become a nursing home.


Abbey Stream
This is a backwater of the Thames. It enters the Thames north of Chertsey Bridge having flowed down from its entrance at Penton Hook. It was cut for medieval Chertsey Abbey to power a mill near the Abbey. It was thus also known as Oxley, Oxlake or Oaklake Mill River.  The mill itself survived the dissolution and in 1809 it was considered as the main Thames navigation channel as part of a flood prevention programme.  Chertsey Weir was built instead.
Abbey Mills. Bridge and remains of what was part of a water mill owned by medieval Chertsey Abbey. It is a bridge with three arches which may have been widened at some time since. Some masonry was added by the 20th landscape architect, Percy Cane.  Water is discharged under the bridge into the lower millpond and overflow from the upper pool discharges through a channel in the north bank.   This mill is shown on a map of 1735 which also indicates that it was present in the 16th when the Abbey was dissolved. It is also shown in 19th photographs. It was latterly a flour mill.


Burway Ditch
This runs parallel to the Abbey River and is also part of water management measures undertaken by Chertsey Abbey in the early medieval period or earlier.


M3 Motorway
Bridge over the Thames. The bridge is 3 upstream of Chertsey lock and bridge. Built in the early 1970s, it was first used in 1974, when the Sunbury - Bracknell section of the motorway opened.


Sources
Abbey Chase. Web site
British Listed Buildings. Web site
SABRE. Web site
Surrey Archaeological collections. Web site
Wikipedia. Web site. As appropriate

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...
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 Ke...
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 ...
Read more