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Tributary to the River Stort - Redrick Lane

Tributary to the River Stort The Tributary flows south Post to the south Harlow Temple Post to the east Pishiobury Park Post to the west Sayes Park Farm Chaseways Rowney Farm . 17 th -18 th farmhouse, Timber framed and plastered. This was part of the Pishiobury estate sold in 1865 when some of the farm buildings were erected. The name of Rowneys dates from the mid 18 th.. In the 1860s ground here was laid out for a local cricket club. High Wych Road Redrick Lane Water Pumping Station . This belonged to the Herts and Essex Waterworks Co Ltd. Now Veolia, it was previously Three Valleys Water Co.   There are bore holes and a r eservoir on the site Waterworks cottages Oakridge Nursery

Tributary to the River Stort - Manor of Groves

Tributary to the River Stort The tributary flows south towards the Stort Post to the south Sayes Park Farm Post to the west Acton's Lane Mowbray Road Jeffs Sayes Grove High Wych Lane The Manor of Groves Golf and Country Club Grove Lodge . Early 19 th house on the site of an earlier house probably built for Thomas Nathaniel Williams, in 1823. This was the manor of lands which belonging to Reading Abbey up to the Dissolution. Stucco neo-classical house in a small park with pavilions at each end and fronted by a colonnade – there are two columns from Old London Bridge here. Inside is a cantilevered stair.   It is now a hotel and country club which opened in 1992

River Stort - Harlow Temple

Thames Tributary River Stort The Stort flows south westwards Post to the east Harlow Mill Post to the north Redrick Lane Post to the west Pole Hill Redrick Lane Redricks Farm house. 17th or earlier timber frame plastered house with additions into the 20th. At the rear a square early 19th timber framed weather boarded privy. Redricks Cottages Redricks Lake. An outdoor swimming venue from 2011 in addition to carp fishing . River Way Part of trading estate with many industrial units Harlow temple. This appears to be a Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman religious site, and medieval moot . It seems to have been a sacred grove on a natural hillock where debris was found which is probably votive offerings - Coins, brooches, lots of fragments of this and that.     The earliest deposits found were five Bronze Age cremations from 1400 to 1000 BC.   There was thought to be a later Iron Age religious centre through the discovery of many gold and bronze ...

River Stort - Harlow Mill

Thames Tributary River Stort The Stort flows westwards and is joined by a tributary from the south (here called Harlowbury Brook) Post to the south Old Harlow Post to the north Pishiobury Park Post to the east Gibberd Garden Post to the west Harlow Temple Cambridge Road The road was built by the Hockerill Turnpike Trust and  ran from Harlow High Street to the mill running over an area called Mill Field and crossing the Stort over a new bridge to the west of the old one. It opened in 1831. Harlow mill .  In the early Middle Ages this was the mill owned by the Abbot at the Harlowbury Manor. It remained with the manor until it was sold in the mid 19th to the Barnards, who had rented it since 1783. In the early 1930s it was converted into a country club but damaged by fire during the Second World War, and most of the machinery was removed. It was a restaurant in 1978. Harlow Mill Restaurant on the site of the original Harlow Mill rebuilt in the 17th House painted brick ...

Tributary to the River Stort - Old Harlow

Tributary to the River Stort T he tributary flows northwards to the Stort Post to the east Old Harlow Post to the north Harlow Mill Black Lion Court Sheltered housing on the site of The Bishop Stortford Dairy Farmer's milk depot, and after 1969 a newsprint wholesaler. The current cottages date from 1989 Chipperfield 20 th housing area on fields which had once been a market and fair area before the market in what is now Market Street was developed. Marigolds . Harlow Cricket Club. Founded in 1774 Fore Street This is probably the oldest part of Harlow and was used as part of the medieval market area. It became a back lane to the market area after Middle Row was built.   There were maltings here until the late 19 th. 16 The Gables 15 th house now used as a restaurant. Victorian shop front.   In the past it has been a bakery and the water works offices 17 Gresham Villa . Mid 19 th house and shop. This was a saddlers and harness makers until the 1930s. 19 ...

Old Harlow

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Stort The Tributary flows north west towards the Stort Post to the north Gibberd's Garden Post to the south Hubbard's Hall Post to the west Old Harlow Churchgate Street Main area of Harlow in the middle ages – it is first named in records in 1350 1 Meadhams on the site of the original rectory. 16th house. 2, 3, 4 Godsafe. 16 th range with a cross-wing and jettied. This was the school teacher’s house for Churchgate Street School and is now a private residence. Godsafe is the name which has been adopted for the management of Harlow charities and almshouses 2, 4, 6 19 th house which is timber framed and weather boarded. 13 . 17 th house Timber framed and plastered 15 once F Perring Ltd. 17 th with exposed timber frame and a modern shop unit 17, 19 . Dates from 1664 but with modern shop windows 20,22 In the 17 th William Newman had founded two almshouses in the churchyard. In 1867, because the...

Tributary to the River Stort - Hubbard's Hall

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Stort The Tributary flows north towards the Stort Post to the south Church Langley Post to the north Old Harlow Hobbs Cross Road Hubbard’s Hall Estate Hubbard’s Hall . The Hall is outside the town boundaries but within the parish and a dependent of Harlowbury. In the 12 th it was a real manor holding courts and having all sorts of rights. The name of the holder seems to have been Hubert which gradually changed to Hubbard.   By the 14 th they were a major local family – eventually one of them was one of Henry VII’s chief secretaries. After that it had a succession of important owners.   The house was a large hall divided into two rooms in the 17 th and there were alterations in the 18 th and 19th century additions were made and in the 20 th a wing was added from designs by Clough Williams -Ellis. Now a children’s home Hubbard’s Hall Farm Outbuildings converted to housing M11