Edith's Streets

The River Lea, the Lea Diversion The River Lea, and the Lea Diversion flow southwards. Another aqueduct diverges from the diversion going to Chingford Mill TQ 36343 92317 Interesting Lea side area which appears to be suburban in an old manorial area. There is a great deal of industry - much of it unique - going down to the North Circular.  Chingford Mill near the ancient crossing of the Lea has much of interest in particular with the history of local water sup ply. Post to the north William Girling Reservoir Post to the west Angel Road Industry Post to the south Banbury Reservoir Cork Tree Way The road and the whole trading estate covers the area of the cork manufacturing works. Cork Manufacturing Co Ltd . This was the last cork mill. The company bought Chingford Hall and Hall Farm in 1949 and demolished many of the buildings as well as the moat and gardens, but keeping the hall itself as company offices.   The factory processed cork which was imported direct fro...

Lee Navigation The Lee Navigation flows south Salomon’s Brook flows south This is where the Lea Navigation passes under the rebuilt and vastly busy North Circular Road.  It was and is surrounded by industries of all sorts - and in particular it once had a series of nationally famous furniture manufacturers, along with armaments, food, lino and much else. Today the area is dominated by the massive chimney of the London Waste Destructor. Post to the east Chingford Mill Post to the south Wild Marsh Post to the north Marshside Post to the west Edmonton Advent Way The London Bread and Cake Company Ltd was formed from Superslice Ltd.   Superslice was founded in 1882 in Holborn, with a bakery which supplied caterers. The factory unit is capable of producing up to 7,000 rolls and 1,000 loaves per hour. London Waste Eco Park. Destructor – refuse incineration plant. This is now run by London Waste . It was built in 1971 to generate electricity by the Greater Lond...

The Lee Navigation, the River Lea and the River Lee Diversion Channel The Lee Navigation, The River Lea and the River Lea Diversion all flow southwards. An aqueduct leaves the River Lea diversion flowing southwards towards the Greaves pump house at the Banbury Reservoir. Post to the north Picketts Lock Post to the south Chingford Mill Post to the west Marsh side Cherrydown Avenue This covers the area of what was Cherrydown Farm.  This was demolished in 1930 following attempts to save its fields which lay between the church and the river. Lee Navigation. Picketts Lock . This was built in 1770 and Rebuilt 1861. Portland stone was used in it which had been bought from old Westminster Bridge which was demolished 1854 - 1862. It is thought highly probable that the stone is still there.   It was called Piggott’s Lock until 1856, except for the years between 1826 and 1840, when it was Skinner's Lock. It is the only lock on the Lee which was not duplicated and mechanised...

River Lee The Lea flows southwards Post to the west Picketts Lock Post to the north George V Post to the east Chingford College Gardens The college after which this is named is thought to be St. Egbert’s which was in The Ridgway in the 1920s. Nursery - this opened in 1978 but has relocated to Ridgeway Gardens Drysdale Avenue Developed by the Drysdale Trust 62a Acorn Films. Where local events have been filmed since the 1950s. Kings Head Hill Named for the Kings Head pub which is further on at the top of the hill The Royal Oak Pub . With King Charles II on the pub sign. Laurel Gardens Built on the site of a Laurel House Lea Valley Road The road was built in 1937 to replace the previous Marsh Lane Chingford South Pumping Station . Electrical pumping station for the Girling reservoir. Built in the 1950s and very very plain. It was upgraded and extended in 2003/4 with the addition of seven buildings to enable the site to be used for water treatment facility. This...

The Lea Navigation The Lea Navigation and the Overflow Channel flow south Post to the north Ponders End Post to the east Low Hall Chingford Post to the south William Girling Reservoir Post to the west Edmonton Meridian Way Meridian Way is part of a throughout route between the Lea Navigation and the railway developed in the 1970s-80s. Lee Valley Leisure Centre. This was built on an old refuse tip and developed for the Lee Valley Regional Park from 1973. It used to be called the Picketts Lock Sports Centre .The main buildings are in the square to the west. Picketts Lock golf course . There is an 18 hole golf course, floodlit driving range and all-weather pitches. Opened in the 1970s and used by the Leaside Golf Club Lee Valley Camp site . The site includes a shop, adventure playground, shower and toilet, laundry, and barbecue area. They also have cocoons and cabins for hire. Indoor Bowls Centre . Six rinks with a bar and lounge Overflow Channel The Channel had come fro...

The River Lea Navigation The Navigation flows south and is joined by Mossops Creek from the north west TQ 36406 97087 Heavily industrialised area along the Lea and the George V reservoir. Some sites here were breakthrough industries in electrical and metallurgical fields - lead, precious metals, thermionic valves and vacuum flasks - and much else. Post to the south Ponders End Post to the east George V Aden Road The first reference to the road name is in the 1890s Paper factory in the 1920s Slicing machine works in the 1930s Rimex – metal finishes factory. Founded 1959 Alma Road The Battle of the Alma, during the Crimean War, was in 1854. The road name dates from the early 1860s The Alma Pub Jute Cottages – The Jute Company owned 26 cottages and 3 pubs. All unfit to live in. Enfield Tool Manufacturing Co ., opened a factory in the 1930s Brimsdown Lead Works . White Lead manufacturing was associated with a great deal of noxious pollution and danger to health. Ludw...

Turkey Brook Turkey Brook continues to flow eastwards. It is joined by the Small River Lee from the north Suburban Area between the Ordnance Factory and Enfield Highway and including some areas of industry Post to the north Waltham Cross Post to the west Enfield Wash Post to the east Enfield Lock Albany Park Bought by the Council and Trinity College Cambridge in 1902.   Beaconsfield Road Built up in 1908 but some houses were occupied in 1902. The eastern end by Ordnance Road is older and was originally called Alma Road. Bilton Way Industrial units 75 Winther Browne . They make mouldings and trims and were established 1893 by Mr Winther, a Norwegian dowel manufacturer joined by Harold Browne in 1915, a clerk who then bought the company Site of a Great War gun site . It was in a field near power station cooling towers but a gun mounting ring had been in place. It had been cleared by 1947 Bradley Road The developer was Henry Bradley of Bishopsgate in the late...