Edith's Streets

River Colne The Colne flows south westwards Post to the north Watford North Post to the south Watford Brixton Road Wells Brewery site . This lay south of the road and fronted onto St. Albans Road with the main site west of this square. In the 1930s a bowling green lay by the junction of Brixton and Bradshaw Roads. Paget Plate works . This lay south of the brewery site. Paget Plate was a process for producing colour photographs. Cassiobury Saw Mills . This lay south of the photographic plate works. Run by the Turner family Colonial Way Industrial and trading area Ellenbrook Close Bakery - Built on the site of a bakery Imperial Way Industrial and trading area. Penfold Estate on the site of the Imperial Works.   Penfold Fencing and Engineering Ltd. Manufacturers and erectors of chain-link fencing. Keele Close Reeds Chapel . Chapel of former London Orphan Asylum. Built 1871 by Henry Dawson. Polychrome brick Gothic chapel Orphanage Road The London Orphan Asylum...

R iver Colne The Colne flows east and south Post to the east Berry Grove Post to the south Watford Junction Post to the north Garston Balmoral Road Church of the Nazarene . The Church of the Nazarene is an international evangelical Christian organisation that began in the USA in the Wesleyan tradition of the 19th century Holiness movement. This church was originally set up by members of the St.James Road Methodist church and the foundation stone was laid in 1924 Balmoral Road Railway Bridge . This carries the railway line between to Watford North. When the railway was built in 1858 this was farmland and only a 10ft high bridge was provided through the embankment for farm access. This bridge survived until 1960 and was replaced with the present bridge. Bushey Mill Lane The Tudor Arms . Originally a Wells house this is now owned by the John Barras chain. Watford North Station . Built in 1910 it now lies between Garston and Watford Junction Stations on the London Overground L...

River Colne The Colne flows south westwards TQ 12498 981761 This square covers Junction 5 Berrygrove Interchange between the M1 and Western Avenue A41. North of that is 1930s housing and beyond that industrial Watford. A small oasis might exist round Busheymills Bridge - however it is, after all, Watford Post to the north Meriden Estate Post to the west Watford North Berry Grove Lane Pumping station Pillbox . Second World War concrete pill box in a field Electric substation Bushymill Lane Busheymill Bridge Busheymill Grid Substation Coal post east of the bridge has now gone Colne Valley Linear Park Top Golf . American golf driving range – hard sell with lots of booze. M1 This section – north of Junction 5 was the original bit of the motorway – Britain’s first official motorway opened in 1959. Berrygrove Interchange . Junction 5. This junction is a large roundabout over the top of both roads, and slip roads up from each road. It was originally built as a roundabo...

River Colne The Colne flows southwards Post to the east Wall Hall Post to the south Berry Grove Post to the west Garston M1 Meriden Way This is part of the Meriden Estate built in the mid 1950s. Meriden Community Centre Otterspool Lane Binghams Pumping Station Traces of ditches possibly associated with the Outer London Stop Line near Binghams The Gossamers The Badger Pub . Built 1961 Sources Heritage Gateway. Web site Watford Council. Web site

River Colne The Colne flows south westwards Post to the north Munden Estate Post to the west Meriden Estate Broadfield Way Stables to Wall Hall. This has a weather boarded clock tower and has now been converted to posh housing. Crab Lane Well Head. This is 17th or earlier, and was put here for J.P.Morgan in the 20th. It is probably Spanish and is a stone hollow bowl with relief carvings on the outside. There are 6 arches on twisted columns with scenes of animals Pelham Lane Wall Hall Home Farm , with a brick-built, two-storey farmhouse, and former farmyard. Granary . Built about 1800 with a timber frame and weather boarded.   It stands on 28 steddle stones. Wall Hall Drive The whole place was turned into a ‘virtual hamlet’ by Octagon from 2004, and it the area is infilled with posh private housing This was originally a medieval farm which b y the 18th had become a house called Wars Hall, owned by Thomas Neate. In 1799 it was sold to George Thelluson .  From...

River Colne The Colne flows southwards Post to the north Bricket Wood Post to the south Wall Hall Bricket Wood Bricket Wood Common , an area of wood and common land covered by thickets of gorse, fern and trees as well as wild flowers.   Lord Knutsford of the Munden estate is Lord of the Manor. Peartree Wood Crab Wood Four Acre Plantation Common Meadow Lane River Lodge Crab Lane Ford School Lane Munden Estate . Owned by the Holland-Hibbert family. It is west of a large meander of   the River Colne. There are two farms and 118 acres of woodland.   Munden House is an 18th house which has been the home of the Viscount Knutsfords since 1874. It was built 1787-95 for R.S.Parker, and remodelled in 1828 for G.Hibbert. It is red brick, with stone dressings. There is a service wing and inside 19th features. Outside is a formal garden.       Little Munden Farm . Little Munden has been farmed by the McClelland family since Robert ...

River Colne The Colne flows south west and south TL 13212 01854 Urban commuter housing surrounded by woods and fields. The railway line from Kings Cross runs through the area as does the M1. The M25 is a short distance to the north, Post to the east Drop Lane Post to the south Munden Estate Post to the north Bricket Wood Bricket Wood Common The Common is an important example of lowland heath. It has a range of habitats including ancient semi-natural woodland , hornbeam coppice woodland, wet lowland heath/acid grassland, ponds and seasonal streams. It supports an array of wildlife including great crested newts, butterflies, heather, fungi, blue bells and Heath Spotted Orchids. It is managed by St Albans City and District Council. The Common has been a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1953. This was because the boulder clay soil and a history of grazing, wood cutting and burning had produced areas of lowland heath. The Earl of Essex used it for hunting and there is a ...