Edith's Streets

River Bulbourne The Bulbourne flows south eastwards The central area of this old Hertfordshire town which lies along the Bulborne, and latterly the Grand Union Canal. There were canal haulage and canal based industries here - and other industries, most notably the sheep dip works. There are however all the things you would expect in a proper town - the town hall, the old school, a parish church - and all the shops, cinemas, religious buildings, and much else. Post to the north Berkhamsted Post to the east Bank Mill Berkhamsted. The town is in a deep valley on the River Bulbourne and transversed by the Grand Junction Canal.   It was a Royal Borough and in 1156 had trading privileges throughout the area which was then controlled by the Crown. Edward II gave the town to Piers Gaveston but internally it was controlled by a Portmoot.   Bridge Street This narrow street is lined by 19th houses mostly in groups of three or four developed on what had been the Pilkington Est...

River Bulbourne The Bulbourne continues to flow south eastwards SP 99204 08193 Area of this Hertfordshire town around the medieval castle and the station in the valley of the Bulborne, Steep streets go up to the hills above the town to the north. Post to the west Gossoms Post to the south Berkhamsted Berkhampstead Castle . This is on the northern slope of Bulbourne valley and near Akeman Street – strategically guarding the Tring gap.   After the battle of Hastings, William marched northwest to the Thames at Wallingford, and Edgar, with London leaders came to Berkhampstead to surrender. The Conqueror gave the castle to his half- brother Robert, Count of Mortain, who probably built the existing earthworks. His son William lost Berkhamsted in 1104, after a failed rebellion and Henry I gave it his Chancellor, Randulph and it later reverted to the Crown. 1155- 1165 Thomas Becket held it as Chancellor, and the oldest masonry probably dates from then. In 1216 it was besieged in ...

River Bulbourne The Bulbourne flows south eastwards Post to the west Northchurch Post to the east Berkhamsted Belton Road Until the mid 1920’s the area was rough pasture and marsh.   The ground along the stream has been made up with household rubbish, probably in the 1930s. It was built on with housing and warehousing post-Second World War. Billet Lane Ford – this preceded the bridge over the stream, but the flow was much greater before the mid-2oth Bulbourne Bridge Bridge over the Grand Union Canal Railway Bridge Gas works    Built in 1906 replacing a works to the east.  Gas production at the works ceased in 1955. One holder remained into the 1980s but has now gone Gas Works railway .    An extemsion to the rail line ran from the station good yard to the gasworks coal traffic.   It arrived at a small staithe where coal was transhipped into narrow gauge wagons for carryage it to the gasworks. The line to the works went through a small ...

River Bulbourne The Bulbourne flows south eastwards Post to the north Northchurch Post to the east Gossoms Ashby Road Home Farm. This was on the corner with Covert Road. Buildings on the site appear to be a conversation of stable and other building. Bell Lane Grim's Ditch . A 210m Long Section Immediately North West of Woodcock Hill Northchurch Social Centre , run by The Northchurch and District Association. At a public meeting held by the Rector in 1962, it was agreed that a new hall was needed. Money was collected door to door and in 1965 the site was acquired and the centre built with the addition of grant money. Everyone over 18 in Northchurch and the Western part of Berkhampstead are automatically members. Burial Ground. This was the site of a Baptist chapel built in 1840 which grew until by the late 1870s it has a schoolroom and vestry. It was demolished in 1920. Bell Lane Cottages . Built in the 1920s-30s Mechanics Institute , this was on the north corner with ...