Rickmansworth

Underground station, existing between 1887 and now.

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October
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2015
Rickmansworth is situated in southwest Hertfordshire in the heart of the Three Valleys.

Rickmansworth started life in the Saxon period, as a single farmstead, situated between the ridge of the Chiltern Hills and a marshy mere which surrounded the rivers - Colne, Chess and Gade. Since the mid 17th Century, plans had been made to use the local rivers to provide London with more water. Around 1778, the River Colne was made navigable between Croxley and Rickmansworth. The route which was then known as the Grand Junction Canal, opened a route to London and the Midlands. The Ground Junction (Union) Canal Croxley Mill, was also an early user of the Grand Union Canal, which reached Rickmansworth in 1786.

Gradually, many businesses established themselves, some using the newly constructed waterway (Salter’s Brewery), others establishing themselves on the High Street, where you can now find shops such as Woolworths and WH Smiths.

The first railway connecting Rickmansworth and Watford, was a mutual agreement on both parts which has brought about development of the Metropolitan Line. Rickmansworth Metropolitan station opened on 1 September 1887 as the terminus of the Metropolitan Railway’s extension from Pinner. In 1889, the line was extended from Rickmansworth to Chesham.

Rickmansworth was shared with the Great Central Railway which reached Quainton Road in 1898. The extension of Metropolitan Line electrification brought electric services out to Rickmansworth on 5 January 1925, allowing the locomotive change point to be moved (north of Rickmansworth steam traction was provided by the LNER).

Rickmansworth has a number of tourist attractions - the Watermeet Theatre, Moor Park (a large sports and recreational facility), a War Memorial at St. Mary (a medieval church) and the Grand Union Canal, once a major trade route but now mainly used for leisure purposes.


Main source: Wikipedia
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Wendy    
Added: 22 Mar 2024 15:33 GMT   

Polygon Buildings
Following the demolition of the Polygon, and prior to the construction of Oakshott Court in 1974, 4 tenement type blocks of flats were built on the site at Clarendon Sq/Phoenix Rd called Polygon Buildings. These were primarily for people working for the Midland Railway and subsequently British Rail. My family lived for 5 years in Block C in the 1950s. It seems that very few photos exist of these buildings.

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:42 GMT   

Road construction and houses completed
New Charleville Circus road layout shown on Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1879 with access via West Hill only.

Plans showing street numbering were recorded in 1888 so we can concluded the houses in Charleville Circus were built by this date.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:04 GMT   

Charleville Circus, Sydenham: One Place Study (OPS)
One Place Study’s (OPS) are a recent innovation to research and record historical facts/events/people focused on a single place �’ building, street, town etc.

I have created an open access OPS of Charleville Circus on WikiTree that has over a million members across the globe working on a single family tree for everyone to enjoy, for free, forever.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

Telephone House
Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000

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Paul Cox   
Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT   

War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street
Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there.

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Diana   
Added: 28 Feb 2024 13:52 GMT   

New Inn Yard, E1
My great grandparents x 6 lived in New Inn Yard. On this date, their son was baptised in nearby St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch

Source: BDM London, Cripplegate and Shoreditch registers written by church clerk.

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Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

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Aldbury Road, WD3 Aldbury Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Armitage Close, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Arnett Close, WD3 Arnett Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Arnett Way, WD3 Arnett Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Ashleigh Court, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Ashleys, WD3 Ashleys is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Basing Road, WD3 Basing Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Batchworth Heath Farm, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Batchworth Heath, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Batchworth Hill, WD3 Batchworth Hill was the former route into Rickmansworth from the south (Rickmansworth)
Batchworth House, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Batchworth Roundabout, WD3 Batchworth Roundabout is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Beauchamp Gardens, WD3 Beauchamp Gardens is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Beesons Yard, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Beresford Road, WD3 Beresford Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Berry Close, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Berry Lane, WD3 Berry Lane is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Berry Way, WD3 Berry Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Broughton Way, WD3 Broughton Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Burlington House, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode
Bury Lane, WD3 Bury Lane is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Bury Meadows, WD3 Bury Meadows is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Bury Mews, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Caravan Lane, WD3 Caravan Lane is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Carlton House, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Cavendish Court, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode
Cedars Avenue, WD3 Cedars Avenue is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Cherry Walk, WD3 Cherry Walk is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Chess Close, WD3 Chess Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Chess Hill, WD3 Chess Hill is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Chess Lane, WD3 Chess Lane is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Chesswood Court, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Chestnut Cottages, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Chiltern Drive, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Chiltern Rise, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Chiltern Way, WD3 Chiltern Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Chorleywood Close, WD3 Chorleywood Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Church Lane, WD3 Church Lane is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Church Street, WD3 Church Street is an old street of Rickmansworth, running south from the High Street (Rickmansworth)
Clarkfield, WD3 Clarkfield is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Cloisters Court, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Colne Avenue, WD3 Colne Avenue is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Colne Mead, WD3 Colne Mead is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Coombe Hill Road, WD3 Coombe Hill Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Cress End, WD3 Cress End is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Croxley Green, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Croxley Hall Farm, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Curtis Close, WD3 Curtis Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Dellwood Close, WD3 Dellwood Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Dellwood, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Drayton Ford, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Eastwick Crescent, WD3 Eastwick Crescent is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Ebury Road, WD3 Ebury Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Ebury Roundabout, WD3 Ebury Roundabout is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Ebury Way, WD3 Ebury Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Elm Way, WD3 Elm Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Farrs Mews, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Fearney Mead, WD3 Fearney Mead is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Field Way, WD3 Field Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Fotherley Road, WD3 Fotherley Road was named for John Fotherley who owned estate in Rickmansworth during the reign of Kings Charles I and II (Rickmansworth)
Frogmoor Lane, WD3 Frogmoor Lane is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Frogmore Lane, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Gable House, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Gade Bank, WD3 Gade Bank is a small road in Croxley Green consisting of 16 houses
Glen Chess, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Goosefields, WD3 Goosefields is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Goral Mead, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Grove Hill, WD3 Grove Hill is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Grove Road, WD3 Grove Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Hall Close, WD3 Hall Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Harefield Road, WD3 Harefield Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Harriet Walker Way, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Hayward Copse, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Haywood Copse, WD3 Haywood Copse is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Hazel Court, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Heron Close, WD3 Heron Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
High Street, WD3 High Street is the main thoroughfare of Rickmansworth (Rickmansworth)
Hillpoint, WD3 Hillpoint is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Home Farm Road, WD3 Home Farm Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Home Way, WD3 Home Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Homestead Road, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Horwood Close, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Ivinghoe Road, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Ivy Lea, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Jordans Road, WD3 Jordans Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Juniper Close, WD3 Juniper Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Juniper Gate, WD3 Juniper Gate is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Kenwood Drive, WD3 Kenwood Drive is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Kildare, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Landford Close, WD3 Landford Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Langdale Lodge, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Link Road, WD3 Link Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
London Road, WD3 London Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Loudwater Lane, WD3 Loudwater Lane is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Mallard Court, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Malm Close, WD3 Malm Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Maxwell Close, WD3 Maxwell Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Mead Place, WD3 Mead Place is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Meadow Way, WD3 Meadow Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Micklefield Hall Farm, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode
Middleton Road, WD3 Middleton Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Mill Lane, WD3 Mill Lane is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Mill Way, WD3 Mill Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Millennium Wharf, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Money Hill Parade, WD3 Moneyhill Parade is a shopping area (Rickmansworth)
Money Hill Road, WD3 Money Hill Road runs north off of Uxbridge Road (Rickmansworth)
Moor Lane, WD3 Moor Lane is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Moss Close, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Mount View, WD3 Mount View is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Neild Way, WD3 Neild Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Nightingale Court, WD3 Nightingale Court is a building on Nightingale Road (Rickmansworth)
Nightingale Place, WD3 Nightingale Place is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Nightingale Road, WD3 Nightingale Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Norfolk Court, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Norfolk Road, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Northway, WD3 Northway is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Oak House Loudwater Lane, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Oakleigh Drive, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode
Oakleigh Road, WD3 Oakleigh Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Odeon Parade, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Old Chorleywood Road, WD3 Old Chorleywood Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Orchard Way, WD3 Orchard Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Park Close, WD3 Park Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Park Road, WD3 Park Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Park Way, WD3 Park Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Parsonage Farm, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Parsonage Road, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Penn Place, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Penn Road, WD3 Penn Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Pheasants Way, WD3 Pheasants Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Plaitford Close, WD3 Plaitford Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
PO Box 4, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode
Raven Close, WD3 Raven Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Rectory Lane, WD3 Rectory Lane is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Rectory Road, WD3 Rectory Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Rickmansworth Park, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Riverside Drive, WD3 Riverside Drive is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Rushmoor Close, WD3 Rushmoor Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Salters Close, WD3 Salters Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Scotsmill Lane, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Seymour House, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Shepherds Farm, WD3 Shepherds Farm is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Sherfield Avenue, WD3 Sherfield Avenue is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Skidmore Way, WD3 Skidmore Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Solomons Hill, WD3 Solomons Hill is an old road of Rickmansworth (Rickmansworth)
Springwell Avenue, WD3 Springwell Avenue is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
St Peter’s Close, WD3 Saint Peter’s Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
St Peter’s Mews, WD3 St Peter’s Mews lies off of St Peter’s Close (Rickmansworth)
Station Forecourt, WD3 Station Forecourt provides access to Rickmansworth station (Rickmansworth)
Station Road, WD3 Station Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Stockers Farm Road, WD3 Stockers Farm Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Swallow Close, WD3 Swallow Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Swan Close, WD3 Swan Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Swan House, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Swanfield House, WD3 Swanfield House is a building on Northway (Rickmansworth)
Swannells Walk, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Sycamore Road, WD3 Sycamore Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area
Talbot Road, WD3 Talbot Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
The Bucklands, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
The Byeway, WD3 The Byeway is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
The Cedars, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
The Climb, WD3 The Climb is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
The Cloisters, WD3 The Cloisters is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
The Close, WD3 The Close is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
The Clump, WD3 The Clump is a road in the WD3 postcode area
The Greenway, WD3 The Greenway is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
The Highlands, WD3 The Highlands is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
The Parade, WD3 The Parade is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
The Quadrant, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Thellusson Way, WD3 Thellusson Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Thompson Way, WD3 Thompson Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Three Rivers House, WD3 Three Rivers House can be found on Northway (Rickmansworth)
Thrush Green, WD3 Thrush Green is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Townfield, WD3 Townfield is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Trinity Court, WD3 Trinity Court is a block in Batchworth (Rickmansworth)
Tudor Court, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Tudor Court, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Tudor Parade, WD3 Tudor Parade is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Tudor Place, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Tudor Way, WD3 Tudor Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Uxbridge Road, WD3 Uxbridge Road is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Victoria Close, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Victoria Mansion, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Vine Tree Court, WD3 Vine Tree Court is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Walkers House, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
Walpole Building, WD3 The Walpole Building stands at the top of Church Street (Rickmansworth)
Wensum Way, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode (Rickmansworth)
West Way, WD3 West Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Wharf Lane, WD3 Wharf Lane is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
White Hill, WD3 White Hill is a road in the UB9 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
White Hill, WD3 White Hill is a road in the HA6 postcode area
Whitfield Way, WD3 Whitfield Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Williamson Way, WD3 Williamson Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Winchfield Way, WD3 Winchfield Way is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
Wood End, WD3 A street within the WD3 postcode
Woodcock Hill Industrial Estate, WD3 The Woodcock Hill Industrial Estate is a business zone near Rickmansworth (Rickmansworth)
WOODCOCK HILL, WD3 WOODCOCK HILL is a road in the WD3 postcode area (Rickmansworth)
WOODCOCK HILL, WD3 WOODCOCK HILL is a road in the UB9 postcode area (Rickmansworth)

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