Elstree and Borehamwood

Rail station, existing between 1868 and now.

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Elstree (and Borehamwood) station, constructed in 1868, has undergone a series of name changes.

On 22 June 1863, the Midland Railway (Extension to London) Bill was passed: "The London and Midland Junction Railway Bill is here referred to as providing for a new line of Railway into the metropolis. It commences from the Midland Railway at Hitchin, passes by St. Albans, Elstree, Edgware, Finchley and Highgate, and terminates by a junction with the Metropolitan Underground Railway at King’s Cross, previously throwing out a Branch to the Cattle Market at Copenhagen Fields."

Situated north of the Elstree Tunnels, the station was built by the Midland Railway as simply "Elstree" in 1868 when it built its extension to St Pancras station. By the 1920s, it had been renamed Elstree and Boreham Wood station. It was modernised in 1959. The station was renamed from Elstree & Borehamwood to Elstree on 6 May 1974, but reverted to Elstree & Borehamwood by mid 1988.

The station building has been on three different sites - first in a small lane off of Allum Lane, then atop the Allum Lane railway bridge and finally (and aptly) in Station Road.


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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY


Irene Smith   
Added: 30 Jun 2017 15:46 GMT   

Keystone Passage, WD6
My mother worked at Keystones in the 1940s before she was married.

She later worked at home which a lot of people did. You would often see people walking around Boreham Wood with boxes filled with piecework for the factory.

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LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

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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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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
105 Shenley Road, WD6 105 Shenley Road lies along the main street of Borehamwood.
27A Theobald Street 27a Theobald Street was once Boreham Wood’s first purpose-built school.
66 Shenley Road, WD6 66 Shenley Road used to lie on the corner of Furzehill Road.
68 Shenley Road 68 Shenley Road was a shop on the corner of Furzehill Road - now disappeared.
Allum Hall Allum Hall was a community centre and lately a venue.
Barham House Barham (Boreham) House was once one of the most prominent properties in Elstree.
Boreham Wood Baptist Church The Baptist Church, situated on the corner of Furzehill Road, opened on 14 July 1911.
Boreham Wood Engine Works The Boreham Wood Engine Works and Loco Packing Company was situated in Drayton Road.
Buses in Shenley Road A 292 and 358 in Shenley Road.
Elstree and Borehamwood Elstree (and Borehamwood) station, constructed in 1868, has undergone a series of name changes.
Elstree Brick Works Elstree Brick Works ran from 1865 until 1915.
Fox and Clark Furniture Shop (1905) The Fox and Clark Furniture Shop was situated at 73 Shenley Road, Boreham Wood.
Hillside Hillside was the childhood home of Sir Richard Burton.
Shenley Road (1930s) Shenley Road, Borehamwood in the 1930s
The Grange The Grange was a large house built for Frank May, chief cashier to the Bank of England from 1873 to 1893.
The Myriad Stores Photo depicting 49 Shenley Road, WD6
Theobald Street, looking north This image probably dates from the 1950s.

NEARBY STREETS
Almond Way, WD6 Almond Way is a development off Whitehouse Avenue (Borehamwood)
Auden Drive, WD6 This is a street in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)
Barham Avenue, WD6 Barham Avenue was constructed on the site of two historic houses (Elstree)
Boreham Holt, WD6 Boreham Holt is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Elstree)
Borehamwood Enterprise Centre, WD6 Borehamwood Enterprise Centre is a business centre (Borehamwood)
Borehamwood Shopping Park, WD6 Borehamwood Shopping Park is a location in London (Borehamwood)
Brickfield Cottages, WD6 Brickfield Cottages lie between Theobald Street and the railway (Borehamwood)
Brownlow Road, WD6 Brownlow Road was built together with Drayton Road (Borehamwood)
Calleo House, WD6 Calleo House is a location in London (Borehamwood)
Cavendish Crescent, WD6 Cavendish Crescent is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Elstree)
Cedar Close, WD6 Cedar Close is a location in London (Borehamwood)
Cedars Close, WD6 Cedars Close is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)
Chaucer Grove, WD6 Chaucer Grove is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)
Clarendon Road, WD6 Clarendon Road runs north from Shenley Road (Borehamwood)
Coleridge Way, WD6 Coleridge Way is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)
Deacons Close, WD6 Deacons Close is a location in London (Elstree)
Deacons Hill Road, WD6 Deacons Hill Road is a road connecting Barnet Lane and Allum Lane (Elstree)
Drayton Road, WD6 Drayton Road is one of the older streets in Borehamwood (Borehamwood)
Dunnock Close, WD6 Dunnock Close is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)
Fir Tree Court, WD6 Fir Tree Court is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Elstree)
Furzehill Parade, WD6 Furzehill Parade is a location in London (Borehamwood)
Furzehill Road, WD6 Furzehill Road runs from Shenley Road to Barnet Lane (Borehamwood)
Glenhaven Avenue, WD6 Glenhaven Avenue is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Elstree and Borehamwood)
Goldfinch Way, WD6 This is a street in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)
Grange Road, WD6 Grange Road is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Elstree)
Hollywood Court, WD6 Hollywood Court was built in 1935 (Elstree)
Holt Close, WD6 Holt Close is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Elstree)
Keats Close, WD6 Keats Close is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)
Keystone Passage, WD6 Keystone Passage commemorates the Keystone factory (Borehamwood)
Kipling Way, WD6 Kipling Way is a location in London (Borehamwood)
Lakeside Court, WD6 This is a street in the WD6 postcode area (Elstree)
Links Drive, WD6 Links Drive is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Elstree)
Lodge Avenue, WD6 Lodge Avenue is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Elstree)
Maple Court, WD6 Maple Court is a location in London (Borehamwood)
Martins Walk, WD6 Martins Walk is a location in London (Borehamwood)
Melrose Avenue, WD6 Melrose Avenue was the first built of Borehamwood’s ’poet’ roads (Borehamwood)
Mildred Avenue, WD6 Mildred Avenue is a curious road, being in two halves (Borehamwood)
Nash Close, WD6 Nash Close is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Elstree)
Orchard Close, WD6 Orchard Close is a cul-de-sac off of Links Drive (Elstree)
Park Crescent, WD6 Park Crescent is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Elstree)
Penta Court, WD6 Penta Court is a block on Station Road (Borehamwood)
PO Box 4, WD6 Penta Court is a location in London (Borehamwood)
Shakespeare Drive, WD6 Shakespeare Drive, which was part of the former Furzehill School is part of a development by Persimmon Plc (Borehamwood)
Shelley Close, WD6 This is a street in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)
Siskin Close, WD6 Siskin Close was built on the site of the Boreham Wood Engine Works (Borehamwood)
Station Road, WD6 Station Road was laid out shortly after the railway was built to connect new industry built alongside the railway with the centre of the village (Borehamwood)
Tauber Close, WD6 Tauber Close is a small cul-de-sac off of Allum Lane (Elstree)
The Kinetic Centre, WD6 The Kinetic Centre is a location in London (Borehamwood)
Thurston Way, WD6 Thurston Way is a location in London (Borehamwood)
Whitehall Close, WD6 Whitehall Close was named for the Whitehall Studios which formerly stood on the site (Borehamwood)
Woodside, WD6 Woodside is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Elstree)
Wordsworth Gardens, WD6 Wordsworth Gardens is a road in the WD6 postcode area (Borehamwood)

NEARBY PUBS
The Crown The Crown was the main pub in Borehamwood until 2010.


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