Cranes Farm
Cranes Farm, lies towards the centre of this 1939 image.

The Horses Home and Furzehill Road at the bottom with the chalk outline of the future Ashley Drive clearly visible.

Delayed by the war, Borehamwood Estate’s housing covered the scene in the early 1950s.

Credit: Aerofilms
Cranes Farm was a farm in Boreham Wood.

Cranes Farm was situated just behind the modern location of the Bull and Tiger pub (a.k.a. The Directors’ Arms).

Cranes Way was laid out nearly on the line of the farm track.

The final tenant farmer of Cranes Farm, as compensation, was given one of the new houses Laings built in Manor Way at a low-rate, long-term fixed rent.

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