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Underground station · Leytonstone · E11 ·
MARCH
12
2013

Leytonstone is an area of east London and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is a suburban area, located seven miles north east of Charing Cross.

The name Leytonstone — in early documents Leyton-Atte-Stone — may derive from the large stone standing at the junction of Hollybush Hill and New Wanstead; in the 18th-century an obelisk was mounted on top of it, and it has been claimed that it is the remains of a Roman milestone.

Leytonstone station was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway on 22 August 1856. In turn it became, from 1862, part of the Great Eastern Railway system and then in 1923 part of the London & North Eastern Railway before being transferred to London Transport in 1947. This formed part of the New Works Programme 1935 - 1940 that was to see major changes at Leytonstone with the station becoming the junction of the existing Epping branch, newly electrified, with the new tube tunnel running under Eastern Avenue towards Newbury Park. This work saw a complete reconstruction of the station along with the removal of the level crossing at Church Lane and its replacement by an underbridge. The work stopped in May 1940 due to wartime priorities; further delays were caused by the station buildings being hit by a German bomb in January 1944. During the war, the new tunnels were used as an aircraft component factory; the part closest to Leytonstone was a public air-raid shelter.

The station was first served by the Central Line on 5 May 1947 when it became the temporary terminus of the line, passengers changing on to steam shuttle onwards to Epping. This ceased on 14 December 1947 with the extension of Underground services to Woodford and Newbury Park.


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John Neill   
Added: 25 Nov 2021 11:30 GMT   

Sandringham Road, E10 (1937 - 1966)
I lived at No. 61 with my parents during these years. I went to Canterbury Road school (now Barclay Primary) and sang as a boy soprano (treble) in the church choir at St Andrew’s church, on the corner of Forest Glade.
Opposite us lived the Burgess family. Their son Russell also sang in my choir as a tenor. He later became a well-known musician and the choirmaster at Wandsworth Boys’ School.
Just at the end of WW2 a German rocket (V2) landed in the grounds of Whipps Cross Hospital, damaging many of the houses in Sandringham Road, including ours.

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Richard Eades   
Added: 3 May 2021 11:42 GMT   

Downsell Primary School (1955 - 1958)
I was a pupil at Downsell road from I think 1955 age 7 until I left in 1958 age 10 having passed my "11plus" and won a scholarship to Parmiters school in bethnal green. I remember my class teacher was miss Lynn and the deputy head was mrs Kirby.
At the time we had an annual sports day for the whole school in july at drapers field, and trolley buses ran along the high street and there was a turning point for them just above the junction with downsell road.
I used to go swimming at cathall road baths, and also at the bakers arms baths where we had our school swimming galas. I nm y last year, my class was taken on a trip to the tower of london just before the end of term. I would love to hear from any pupils who remember me.

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Christine D Elliott   
Added: 20 Mar 2023 15:52 GMT   

The Blute Family
My grandparents, Frederick William Blute & Alice Elizabeth Blute nee: Warnham lived at 89 Blockhouse Street Deptford from around 1917.They had six children. 1. Alice Maragret Blute (my mother) 2. Frederick William Blute 3. Charles Adrian Blute 4. Violet Lillian Blute 5. Donald Blute 6. Stanley Vincent Blute (Lived 15 months). I lived there with my family from 1954 (Birth) until 1965 when we were re-housed for regeneration to the area.
I attended Ilderton Road School.
Very happy memories of that time.

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Pearl Foster   
Added: 20 Mar 2023 12:22 GMT   

Dukes Place, EC3A
Until his death in 1767, Daniel Nunes de Lara worked from his home in Dukes Street as a Pastry Cook. It was not until much later the street was renamed Dukes Place. Daniel and his family attended the nearby Bevis Marks synagogue for Sephardic Jews. The Ashkenazi Great Synagogue was established in Duke Street, which meant Daniel’s business perfectly situated for his occupation as it allowed him to cater for both congregations.

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Dr Paul Flewers   
Added: 9 Mar 2023 18:12 GMT   

Some Brief Notes on Hawthorne Close / Hawthorne Street
My great-grandparents lived in the last house on the south side of Hawthorne Street, no 13, and my grandmother Alice Knopp and her brothers and sisters grew up there. Alice Knopp married Charles Flewers, from nearby Hayling Road, and moved to Richmond, Surrey, where I was born. Leonard Knopp married Esther Gutenberg and lived there until the street was demolished in the mid-1960s, moving on to Tottenham. Uncle Len worked in the fur trade, then ran a pet shop in, I think, the Kingsland Road.

From the back garden, one could see the almshouses in the Balls Pond Road. There was an ink factory at the end of the street, which I recall as rather malodorous.

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KJH   
Added: 7 Mar 2023 17:14 GMT   

Andover Road, N7 (1939 - 1957)
My aunt, Doris nee Curtis (aka Jo) and her husband John Hawkins (aka Jack) ran a small general stores at 92 Andover Road (N7). I have found details in the 1939 register but don’t know how long before that it was opened.He died in 1957. In the 1939 register he is noted as being an ARP warden for Islington warden

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Added: 2 Mar 2023 13:50 GMT   

The Queens Head
Queens Head demolished and a NISA supermarket and flats built in its place.

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Mike   
Added: 28 Feb 2023 18:09 GMT   

6 Elia Street
When I was young I lived in 6 Elia Street. At the end of the garden there was a garage owned by Initial Laundries which ran from an access in Quick Street all the way up to the back of our garden. The fire exit to the garage was a window leading into our garden. 6 Elia Street was owned by Initial Laundry.

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Fumblina   
Added: 21 Feb 2023 11:39 GMT   

Error on 1800 map numbering for John Street
The 1800 map of Whitfield Street (17 zoom) has an error in the numbering shown on the map. The houses are numbered up the right hand side of John Street and Upper John Street to #47 and then are numbered down the left hand side until #81 BUT then continue from 52-61 instead of 82-91.

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P Cash   
Added: 19 Feb 2023 08:03 GMT   

Occupants of 19-29 Woburn Place
The Industrial Tribunals (later changed to Employment Tribunals) moved (from its former location on Ebury Bridge Road to 19-29 Woburn Place sometime in the late 1980s (I believe).

19-29 Woburn Place had nine floors in total (one in the basement and two in its mansard roof and most of the building was occupied by the Tribunals

The ’Head Office’ of the tribunals, occupied space on the 7th, 6th and 2nd floors, whilst one of the largest of the regional offices (London North but later called London Central) occupied space in the basement, ground and first floor.

The expansive ground floor entrance had white marble flooring and a security desk. Behind (on evey floor) lay a square (& uncluttered) lobby space, which was flanked on either side by lifts. On the rear side was an elegant staircase, with white marble steps, brass inlays and a shiny brass handrail which spiralled around an open well. Both staircase, stairwell and lifts ran the full height of the building. On all floors from 1st upwards, staff toilets were tucked on either side of the staircase (behind the lifts).

Basement Floor - Tribunal hearing rooms, dormant files store and secure basement space for Head Office. Public toilets.

Geound Floor - The ’post’ roon sat next to the entrance in the northern side, the rest of which was occupied by the private offices of the full time Tribunal judiciary. Thw largest office belonged to the Regional Chair and was situated on the far corner (overlooking Tavistock Square) The secretary to the Regional Chair occupied a small office next door.
The south side of this floor was occupied by the large open plan General Office for the administration, a staff kitchen & rest room and the private offices of the Regional Secretary (office manager) and their deputy.

First Dloor - Tribunal hearing rooms; separate public waiting rooms for Applicants & Respondents; two small rooms used by Counsel (on a ’whoever arrives first’ bases) and a small private rest room for use by tribunal lay members.

Second Floor - Tribunal Hearing Rooms; Tribunal Head Office - HR & Estate Depts & other tennants.

Third Floor - other tennants

Fourth Floor - other tennants

Fifth Floor - Other Tennants except for a large non-smoking room for staff, (which overlooked Tavistock Sqaure). It was seldom used, as a result of lacking any facities aside from a meagre collection of unwanted’ tatty seating. Next to it, (overlooking Tavistock Place) was a staff canteen.

Sixth Floor - Other tennants mostly except for a few offices on the northern side occupied by tribunal Head Office - IT Dept.

Seventh Floor - Other tenants in the northern side. The southern (front) side held the private offices of several senior managers (Secretariat, IT & Finance), private office of the Chief Accuntant; an office for two private secretaries and a stationary cupboard. On the rear side was a small kitchen; the private office of the Chief Executive and the private office of the President of the Tribunals for England & Wales. (From 1995 onwards, this became a conference room as the President was based elsewhere. The far end of this side contained an open plan office for Head Office staff - Secretariat, Finance & HR (staff training team) depts.

Eighth Floor - other tennants.


The Employment Tribunals (Regional & Head Offices) relocated to Vitory House, Kingsway in April 2005.






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THE STREETS OF LEYTONSTONE
Acacia Road, E11 Acacia Road runs due east from Cobden Road.
Alexandra Road, E11 Alexandra Road is a road in the E18 postcode area
Alison House, E11 Alison House is a block on High Road Leytonstone.
Ashbridge Road, E11 Ashbridge Road dates from the 1890s.
Avebury Road, E11 Avebury Road links Cavendish Drive and Southwest Road.
Aylmer Road, E11 Aylmer Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Barclay Road, E11 Barclay Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Barfield Road, E11 A street within the E11 postcode
Beachcroft Road, E11 Beachcroft Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Beacontree Road, E11 Beacontree Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Belton Road, E11 Belton Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Blenheim Road, E15 Blenheim Road is a road in the E15 postcode area
Borthwick Road, E15 Borthwick Road is one of the streets of London in the E15 postal area.
Boscombe Avenue, E11 Boscombe Avenue is a road in the E10 postcode area
Briscoe Close, E11 Briscoe Close is a road in the E11 postcode area
Browning Road, E11 Browning Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Broxbourne Road, E7 Broxbourne Road is one of the streets of London in the E7 postal area.
Bulwer Court Road, E11 Bulwer Court Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Bulwer Road, E11 Bulwer Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Burghley Road, E11 Burghley Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Burton Road, E18 A street within the E18 postcode
Buscombe Avenue, E11 A street within the E10 postcode
Bushwood, E11 Bushwood - the road - skirts Bush Wood in Wanstead.
Cann Hall Road, E11 Cann Hall Road runs from Thatched House to Wanstead Flats.
Carlton Road, E11 Carlton Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Cary Road, E11 Cary Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Cavendish Drive, E11 Cavendish Drive is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Cecil Road, E11 Cecil Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Chadwick Road, E11 Chadwick Road was an 1890s development, part of the Wallwood Estate.
Chelmsford Road, E11 Chelmsford Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Cheneys Road, E11 Cheneys Road was first occupied some time around 1887 after it was developed by the Manby-Colegrave family.
Chichester Road, E11 Chichester Road dates from 1888 as part of land developed by the Manby-Colegrave family.
Church Lane, E11 Church Lane is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Church Road, E7 Church Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Clare Road, E11 Clare Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Clarendon Road, E11 Clarendon Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Clock Court, E11 Clock Court is a block on Victory Road.
Cobbold Road, E7 Cobbold Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Cobden Road, E11 Cobden Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Colworth Road, E11 Colworth Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Connor Close, E11 Connor Close is a road in the E11 postcode area
Cookes Close, E11 Cookes Close is a road in the E11 postcode area
Corbicum, E11 Corbicum is a road in the E11 postcode area
Cotton Close, E11 Cotton Close is a road in the E11 postcode area
Courtenay Road, E11 Courtenay Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Crosby House, E11 Crosby House can be found on Carlton Road.
Crownfield Road, E11 A street within the E15 postcode
Dacre Road, E11 Dacre Road is a very short section of street.
Davies Lane, E11 Davies Lane is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Deepdene Close, E11 Deepdene Close is a road in the E11 postcode area
Drayton House, E11 Drayton House is a block on Drayton Road.
Drayton Road, E11 Drayton Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Dyers Hall Road, E11 Terraced houses were built along Dyers Hall Road between 1895 and 1901.
Dyson Road, E11 Dyson Road was at first called East Road.
Eagle Court, E11 Eagle Court is a road in the E11 postcode area
Eagle Lane, E11 Eagle Lane runs east off Woodford Road.
Elsham Road, E11 This is a street in the E11 postcode area
Essex Road South, E11 Essex Road South existed as Mountgrove Road before the rest of Essex Road to the north was laid out.
Esther Road, E11 Esther Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Eve Road, E11 Eve Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Fairlop Road, E11 Fairlop Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Fairwood Court, E11 Fairwood Court is a building on Fairlop Road.
Falcon Way, E11 Falcon Way is a road in the E11 postcode area
Ferndale Road, E11 Ferndale Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Fillebrook Road, E11 Fillebrook Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Fladgate Road, E11 Fladgate Road was built as part of the Wallwood Estate.
Fletcher Lane, E10 Fletcher Lane was a 1960s renaming.
Forest Drive East, E11 Forest Drive East is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Forest Drive West, E11 Forest Drive West is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Forest Glade, E11 Forest Glade is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Forest Road, E11 Forest Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Forest View, E11 A street within the E11 postcode
Fred Wigg Tower, E11 Fred Wigg Tower is a block on Montague Road.
Gainsborough Road, E11 Gainsborough Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Gilbert Street, E15 Gilbert Street is a road in the E15 postcode area
Goodman Road, E10 Goodman Road is one of the streets of London in the E10 postal area.
Grove Green Road, E11 Grove Green Road follows an ancient route from the Ruckholt manor house linking Leyton High Road and Leytonstone High Road.
Grove Road, E11 Grove Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Hainault Road, E11 Hainault Road was first mentioned in 1449.
Hanbury Drive, E11 Hanbury Drive is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Harold Road, E11 Harold Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Harrington Road, E11 Harrington Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Harrow Green, E11 A street within the E11 postcode
Harrow Road, E11 Harrow Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Hartley Road, E11 Hartley Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Harvey Gardens, SE7 Harvey Gardens is a location in London.
Harvey Road, E11 Harvey Road was named after Henry Martin Harvey, a church warden of St John’s Church, Leytonstone.
Hawbridge Road, E11 Hawbridge Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
High Road Leytonstone, E15 High Road Leytonstone is one of the streets of London in the E15 postal area.
Howard Road, E11 Howard Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Huddlestone Road, E7 Huddlestone Road is one of the streets of London in the E7 postal area.
James Lane, E11 James Lane was once known as Forest Lane.
Jenny Hammond Close, E11 A street within the E11 postcode
John Drinkwater Close, E11 John Drinkwater Close is a road in the E11 postcode area
John Walsh Tower, E11 John Walsh Tower is sited on Briscoe Close.
Joiners Mews, E11 Joiners Mews is a location in London.
King’s Passage, E11 King’s Passage is a road in the E11 postcode area
King’s Road, E11 King’s Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Kingsdown Road, E11 Kingsdown Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Kingswood Road, E11 A street within the E11 postcode
Kirkdale House, E11 Kirkdale House is a block on Kirkdale Road.
Kirkdale Road, E11 Kirkdale Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Lambourne Road, E11 Lambourne Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Lancaster Road, E11 Lancaster Road dates from 1870 or 1871.
Langham House, E11 Langham House is a block on Makepeace Road.
Lansan Court, E11 Lansan Court is a block on Lansdowne Road.
Lansdowne Road, E11 Lansdowne Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Leigh Road, E10 Leigh Road is a road in the E10 postcode area
Lemna Road, E11 Lemna Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Leybourne Road, E11 Leybourne Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Leyspring Road, E11 Leyspring Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Lister Road, E11 Lister Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Lytton Road, E11 Lytton Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Makepeace Road, E11 Makepeace Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Malvern Road, E11 Malvern Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Maple Road, E11 Maple Road was developed as the northernmost road on the Wallwood Estate.
Margarets Grove, E11 A street within the E11 postcode
Matcham Road, E11 Matcham Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Michael Road, E11 Michael Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Mills Court, E11 Mills Court is sited on Harrow Green.
Mohmmad Khan Road, E11 Mohmmad Khan Road was known previously as both Edgecombe Road and as part of Aylmer Road.
Montague Road, E11 Montague Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Mornington Road, E11 Mornington Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Moyers Road, E10 A street within the E10 postcode
Napier Road, E11 Napier Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Neville Close, E11 Neville Close is a road in the E11 postcode area
Newcomen Road, E11 Newcomen Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Nexus Court, E11 Nexus Court can be found on Kirkdale Road.
Nicholas Court, E11 Nicholas Court is a block on Bulwer Road.
Oakside Court, E11 Oakside Court is a block on Deepdene Close.
Oceanair House, E11 Oceanair House is a building on High Road Leytonstone.
Osprey Close, E11 Osprey Close is a road in the E11 postcode area
Pastures Path, E11 Pastures Path is a road in the E11 postcode area
Peppermint Place, E11 A street within the E11 postcode
Percy Road, E11 Percy Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Poppelton Road, E11 Poppleton Road was first occupied some time around 1894.
Preston Road, E11 Preston Road dates from the last decade of the Victorian era.
Queen’s Road, E11 This is a street in the E11 postcode area
Railway Arches, E11 Railway Arches is one of the streets of London in the E10 postal area.
Ramsay Road, E7 Ramsay Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Ranelagh Road, E11 Ranelagh Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Ripley Mews, E11 Ripley Mews is a road in the E11 postcode area
Robart House, E11 Robart House is a block on Lemna Road.
Robinson Close, E11 A street within the E11 postcode
Sansom Road, E11 Sansom Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Sauls Green, E11 Sauls Green is a road in the E11 postcode area
Scarborough Road, E11 Scarborough Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Selby Road, E11 Selby Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Serbin Close, E10 Serbin Close is a road in the E10 postcode area
Seton Court, E11 Seton Court can be found on Fairlop Road.
Silks Court, E11 Silks Court is a block on High Road Leytonstone.
Southfield Court, E11 Southfield Court can be found on Acacia Road.
Southwest Road, E11 Southwest Road connects Bulwer Road with Grove Green Road.
St Andrew’s Road, E11 St Andrew’s Road runs off Colworth Road.
St Margaret’s Grove, E11 St Margaret’s Grove is a road in the E11 postcode area
St. James Lane, E11 A street within the E10 postcode
Stanmore Road, E11 Stanmore Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Steele Road, E11 Steele Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Tavistock Road, E11 Tavistock Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Teesdale Road, E11 Teesdale Road was laid out after 1894 as part of the Wallwood estate.
Temple Close, E11 Temple Close is a road in the E11 postcode area
Terling Close, E11 Terling Close is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
The Pavement, E11 The Pavement is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
The Sidings, E11 The Sidings is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Thorpe Road, E7 Thorpe Road is one of the streets of London in the E7 postal area.
Tilston Close, E11 Tilston Close is off Matcham Road.
Topaz Court, E11 Topaz Court is located on High Road Leytonstone.
Trafalgar Place, E11 Trafalgar Place is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Trumpington Road, E7 Trumpington Road is one of the streets of London in the E7 postal area.
Tylney Road, E11 Tylney Road was the name of a path was ran north from Tylney House off Eagle Lane.
Vernon Road, E11 Vernon Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Victory Road, E11 Victory Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Wadley Road, E11 Wadley Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Wallwood Road, E11 Wallwood Road is named after an old house.
Wesley Road, E10 Wesley Road is a road in the E10 postcode area
Woodhouse Road, E11 Woodhouse Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Woodriffe Road, E11 Woodriffe Road is a road in the E11 postcode area
Woodville Road, E11 Woodville Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Worsley Road, E11 Worsley Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Wragby Road, E11 Wragby Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.

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