Barnehurst

Rail station, existing between 1895 and now.

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MARCH
5
2017
The name of Barnehurst is derived from the name of the landowner family and the Saxon word for woodland: ’hurst’.

In 1745, Miles Barne the son of a wealthy London merchant married Elizabeth Elwick the heiress to May Place and inherited the estate in 1750. The family owned May Place until 1938 when it was sold to the local council.

The name Barnehurst came into being once a station had been proposed in Conduit Wood for the Bexley Heath Railway Company on their 1895 railway. It crossed the May Place Estate, then owned by Colonel Frederick Barne. At that time the area now known as Barnehurst was part of the Parish of Crayford, consisting of a mix of farmland and market gardens, with cherry, apple and plum orchards, with wood and parkland belonging to the estates of May Place, Martens Grove and Oakwood. The small population was concentrated along and to the south of Mayplace Road.

At first, the railway failed to attract large scale house developers - passenger numbers were small only boosted at weekends by golfers travelling to the new Barnehurst Golf Course opened in 1903. Its club house the old mansion of May Place was destroyed by fire in 1959. The electrification of the Bexleyheath Line in 1926 signalled the start of the large housing developments of the 1920s and 1930s.


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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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Gillian   
Added: 17 Feb 2024 00:08 GMT   

No 36 Upper East Smithfield
My great great grandfather was born at No 36 Upper East Smithfield and spent his early years staring out at a "dead wall" of St Katharine’s Docks. His father was an outfitter and sold clothing for sailors. He describes the place as being backed by tenements in terrible condition and most of the people living there were Irish.

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 16 Feb 2024 20:32 GMT   

Name origin
Interestingly South Lambeth derives its name from the same source as Lambeth itself - a landing place for lambs.

But South Lambeth has no landing place - it is not on the River Thames

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C Hobbs   
Added: 31 Jan 2024 23:53 GMT   

George Gut (1853 - 1861)
George Gut, Master Baker lived with his family in Long Lane.
George was born in Bernbach, Hesse, Germany and came to the UK sometime in the 1840s. In 1849, George married an Englishwoman called Matilda Baker and became a nauralized Englishman. He was given the Freedom of the City of London (by Redemption in the Company of Bakers), in 1853 and was at that time, recorded as living at 3 Long Lane. In the 1861 census, George Gut was living at 11 Long Lane.

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NEARBY STREETS
Appledore Avenue, DA7 Appledore Avenue was built as part of the ’Barnehurst Park Estate’ of New Ideal Homesteads Ltd
Appleton Close, DA7 A street within the DA7 postcode (Barnehurst)
Barnehurst Avenue, DA7 Barnehurst Avenue runs north from Merewood Road up to the Erith Road
Barnehurst Close, DA8 Barnehurst Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Barnehurst Road, DA7 Barnehurst Road was previously called Hills and Holes Road (Barnehurst)
Beechcroft Avenue, DA7 Beechcroft Avenue is one of a series of north-south roads named alphabetically
Beverley Road, DA7 Beverley Road is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Bourne mead, DA5 Bourne mead is a road in the DA5 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Bowness Road, DA7 Bowness Road is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Braemar Avenue, DA7 Braemar Avenue is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Braeside Crescent, DA7 Braeside Crescent is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Brantwood Road, DA7 Brantwood Road is a 1920s road in the Barnehurst area (Barnehurst)
Brindley Close, DA7 Brindley Close is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Brummel Close, DA7 Brummel Close is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Bullman Close, DA7 Bullman Close is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Chieveley Parade, DA7 A street within the DA7 postcode (Barnehurst)
Chieveley Road, DA7 Chieveley Road is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Colyers Lane Primary School, DA7 Colyers Lane Primary School is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Coniston Close, DA7 Coniston Close is a small cul-de-sac lying off of Coniston Road (Barnehurst)
Coniston Road, DA7 Coniston Road was laid out by the W H Wedlock company in 1932 (Barnehurst)
Cumbrian Avenue, DA7 A street within the DA7 postcode (Barnehurst)
Doris Avenue, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Barnehurst)
Dorothy Evans Close, DA7 Dorothy Evans Close is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Eastleigh Road, DA7 Eastleigh Road is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Epsom Close, DA7 Epsom Close is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Erith Road, DA6 Erith Road is a road in the DA6 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Erith Road, DA7 Erith Road is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Eversley Avenue, DA7 Eversley Avenue is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Eversley Avenue, DA8 Eversley Avenue is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Eversley Cross, DA7 Eversley Cross is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Fairford Avenue, DA7 Fairford Avenue is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Foresters Crescent, DA7 Foresters Crescent is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Garrard Close, DA7 Garrard Close is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Grasmere Road, DA7 Grasmere Road runs from Erith Road to Merewood Road (Barnehurst)
Gravel Hill Primary School, DA6 Gravel Hill Primary School is a road in the DA6 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Grazeley Close, DA6 Grazeley Close is a road in the DA5 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Grazeley Close, DA6 A street within the DA6 postcode (Barnehurst)
Grove Road, DA7 Grove Road is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Guinea Court, DA7 A street within the DA7 postcode (Barnehurst)
Halcot Avenue, DA6 Halcot Avenue is a road in the DA6 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Hall Place Crescent, DA5 Hall Place Crescent was built between 1951 and 1953 (Barnehurst)
Hilary Close, DA7 Hilary Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Hillingdon Road, DA7 Hillingdon Road is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Holly Gardens, DA7 Holly Gardens is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Holmsdale Grove, DA7 Holmsdale Grove is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Holmsdale Grove, DA7 Holmsdale Grove is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Homer Close, DA7 Homer Close is a road lying off of Grasmere Road (Barnehurst)
Hornbeam Lane, DA7 Hornbeam Lane provides access to the car park of Barnehurst station (Barnehurst)
Hurstwood Avenue, DA7 Hurstwood Avenue is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Inglewood Road, DA7 Inglewood Road is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Lane End, DA7 Lane End is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Lea Vale, DA1 Lea Vale is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Lea Vale, DA1 Lea Vale is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Leysdown Avenue, DA7 Leysdown Avenue is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Lingwood, DA7 Lingwood is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Lyndhurst Close, DA7 Lyndhurst Close is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Lyndhurst Road, DA7 Lyndhurst Road was developed by W H Wedlock Ltd., builders (Barnehurst)
Manor Way, DA7 Manor Way is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Marden Crescent, DA5 Marden Crescent is a road in the DA5 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Martens Avenue, DA7 Martens Avenue was built on the site of Springfield House in the immediate post-war era (Barnehurst)
Martens Close, DA7 Martens Close is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Mason Close, DA7 Mason Close is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Mayplace Close, DA7 Mayplace Close is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Mayplace Road East, DA7 Mayplace Road East was an old lane leading east from Barnehurst (Barnehurst)
Mayplace Road East, DA7 Mayplace Road East runs west-east through the DA1 and DA7 postcodes (Barnehurst)
Mayplace Road West, DA7 Mayplace Road West is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Mendip Road, DA7 A street within the DA7 postcode (Barnehurst)
Mera Drive, DA7 Mera Drive is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Merewood Road, DA7 Merewood Road runs east from Erith Road (Barnehurst)
Midfield Avenue, DA7 Midfield Avenue is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Midfield Parade, DA7 Midfield Parade was named as it was situated in the former middle field of the local farm (Barnehurst)
Miller Close, DA7 Miller Close is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Miller Court, DA7 Miller Court is located on Miller Close (Barnehurst)
Mount Pleasant Walk, DA5 Mount Pleasant Walk is a road in the DA5 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Northall Road, DA7 Northall Road is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Oakwood Drive, DA7 Oakwood Drive was formed as part of the ’Mayplace Farm’ estate built by W H Wedlock Ltd (Barnehurst)
Old Barn Way, DA7 Old Barn Way was built over the site of Mayplace Farm in 1938 (Barnehurst)
Old Manor Way, DA7 Old Manor Way is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Old Road, DA1 Old Road is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Park Grove, DA7 Park Grove is part of the Martens Grove Estate, build in the 1930s (Barnehurst)
Parkside Avenue, DA1 Parkside Avenue is a road in the DA1 postcode area
Parkside Avenue, DA7 Parkside Avenue is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Parkside Cross, DA7 A street within the DA7 postcode (Barnehurst)
Parkside Parade, DA1 A street within the DA1 postcode
Pelham Road, DA7 Pelham Road is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Pennine Way, DA8 Pennine Way is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Pinnacle Hill North, DA7 Pinnacle Hill North is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Pinnacle Hill, DA7 Pinnacle Hill is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Randolph Close, DA7 Randolph Close is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Risedale Road, DA7 Risedale Road was one of a series of ’Lake District’ roads build in 1929 (Barnehurst)
Rudland Road, DA7 Rudland Road is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Sevenoaks Close, DA7 A street within the DA7 postcode (Barnehurst)
Shenstone Close, DA1 Shenstone Close is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Silverdale Road, DA7 Silverdale Road is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Sovereign Court, DA7 A street within the DA7 postcode (Barnehurst)
Spring Vale, DA7 Spring Vale is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Springfield Road, DA7 Springfield Road is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Stephen Road, DA7 Stephen Road is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Sterling Road, DA7 A street within the DA7 postcode (Barnehurst)
Taunton Close, DA7 Taunton Close is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
The Chase, DA7 The Chase is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
The Marlowes, DA1 The Marlowes is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnehurst)
The Vyne, DA7 A street within the DA7 postcode (Barnehurst)
Thirlmere Road, DA7 Thirlmere Road runs between Coniston Road and Grasmere Road (Barnehurst)
Three Corners, DA7 Three Corners is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Watling Street, DA6 Watling Street is a road in the DA6 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Watling Street, DA6 Watling Street is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Watling Street, DA6 Watling Street is a road in the DA1 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Westfield Road, DA7 Westfield Road is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Windermere Road, DA7 Windermere Road is named for the largest lake in England (Barnehurst)
Woodside Close, DA7 Woodside Close is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)
Woodside Road, DA7 Woodside Road is a road in the DA7 postcode area (Barnehurst)

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