College Place, E17

Road in/near Whipps Cross

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2000
College Place leads north from Forest Rise.





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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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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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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Whipps Cross The ’Whipps Cross’ name specifically applies to the junction of Lea Bridge Road with Whipps Cross Road and Wood Street.

NEARBY STREETS
Althorne Gardens, E18 Althorne Gardens is a road in the E18 postcode area
Avon Road, E17 Avon Road is a road in the E17 postcode area
Avonfield Court, E17 Avonfield Court is a block on Avon Road.
Bisterne Avenue, E17 Bisterne Avenue is one of the streets of London in the E17 postal area.
Bradwell Close, E18 Bradwell Close is one of the streets of London in the E18 postal area.
Buxton Drive, E11 Buxton Drive is a road in the E11 postcode area
Cheyne Avenue, E18 Cheyne Avenue is one of the streets of London in the E18 postal area.
Firmans Court, E17 Firmans Court is a block on Wood Street.
Forest Court, E11 Forest Court is a road in the E11 postcode area
Forest Court, E17 Forest Court is a building on Forest Court.
Forest Rise, E11 Forest Rise is one of the streets of London in the E17 postal area.
Forest Rise, E11 Forest Rise is a road in the E11 postcode area
Foresters Drive, E17 Foresters Drive is a road in the E17 postcode area
Fyfield Road, E17 Fyfield Road is one of the streets of London in the E17 postal area.
Green Way Avenue, E17 Green Way Avenue is one of the streets of London in the E17 postal area.
Greenway Avenue, E17 Greenway Avenue is one of the streets of London in the E17 postal area.
Hainault Court, E17 Hainault Court is a block on Forest Rise.
Kennet Close, SW11 Kennet Close is a location in London.
Lucerne Grove, E17 Lucerne Grove is a road in the E17 postcode area
Morgan Avenue, E17 Morgan Avenue is a road in the E17 postcode area
Oakhurst Close, E17 A street within the E17 postcode
Oakhurst Gardens, E17 Oakhurst Gardens is a road in the E17 postcode area
Oakhurst Gardens, E17 Oakhurst Gardens is a road in the E11 postcode area
Oakhurst Gardens, E17 Oakhurst Gardens is a road in the E18 postcode area
Rayne Court, E18 Rayne Court is a block on Rayne Court.
Rivenhall Gardens, E18 Rivenhall Gardens is one of the streets of London in the E18 postal area.
Robin Court, E17 Robin Court is a block on Upper Walthamstow Road.
Salters Road, E17 Salters Road is a road in the E17 postcode area
Sher House, E17 Sher House is a block on Bisterne Avenue.
Snaresbrook Road, E11 Snaresbrook Road is one of the streets of London in the E11 postal area.
Snaresbrook Road, E11 Snaresbrook Road is a road in the E17 postcode area
Snaresbrook Road, E11 Snaresbrook Road is a road in the E18 postcode area
St Peters Court, E17 St Peters Court is located on Upper Walthamstow Road.
St Peter’s Avenue, E11 A street within the E17 postcode
The Forest, E11 The Forest is a road in the E11 postcode area
The Risings, E17 The Risings is a road in the E17 postcode area
Upper Walthamstow Road, E17 Upper Walthamstow Road is one of the streets of London in the E17 postal area.
Whipps Cross House, E17 Whipps Cross House can be found on Wood Street.
Woodforoad New Road, E17 A street within the E17 postcode
Woodham Court, E18 Woodham Court is a road in the E18 postcode area
Woodlands Gardens, E17 A street within the E17 postcode
Woodside Park Avenue, E17 Woodside Park Avenue lies in Whipps Cross.


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Whipps Cross

The ’Whipps Cross’ name specifically applies to the junction of Lea Bridge Road with Whipps Cross Road and Wood Street.

Whipps Cross is first mentioned in local records of the late fourteenth century as Phip’s cross, referring to a wayside cross set up by a member of the family of a John Phyppe. Further versions on maps and deeds are Phyppys Crosse in 1517, Fypps Chrosse in 1537, Phippes Cross in 1572, and finally Whipps Cross by 1636. The change in the initial consonant is thought to have been a product of the local Essex dialect at that time, in which ’F’ sounds were pronounced as ’W’.

To the south of Whipps Cross Road and west of James Lane, the Forest House estate had its origins in a lease of land granted by the Abbot of Stratford Langthorne Abbey in 1492.

Forrest House was built by 1568. Ownership of the estate passed to James Houblon, a wealthy City merchant of Huguenot descent, in 1682. Houblon built a new house in the English Baroque style. In 1703, the estate was sold to Sir Gilbert Heathcote, the last Lord Mayor of London to ride on horseback at the Lord Mayor’s Show. The estate was later sold to the Bosanquet family in 1743, and it remained in their hands until 1889, when it was sold to the West Ham Board of Guardians who established a workhouse.

During World War I, the workhouse infirmary was used to treat wounded soldiers and this became Whipps Cross Hospital in 1917. Of notable births at the hospital’s maternity unit was one David Beckham.

The area to the south and west of Whipps Cross is residential, mainly terraced housing built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The boundary between Whipps Cross and Upper Walthamstow to the west and with Leytonstone to the south is ill-defined.

To the east of Whipps Cross is an area of Epping Forest called Leyton Flats, which features a lake created from old gravel pits called the Hollow Pond.

In 1905, a swimming pond was excavated by manual labour as part of an unemployment relief scheme, located to the north of the Hollow Pond. It was locally known as the ’Batho’. In 1932, a new open-air swimming pool, now called Whipps Cross Lido, was opened there by the Lord Mayor of London. By the 1980s, attendances had fallen and the decision was taken to close the lido on 4 September 1982. The site was levelled and returned to forest land.


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