Woodberry Down Estate, N4

Estate in/near Manor House, existing between 1948 and now.

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Woodberry Down Estate was begun by London County Council in 1949.

During the 1930s, London County Council reported on a site owned by the Church Commissioners "about 64 acres in extent to the north and south of Seven Sisters Roa, suitable for redevelopment on a larger scale as a housing estate, close to the large public open spaces of Finsbury Park and Clissold Park, and served by excellent tramway, omnibus and tube railway routes."

The Second World War intervened and the first housing opened in 1948. The earliest completed blocks were the eight-storey Ashdale, Burtonwood, Nicholl and Needwood buildings. They had lifts and utilised reinforced concrete from recycled air raid shelters. Woodberry Down was heralded as ‘the estate of the future’.

Just fifty years later it was a different story. Hackney Council’s Structural Evaluation Report concluded that 31 out of 57 blocks on the estate were beyond economic repair with wide-ranging problems including subsidence, damp, faulty drainage, poor insulation, asbestos and lack of disabled access. Nearly 2000 homes on the estate were earmarked for demolition and 4644 new homes planned for construction by developers Berkeley Homes. The new tenure mix of the Estate would shift from 67 per cent socially rented to 34 per cent socially rented, 65 per cent privately owned.




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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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Looking north up Seven Sisters Road at Finsbury Park on 26 July 1932. The photo looks towards Manor House. Stroud Green Road is on left followed by the trees of Finsbury Park. Cars are coming out on right from Blackstock Road.
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Amwell Court Built by Stoke Newington Borough Council on a bomb site.
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Postcard from the turn of the twentieth century titled ’Finsbury Park - A shady walk’
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Seven Sisters Road and Woodberry Down (1895)
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William Patten, the first Lord of the Manor of Stoke Newington
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