Erith

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September
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Erith is an area in south-east London, within the historic county of Kent.

In 1797 Edward Hasted described Erith as "one small street of houses, which leads to the water side". At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Erith’s population was 1533.

By 1849 Erith was enjoying a short spell as a riverside resort after the opening of the station that year. Its pier and nearby hotel gave hospitality for day-trippers arriving on Thames pleasure boats or by rail.

Erith Iron Works was established in 1864 on a riverside site at Anchor Bay, east of the town centre. Engineering became an important industry in Erith, with armaments and cables as the main products. Vickers was a major employer, with links to the Royal Arsenal at nearby Woolwich.

Erith has formed part of the London Borough of Bexley since 1965.



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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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NEARBY STREETS
Adit Road, DA8 Adit Road lies within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Alexandra Road, DA8 Alexandra Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Alford Road, DA8 This is a street in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Aperfield Road, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Apollo Way, DA8 Apollo Way is a minor road near Erith (Erith)
Appold Street, DA8 Appold Street was named after a pump (Erith)
Arran Close, DA8 Arran Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Ashburnham Road, DA17 Ashburnham Road is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Athol Road, DA8 Athol Road - John, Earl of Athol was Lord of Erith Manor in the time of Edward I (Erith)
Atlas Trade Park, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Austen Road, DA8 Austen Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Aveley Close, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Ballast Road, DA8 Ballast Road lies within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Battle Road, DA17 A street within the DA17 postcode (Erith)
Battle Road, DA8 Battle Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Beckton Place, DA8 Beckton Place is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Becton Place, DA8 Becton Place is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Beechfield Road, DA8 Beechfield Road runs between Avenue Road and Frinsted Road (Erith)
Beltwood Road, DA17 Beltwood Road is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Betsham Road, DA8 Betsham Road dates from 1945 (Erith)
Bexley Road, DA8 Bexley Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Bidder Street, DA17 Tower Court is a development near Franks Park (Erith)
Bilton Road, DA8 Bilton Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Birch Walk, DA8 Birch Walk is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Bramble Croft, DA8 Bramble Croft is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Brantwood Avenue, DA8 Brantwood Avenue is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Britannia Close, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Broadoak Road, DA8 Broadoak Road connects Frinsted Road with Avenue Road
Bronte Close, DA8 Bronte Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Bronze Age Way, DA17 Bronze Age Way is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Bronze Age Way, DA8 Bronze Age Way is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Brook Street, DA8 Brook Street is a major road of Northumberland Heath
Brook Vale, DA8 Brook Vale is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Bullbanks Road, DA17 Bullbanks Road is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Byron Drive, DA8 Byron Drive is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Cables Close, DA17 Cables Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Camrose Avenue, DA8 This is a street in the DA8 postcode area
Carlton Road, DA8 Carlton Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Cavendish Avenue, DA8 Cavendish Avenue runs south from Carlton Road
Chandlers Drive, DA8 Chandlers Drive is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Charlieville Road, DA8 Charlieville Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Chichester Wharf, DA8 Chichester Wharf is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Christchurch Avenue, DA8 Christchurch Avenue was built in around 1960 (Erith)
Church Manorway, DA8 Church Manorway is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Church Road, DA8 Church Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Clydon Close, DA8 Clydon Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Colebrook Street, DA8 Colebrook Street is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Colindale Avenue, DA8 Colindale Avenue is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Collindale Avenue, DA8 Collindale Avenue is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Colombus Square, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Columbus Square, DA8 Columbus Square is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Compton Place, DA8 Compton Place is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Coniston Close, DA8 Coniston Close dates from between 1946 and 1949 (Erith)
Coniston Road, DA8 Coniston Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Cook Square, DA8 Cook Square is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Cookson Grove, DA8 Cookson Grove is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Corinthian Manorway, DA8 Corinthian Manorway is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Corinthian Road, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Cornelia Place, DA8 Cornelia Place is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Cornwallis Close, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Crabtree Manorway North, DA17 Crabtree Manorway North is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Crabtree Manorway S, DA17 A street within the DA17 postcode (Erith)
Crabtree Manorway South, DA17 Crabtree Manorway South is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Crescent Road, DA8 Crescent Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Cricketers Close, DA8 Cricketers Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Cross Street, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Crusoe Road, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Culling Road, DA17 A street within the DA17 postcode (Erith)
Dalmeny Road, DA8 Dalmeny Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area
David Coffer Court, DA17 David Coffer Court is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
De Luci Road, DA8 De Luci Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Debrabant Close, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Dentons Wharf, DA17 Dentons Wharf is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Dickens Close, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode
Downs Wharf, DA17 A street within the DA17 postcode (Erith)
Eastry Road, DA17 Eastry Road is a road in the DA17 postcode area
Eastry Road, DA8 Eastry Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Egerton Close, DA17 A street within the DA17 postcode (Erith)
Elmbourne Drive, DA17 Elmbourne Drive is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Elrick Close, DA8 Elrick Close is a road in Erith (Erith)
Erith High Street, DA8 Erith High Street is the main road of Erith (Erith)
Erith Scouts Hall153, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Europa House, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Europa Trading Estate, DA8 Commercial area (Erith)
Festival Close, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Filston Road, DA8 Filston Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Fisher’s Way, DA17 Fisher’s Way is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Fishers Way, DA17 A street within the DA17 postcode (Erith)
Fox House Road, DA17 Fox House Road is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Fraser Road, DA8 Fraser Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Friday Road, DA8 Friday Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Frobisher Road, DA8 Frobisher Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Galleon Close, DA8 Galleon Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Glebe Way, DA8 Glebe Way is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Glendale Road, DA8 Glendale Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Gordon Road, DA17 Gordon Road is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Grovebury Close, DA8 Grovebury Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Gyproc Business Park, DA8 Gyproc Business Park is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Hamilton Walk, DA8 Hamilton Walk is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Hardwick Court, DA8 Hardwick Court is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Hawthorn Place, DA8 Hawthorn Place is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Hengist Road, DA8 Hengist Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Highfield Avenue, DA8 Highfield Avenue is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Hillside, DA8 Hillside is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Holly Hill Road, DA17 Holly Hill Road is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Holly Hill Road, DA8 Holly Hill Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Holmhurst Road, DA17 Holmhurst Road is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Horsa Road, DA8 Horsa Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Ightham Road, DA8 Ightham Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area
James Watt Way, DA8 James Watt Way is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
James Watts Way, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Jenning Tree Way, DA17 Jenning Tree Way is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Jenningtree Way, DA17 A street within the DA17 postcode (Erith)
Jessett Close, DA8 Jessett Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Keats Road, DA17 Keats Road is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Kempton Close, DA8 Kempton Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Langdale Crescent, DA8 Langdale Crescent is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Lawrence Road, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode
Lesney Park Road, DA8 Lesney Park Road is a road in Erith (Erith)
Lesney Park, DA8 Lesney Park is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Loampit Road, DA8 Loampit Road is a location in London (Erith)
Lochmere Close, DA8 Lochmere Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Lower Road, DA17 Lower Road is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Lower Road, DA8 Lower Road is split into Erith and Belvedere halves (Erith)
Lowry Close, DA8 Lowry Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Luci Road, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Luddesdon Road, DA8 Luddesdon Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Luddesdon Road, DA8 Luddesdon Road is a road in the DA17 postcode area
Lydia Road, DA8 Lydia Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Macarthur Close, DA8 Macarthur Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Manor Park, DA8 Manor Park is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Manor Road, DA8 Manor Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Mariners Walk, DA8 Mariners Walk is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Maxim Road, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Maximfeldt Road, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Mayfield Road, DA17 Mayfield Road is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Maynard Close, DA8 Maynard Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Medley Lane, DA8 Medley Lane is a location in London (Erith)
Methuen Road, DA17 A street within the DA17 postcode (Erith)
Meyer Road, DA8 Meyer Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Mildred Road, DA8 Mildred Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Mitchell Close, DA17 Mitchell Close is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Morris Drive, DA8 A street within the DA17 postcode (Erith)
Mulberry Way, DA17 Mulberry Way is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Neptune Walk, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Norstead Road, DA8 Norstead Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Northumberland Park, DA8 Northumberland Park is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Nurstead Road, DA8 Nurstead Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Oak Road, DA8 Oak Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Oakdene Avenue, DA8 Oakdene Avenue is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Park Crescent Road, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Park Crescent, DA8 Park Crescent is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Park Gardens, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Parkside Road, DA17 Parkside Road is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Parsonage Manorway, DA8 Parsonage Manorway is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Pembroke Parade, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Pembroke Road, DA8 Pembroke Road once extended beyond the railway by means of a level crossing (Erith)
Penda Road, DA8 Penda Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Peter’s, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Pier Road, DA8 Pier Road is a road in central Erith (Erith)
Plaxtol Road, DA8 Plaxtol Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Pleasant View, DA8 Pleasant View is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Poplar Mount, DA17 A street within the DA17 postcode (Erith)
Queen Street, DA8 This is a street in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Queens Road, DA8 Queens Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Raleigh Close, DA8 Raleigh Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Randall Close, DA8 Randall Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Reddy Road, DA8 Reddy Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Regent Square, DA17 Regent Square is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Riverdale Road, DA8 Riverdale Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Ron Green Court, DA8 Ron Green Court is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Rutland Gate, DA17 Rutland Gate is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Saltford Close, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Sandcliff Road, DA8 Sandcliff Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Sandy Road, DA8 Sandy Road is a location in London (Erith)
Sayers Way, DA8 Sayers Way lies within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Shermanbury Close, DA8 Shermanbury Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Shermansbury Close, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Sherwood House, DA8 Sherwood House is a block in Erith (Erith)
Shinglewell Road, DA8 Shinglewell Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Shinglewell Road, DA8 Shinglewell Road is a road in the DA17 postcode area
Silver Spring Close, DA8 Silver Spring Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Silver Spring Road, DA8 Silver Spring Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Springhead Road, DA8 Springhead Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
St Fidelis Road, DA8 St Fidelis Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
St Francis Road, DA8 St Francis Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
St Johns Road, DA8 St Johns Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
St. Fidelis Road, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
St. Francis Road, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
St. Paul’s Road, DA8 St. Paul’s Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Stanmore Road, DA8 Stanmore Road is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Steele Walk, DA8 Steele Walk is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Stiles Close, DA8 Stiles Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Stone Court, DA8 Stone Court is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Stonewood Road, DA8 Stonewood Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Strata Road, DA8 Strata Road is a location in London (Erith)
Sussex Road, DA8 Sussex Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Swanton Road, DA8 Swanton Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Sycamore Court, DA8 Sycamore Court is a building on Sycamore Court (Erith)
The Drive, DA8 The Drive is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Thorne Close, DA8 Thorne Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Thwaite Close, DA8 Thwaite Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Thwaite Lodge, DA8 Thwaite Lodge is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Tower Road, DA17 Tower Road is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Town Square, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Tranquil Rise, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Turpin Lane, DA8 Turpin Lane is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Tyler Close, DA8 Tyler Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Upper Holly Hill Road, DA17 Upper Holly Hill Road is a road in the DA17 postcode area (Erith)
Valley Road, DA8 Valley Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Vicarage Close, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Vickers Road, DA8 Vickers Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Victoria Road, DA8 Victoria Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Viking Way, DA8 Viking Way is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Walnut Tree Road, DA8 Walnut Tree Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Ward Close, DA8 Ward Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Waters Edge Court, DA8 Waters Edge Court is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
West Street, DA8 West Street is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Wharf House, DA8 Wharf House is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Wharfside Close, DA8 Wharfside Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Wheatley Terrace Road, DA8 Wheatley Terrace Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Wheatstone Road, DA8 A street within the DA8 postcode (Erith)
Wheelock Close, DA8 Wheelock Close is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Wilde Road, DA8 Wilde Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area
Willis Road, DA8 Willis Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
Winifred Road, DA18 Winifred Road is a road in the DA8 postcode area (Erith)
York Terrace, DA8 York Terrace is a road in the DA8 postcode area

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Valley Road Working Mens Club beside the Pembroke Road level crossing, Erith. The view largely remained but the level crossing was buried under a new road.
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The top of Avenue Road, Erith looking down the hill, probably taken during the years around the First World War. The bend in the road would today be at the point that Buxton Road joins Avenue Road.
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Lesney Park Road, Erith retains many of its mid-Victorian houses
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Pier Road in Erith showing the premises of Lloyds hardware shop. There is a beautiful array of gas lamps over the premises of the South Suburban Gas Company
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Erith High St, around 1902. Tram lines were in situ by 1905. The main shop is that of George Mence Smith and on display a fine array of ’tin baths’
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