EAW037029 ENGLAND (1951). New housing development around Pakes Way, Theydon Green and the village, Theydon Bois, 1951. This image has been produced from a print.

orchard drive

Level crossing. Removed once the viaduct was built.

Baldocks Farmhouse

"Telephone Exchange" 11/11/2015

"Chapel" Now called Theydon Bois Baptist Church. 11/11/2015

"The Old School House". Opened 1840. Coppice Row. 11/11/2015

"History of Theydon Bois". 11/11/2015 1066 Population around 10. 1253 Manor House and wood and stone church built on the present site of Theydon Hall. 1305 Charter granted to Theydon Garnon by Edward I. 1381 Peasants Revolt. 1428 The community is small but by now is called Theydon Bois. It is one of the few villages in Ongar Hundred that did not have to pay taxation because there were fewer than 10 householders. 1535 Royalty visit the area. Mummers and travellers visit Theydon and entertain the village folk. 1656 Bull Inn dates from this time. Remained a residential tyle-house until 1717 because the village was too small and travelers too few to support. 1735 Benjamine Smart living at Birch Hall, Theydon Bois is the Lord of the Manor. 1753 Benjamin Smart builds almshouses in the village. 1770 Highwaymen, including John Rann ("Sixteen String Jack") are frequently in the Epping Forest area. 1777 About 12 houses round The Green and few elsewhere in the Parish. 1822 A small school started. 1828 8 pupils. 1831 Number of inhabitants 676. 1832 62 Oak trees planted along The Avenue across The Green by Robert Westerby Hall-Dare, Lord of the Manor. 1833 12 pupils. 1840 New school built in Coppice Row. 1841 Population dropped to 538. 1851 Forest lands were being enclosed and it appeared that Epping Forest might disappear. 1843 Proposal to build a new Parish Church in Theydon Bois. 1851 St. Mary's Church built and the old one on Abridge Road pulled down. 1856 Railway reached Loughton from London. 1865 Railway reached Theydon Bois. 1867 Windmill on Bell Common pulled down. 1870 20 houses built on Piercing Hill. 1872 Gas brought into village. 1878 Epping Forest Act passed and many enclosed plots were reopened . 1879 Water piped into village. 1882 Epping Forest dedicated by Queen Victoria at High Beach. 1883 First footpath along the northwest side of The Green. 1885 First modern houses on the Blackacre Estate and Woburn Avenue. 1886 Police station built on the corner of Forest Drive where the new flats now stand. 1890 Terraced houses built on the southwest side of The Green and along Theydon Park road. 1900 Main drains laid. 1902 School partly demolished due to poor foundations and new school built. Now the College of Preceptors (or Teachers) this has recently been sold. 1928 Electricity came to the village. 1931 Census: Population 1504. Households 395. 1940 Parachute Mine explodes on The Plain demolishing "The Retreats". 1943 The Theydon Bois Rural Preservation Society formed. 1943 The Village association formed to coordinate local organisations. 1949 Railway electrified and became part of the 'Underground'.

Green Dale. 11/11/2015

Woodland Way. 11/11/2015

Sidney Road. 11/11/2015

Piecing Hill. 11/11/2015

B172. Coppice Row. 11/11/2015

Orchard Drive. 11/11/2015

Abridge Road. 11/11/2015

Morgan Cres. 11/11/2015

Elizabeth Drive. 11/11/2015

Forest Drive. 11/11/2015

Loughton Lane. 11/11/2015

Avene Road.

The Green. 11/11/2015

Poplar Row. 11/11/2015

Hill Road. 11/11/2015

Blackacre Road. 11/11/2015

Theydon Park Road. 11/11/2015

"Unknown Cottage" Now with side garage. 11/11/2015

Pakes Way. 11/11/2015

Green Glade. 11/11/2015

"Theydon Bois Rail Station". 11/11/2015

"Thrifts Hill Farm". Off:- Abridge Road. 11/11/2015