EAW053057 ENGLAND (1954). Boreham House and surrounding countryside, Boreham, from the east, 1954. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.

WINSFORD HOUSE

RIVER CHELMER

THE AVENUES, BROOMFIELD

SAINSBURYS IS HERE NOW. I REMEMBER THIS LARGE OLD HOUSE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND THE SON AND DAUGHTER WHO USED TO LIVE THERE BEFORE IT WAS ALL DEMOLISHED USED TO GO TO MY SCHOOL (BOSWELLS), THE HOUSE WAS CALLED GABLEHAYS

I REMEMBER THIS OLD HOUSE BOARDED UP AND SLOWLY FALLING APART, SITTING NEXT TO THE RAILWAY LINE AND GENERALS LANE BRIDGE THAT LEADS TO HOUSES AND NEW HALL SCHOOL. I ALWAYS WONDERED WHY IT WAS THERE AND NOW KNOW WHY, ITS NEXT TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL CROSSING BEFORE THE GENERALS LANE BRIDGE WAS BUILT. THE HOUSE USED TO SIT ON THE LEFT OF THE PHOTO SURROUNDED BY THE CONIFERS, I THINK THE HOUSE WAS EVENTUALLY DEMOLISHED IN THE LATE 1990'S.

GENERALS LANE BRIDGE SITS APROX HERE NOW ALONGSIDE THIS OLD ROAD, WHERE A PART OF IT STILL EXISTS LEADING DOWN TO THE TRACK

SPRINGFIELD HALL?

THERE WAS A HOUSE HERE ORIGINALLY CALLED 'BUCKINGHAM VILLA' ON OLD ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS

THE HEDGEROWS HOUSE

A HOUSE CALLED 'THE COTTAGE' LATER CHANGED TO 'WILLOWMEAD FARM'

WHITE HART COTTAGES

THIS LONG NARROW SHED APPEARED ON OLD ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS FROM 1952 AND WAS STILL THERE UNTIL 2014 WHEN THE NEW CAR DEALERS WAS BUILT NEXT TO THE COUNCIL HIGHWAYS DEPOT ON COLCHESSTER RD, SPRINGFIELD

THIS OLD BRIDGE WAS DEMOLISHED BETWEEN 1969 AND 1972? WHEN THE A12 CHELMER RD WAS BUILT THROUGH SPRINGFIELD. THE OLD BRICK BUILT SUPPORT CAN STILL BE SEEN ON THE UP LINE SIDE OF THE RAILWAY LINE TO COLCHESTER.

THIS SHORT ROAD JOINED FROM THE COTTAGE ON WHITEHART LANE TO COLCHESTER RD, SPRINGFIELD

THIS PROPERTY HAS OVER THE YEARS BEEN CALLED 'OAK TREE COTTAGE' AND THE 'OAK LODGE'.

'DAIRY FARM' AS MARKED ON OLD ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS

CUTON HALL LANE, SPRINGFIELD

DUKES FARM

TIMSONS LANE THAT USED TO LEAD TO 'DUKES FARM'

CALLED 'SHEEPCOTS' ON OLD ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS, THIS IS THE OLD HOUSE WHICH IS NOW SURROUNDED BY INDUSTRIAL UNITS ETC ON THE 'SPRINGFIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE' BEHIND THE ROYAL MAIL SORTING OFFICE AT THE BOREHAM INTERCHANGE

CALLED 'SPRINGFIELD LODGE' ON OLD ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS

I THINK THIS IS THE OLD WW2 CONCRETE PILLBOX THAT I REMEMBER BEING THERE BEFORE ALDIS WAS BUILT, BUT IN THIS PHOTO ITS NOT VERY CLEAR

CALLED SWISS COTTAGE FROM OLD ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS

THE ORIGINAL ENTRANCE TO NEW HALL SCHOOL AND THE LONG AVENUE OF TREES. YOU CAN STILL SEE SOME OF THE TREES THAT USED TO LINE THE AVENUE IN THE CAR AUCTION CAR PARK FROM COLCHESTER RD AND NEARLY NEXT TO THAT COTTAGE WHICH SELLS STUFF IN THE FRONT GARDEN OPPOSITE FORDSON RD

THIS OLD COTTAGE STILL EXISTS, ITS THE COTTAGE THAT SELLS ALL THE ODD ITEMS OUT THE FRONT ETC

GENERALS LANE, BOREHAM

TYRELL COTTAGES?

MILLMEAD COTTAGES

POLICE HOUSE

BROOMFIELD

BOWERS FARM- THE OLD FARMHOUSE IS STILL THERE BETWEEN LUPIN MEWS AND LILY CLOSE OFF LUPIN DRIVE. THE HOUSE IS GRADE 2 LISTED

AN OLD TRACK LINKING HOLDER'S FARM TO SPRINGFIELD GREEN AS SEEN ON OLD ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS

PUMP LANE, SPRINGFIELD

NABBOTTS COTTAGES?

CHELMER RD, CHELMSFORD

SPRINGFIELD RD

NABBOTTS FARM

OLD LODGE FARM JUST OUT OF VIEW TO THE RIGHT

ARBOUR LANE BRIDGE

STUMP LANE BRIDGE

SPRINGFIELD GREEN BRIDGE

SPRINGFIELD GREEN

HOLDER'S FARM- ONE OF THE OLD BARNS OF THIS FARM STILL EXISTS, ITS IN A CUL DE SAC CALLED CANVEY WALK OFF RUSHLEYDALE. I REMEMBER THIS FARM WHEN I WAS YOUNG, BEING DRAGGED TO HAVENGORE SHOPS, AS THE FARM WAS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE SHOPS AND REMEMBER SEEING COWS IN THE SMALL FIELD BEHIND THE FARM FROM THE ALLEYWAY THAT RUNS BETWEEN RUSHLEYDALE AND THE RAY.

PUMP LANE BRIDGE

SPRINGFIELD LYONS

WHITE HART LANE BRIDGE

COLCHESTER RD, SPRINGFIELD

WHITE HART LANE, SPRINGFIELD

THE WHITE HART PUB

MAIN RD, BOREHAM

GENERALS FARM

SLATE COTTAGES

THE OLD FARMHOUSE THAT STILL EXISTS TODAY BESIDE THE BOREHAM ROUNDABOUT WITH THE JUNCTION OF MAIN RD AND SITS IN FRONT OF THE GRANGE PUB

FORDSON RD, SPRINGFIELD

THE LONG NARROW LAKE

BOREHAM HOUSE

NORWICH TO LONDON LINE