EPW006205 ENGLAND (1921). The Fishery, Denham Green, from the south-east, 1921

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Title [EPW006205] The Fishery, Denham Green, from the south-east, 1921
Reference EPW006205
Date April-1921
Link
Place name DENHAM GREEN
Parish DENHAM
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 504359, 188542
Longitude / Latitude -0.49353704790528, 51.585584747642
National Grid Reference TQ044885

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Class31
Sunday 19th of May 2013 08:34:48 AM
The Fishery was used as the main production office for Denham studios in the 1930's and Alexander Korda had his office in it. There's some wonderful, if rather sad, footage of it in a derelict state in the 1965 documentary "The Epic That Never Was" with one or two of the people who worked there. You can see the documentary on Youtube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPf4kbZFT10

peterfc
Friday 30th of September 2022 10:39:20 AM

Class31
Sunday 19th of May 2013 08:34:02 AM
Denham Studios were built in this area.

Class31
Sunday 19th of May 2013 08:33:35 AM

Gavin Thomas
Wednesday 9th of January 2013 04:18:41 PM

Gavin Thomas
Wednesday 9th of January 2013 04:18:18 PM
Thatched cottages

EastMarple1
Monday 2nd of July 2012 02:42:08 PM

User Comment Contributions

Nice work Class31, you are dead right with this one. It was lived in by the Drummond family, of the banking fame, for a time (see below).



From the History and Topography of Buckinghamshire by JJ Sheahan.



"The Fishery, half a mile from Denham, belongs to St. Thomas's Hospital, is leaded to Andrew Mortimer Drummond, Esq., and is in the occuptation of Henry Jones, Esq., who has very much improved the place. The river Colne runs close to the house.



The Fishery estate consists of the house, about 161 acres of land, and the fishery of Colne. John Drummond, Esq., (uncle of the present lessee) who obtained a lease of the property in 1800, enlarged the house, and lived in it until his death in 1833. It was afterwards occupied by this gentleman's son and grandson. The fishing in Colne was formerly excellent, but the canal running into the river in various places has greatly diminished it".



Gavin Thomas
Tuesday 16th of July 2013 05:54:19 PM
Photo is of a house known as The Fishery , Denham on the River Colne shown on the OS map dated 1916.

Class31
Monday 1st of July 2013 12:38:07 PM
Hi Class31, thanks for spotting this - it's nice to get more coverage of Denham given its important British film industry history. We'll update the catalogue and post the new data here in due course.



Yours, Katy

Britain from Above Cataloguing Team Leader

Katy Whitaker
Monday 1st of July 2013 12:38:07 PM
View looking north over an area which will largely be destroyed by gravel workings.

Class31
Sunday 19th of May 2013 08:22:38 AM
Some of the area covered by this photo can also be seen in EPW042980

Class31
Sunday 19th of May 2013 08:21:33 AM
Eureka I believe that I have identified this one.

Class31
Sunday 19th of May 2013 08:16:13 AM
This is definately not in Knapton, York, which we know very well. We think it is Lincolnshire and are working on its actual location - it may even be the hall taken over as The Officers Mess at Woodhall Spa airfield famously known for the Dambuster's Squadron.

benjamin
Tuesday 14th of May 2013 11:54:20 AM
Victorian/Edwardian. Perhaps something on the upper reaches of the Thames?

Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat
Sunday 1st of July 2012 08:51:48 PM