EPW016014 ENGLAND (1926). The Aldenham Reservoir, Elstree, from the south, 1926
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| Title | [EPW016014] The Aldenham Reservoir, Elstree, from the south, 1926 |
| Reference | EPW016014 |
| Date | 1-July-1926 |
| Link | |
| Place name | ELSTREE |
| Parish | ELSTREE AND BOREHAMWOOD |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 516930, 194735 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.31008369476753, 51.638781387731 |
| National Grid Reference | TQ169947 |
Pins
 Site of Lister Institute/Bio Products Laboratories |
 nkingdon |
Saturday 9th of November 2013 02:39:52 AM |
| What would become Elstree Aerodrome |
nkingdon |
Saturday 9th of November 2013 02:34:07 AM |
| Aldenham Park |
 John Swain |
Saturday 10th of August 2013 01:18:54 PM |
John Swain |
Saturday 10th of August 2013 01:18:17 PM | |
| The reservoir was built by the Grand Union Canal Company to feed water into the River Colne. Dug in about 1796. |
mapgeek |
Friday 8th of February 2013 08:13:45 PM |
Constructed apparently by French prisoners-of-war! |
John Swain |
Saturday 10th of August 2013 01:20:07 PM |
| Watford Road |
mapgeek |
Friday 8th of February 2013 08:09:50 PM |
| Elstree Road |
mapgeek |
Friday 8th of February 2013 08:09:12 PM |
| This looks like the construction of North Western Avenue. Today this route is followed to the south (south west), towards the front of the picture by the M1 which was constructed along a route close to the proposed extension of the Northern Line to Bushey Heath in 1937.... and never completed. Most of the open country has now been built on. |
 Maurice |
Sunday 28th of October 2012 10:36:51 AM |
Spot on, Maurice! Bart's Reference Atlas of Greater London (8th Ed. 1948) on page 21, shows this proposed extension to Bushey Heath from Edgware via Brockley Hill and Elstree South. Some earthworks were completed but the scheme was abandoned in 1940. |
John Swain |
Saturday 10th of August 2013 01:27:54 PM |
User Comment Contributions
 A rural scene less than three miles from the centre of Watford, with major changes taking place in the road network in the form of the Watford By-Pass/North Western Avenue, completed in 1926. Further changes were due to take place in the 1960s, notably the construction of the M1 Motorway. |
John Swain |
Saturday 10th of August 2013 01:32:24 PM |