EPW016554 ENGLAND (1926). Chelmsford Prison and environs, Chelmsford, 1926

TRINITY RD, SPRINGFIELD

THE SMALL BRICK BRIDGE WITH THE LOCK GATES STILL SURVIVE TODAY

HILL RD, SPRINGFIELD

QUEENS RD, SPRINGFIELD

BYRON RD, SPRINGFIELD

LIONFIELD TERRACE, SPRINGFIELD

HORSE POND BRIDGE, SPRINGFIELD

PARKLANDS DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD AREA

THE THREE CUPS PUB

WEIGHT RD, SPRINGFIELD- FREDERIC WEIGHT, THE LANDLORD OF 'THE THREE CUPS' PUB ON THE CORNER OF THE ROAD, BUILT THIS ROAD IN 1898 ON LAND AT THE SIDE AND REAR

NAVIGATION RD, SPRINGFIELD

WHARF RD, SPRINGFIELD

CHELMER AND BLACKWATER NAVIGATION, SPRINGFIELD

SANDFORD RD, SPRINGFIELD, USED TO BE CALLED GAOL LANE

ARBOUR LANE, SPRINGFIELD

OLD COURT RD, SPRINGFIELD

ARBOUR LANE, SPRINGFIELD

GAS WORKS, SPRINGFIELD

CHELMER & BLACKWATER NAVIGATION, SPRINGFIELD

NAVIGATION RD, SPRINGFIELD

QUEENS RD, SPRINGFIELD

HILL RD, SPRINGFIELD

TRINITY RD, SPRINGFIELD

SPRINGFIELD RD, SPRINGFIELD

WHARF RD, SPRINGFIELD

OLD COURT ROAD, SPRINGFIELD

LIONFIELD TERRACE, SPRINGFIELD

BYRON RD, SPRINGFIELD

WEIGHT RD, SPRINGFIELD- FREDERIC WEIGHT, THE LANDLORD OF 'THE THREE CUPS' PUB ON THE CORNER OF THE ROAD, BUILT THIS ROAD IN 1898 ON LAND AT THE SIDE AND REAR

SPRINGFIELD MILL- RECORDED IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK (1086), SPRINGFIELD MILL (NOW RIVERSIDE INN) OVERLOOKED A PICTURESQUE VALLEY SCENE. FOR OVER 90 YEARS ENDING IN 1790, THE STRUTTS WORKED SPRINGFIELD MILL, THE ONLY MILL IN THE TOWN CENTRE NOT RUN BY THE MARRIAGE FAMILY. AROUND THE 1900'S MILLER ALFRED BRADRIDGE INSTALLED A 40 INCH TURBINE TO POWER 4 PAIRS OF STONES. LIKE SO MANY MILLERS, IN ADDITION TO FLOUR GRINDING, BRADRIDGE ALSO UNDERTOOK CHEMICAL PROCESSING FOR ARTIFICIAL FERTILIZERS AND ANIMAL FEEDS. BY 1929 THE MILL WAS LEASED AS A STORE AND IN 1939 THE STONES WERE SCRAPPED. GRADE 2 LISTED ON 20TH MAY 1949.

HORSE POND BRIDGE, SPRINGFIELD

THE VIADUCT ON THE BUNNY WALKS FOOTPATH/ CYCLEPATH AT THE BOTTOM OF HILL VIEW RD, SPRINGFIELD

HOLY TRINITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, SPRINGFIELD

THIS FOOTPATH AND LINE OF TREES STILL EXIST, IT RUNS FROM ARBOUR LANE BRIDGE TOWARDS THE TOWN (BUNNY WALKS) IN SPRINGFIELD

ARBOUR LANE CHANGED TO TELFORD PLACE, SPRINGFIELD. BUILT AROUND THE LATE 1990'S?

BOSWELLS HOUSE, SPRINGFIELD

THIS IS THE LOCK AND OLD BRIDGE AT THE END OF THE CANAL WHICH IS STILL THERE TODAY IN SPRINGFIELD

SANDFORD RD, SPRINGFIELD, USED TO BE CALLED GAOL LANE

CHELMSFORDS ORIGINAL FOOTBALL PITCH. THE PLAYERS USED TO CHANGE IN THE KINGS HEAD HOTEL AND LEAVE VIA THE REAR OF THE HOTEL AND TO THE PITCH. THE HOTEL USED TO BE WHERE THE WOOLWORTHS STORE ONCE STOOD AND NOW ITS BARCLAYS BANK

BADDOW RD, CHELMSFORD

GOLDLAY RD, CHELMSFORD

RIVER CAN

RIVER CHELMER

THIS HOLE IN THE GROUND WAS SUPPOSEDLY DUG TO REMOVE THE EARTH FOR THE RAILWAY EMBANKMENTS EITHER SIDE OF THE VIADUCT WHEN THE RAILWAY WAS BUILT, CAN BE SEEN TODAY BUT COVERED IN TREES AND BUSHES

RIVER CHELMER

RIVERSIDE, CHELMSFORD

THIS IS AN OLD WORLD WAR 1 RUNWAY. THERE'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN ONE AROUND THE PUMP LANE, SPRINGFIELD AREA, BUT I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY PROOF OF THAT YET

THE OLD EGG PACKING FACTORY ETC

THESE ROWS OF TREES STILL EXIST

RAILWAY COTTAGES

TOWER HOUSE

THESE TREES THAT USED TO LINE A DRIVE WAY LEADING TO A HOUSE CALLED 'SPRINGFIELD VILLA' STILL EXIST TODAY. THEY NOW LINE A FOOTPATH THAT LEADS FROM ABBOTTS PLACE OFF SPRINGFIELD RD TO PARKLANDS DRIVE, AND LOOKS LIKE IT STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL BRICK PIERS AT THE START OF THE DRIVE

AN OLD HOUSE CALLED 'SHRUBLANDS',CHANGED TO 'ESSEX RIVERS HOUSE' IN THE 1940'S AND 1950'S, DEMOLISHED IN THE 1960'S FOR THE OFFICE BUILDING 'RIVERS HOUSE'

MILDMAY RD, CHELMSFORD

NORWICH TO LONDON LINE- BUILT IN 1842

THIS HOUSE WAS CALLED 'THE BUNGALOW' SURROUNDED BY NURSERY FIELDS ON OLD ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS UNTIL THE LATE 1960'S WHEN HILL VIEW RD WAS BUILT

THIS U SHAPED BUILDING STILL EXISTS AND WAS TURNED INTO HOUSES IN APROX THE LATE 1980'S EARLY 1990'S? AND WAS NAMED 'OLD COURT', ON OLD ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS IT WAS 'THE COUNTY POLICE STATION' FROM 1874 TO 1898, THE NEXT MAP AFTER THAT IN 1921 SHOWS IT AS AN OLD COURT, RIGHT UP UNTIL APROX 1953. THEN IN 1964 ITS THE 'COUNTY SURVEYORS OFFICES'

SPRINGFIELD VILLA-IT WAS MARKED ON OLD ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS FROM 1874 AND WAS DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE END OF PARKLANDS DRIVE

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH

Springfield Park Estate will be built here, circa 1930s. Consisting of around 300 identical houses (apart from left or right handed). Springfield Park Road, Lane, Parade to make up just 3 of the roads.

VICTORIA RD, CHELMSFORD

CHELMSFORD PRISON

The Bunnywalk: path from Arbour Lane to Victoria Road

Railway Bridge over River Chelmer

The Red Lion Public House

HM Prison, Chelmsford

Riverside Inn - formerly Springfield Mill

The Alma Public House

Trinity Road Infant & Junior School