EPW019332 ENGLAND (1927). The former Strand Union Workhouse, Edmonton, 1927

The Bull PH, Silver Street, 04/09/2013

"Pymmes Brook".

Hedge Lane.

"Infirmary". In 1910, a pavilion-plan infirmary was erected on fields at the east of the workhouse, separated from it by a long fence. The infirmary became Edmonton Military Hospital during the First World War.

"Tanners End Mission". Statham Grove, Tanners Lane. *Photo from:- David Clarke, taken about 1938.*

"The Edmonton Windmill". Windmill Road. Photo taken about 1920. * Photo supplied by Brenda Noble. *

"Silver Street School". This photo of Silver Street School around 1910 is from an old postcard and is courtesy of Cliff Raven. The caretaker's house is on the left. Note the two doorways which were the infants' and girls' entrances and the separate gateway leading to the boys' playground with its boys' entrance at the other end. Also note the three storeys and the bell tower (back middle left) housing the bell which called the children to school.

"St Aldhelms Church". Which was built 1903,

Silver Street. Junction with Victoria Road. Photo taken around 1905 looking west shows:- Silver Street shops with the main gate to Pymmes Park at the junction with Victoria Road. * Photo courtesy of Cliff Raven. *

Warwick Road. Photo courtesy of Cliff Raven who has written the following commentary based on his research at Enfield Local Studies and Archives. This first block of six shops was built before 1894, was by Warwick Road and Sheldon Road which is out of sight down to the left. Those shops are shown on the ordinance map of that year. The picture is giving us the view towards the west. If travelling in an easterly to westerly direction, the Gibralter Fuller cycle works on the corner of Sweet Briar Walk would be the first shop on the estate. (This runs south/north.) From there you would have seen as you do now, the back gardens of the Warwick Road houses. On the other corner an oil shop. The adverts above give an indication of the type of wares that were sold there. The shop is now (May 2009) a fish and chip outlet. The next shop along was at about this time in history of the Roths Haberdashery. All this building line remains the same today and just beyond the lamppost on the left and not quite discernable is the Co-op building on top of which is a brick facia giving the time of building. I think, it was built around 1902 or just a little earlier. These first six shops are still with us, five have completely changed with new aluminium shop fronts but the one on the nearest corner of Warwick is a pet and grain store which still retains the tongue and groove wall boards on the inside. Alas, though, this shop front had a car smash into it and the owner had to have the original Victorian door and windows replaced with modern fitting.

Pretoria Road.

Hawthorn Road.

Lancaster Road.

Bolton Road.

"St David's Hospital". Photo taken around 1960

"Union Workhouse". (North facing from Silver Street.)

Denton Road.

Sheldon Road.

Sweet Briar Walk.

Somerset Road.

Bridport Road.

Gloucester Road.

Somerset Road.

Tuncombe Road.

Continuance of: - Windmill Road.

Cheddington Road.

Huxley Road.

Henley Road.

Lopen Road.

Hewish Road.

Hinton Road.

Lopen Road.

Millfield Road.

A10 Grt Cambridge Rd.

"Union Workhouse" (South) Now the site of North Middlesex Hosp'.

Now the site of "Sterling Way" A406 North Circular.

"Pymmes Park".

Bulwer Road.

Haselbury Road.

Ashwell Grove.

Statham Grove.

Bull Lane.

Tanners Lane.

Windmill Road.