Post-War Rebuilding and Redevelopment

The proposed redevelopment of 148-154 Stoke Newington Church Street hackney.gov.uk/commercial-dev… http://t.co/FKk6I2yRSv

1950 - Princess Margaret with Mayor E. Norwall, during a visit to Stoke Newington to open the new Amwell Court estate

Derek Baker's research of the Furneux estate off Church St offers good view of impact of Victorian building boom

1865 map of Stoke Newington. The Victorian building boom that transformed the village into a London suburb is picking up pace quickly.

Hawksley Court, Albion Road, Stoke Newington c1950. Built on the site of houses that were severely damaged during WW2.

The Caledonian Pub SN Road/Wellington Rd, before it was demolished to make way for Somerford Grove Estate and rebuilt on Somerford Grove

‘Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington. Hawkers, Canvassers and other unauthorised persons are not allowed on this estate’ Barrie House, Hawksley Court, Hawksley Road/Woodlea Road

Is Yoakley Road (formerly Park Street) the widest residential street in Stoke Newington? It sure feels like it. It was built in the early-mid 19th century before the rapid building boom of the 1860s-80s, which resulted in relatively narrow streets, at least by today’s standards.

8 local history posters in Swan Lane, N4 tell the story of the ambitious and large-scale Woodberry Down estate in north Stoke Newington by the New River Reservoirs. The Woodberry Down health centre was the 1st comprehensive clinic built under the NHS Act.

1952 aerial view of the Woodberry Down Estate, Stoke Newington

My digital reconstruction of a recently spotted painted street sign in 217 Stoke Newington High Street. It's the only surviving painted street sign that has 'Stoke Newington', suggesting it was painted in the 19th century and refers to Stoke Newington Parish.

Multiple layers are barely visible in this 19th century painted street sign in Brighton Road. Here's my digital reconstruction. This section of South Hornsey Parish was incorporated into the newly formed Borough of Stoke Newington in 1900.

Multiple layers are barely visible in this 19th century painted street sign in Victorian Grove (formerly Victoria Grove). Here's my digital reconstruction. This section of South Hornsey Parish was incorporated into the newly formed Borough of Stoke Newington in 1900.

Multiple layers are barely visible in this 19th century painted street sign in Shakspeare Walk (formerly Shakespeare Road). Here's my digital reconstruction. This section of South Hornsey Parish was incorporated into the newly formed Borough of Stoke Newington in 1900.

My digital reconstruction of a painted 19th century street sign in Allen Road. The street was built in the 1850's, along with others in the area as part of the Albert Town housing development. Allen Road used to be lined up with shops and had 4 pubs. Most were converted to flats.

Where a Stoke Newington Church St street sign once was. My digital reconstruction.

Where a Park Crescent street sign once was. My digital reconstruction. The row, like all others along Church St which had names and separate numbering, was renamed and renumbered in 1937 to be incorporated into the newly named Stoke Newington Church Street.

Hawksley Court Garage, Albion Road (Photo by Terry Gilley)

Amwell Court in Green Lanes. Bransby House named after Dr. John Bransby who ran Manor House School. Attended by Edgar Allan Poe. Located where 176-82 Church St is now. Patten House - Named after William Patten, the first Lord of the Manor of SN. Repaired the old church in 1563

1938 Stoke Newington Council foundation stone, Hewling House, Milton Gardens Estate as seen from Matthias Road.

The former Coach and Horses pub on the Islington side of Matthias Road overlooking Milton Gardens Estate in Stoke Newington. Now residential property.

The long-gone Caledonian pub, 116 Stoke Newington Road where Somerford Grove Estate is now.

Blink and you miss it - Dedication plaque in Burma Court Estate. Built in 1957 between Clissold Crescent, Green Lanes and Aden Terrace.

Stoke Newington Borough Council sign in Burma Court Estate. The estate was built in 1957. The borough was abolished eight years later and was merged with the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Shoreditch and Hackney to form the new London Borough of Hackney.

Clissold Crescent (formerly Park Lane) looking north. Burma Court Estate is now on the left.

Old signs, Ashdale House, Woodberry Down Estate, Stoke Newington. (buff.ly/2UaS3Kz) https://t.co/pKCxQilD7z

A view of Green Lanes before Burma Court Estate was built in 1957

1946 - St. Faith’s Church, Londesborough Road/Knebworth Road, Stoke Newington showing the devastation of a 1944 German V1 rocket. The Londesborough Estate was built on the site. Nevill Road visible in the distance.

St. Faith’s Church, Londesborough Road/Knebworth Road, Stoke Newington. This is the view from Londesborough Road looking south. It was destroyed by a German V1 rocket in 1944. The Londesborough Estate was built on the site.

St. Faith’s Church, Londesborough Road/Knebworth Road, Stoke Newington showing the devastation of a 1944 German V1 rocket. The Londesborough Estate was built on the site. Nevill Road visible in the distance.

5-6 Aden Terrace in 1952. It faced the New River where the allotments are now and was near Green Lanes. Burma Court Estate was built on the wider area in 1957.

Bomb damage in Albion Road, Hawksley Road and Lilian Street in 1946. Hawksley Road was originally U-shaped with Lilian Street in the middle. Hawksley Court Estate was built on the site. The rectangular construction in Sandbrook Road is an EWS (Emergency Water Supply).

1946 - Large semi-detached houses in Aden Terrace, Green Lanes and Clissold Crescent where Burma Court Estate was built in 1957.

Clissold Crescent (formerly Park Lane) looking north. Burma Court Estate is now on the left.

The original steps from Hawksley Court Estate to Sandbrook Road. Houses were later built on the site.

Brilliant reconstruction by @RoyReed13 of the two layers of the John Hawkins & Sons Ltd. 'Ghostsign' at 101 Stoke Newington High Street. The building also features 3(!) heritage street signs. Thanks for bringing it to my attention @ghostsigns!

@BrokenBarnet @DickensFellowHQ Some digital face reconstruction/approximation using @ReminiLab

St. Faith's Church, Londesborough Road/Knebworth Road, Stoke Newington. Hit by a V1 flying bomb 18th June 1944. Londesborough Estate was built on the site.

St. Faith's Church, Londesborough Road/Knebworth Road, Stoke Newington. Hit by a V1 flying bomb 18th June 1944. Londesborough Estate was built on the site.

St. Faith's Church, Londesborough Road/Knebworth Road, Stoke Newington. Hit by a V1 flying bomb 18th June 1944. Londesborough Estate was built on the site.

1949 aerial photo showing the newly built Hawksley Court Estate. Built on a bomb site and covered what used to be Lilian Street and the south end of Hawksley Road. Also good view of the east side of Clissold Road which was pulled down during the 60s to make way for a school

Cleared bomb site in Albion Road, Stoke Newington in Jan 1946 where Hawksley Court Estate was built. Sandbrook Road can be seen in the background behind an EWS (Emergency Water Supply).

Bomb damage in Albion Road, Hawksley Road and Lilian Street in 1946. Hawksley Road was originally U-shaped with Lilian Street in the middle. Hawksley Court Estate was built on the site. The rectangular construction in Sandbrook Road is an EWS (Emergency Water Supply).

St Faith’s Church In Londesborough Road/Knebworth Road, Stoke Newington. Bombed beyond repair it was never rebuilt and Londesborough Estate was built on the site.

201 Albion Rd, Stoke Newington. Built in the 1830s. Family home of the photographer F. A. Wirth. View from the south end of Hawksley Road where Hawksley Court Estate is now. Photo by F. A. Wirth and kindly provided by his son J. Wirth. More details here: buff.ly/2yx56PL…

A view from 201 Albion Rd in the early 20th century of the south end of Hawksley Rd, which sustained severe bomb damage and Hawksley Court Estate was built on the site⠀ ⠀ Photo by F. A. Wirth and kindly provided by his son J. Wirth. More details here: buff.ly/2WInVr5 htt…

A few weeks ago I spotted in a old photo of Petherton Rd a Borough of Stoke Newington boundary marker on the corner, not far from one that is still there. There are only 7 surviving. I checked and traces of where the marker was are still visible. Here’s my digital reconstruction

Map from an 1875 sale plan of the River House and its grounds in Woodberry Down, Stoke Newington. Such houses were typical of the area prior to the rapid Victorian building boom which resulted in grounds like these turning into streets packed with terraced houses.

St. Faith's Church, Londesborough Road/Knebworth Road, Stoke Newington. Hit by a V1 flying bomb 18th June 1944. Londesborough Estate was built on the site. This view is looking west from Knebworth Road.

@MiloOConnor96 During the redevelopment of the building a few years ago. There used to be a sign there. Is that the one you mean?

Seven Sisters Road and Woodberry Down in the north part of the parish, and later Metropolitan Borough, of Stoke Newington. The area was transformed dramatically between 1948-1962 when 57 London County Council housing blocks were built to form the Woodberry Down Estate.

Woodberry Down Estate, Stoke Newington. 57 housing blocks were built by the London County Council between 1948-62 to house residents of slum clearance areas. Until the development, Woodberry Down was almost semi-rural with large Victorian villas with large front and back gardens.

December 1945 - The site of of the future Hawksley Court Estate, which was built on a bomb site in 1948. On the left is long-gone Lilian Street, which didn’t survive the redevelopment. The remains of Hawksley Road houses 1-24+26 had been fully cleared by this point.

Amwell Court in Green Lanes was built on the site of a bomb site, adjacent to the New River and West Reservoir. Named after Amwell Springs, originally the source of the New River in Hertfordshire. Princess Margaret visited the estate when it opened on Nov 11th 1950.

Woodberry Down Estate in Stoke Newington (built 1948-62) was the brainchild of Labour MP Herbert Morrison, who wanted in the 1930s to rehouse working-class Londoners living in inner-city squalor. It meant compulsorily buying up the homes of the well-to-do residents in the area

The Happy Man pub was sadly demolished last week. The first Stoke Newington pub to be demolished in 17 years after The Prince of Wales, 1 Allen Rd. It was built in 1957 as part of the vast Woodberry Down Estate. Designed by a Truman’s architect and opened by Sir Thomas Buxton.

Northumberland House in Green Lanes. Built as a private mental hospital in 1822 on the bank of the New River by Green Lanes, opposite Finsbury Park, in the northern edge of the Parish of Stoke Newington, which was rural. Rowley Gardens estate was built on the site in 1955.

Housing estates in SN (Borough): Woodberry Down Estate Shellgrove Road Estate Yorkshire Grove Estate Milton Gardens Estate Burma Court Estate Hawksley Court Estate Lordship North Estate Lordship South Estate Kings Crescent Estate Kennaway Hall Estate Amwell Court Estate

1952 - ‘Mr. C. J. Shaw of Hawksley Court, Stoke Newington wins Mary Bessley Cup, one of six championship cups awarded by the London Garden Society for his window-box’. Hawksley Court Estate was built on a bomb site. Opened 12.9.1948 by the Minister of Health Aneurin Bevan MP.

Woodberry Down School in Stoke Newington (demolished), which opened in 1955 as part of the Woodberry Down Estate, was the first purpose-built comprehensive in the country.

Just spotted this commemorative sign from 1951 above the entrance to 1-6 Gordon Lodge in Queen Elizabeth’s Walk. “This building was named after Councillor A. M. Gordon O.B.E., J.P. in commemoration of his devoted service to Stoke Newington...”

Blink and you miss it: Ordnance Survey Benchmark. The only one if its kind I’ve seen in the area. St John's Court, 82-90 Stoke Newington Road. Formerly the North London Magistrates Court.

1949 - Needwood House, Woodberry Down Estate, Stoke Newington: ‘The largest block of flats yet built for the London County Coucil’. 57 housing blocks were built by the London County Council in Woodberry Down between 1948-62 to house residents of slum clearance areas.

1949 aerial view of Stoke Newington. The newly built Hawksley Court Estate in Albion Road was built on a bomb site. Prefabs in the bottom left, Clissold Crescent, where Medway House flats were later built. Houses on the east side of Clissold Road were pulled down in the 60s.

@MGEmancipation Amwell Court in Green Lanes near the pumping station also built on a bomb site. Such post-war developments in the area usually comprised of 1-2 blocks.

1946 - Sandbrook Road looking north where Hawksley Court Estate is now. On the left is Emergency Water Supply (EWS). In the middle is what was left of Lilian St following bomb damage. It was lost when the estate was built. (Source: hackney.soutron.net/Portal/Default…) https://t.co/crhLemW51d

1946 - Bomb clearance site in Albion Road where Hawksley Court Estate was built. Sandbrook Road in the background. Emergency Water Supply (EWS) can be seen behind the trees. (Source: hackney.soutron.net/Portal/Default…) https://t.co/in46Arjj53