High Road, Langdon Hills - East Side (2) |
Shops, houses, businesses & public
buildings between Langdon Hills Primary School and Laindon Station |
Number | Property Type |
Business | Open/Built approx. |
Closed Demolished Still Exists approx. |
School | Single-storey | Langdon Hills County Primary School (13/02/1911 - 31/08/1973) Lincewood County Infant/Junior school annexe (1973 - 1990s) Integrated Support Service (1990s to the present) |
1911 | In use |
West View | House | Residence: Thomas B. Yeoman |
Pre-1918 | Demolished c.1973 |
Lyndhurst | Semi-detached house | (Langdon Hills Nursing Home & interconnected with Sissinghurst) Residence |
Pre-1916 | Demolished c.1972 |
Sissinghurst | Semi-detached house | (Langdon Hills Nursing Home & interconnected with Lyndhurst) (During 1920s advertised as Private Nursing Home and used as such to the late 1940s and possibly later) Residence: Miss D.E. Young |
Pre-1916 | Demolished c.1972 |
Westcott | Detached bungalow | Westcott plot formerly part of the garden of neighbouring Lyndhurst. Residence: F.W. Davis |
c.1959 | Demolished c.1971 |
El Kantara | Detached property | Residence |
Pre-1939 | Demolished c.1964 |
Clematis | Detached property | Residence |
Pre-1929 | Demolished c.1968 |
Elwood renamed Kenwood (c.1955) | Detached property | Residence |
Pre-1939 | Demolished c.1968 |
Syretta | Detached property | Residence |
Pre-1918 | Demolished c.1958 |
Rasbrook | Detached house | Residence Former residence of Dr. James Alfred Henry Goldacre, one time partner of Dr. D.S. Chowdhary (dissolved 30/06/1953). |
Pre-1918 | Demolished c.1957 |
Seal Lodge | Detached house | Mike Revell, Optician/Residence C.P.O. 01/01/1971 |
c.1959 | Demolished c.1971 |
4 Nightingale Parade | W.V.A. Crowe Harrington (Robert Harrington) | Butchers Shop Butchers Shop/Detached house Residence |
Pre-1939 1957 | c.1957 1960s Demolished c.1962 |
Nightingale Hall Old Nightingale Hall | Public Hall Church
Charles Clarke | Nightingale Mission relocated 1907 High Road now Langdon Hills Methodist Church Laindon Baptist Church (registered for marriages: 25/02/1911-04/10/1931) (relocated 1931 High Road) Toy maker |
/12/1902 | Demolished Post /11/1967 |
Rear of Nightingale Parade | Yeoman Bros. (Chris Yeoman) | Printers (relocated: Fortune Works, Old Fortune of War, Wash Road) |
1960s | c.1970 Demolished |
3/3A Nightingale Parade | Luff's (Henry William George Luff) A. Norman (Alexander Norman) Eayrs Woollen's | Fancy Bazaar, Drapery & Millinery Laundry Service Shoe Repairs Shoe Repairs |
c.1904 Pre 1928 c.1930s -- | post 1915 1930s -- -- Demolished c.1971 |
2 Nightingale Parade | E. Pavitt (Ernest Charles Pavitt) W.J. Cox Ebdon's (Albert & Emily Ebdon) A.K. Joel (Alice Joel) | Teas & refreshments, confectionery & tobacco Post Office/Sweet Shop/Post Box Sweet Shop Confectioner & Tobacconist |
c.1904 c.1930 -- 1950s | -- -- -- Post /06/1961 Demolished c.1971 |
1 Nightingale Parade | Langdon Hills & Laindon Co-Operative Society Oil & Hardware (The Nightingale Stores) A. Brown (The Nightingale Stores) Schofield & Martin's (The Nightingale Stores) T. Mole (Thomas Mole) (prev. at Red Cow, Dry Street) A. Elsey & Son Kershaw Cressy Ltd. Westminster Wine Co.
| General Stores Hardware Food provisions General Stores Off Licence (Mann, Crossman & Paulin) Ales & Stout The Nightingale Stores Off Licence Off Licence Off Licence C.P.O. 01/01/1971 |
09/05/1903 c.1900s c.1910s c.1920s c.1930 -- c.1950s c.1960s | c.1904 c.1900s c.1910s c.1930 -- -- -- Demolished c.1971 |
Shops, houses & public
buildings between Milton Avenue and Osborne Road |
Bethume | Detached house | Dr. Surgery Dr. J.Z. Garson Mrs. Maureen Miriam Scanes (last resident + family relocated 1971 to Little Nightingales, High Road, Langdon Hills) Residence C.P.O. 01/01/1971 |
c.1955 | Demolished c.1971 |
Inis Fail | Detached house | Dr. Surgery Dr. J.R. Bannister Residence |
c.1960 | Demolished c.1972 |
Oaklands | Detached house | Residence |
Pre-1918 | Demolished c.1959 |
Tenby Croft | Detached house | Residence |
Pre-1918 | Demolished c.1970 |
Eaglestone Lodge | Detached house | Residence |
Pre-1918 | Demolished c.1955 |
4 Bolsover Terrace | Leonards Domestic Stores Morris Koppit, Gwenda Koppit | (pre-war) Oil & Petrol sales Costumier (tailor's) |
1937 1950 | c.1939 -- Demolished c.1971 |
3 Bolsover Terrace | Cycle shop Upton (Albert Upton) | pre-war cycles Hairdresser |
Pre-1939 Pre /03/1952 | -- -- Demolished c.1971 |
2 Bolsover Terrace | The Oven Door (Proprietor: Mrs. G. Guess) C.A. Brown (Mrs. Charlotte Ann Brown) Oven Door Stores (Mabel Gregory) Oven Door Stores (Reginald J.T. & Patricia C. Matthews) Charles Markham Ltd. Howard's Dairies | Luncheons, teas, light refreshments, bread, cakes* etc. Grocers Grocers Grocers Dairy Produce Dairy produce C.P.O. 01/01/1971 * Agents for Garon's of Southend. |
c. 1937 Pre /03/1952 1952 c.1954 Pre /06/1959 c.1964 | -- c.1952 c.1954 c.1957 c.1964 1971 Demolished c.1971 |
1 Bolsover Terrace | Violet's Wool shop Silver Star Bedding (1950s) (A.J. Huggett) | Wool Mattresses & divans |
Pre-1939 | Demolished c.1971 |
Gravelled approach alley | Building | Coal Yard (E. Skerritt & Son.) |
1920s | 1930s Demolished 1970s |
Ranelagh House | House | Ernest James Skerritt Residence C.P.O. 01/01/1971 |
c.1920s | Demolished c.1972 |
10 High Road | Moorcroft | Frederick & Gertrude Moorcroft Groceries |
1950s | Demolished c.1970 |
Retlaw 9 High Road | -- Williams (Albert E. Williams) Harringtons (Robert Harrington) | -- Fish and Chip Shop Family Butcher Semi-detached house Paired with Tudor Stores. Residence |
Pre-1929 1950s 1960s | -- -- -- Demolished 1972 |
Tudor Stores | S.E. and G.J. Cullimore Morris's (Dennis & Joan Morris) | Grocery & Provisions General Stores Semi-detached house Paired with 9 High Road. Residence |
Pre-1937 c.1940s | c.1940s Demolished c.1972 |
Shop | A. Harvey (Harvey & Weir?) Pastry & Confectionery Teas & Cold Luncheons | Originally detached, later joined to Tudor Stores. Single-storey pitched roof. |
Pre-1929 | -- Demolished c.1972 |
4 Shannon Shops | Rainbow Cleaners & Tailors Ideal Homes | Clothes Domestic electrical appliances (sales & repair) |
1950s c.1957 | -- -- Demolished 1970s |
3 Shannon Shops | Portrait Studios | Cameras and films Under the management of Photo Flash of Wickford. |
12/11/1951 | -- Demolished 1970s |
2 Shannon Shops | Hill Sports Edwin G. Moody (1950s) Domestic Hire Co. Ltd. Ideal Homes & Estates Agency | Electrical (agents of Good Listening Ltd. of 71 Hamlet Court Road, Westcliff-on-Sea) Prams and Toys (Swallow pram agents) Domestic goods hire service Insurance Brokers (motor etc.) |
1950s 1950s Pre /06/1960 Pre /06/1960 | -- -- -- -- Demolished 1970s |
1 Shannon Shops | Baldwin's Stores F. Peperell | Hardware (agents for Laindon Hygienic Hand Laundry, 180 Pound Lane) Newsagents (relocated: c.1973 to west side of High Road into temporary shop between Emanuel and Vowler Road.) |
Pre /11/1949 1960s | c.1960s 1970s Demolished 1970s |
Varna | Detached bungalow | Property (pre-1939) set back and originally facing the High Road and post-war hidden behind the Shannon Shops block. Residence |
Pre-1929 | Demolished c.1968 |
| Barney Hewitt, electrical shop pre-war?, post-war his Estate Agency | House |
Pre-1939 | Demolished |
Shop | The Welcome Bread - Cottis's Bakery J.G. Cottis (and at 84 High Street, Billericay and 49 High Street, Rayleigh)) | Bakery The Welcome Bakery Detached building C.P.O. 01/01/1971 |
Pre-1939 | Post /03/1970 Demolished c.1970 |
Shop | Grays Co-operative Society Ltd. | Grocerys and provisions Detached house Residential |
Pre-1939 | Demolished c.1968 |
Shops, houses & public
buildings between Osborne Road and Laindon Station |
Bathhouse | Temporary bathhouse constructed and operated by Billericay U.D.C. in response to fears at the end of WW2 about overcrowding in sub-standard dwellings without adequate washing facilities. |
Approx. 1945 | Demolished late 1940s |
Shop | Northlands Farm Dairy (A. Bray and Sons) Plume's Stores (Frank G. Plume) (relocated: 8 Kibcaps, Lee Chapel South, Basildon c.1963) | Dairy Produce and inside public telephone. Shoe repairer Single-storey attached to Bridge Fruit Stores. |
Pre-1929 c.1952 | -- c.1963 Demolished c.1967 |
Shop | Jones & Hall (Trews) Bridge Fruit Stores Sockmend (above greengrocers) | Greengrocers Greengrocers Men's sock repairers Semi-detached house |
Pre-1929 c.1952 | -- c.1962 Demolished c.1967 |
Shop | Langdon Hills Corn Stores Bridge Cafe | Stores Refreshments (Edwin & Elsie Bassett) Semi-detached house |
Pre-1929 1940s | c.1940s c.1960s Demolished c.1967 |
Shop | Furniture repairer 1st floor Basildon Standard office [Peter] bridge hairdressing salon | Peter Lucas (journalist) Hairdressers (Peter Grimwood) (Ivan Grimwood) (Brian Freemantle) Detached house |
Pre-1939 c.1954 1959 | -- c.1959 c.1969 Demolished c.1969 |
Belfoyne | Peperell residence | Detached bungalow |
Pre-1929 | Demolished c.1971 |
Restawhile renamed Sharcot (c.1957) | A.H. Hall (Alfred Henry Hall) Coal Merchant | Detached bungalow Residence |
Pre-1929 | Demolished c.1968 |