Here is a postcard showing Malthouse Road, Stansted, with the school on right, and the houses along the other side of the road. Barely a tree in sight, I am guessing the houses were not that old at the time of the photo being taken. The village hall is also missing, so predates that. An interesting find and an image I have not seen before.
Wonderful old photo showing my house (first on the left of the white pole). I hope that you don't mind but we used this image in the recent Memorial Exhibition and many visitors commented on it. dick.hogbin@btinternet.com
ReplyDeleteGlad that other people find my 'finds' of interest and don't mind at all about it being used! How long have you lived in the house and do you know the date it waas build? Regards
ReplyDeleteWe have lived here since November 1993; Cherry Worters lived here before.
ReplyDeleteI think that the houses were built around 1924 - but can't prove it.
I have since found out from an account by Joyce Lindsay that the 2 white houses, Seagrove Cottages, were built in 1921. I’m still unsure about the flint ones though.
ReplyDeleteAh, and today I was looking at an old map (about 1948) of the area and found out that the Wood on the left hand bank as you are going UP Stansted Hill is called Seagrove Wood, so that is where the Cottages got their name from. On an earlier map (1841), the one on the background to the blog, the woods are called Ledgrove Wood, so somewhere along the way the name got changed.
ReplyDeleteYes - quite clearly Ledgrove Wood before 1841; strange that it had it's name changed. I'll look for references as we sort through the Archives but I suspect that it might be a mystery that may never be solved!
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