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Station Road West and the Branfill Park Estate
Until the first decade of the nineteenth century, there were no buildings on the west side of what was then called Hall Lane (later Station Road) northwards from what was later known as Chestnuts Corner up to what was the … Continue reading
Chestnuts corner – north-west of the main crossroads
The north-west corner of Upminster’s main crossroads, which was known to many older residents as Burtons Corner and to earlier generations as Chestnuts or Aggiss’s Corner, was developed over a long period.
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Tagged Broadway Stores, Col Brydges Branfill, Dowsing & Davis, Father Michael John Healy, Field Cottage, Frank Norledge, Hoof Hall, local-history, Locksley Villa, Mavisbank Upminster, Millfield, Montague Burton tailors, Rose Cottage, Samuel Hammond, St Joseph's RC Church, Thameside Printing Ltd, The Avenue Cottages, The Chestnuts, Thomas Lewis Wilson, Upminster
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