EAW003631 ENGLAND (1947). The Colne Valley, London Colney, from the south-west, 1947
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| Title | [EAW003631] The Colne Valley, London Colney, from the south-west, 1947 |
| Reference | EAW003631 |
| Date | March-1947 |
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| Place name | LONDON COLNEY |
| Parish | LONDON COLNEY |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 517453, 203981 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.2994175483356, 51.721777967809 |
| National Grid Reference | TL175040 |
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 The Watersplash, it is thought that the building was originally Tyttenhanger Lodge used as a boy's school ‘prep’ school owned by a Mr. Trollope which moved to Seaford. In the 1940's and 1950's it was called The Watersplash Hotel, with a restaurant and swimming pool. |
Downloader141 |
Friday 17th of October 2025 11:53:33 PM |
| Former gravel pit. Mostly filled in and part now an industrial estate. |
John W |
Friday 15th of May 2020 11:49:42 AM |
| River Colne |
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Thursday 9th of March 2017 09:44:50 PM |
| Original Baptist Chapel. Damaged in WW2 by bomb blast. The congregation moved in 1960 to a new building in King's Road. |
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Thursday 9th of March 2017 09:43:52 PM |
| Former School - opened around 1825 and extended 1896. The only school in London Colney until 1932. Closed down soon after WW2, and eventually demolished in the 1960s. |
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Thursday 9th of March 2017 09:37:12 PM |
| Barnet Road |
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Thursday 9th of March 2017 09:26:25 PM |
| The Watersplash Hotel, formerly a private school for boys, and named after the adjacent swimming pool. Renamed the "Colney Fox" in the 1990s. |
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Thursday 9th of March 2017 09:25:35 PM |
| Former gravel pits along the River Colne - now a Nature Reserve |
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Thursday 9th of March 2017 09:19:17 PM |
| St Peter's Church |
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Thursday 9th of March 2017 09:17:59 PM |
| St Anne's Road, formerly White Lion Lane |
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Thursday 9th of March 2017 09:16:47 PM |
| White Horse Lane |
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Thursday 9th of March 2017 09:15:01 PM |
| The High Street |
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Thursday 9th of March 2017 09:13:25 PM |
| The North Orbital Road, formerly the A405, now the A414. |
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Thursday 9th of March 2017 09:09:38 PM |
| Shenley Lane |
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Thursday 9th of March 2017 09:00:50 PM |
| King's Road |
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Thursday 9th of March 2017 09:00:17 PM |
| Napsbury Hospital |
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Thursday 9th of March 2017 08:59:45 PM |
User Comment Contributions
This photo is before the London Colney Bypass was built in the mid-1950s, so The High Street and Barnet Road were at this time the route of the A6, the road from London to Holyhead. |
John W |
Thursday 9th of March 2017 09:29:17 PM |