|
Laindon High Road Shops & Properties - West Side (1) |
| Shops, houses, businesses & public
buildings between Laindon Station overbridge and Denbigh Road (later Wrexham Road) |
| Number | Shop/House Name |
Business - Property Type | Open/Built
approx. |
Closed
Demolished
Still Exists
approx. |
| 1 - 8 | Railway Cottages | Single terrace of 8 houses numbered 1 - 8. Survived to the early 1970s along with its pedestrian stairway to the High Road. |
c.1900 | c.1974 |
| 2 | T.E. Helmore (Thomas Edmund Helmore)
M.G. Bersey & Co. (Matthew Gross Bersey)
H.J. Davis
George Bell
F.W. Hays (Flo Markin)
A. Rawley (Alfred Rawley) | Auctioneer & Estate Agent
Corn & Flour Merchant
Newsagent, Tobacconist
Newsagent, Tobacconist
Cafe, Tobacconist and Confectioner
Estate Agent (Established 1919) |
1900s
1920s
1920s
1931
1930s
c.1955 | --
--
1931
1930s
--
1960s |
| 4? | ? | Photographic Studio |
1950s | -- |
| 6? | W.T. Townsend & Son
(Walter Townsend) | Greengrocer & Florist (& at Liberty Hall, Hotwater Lane, Laindon) |
1937 | 1962 |
| 8? | C. Cyster | Estate Agent? + Garden plants & shrubs |
1915 | Post 1937 |
| 10-12 | Groom's Stores (H. Groom)
Spire's Supply Stores
Upminster & Laindon Stores Ltd. (H. Groom)
Barclays Bank Limited (relocated: 53 Laindon Centre) | Provisions & Groceries
Provisions & Groceries
Foodstore (Bacon Specialists) (voluntary liquidation c.1941)
Bank
Detached building with upper flat residence |
1934
1930s
1940s
1945 | 1930s
1930s
c.1941
01/06/1970 |
| Shops, houses, businesses & public
buildings between Denbigh Road (later renamed Wrexham Road) and Durham Road |
| 14 | E.C. Andrews (postmaster: Edwin Charles Andrews)
Laindon Radio & Television Service
Stanwood Radio Ltd. (& at 116 High Street, Billericay, 1958) (relocated: 42 Laindon Centre) | Laindon Station Post/sorting office, groceries/hardware
Domestic Electrical Appliances
Household Electrical
Residence: Christopher Keegan (1950) |
c.1900s
1950
Pre-/06/1958 | 1950
c.1958
1969 |
| 16 | T.E. Collings
(Thomas Elijah Collings)
(relocated: 46 Laindon Centre) | Ironmonger, North Thames Gas Agent/Cooker Showroom
Detached building with upper residence |
Pre-1923 | 1970 |
| 18? | V. Findlay
(Victor James Anderson Findlay) | Gentleman's Hairdresser
Single-storey shop joined with Clarke's. |
Pre-1950s | -- |
| 18? | Clarke's (Clara Clarke, V. Clarke,
Doris St George (née Clarke)) | Wool and Haberdashery
Full length nameboard over 2 shop fronts with centrally displayed 'CLARKES' shop name.
Single-storey shop |
1947 | 1966 |
| 18? | Clarke's (Archer Clarke) | Hercules cycle dealer, Toys (Hornby, Meccano)
Nameboard information see entry above.
Single-storey shop |
1947 | 1960s |
| 20 | (Mrs.) R.E. Cole
E.A. Cole (Eric Cole) | Fishmonger, Fruiterer & Greengrocer
House residence |
1930s | Post /06/1959
Demolished
Pre-11/1967 |
| 22 | Mrs. Seymour (relocated: Lochinvar, High Road)
Wood's
J.D. Tollworthy (John Tollworthy) (relocated: 7 Earls Hall Parade, Prittlewell) | Dressmaker, Corset Repairs etc.
Butchers
Butchers
House residence |
Pre-1932
c.1936
c.1956 | c.1932
c.1956
c.1962
Demolished
Pre /11/1967 |
| 22A | Upper residence | |
-- | -- |
| 24 | Clarke's Cycles & Electrical Stores
Moorcroft's | Cycles/electrical
Wools (& at St. Nicholas Parade, High Road (1950s)) |
c.1927
1950s | c.1962
Demolished
Pre /11/1967 |
| 24A | Arthur Cole
James Walter Negus | Resident
Dentist (Upper floor)
Upper residence |
1936
Pre /06/1956 | Post /06/1956
-- |
| 26 | Eustace Godden | Butcher
Originally detached shop with Upper residence |
1936 | c.1960
Demolished
Pre /11/1967 |
| 28 | F.T. Harris (Frank Harris)
Parkinson
(Cliff Parkinson) | Garage Services
Motor Repairs
Cliff Parkinson kept a number of cars for breaking, some buried in undergrowth including 4 from the Mk3 Ford Zodiac/Zephyr range possibly as spares for his own green mark 3 Zephyr which he ran for many years before eventually switching to a mustard coloured Morris Marina. |
1970
1970
| --
2004
Occupied |
| 28A | Bill Lance
Hedley Taylor
Pit Pony Charity Shop | Plumber (& at Normanhurst, High Road, Langdon Hills)
Vehicle Repairs, Second Hand Car Sales
Charity
Building was wooden single-storey, adjoining No.30, painted white with pitched roof, the outline of which can still be seen today. |
c.1950s
1960s
1970s
| --
--
1990s
Demolished |
| 30 | C. Knight (Charles Knight)
L. Knight (Leah Knight)
L. & D. Reed
Self Drive hire | Newsagent/Confectionery/Tobacconist
Newsagent/Confectionery
Newsagent/Confectionery
Vehicle Hire
Originally detached shop later joined to No.32. |
Pre-1932
1950s
2000s
| --
--
--
--
Occupied |
| 30A | Flat above shop | Upper residence |
-- | 1960s |
| 32 | Greens Stores (Ilford) Ltd.
Parkinson
(Cliff Parkinson) | Foodstore with branches throughout Essex.
Motor Spares & repairs, cycle repairs, paraffin
Single-storey building attached to No.30. Prior to Greens Stores a small detached corrugated roofed shed stood there. |
Pre-1934
1970
| 1970
2004
Occupied |
| Shops, houses, businesses & public
buildings between Durham Road and Aston Road |
| 34 | Surridge Dawson & Co. Ltd.
(and at 18 Clifftown Road, Southend)
(relocated: 1 Dorset Parade, High Road, Laindon) | Printers/Newspaper Distributors
Single-storey joined shop row (1 of 5) |
1939 | c.1962 |
| 36 | Charsley's (Frederick G. Charsley)
(formerly of 1 Durham Road, Laindon c.1937)
(and at 3 St. Nicholas Parade, High Road, Laindon and from /09/1958 at 57/59 Market Square, Town Centre, Basildon) | Shoe Shop (Footfitters)
(Closing down sale announced August, 1959)
Single-storey joined shop row (2 of 5) |
Pre-10/1949 | c./08/1959 |
| 38 | Tucker & Sons
(William John Tucker, Snr.)
(William Kenneth Tucker, Jnr.)
(Richard Tucker)
(and at Norfolk House, Broadway, Pitsea) | Family Butchers
Single-storey joined shop row (3 of 5) |
1930s | Post /06/1961 |
40
Zebra Crossing
(est. 1957) | Welcome Cafe (relocated: 12 Dorset Parade, High Road, Laindon)
C.E. Wignall (Charles Wignall)
(relocated: 4 Dorset Parade, High Road, Laindon) | Cafe
Betting Office & confirmed High Road presence since 1947, possibly here.
Single-storey joined shop row (4 of 5)
Uncontrolled (zebra) crossing resited 1974. |
Pre-10/1949
Pre-1956 | 1950s
c.1962 |
| 42 | Wheatsheaf Stores (& at 34 Vange Parade, High Road, Vange c.1937)
(Henry Simmonds)
(Stanley C.W. Simmonds) | Corn Chandler, Flour & Seed Merchant
Single-storey joined shop row (5 of 5) |
c.1927 | Post /06/1961 |
| Driveway to rear yard | Francis Yard (Charles Francis)
Dowell's Yard
Bryant & Hay
D.C. Jeakins & Co. Ltd (relocated: Wrexham Road, Laindon) | Removals & Storage Yard
Removals & Storage Yard
Tiled Fireplace Manufactures
Removals & Storage Yard & Self-Drive Car Hire |
c./07/1936
1940s
Pre-06/1955
1957 | --
c.1957
Post /06/1956
Post /11/1967 |
| 44 | William Dowell
D.C. Jeakins & Co. Ltd.
(Derek Jeakins) | Removals/Furniture Shop
Furniture Shop & Taxi Service
Upper residence |
Pre-10/1949
c.1957 | c.1957
Post /11/1967
Demolished |
| Laindon Hotel | Public House & side garden, football pitch to rear |
1896 | /04/1991 |
| Service House |
A.H. Hall Ltd.
Gale, Brown & Co. (Albert E. Gale) (Charles Brown)
Vinlip Limited (dissolved: 23/04/1963)
George Martin (relocated: West Mayne) | Single storey flat roofed offices
Household Fuel Supplier
Estate Agents for Halifax Building Society
Property Development
Building Contractor |
Pre-10/1949
Pre-06/1956
Pre-06/1956
1950s
-- |
--
--
--
1986 |
| Garage | National Accumulator Service Station
Laindon Service Garage Prop. J. Toomey
J. Toomey Motors Ltd.
(Joseph Toomey)
(relocated: West Mayne, Laindon) | Accumulator charging, motor cyle sales
Petrol/Garage/Showroom (Vauxhall dealer) |
c.1932
1930s
1938 | c.1930s
1938
1986 |
| Shops, houses, businesses & public
buildings between Aston Road and Somerset Road |
| Shop | E. Shead
Olive Shead (Olive N. Shead)
W.A. & V. Burles (relocated: 43 Ballards Walk, Lee Chapel North)
Laindon Old People's Welfare Committee (relocated: 8 New Century Road, Laindon) | China, glassware, rugs & mats
China & glassware
General Stores - china & glassware etc.
O.A.P's Rest Room
Detached building |
c.1937
1940s
c.1958
1967 | c.1940s
c.1958
1960s
Pre /04/1972
Demolished 1970s |
| Shop | Henbest for Honesty (The Blue Shop, est. 1924)
(Maud Henbest)
Reveller's Concert Party | Drapery/Hosiery, Soft Furnishings/Haberdashery
Props & Scenery Storage
Detached building |
--
-- | --
--
Demolished 1970s |
| Shop | Johnston's (Slater's) | Haberdashery/Dress Shop
Detached building |
-- | --
Demolished 1970s |
| Driveway to rear yard | Happy Wanderer Coaches
S. Spence | Coach Hire (1962-63 at 2 Compton Walk, Laindon)
Plumbing/Heating Engineers |
-- | --
Demolished 1970s |
| Shop | S. Relph (Samuel Relph) (G. Grave) (& at 66 High Road, Vange)
David Sames (Whitmore) Ltd. | Dispensing and Photographic Chemist
Chemist
Semi-detached building |
1937
c./08/1965 | 1960s
c.1968/9
Demolished 1970s |
| Shop | Harry's Fruiterers
(Henry Slater)
W.T. Townsend (shop signboard remained Harry's Fruiterers) (relocated: 6 Kibcaps, Lee Chapel South) | Fruiterers
Greengrocer & Florist
Semi-detached building |
c.1940s
1960s | 1960s
--
Demolished 1970s |
58?
Shop | Shepherd's Restaurant (Charles Shepperd)
Barton's | Restaurant & Bakers (Laindon 3312 (/05/1945 - 1960)) & at 4 East Walk, Basildon - 1961-63.
Bakers
Detached building |
c.1930s
c.1962 | c.1962
c.1968/9
Demolished 1970s |
Laindon Fire Station
Private use | Essex County Fire Brigade Garage
Private use, vehicle storage |
Pre-04/1944
1962 | 08/12/1961
1970s |
| 70 | Lane's (est. 1923)
Laindon Recorder (relocated: 83 Southernhay, Basildon) | Men's & Ladies' woollen garments made to measure, Millinery, Dyeing & Cleaning
Newspaper Office
Laindon Recorder also opened a sub-office, c./11/1951, within Reklaw Studios, Station Lane, Pitsea.
Detached building |
c.1923
1939 | c.1939
1962
Demolished
Pre /11/1967 |
| 70A | Upper residence
M. Davidson (& at 270 Green Street, Upton Park, Essex)
Moss & Coleman (& at 19 Ongar Road, Brentwood)
(relocated: 108 High Street, Billericay)
Basildon Staff Bureau
(relocated: 6a Southernhay, Basildon) |
Sight testing (Thursdays only)
Solicitors
Agency (above 70) |
--
c.1937
c.1957
04/03/1961 | --
--
--
1961
03/12/1962 |
| 72 | Dollond & Aitchison (& at 6 Broadway, Pitsea)
(relocated: 4 Dorset Parade, High Road, Laindon)
Martins Bank Ltd.
Midland Bank Ltd. (relocated: 51 Laindon Centre)
Basildon Insurance Service (Mr. Davies)
Intacab (Part of J. Toomey Motors Ltd.)
(relocated: Southfields, Laindon) | Ophthalmic Opticians
Bank
Bank
Insurance Services
Taxi Office
No. 72 and 74 were the last surviving buildings between Aston Road and Somerset Road from the pre-war era.
Semi-detached building joined to No. 74. |
Pre-/05/1947
--
1950
c./01/1969
1979 | c.1950
--
--
--
c.1986
Demolished |
| 74 | D. Kent & Co. Ltd.
Sidney Hayden & Sons
Fen Homes Ltd.
Hireco Services (See entry below)
Basildon Hire Service (Part of J.H. Rawley Plant Hire Ltd., Durham Road, Laindon) | Building contractors + retail paints
Building contractors
Plant & Tool Hire (still trading /04/1986)
Semi-detached building joined to No. 72. |
--
1950
--
1970s | --
--
--
c.1986
Demolished |
| Laindon Memorial Hall | Hall
A 'British Restaurant' operated here from 08/12/1941. |
Pre-11/1923 | January 1967 |
| Shop | E. Yeats Turner (Edward Yeats Turner)
(Olive Turner) | Ladies' Hairdressers & Trichologist |
1935 | Post /06/1956
Demolished
Pre /11/1967 |
| Shop | Civility Stores (Cecil E. Penn) (Lilian M. Penn)
(Robert H. Higgins) (Giuseppina Higgins)
(& at or relocated: 562 Whitmore Way, Fryerns) | General grocers |
Pre 1949
c.1954 | 1954
c.1957
Demolished
Pre /11/1967 |
| Shop | W.H.G. (Bill) Barrett | Hairdressers (1920s also sold Cigarettes, Tobacco, Xmas Cards, Stationery and Toilet requisites) |
Pre-1923 | 1963
Demolished
Pre /11/1967 |
| The Dairy | Charles Markham
Kentex
Dane (Dane Dye Works Ltd.) | Markham's Dairies
Dry cleaners
Dry cleaners
Upper No.1 Flat |
--
--
c.1956 | --
--
1963 |
| The Dairy | Chas. Markhams Dairies
Howard's Dairies
Kibby's
International Stores | Markham's Dairies
Dairy
Supermarket
Supermarket
Single storey, upper storey extension to match neighbouring property added 1954.
Upper No.2 Flat |
--
c.1964
--
-- | c.1964
c.1970
--
-- |
| Shops, houses, businesses & public
buildings between Somerset Road and New Century Road |
| Garage & Shop | Parkinson Bros.
(James Hicks Parkinson (Snr.))
(Cecil F. Parkinson)
(Bert Parkinson)
(Clifford D. Parkinson)
| Motor Repairs/Taxis/Petrol (est. 1919) & at (A127) Arterial Road, Fortune-of-War junction.
(relocated: 28/32 High Road, Laindon as Parkinson) |
1919 | 1970 |
| Cottenham | James Hicks Parkinson & family | J.H. Parkinson & Co.
(Builders Merchants at Station Yard)
House, Land & Insurance Agent (1920s)
Semi-detached house & residence |
1906 | 1970 |
| Devonshire House | William G. Wilson | Semi-detached house & residence |
1906 | 1970 |
Devonshire House
Annexe | W.G. Wilson
E.C. Clark & Co. Ltd. (trading as W.G. Wilson) | Dispensing Chemist
Single-storey annexe built to the side of Devonshire House. |
--
c.1950s | --
-- |
| Shop | W.G. Wilson (relocated: next door)
S.P.L. Radio & Electrical Repairs
Squires & Co. (relocated: 85 High Street, Billericay) | Dispensing Chemist
Electrical Engineers
T.V., Radio & Electrical |
--
Pre-03/1946
1951 | --
Post /06/1964
Post /09/1962 |
| Shop | W. Watts
Ted Underdown (E.G. Underdown)
Harvey
Peachey Bros. (est. 1957 - Terry and David Peachey) | Fruiterer & Greengrocers
Wet and Dried Fish Caterer
Unknown business
Fruiterer & Greengrocers |
--
--
1950s
Pre-09/1962 | --
1950s
1960s
c.1969 |
Laindon Picture Theatre
Radion Cinema | Cinema
Cinema |
/03/1929
1930s | 1930s
03/02/1969 |
| Shops, houses, businesses & public
buildings between New Century Road and Worthing Road |
Granville
Shop |
F.G. Stenning
Griffin's (Thomas P. Griffin) |
Confectionery & Tobacco etc.
General Stores & Cafe
Bungalow residence |
Pre-1927
Pre-1937
Pre-1949 |
c.1940s
c.1970 |
| Primrose | Bungalow residence |
Pre-1949 | c.1967 |
| Manor Hall | Hall |
1903 | c.1931
Demolished |
| Shop | Grays Co-operative Society Ltd.
London Co-operative Society Ltd. | Co-op
Co-op
Single-storey building |
c.1931
/10/1967 | /10/1967
c.1970 |
| Shops, houses, businesses & public
buildings between Worthing Road and Manor Road |
| Yard | La'plain & Sons?
Basildon Portable Buildings
E.A. Hilburn Transport Ltd.
(Edward "Ted" Hilburn) | Building Material Dealers (also at Woodford E.18)
Timber & Portable Sheds
Haulage Contractors (Removals)
Haulage and portable shed business relocated to A127 Arterial Road to c./04/1975 when company was dissolved. |
c.1923
1950s
1950s | Post-1932
c.1969
c.1969 |
| Alpha House | A. Worth Hardware & Oilshop
(Alfred F. Worth) | House residence |
c.1907 | c.1965 |
| Shop | William Buckenham | Butcher
Single-storey detached building |
1930s | 1972 |
| Shop | W.J. Rice & Son | Greengrocer |
1930s | -- |
| Apna Ghur | Detached house
*Perhaps a variant spelling of Apna Ghar which means "our home" in the South Asian languages of Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu. | Residence |
Pre-1929 | -- |
(Judds)
Yard | W. Hayden
Regent Metalworks (relocated: Florence Road, Langdon Hills)
A.E. Judd & Son
William J. Judd (relocated: Chelmsford)
G.A. Collinson Fencing Co. (entrance in Manor Road)
Basildon Fencing Supplies Ltd. (entrance in Manor Road)
(relocated: Stannetts, Laindon North Industrial Area) | Builder & Contractor
Builder & Contractor
Roofing Contractor
Fencing Contractor (est. 1949)
Fencing Supplies |
c.1937
c.1940s
Pre-09/1962
Pre-06/1962
1970s | c.1940s
1960
--
1980?
1980? |
| Shops, houses, businesses &
public buildings between Manor Road and Victoria Road |
| Laindon Autodrome | Manor Car Sales (E.J. Knight)
Belgrave Autos
R.E. Schofield
Longman's Motors (relocated: Long Riding, Basildon)
Longman & Markin
(Ron Longman)
(Frank Markin) | Second hand car sales
Second hand car sales
Second hand car sales
(Est. 1957) Second hand car dealer
Driving Tuition (members of the Institute of Advanced Motorists)
Open Land |
Pre-06/1960
Pre-06/1961
Pre-06/1962
Pre-06/1963
1965 | c.1961
c.1961
c.1963
Post /11/1969
Post /11/1969 |
| Manor Stores | The Manor Stores (Arthur Horace Pook, 1920s)
later (Harold Steer) (relocated: 4 Kibcaps, Lee Chapel South) | Groceries & Provisions
Residence |
Pre-1924 | c.1962 |
| Shop | Marine Stores
Lloyds (land registry application: /05/1951)
March 1951 phone book entry Laindon 109. | General Dealer, hardware etc
Bank
Detached house
Upper residence |
c.1940
1950 | c.1950
c./02/1970 |
| Shop | W.J. Finch (Walter Finch)
D. Francis | Greengrocer & Florist
Same as above
Single-storey building
Residence? |
c.1927
-- | --
-- |
| Victory House | ??
Victory Watch & Clock Co. | Teas & beverages
Sales & Repairs - established 1946.
Residence |
c.1930s
1950s | --
c.1965 |
| Penryn | Chapman household
Daniel household
Mr. Frederick Ruffler M.S.F. M.S.S.CH. |
Physiotherapist & Chiropody Surgery
House residence |
Pre-1929
--
/01/1963 | --
--
c.1967 |
| Shop | R. Daniel
(Reginald Daniel) | Shoe & Leather Repairs
Single-storey building |
Pre-1946 | -- |
| Manor Dairy | W.J. Sloper & Son (& Sons)
(William Sloper)
(Sidney Sloper) | Milkman & Dairy Produce
House with upper residence |
c.1930 | 1969 |
| Victoria Road | In the 1970s a (Prohibition
of Driving) Order was issued restricting direct vehicular access to Victoria Road from the High
Road. This came into force on 07/11/1977. In 1977/78 a new road (B148, West Mayne), linking Laindon
to the A127 Dunton Wayletts flyover, was constructed between Manor Road and Victoria Road from a
new junction with the existing High Road roundabout. |
