|
High Road Shops & Properties - North Side (1) |
| Shops, houses, businesses & public
buildings between the railway overbridge and Northlands Drive |
| Number | Shop/House Name |
Business - Property Type | Open/Built
approx. |
Closed
Demolished
Still Exists
approx. |
Gordon Avenue
Sandon Road | Sandon Road was originally named Station Road;
being renamed during the development corporation years and was originally off Gordon Avenue. It was later realigned to High Road when Gordon Avenue and all its properties were cleared during
the 1960s. |
1900s
1960s | Post /03/1961
Open |
| Telephone Exchange | All telephone numbers assigned from this exchange were prefixed Vange. Building decommissioned and replaced by a new larger exchange on same site accessed from Sandon Road. Exchange building still exists. |
c.1930s | 1970s |
| Public Telephone Box |
c.1950s | -- |
6A
Former
Telephone
Exchange | Small World - Moneylender | Moneylenders |
2000s | Open |
| 3 Bridge Parade | Ashleys
Watson, Temple and Waymouth (& at 7 High Road, Laindon) | Fabric Specialist
Estate Agents & Chartered Surveyors.
End terraced house |
Pre /03/1952
1950s | c.1952
c.1967
Demolished |
| 2 Bridge Parade | Steven (& at 92B High Street, Billericay and 84 High Street, Southend-on-Sea) | Hairdresser
Mid terraced house |
c.1960s | 1960s |
| 1 Bridge Parade | G. Highwood (George Highwood)
White's | Butchers
Butchers
End terraced house |
Pre /09/1939
Pre /07/1957 | c.1957
1960s
Demolished |
| Elmbrook Works | Hickley's Garage | Vehicle repairs |
Pre /03/1940 | -- |
| Bridge Parade | Hickley & Sons Ltd. | Television & Radio equipment & repairs. |
1950s | |
| Bridge Parade | I. Bregman (Israel Bregman) | General stores |
c.1939 | -- |
| Bridge Parade | H. Gowers | Turf Accountant |
c.1959 | 1960s |
| Petrol Filling Station | Service station
No longer operates as a petrol station. |
| Open |
| New Park Avenue | New Park Avenue was cleared of all properties by Basildon Development Corporation as part of the preparation for the South Mayne flyover project which was completed in April 1970. |
c.1900s | 1969 |
| Pitsea Road | During the construction of the Chalvedon housing estate in the 1970s Pitsea Road was extended and a road junction with High Road was created. |
1970s | Open |
| School | Pitsea Council School
Later renamed Pitsea County Primary School,
Pitsea County Infants' and Junior School
Infant school later renamed Len Wastel and from 01.09/2015 both schools amalgamated as Maple Grove Primary School.
In the 1970s a portion of the front playing field was lost in creating the Pitsea Road junction with High Road. |
01/03/1909 | Open |
| Pitsea Clinic | Opened in 1934 by Essex County Council as a combined
treatment centre and later becoming Pitsea Clinic. |
17/12/1934 | Open |
| Kar-Riche | Detached house |
Post-1949 | Occupied |
| Popes Crescent |
| Burns Avenue |
| Shop | Delight Pizza & Kebab | Take-away |
-- | Open |
Petrol Filling Station
Car dealer (Frank Warr 1960s/70s)
Pitsea Motor Company | Service station
Used car dealer
Used car dealer |
| c.1980s
Open |
| Service road |
Railway Hotel
Later renamed The Railway c.1970s | Public House
Demolished from April to June 2013 and now the site of the fourth Pitsea Market. |
c./09/1927 | /04/2013 - /06/2013
Demolished |
| Shops, houses, businesses & public
buildings between Northlands Drive and Rectory Park Drive |
| Tudor Building | Lloyds Bank | Bank |
1934 | Open |
| Tudor Building | Mabs
Pollard's (William Waide Pollard) (relocated: Northlands Pavement)
Lloyds Bank | Haberdashery
Wool and Haberdashery
Bank
Street level shop unit now incorporated within Lloyds bank. |
c.1950s
c.1960s | --
-- |
| | Post Office | Crown Post Office |
/02/1961 | 09/10/1993 |
| 1-12 | Broadway North
(See separate Broadway North shop history.) | Current shopping parade with associated parking. |
1959
1964 | Open |
Railway Tavern Inn
renamed Railway Hotel | Public House
Licence removed to 'new' Railway Hotel' c.1927, building then converted to create three shops with extension to the frontage and referred there on as "The Old Tavern". The entire building including the new shops were later lost in the creation of the Broadway North shopping parade. |
c.1859 | c.1927 |
| Old Railway Tavern | Lloyds Bank Limited (relocated: Tudor Mansions, Pitsea)
Long's Stores
Pitsea Post Office (relocated: Broadway North) | Bank
Grocery Store and Post Office
Single storey extension to front of former public house. |
1928
c.1934 | c.1934
c./01/1961
Demolished |
| Old Railway Tavern | H. English (Herbert English)
Tucker & Sons (& at 38 High Road, Laindon) | Family Butchers
Family Butchers & Grazier
Single storey extension to front of former public house. |
1928
1945 | c.1930s
--
Demolished |
| Old Railway Tavern | The Broadway Fish Supply - (C.W. Allen, M.A. Allen) | Wet & Dry Fish.
Single storey extension to front of former public house. |
1928 | --
Demolished |
| Shop | J.E. Hall
Warr's (Raymond Warr) (& at 41 East Walk, Basildon) |
Greengrocers
Tudor fronted semi-detached house, later demolished in the creation of the eastern end of Broadway North shopping parade. |
c.1920s
c.1950s | --
--
Demolished |
| Shop | Norton's | Secondhand furniture etc.
Tudor fronted semi-detached house, later demolished in the creation of the eastern end of Broadway North shopping parade. |
|
Demolished |
| Shop | Norton's | Secondhand furniture etc.
single storey building attached to the Tudor fronted semi-detached house. |
|
Demolished |
| Surgery | | Doctors Surgery
Single storey building with pitched roof. |
|
Demolished |
| Shop | |
Single storey building with pitched roof. |
|
Demolished |
| | Churchill Johnson
Hadlands (John Hadland Ltd.) | Ironmonger, timber & building merchants
Ironmonger, timber & building merchants
Single storey building replaced in 1970s with Sankey House. |
1920s
1964 | 1964
1970s
Demolished |
| 81 Sankey House | Sankey's
Londis
Premier - Carter Store
Bargain Booze - Select Convenience | Ironmonger, timber & building merchants
Supermarket
Off Licence and convenience store
Off Licence and convenience store |
1970s
c.1980s
2000s
c.2011 | c.1980s
c.2000s
c.2011
Open |
| Shops, houses, businesses & public
buildings between Rectory Park Drive and Rectory Road |
| 1-4 | The Parade
(See separate Pitsea Parade shop history.) | Current shopping parade with associated parking. |
Pre-1950s | Open |
| Ribblesdale | Alf The Market Man
Ladies of Leisure
Le' Beau | Clothes
Unisex Hair Centre
Hair Studio
Did not become a shop until circa mid 1940s to early 1950s
Detached House to circa 1970s now joined to 79 High Road. |
1950s
c.1990s
2000s | --
Open |
| Undeveloped land later developed c.1980s for property numbers 79-59. |
| 79 | Spice Inn - South Indian Restaurant
Del Tandoori | Indian restaurant
Indian restaurant |
1990s
c.2000s | 2000s
Open |
| 71 | Pizza Go Go | Take-away |
c.2000s | Open |
| 67 | Hair Oasis | Hairdressers |
c.2000s | Open |
| 63-65 | Need 2 Print | Inkjet & Laserjet cartridges refilled |
c.2000s | Open |
| 59 | Jeanette Florist | Florist |
c.1980s | Open |
| | Saunders - Broadway Bakery (& at 93 High Road, Vange)
Jeanette Florist | Bakery
Florist
Single-storey detached building. |
c.1930s
-- | c.1960s
c.1980s
Demolished |
| 57 | Greens Stores
Beech Brothers
Ken Machines Ltd
Jester Minute
Pitsea Mobility
Gymophobics | Foodstore
Tools and specialist equipment
Sewing machines
Fancy dress suppliers
Mobility equipment, sales and repair
Female fitness centre
End terrace house in a row of 4. |
--
c.1970s
c.1990s
c.2006
c.2011
2010s | c.1970s
c.1990s
2000s
c.2011
c.2013
Open |
| 55 | Pitsea Tile Centre | Home improvement specialists
Mid terrace house in a row of 4. |
Pre /10/1990 | Open |
| 53 | Pitsea Tile Centre | Home improvement specialists
Mid terrace house in a row of 4. |
| Open |
| 51 High Road | End terrace house in a row of 4. |
-- | Occupied |
| 51A High Road | Upper flat accommodation to 51 High Road. |
c.2009 | Occupied |
| Parkhurst Road |
| Peartree House | Long's Stores & Pitsea Post Office (Arthur William Long)(relocated: Old Railway Tavern)
W. Norton & Sons (& at Hadleigh & Rayleigh) | Greengrocers and post office services
Removals, antique dealer and furniture |
1920s
c.1930s | c.1930s
Post /11/1967
Demolished |
| 49 High Road | Constructed on behalf of B.D.Corp.
End terrace house |
c.1977 | Occupied |
| 47 High Road | Constructed on behalf of B.D.Corp.
Mid terrace house |
c.1977 | Occupied |
| 45 High Road | Constructed on behalf of B.D.Corp.
End terrace house |
c.1977 | Occupied |
| Wall | Wall screening the Church Park Road cul-de-sac serving properties built on behalf of B.D.Corp. in the mid-to-late 1970s. |
c.1977 |
| 43 High Road | Constructed on behalf of B.D.Corp.
End terrace house |
c.1977 | Occupied |
| 41 High Road | Constructed on behalf of B.D.Corp.
Mid terrace house |
c.1977 | Occupied |
| 39 High Road | Constructed on behalf of B.D.Corp.
End terrace house |
c.1977 | Occupied |
| 1 Ash Cottage | George & Alice Willis | |
Pre-1949 | Demolished |
| 2 Ash Cottage | Peter & Florence McDonald | |
Pre-1949 | Demolished |
| The Gables | A & H Pembroke (Arthur Pembroke) | Confectioners, tobacconist, teas, minerals & ices
Detached bungalow |
| Demolished Pre /11/1967 |
