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Street Map of Brentford

Pleses can anybody help me. I am looking for a street map of Brentford ,as it was about 1950, when I was a child living in Mafeking Ave.

Derek Warnes ● 7023d6 Comments

Hello Jim, Great map thanks a lot. I was especially interested in the area around Kenley & Netley road, where my relations were in the 1901 census. Having moved away in 1960 , I was having trouble remembering the order of roads along Ealing Rd.Thanks again, Derek

Derek Warnes ● 7022d

Thanks for this one Nigel.  We can see your dock again!Note: a recreation ground alongside The Ham canalbank?With many times the normal number of visitors to this website ..on the occasion of this special weekend...these images are added to help the wider appreciation of Brentford..and its special location!

Jim Lawes ● 7023d

Apologies for not remembering which websites they came from:1) 1777  (see Nigel Moore's Ridgeway Boat Yard?wharf..BEFORE the Canal was opened in 1805!!bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb2) 1890..showing the old railway from Southall via Trumpters Way, no Great West Road in those days,Brentford Town Station, and to the docks.bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb3) 1895 The Ham and the Brentford Bridge area.bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb4)  1894 The Great Western Railways dock area.bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb5)  1900?  A drawing of the old railway line:

Jim Lawes ● 7023d

""That is a very clear map;  looking at the Bushwood Road area - can you please point out the exact location of the PRO building please,  if possible?""Hello Ann,I've just realised that Bushwood Road,Kew is on that page. Looking closely you can see a tip of the Public Records Office on the other side of the Disrict/LMS(!) railway line.

Jim Lawes ● 7023d

Jim,That is a very clear map;  looking at the Bushwood Road area - can you please point out the exact location of the PRO building please,  if possible?

Ann S. Allridge ● 7023d

Derek,good morningYour enquiry has thrown up an intersting revelation for me that there was acricket ground on the corner of the Great West Road and Ealing Road!This map is 40 years old...about 1965 ish...the A-Z booklet  and cost 3/6!  Its been a challenge to reproduced the map so that you can read the street names..so sideways is hopefully ok..for starters!!

Jim Lawes ● 7023d