50-682: Lakeview Estate is a housing estate in Old Ford , east London, designed by Berthold Lubetkin . It was built on a site damaged by bombing in World War II, on Grove Road between Old Ford Road and the Hertford Union Canal . The estate opened in 1958. It overlooks the lake in Victoria Park . 51°31′59″N 0°2′27″W / 51.53306°N 0.04083°W / 51.53306; -0.04083 This article about
100-591: A London building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Old Ford, London Old Ford is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets that is named after the natural ford which provided a crossing of the River Lea . Historically, Old Ford was a cluster of houses and a mill, around the ford. It formed a part of the Ancient Parish of Stepney . Together with
150-465: A Parliamentarian force caught up with them just as they were about to enter the city's medieval walls, a bitter battle was fought but the Royalists were able to retire to the security of the city walls. The Siege of Colchester followed, but after ten weeks starvation and news of Royalist defeats elsewhere led the Royalists to surrender. The bridge was widened in 1741 and tolls were levied to defray
200-488: A chapel dedicated to St Katherine . The bridge was built in what was then an agricultural area, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the Aldgate on London's city wall . The bridge was accompanied by four smaller bridges over the associated Bow Back Rivers . These were to be linked by a new stretch of road on a raised causeway along the line now occupied by Stratford High Street. The five bridges, from west to east, were: During
250-642: A gay lay-dee. There are a number of theories about the identity of the Fair Lady , including the idea that it may refer to Matilda, the builder of Bow Bridge and its neighbours, or that it may apply to the River Lea itself. In 1724, Daniel Defoe began publication of his account, A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain , of his travels around Britain. He begins his tour in Essex, starting with
300-624: A large Kentish Royalist force under the Earl of Norwich were able to make for London in the hope the city would rise up in their favour, indeed some Londoners had rioted in the King's favour a month prior. Disheartened by the loss of Maidstone there were many desertions and the force was reduced to around 3,000 men by the time it reached Greenwich at noon on 3 June 1648, after an all-night march. There were few parliamentarian forces left in London, but under
350-582: A set of community programs. The oldest model boat club in the world, the Victoria Model Steam Boat Club, founded in Victoria Park on 15 July 1904, is still active today and holds up to 17 of their Sunday regattas a year. The VMSB Club runs straight-running boats just as they did 100 years ago but have also progressed to radio controlled boats and hydroplanes . The first Regatta is traditionally held on Easter Sunday and
400-595: A station at Old Ford railway station . The line was badly damaged during World War II and never reopened. The station buildings were demolished in the early 1960s. As part of the post-war rebuilding, the Lakeview Estate was built and designed by Berthold Lubetkin , on a site damaged by bombing in World War II , on Grove Road between Old Ford Road and the Hertford Union Canal . The estate opened in 1958. Fish Island also saw significant bombing during
450-459: A tumble at the ford on her way to Barking Abbey and ordered a distinctively bow-shaped three-arched bridge to be built over the River Lea . The building of the bridge at Bow did not leave Old Ford as a backwater and the ford continued to be well used, but it was in an isolated and rural area and the local population centre moved to Bow in the Middle Ages . Old Ford was the site of one of
500-585: Is situated in Gladstone Place. A community and tenants' hall is nearby. Access to council services is dealt with by the Bow and North Poplar One Stop Shop in Ewart Place. The Percy Dalton Peanut Factory was at Fish Island, occupying Britannia Works and gatehouse along Dace Road, and another building on Smeed Road. Britannia Works has been run as an artists studio building by SPACE since 2000, who led
550-801: The Lee Navigation where proceeding north leads to Hackney Marshes . Turning south along the Lea leads through Bow Locks , into Bow Creek and thence to the River Thames , but the tow-path can often be blocked. West from Wick Road leads to the Hertford Union junction where the canal joins the Regent's Canal , near Mile End . There is a footbridge over the East Cross Route linking Fish Island. Bow Bridge (London) Bow Bridge
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#1732787252361600-753: The North London Railway and at Coborn Road on the Great Eastern Main Line . Old Ford is connected to the National Road Network via Parnell Road and Tredegar Road to the A12 ( East Cross Route ) running north/north east-south. Access to the Hertford Union Canal is via the tow-path (which the National Cycle Route 1 also passes along) from Wick Road at St Marks Gate (Victoria Park). East leads to
650-684: The Siege of London . The Battle of Naseby in June 1645 effectively ended Royalist hopes of victory in the First English Civil War , but the war continued with further Parliamentary success leading King Charles I to surrender to the Scots army besieging Newark in May 1646. He surrendered to his Scots enemies, rather than his English enemies in the hope of dividing his opponents. Essex, London and
700-415: The 19th century, confusion over the ownership of Pegshole and St Thomas Bridge led to the name of the two to be transposed Initially, local land and Abbey Mill were given to Barking Abbey for the maintenance of the bridge, but these properties and the responsibility eventually passed to Stratford Langthorne Abbey . The Abbess of Barking and Abbot of West Ham (i.e. Stratford Langthorne Abbey) argued about
750-688: The Baroness Burdett Coutts Drinking Fountain in the park was given Grade II* listed status by Historic England . In 1986 the Greater London Council transferred responsibility for the park to the London borough of Tower Hamlets and the London Borough of Hackney , through a joint management board. Since 1994 Tower Hamlets has run the park alone. In 1991, St Paul's, Old Ford was closed due to maintenance and safety concerns. The Parochial Church Council and local people were determined to see that
800-589: The Lea further north, 0.5 miles (800 m) upstream, at Old Ford ; the new crossing led the highway to take a more southerly route. The road is known by various names throughout its length, for instance Bow Road (in Bow) and High Street and Romford Road in Stratford, and the whole road was long known as the Great Essex Road . Prior to the construction of the first bridge, settlements on both sides of
850-427: The Lea. Evidence has been found of a late Roman settlement at Old Ford dating from the 4th and 5th centuries. Excavations in 2002–03 discovered a substantial 'ribbon' development along the line of the road, surrounded by fields. Near the river there was evidence for a cluster of wooden buildings dominated by a large open-ended barn. Large amounts of cattle bone were also discovered, suggesting butchery to supply
900-419: The London market. The Lea was thought to be used to supply Roman London with agricultural products and pottery from Hertfordshire and the north. Old Ford was where the goods were transferred to continue their journey into London by wagon. Old Ford, as the name suggests, was the ancient most downstream crossing point of the then unchannelised River Lea . At this time the Lea was a wide fast-flowing river and
950-534: The Militia decided to avoid bloodshed and told the Royalists that they would be escorted to Bow Bridge, on the border of the Tower Hamlets district, disarmed and sent on their way. Before reaching the bridge, the Royalists had formed into much better order and were able to intimidate the handful of Essex musketeers on the bridge into letting them pass without giving up their arms; they were also able to take
1000-600: The Royalists. About two hours are said to have passed between the initial capitulation of the Royalist landing force, and the capitulation of the Parliamentarias at Bow Church. The Royalists stayed in Stratford for several days. They carefully guarded Bow Bridge and potential local fording points so that the Lea could guard their flank against attack from the City of London and the Tower Hamlets. The Earl of Norwich used
1050-800: The Steam Regatta is always held on the first Sunday in July. Old Ford is served by bus route 8 to Tottenham Court Road station and Bow Church as well as a number of local bus routes 277, 276, 339, 425 and 488 and D6. It is also linked to the London Night Bus network by the N8 and N277. Old Ford has no access to the London Underground network, but was formerly connected to the British rail network at Old Ford railway station on
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#17327872523611100-487: The Three Kingdoms . In 1110 Matilda , wife of Henry I , attempted to cross the Lea to get to Barking Abbey . The Queen (or some of her retinue) fell into the water while fording the Lea, a dangerous situation, especially with the heavy clothes worn by many women of the era. As a result of the incident, Matilda ordered a distinctively bow-shaped ( arched ) bridge to be built over the River Lea, on which stood
1150-486: The church remained open and, in fact, was improved. The "A New Heart for Bow" project was born. More than £3,000,000 was raised from more than a dozen sources and philanthropies. Matthew Lloyd Architects was appointed to refurbish the building and enable it to serve the wider community as well as the church. Work began in March 2003 and ended over a year later, in May 2004. St Barnabas Community Fete , also known as Bowstock,
1200-422: The crossing of the Lea at Bow Bridge: Passing Bow-Bridge, where the county of Essex begins, the first observation I made was, that all the villages which may be called the neighbourhood of the city of London on this, as well as on the other sides thereof, which I shall speak to in their order; I say, all those villages are increased in buildings to a strange degree, within the compass of about 20 or 30 years past at
1250-589: The eastern counties backed Parliament in the First English Civil War , but by 1648, this loyalty was stretched. Anticipating an invasion by a Scots army from the north, in support of the King, there were a series of largely unco-ordinated Royalist risings in parts of the Royal Navy, South Wales, Lancashire , Essex and perhaps most seriously in Kent. A Parliamentary force quickly moved on Maidstone and captured it after bitter street fighting on 1 June. Despite this,
1300-404: The energetic leadership of Philip Skippon , they closed the City gates and the also the fortified London Bridge. Most of the Royalists gave up at this point and core of around 500 infantry and some horsemen remained. The Earl of Norwich received word that around 2,000 Royalists had assembled at Bow Bridge with more at Chelmsford, so he crossed the river, with just his horse, in order to investigate
1350-466: The expense, but litigation over maintenance lasted until 1834, when the bridge needed to be rebuilt and landowners agreed to pay half of the cost, with Essex and Middlesex sharing the other. The bridge was again replaced in 1834, by the Middlesex and Essex Turnpike Trust , and in 1866 West Ham took responsibility for its upkeep and that of the causeway and smaller bridges that continued the route across
1400-606: The extra-mural suburb of Whitechapel . This was the closest to London that any Royalist force would come during the civil wars. The Royalists retreated back to Bow Bridge, while Whalley's Regiment of Horse and the accompanying dragoons (mounted gunmen) rushed back to London to raise the alarm. Nearing Bow Bridge, the cavalry (probably aided by their infantry), forced the Tower Hamlets Militia (or part of it) to seek refuge in Bow Church , and to then submit to
1450-607: The ford used to be. This lies at the end of 'Hackney Cut', an 18th-century artificial channel, and the natural channel (known as the Waterworks River) rejoins the channel below the lock. n June 1648, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms , a Royalist force of some 500 to 600 men won a minor battle against the Tower Hamlets Militia at Bow Bridge and occupied Stratford for three days, before heading off along
1500-501: The major leading the Militia, and one other Tower Hamlets officer as hostages (releasing them on safely crossing the bridge). Shortly after crossing they met the Earl of Norwich and a force of Royalist cavalry, while a force of Parliamentarian horseman from Whalley's Regiment of Horse arrived on the Bow side of the bridge at about the same time. The Earl of Norwich took two squadrons of cavalry (perhaps forty men) and immediately charged
1550-407: The many watermills in the area that supplied flour to the bakers of Stratforde-atte-Bow, and hence bread to the City. Due to their isolation, residents were given dispensation to worship in the chapel of ease at Stratforde-atte-Bow, later Bow Church , to save the often difficult journey to the parish church of St Dunstan's at Stepney . A lock and weir now exist on the Lee Navigation near where
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1600-613: The mid-Victorian period, although civil administration has always been associated with Bow. Victorian OS maps show an illustrative location of the, by then, former ford, which was just to the south of the Northern Outfall Sewer and immediately south of the confluence of the Lea and the Hackney Brook . The confluence is likely to have caused the Lea to eddy and slow, causing much alluvial material from both watercourses to be dropped at this point, which may have been
1650-701: The most. The bridge was formerly the lowest crossing of what was once a much wilder, river that formed a much greater barrier to the east-west movement of trade and of armies. The Essex forces of the Peasants Revolt passed over the bridge in 1381, while Essex supporters of the Lancastrian cause passed over in 1471 during the Wars of the Roses. They would take part in an unsuccessful assault on Aldgate, Bishopsgate and London's defensive wall during an action known as
1700-461: The new factories on the Lea and Lee Navigation and to serve the new railways. In 1865, a 30-acre plot was purchased to be used as a gasworks, but the Gas Light and Coke Company established what would become known as Fish Island , giving it its distinctive road names, and building a mixed residential and industrial development instead. The North London Railway had a line through the area with
1750-531: The nursery rhyme London Bridge Is Falling Down make reference to Bow Bridge. The oldest known version could be that recalled by a correspondent to the Gentleman's Magazine in 1823, which he claimed to have heard from a woman who was a child in the reign of Charles II (r. 1660–1685) and had the lyrics: London Bridge is broken down, Dance over the Lady Lea; London Bridge is broken down, With
1800-490: The obligation, a dispute that was settled in 1315. West Ham was to maintain the bridge and highway, but the Abbess would pay £200 annually in recompense. The Abbey's subsequent dissolution caused further lengthy litigation over maintenance of the bridge at Bow – with the successor landowners found responsible in 1691. The matter was not finally resolved until 1834, with the formation of a Turnpike Trust. Various versions of
1850-544: The old Roman Road to the Siege of Colchester . During that those three days they carefully guarded Bow Bridge and a number of local fords so that the Lea would secure their flank against attack from the City of London and the Tower Hamlets. Farming and market gardening prevailed in the settlement until the 19th century when Old Ford became a part of the seamless London conurbation as a district, with large estates of relatively poor houses and much poverty. These were built to serve
1900-554: The outside of the building. Victoria Park became known for its open air music festivals , often linked with a political cause in the 1970/80s. In 1978, Rock Against Racism organised a protest event against growth of far-right organisations such as the National Front . The concert was played by The Clash , Steel Pulse , X-Ray Spex , The Ruts , Sham 69 , Generation X , and the Tom Robinson Band . In 1975,
1950-480: The parliamentarian cavalry, some of whom were killed, and the rest retreated. Norwich pursued them in the direction of the Aldgate on London's city wall , but the ran into an ambush. Parliamentarian dragoons were hiding behind hedges beside the road at Mile End Green , and they released a volley of fire at the Royalists, killing one. The Royalist force was within a mile and a half of the Aldgate , and closer still to
2000-533: The reason that fording the river was possible here. This may have been reinforced by the fact that the Lea's tidal head was in the vicinity. Excavations have shown that in the Roman period, the ford lay a very short distance to the north of this point, immediately north of the Northern Outfall Sewer. The Romans dumped materials to improve the ford and at one time appear to have had a bridge over
2050-473: The rest of Bow , it separated from Stepney to become a (late formed) Ancient Parish of Bow in 1719. Ancient Parishes were, until the 19th century responsible for both civil and ecclesiastical local administration, after that there were divergent civil and ecclesiastical parish areas. It expanded rapidly in the Victorian era into a outer suburb of London and was designated an independent Anglican parish in
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2100-399: The river were known as Stratford . Afterwards, the western Stratford settlement become suffixed by “-atte-Bow” (at the Bow), eventually becoming known simply as Bow . The eastern Stratford became suffixed by "Langthorne" after a large and notable tree but lost that suffix over time and is now known simply as Stratford . There was a battle at Bow Bridge, on 4th June 1648, during the Wars of
2150-648: The river, and landed on the east side of the Isle of Dogs peninsula, many at Blackwall. The Royalists had mistakenly believed they were in Essex - an area they believed lightly defended or perhaps friendly - rather than the hostile Tower Hamlets of Middlesex; until the Yellow (auxiliary) regiment (or elements of it) of the much respected Tower Hamlets Militia arrived to confronted the Royalists. The Royalists, who had landed in disorder were in no position to resist. The leader of
2200-575: The tidal estuary stretched as far as Hackney Wick . Two routes may have used the ford, both continuing through Essex and including Colchester amongst their destinations. Colchester was where the Romans set up their initial capital for their occupation, and the road was upgraded to run from the area of London Bridge as one of the first paved Roman roads in Britain . The routes using the ford were: In 1110, Matilda , wife of Henry I , reputedly took
2250-440: The time to travel round nearer parts of Essex, trying to rally support among the gentry. Although the Royalist march on London was a failure, the ability of the remnant of that force to link up with Essex Royalists, and proceed to Colchester makes the fight at Bow Bridge a tactical victory for the Royalists. The Royalists the marched off towards Royalist held Colchester , bolstered by local supporters who joined them en route, but
2300-511: The veracity of the information in order that the army could cross the Thames to rendez-vous with the other Royalists if the information was correct Sir William Compton was left in charge of the force at Greenwich. Norwich found no force at Bow Bridge so moved onto Chelmsford to seek a friendly army there. When Norwich didn't return immediately from Bow Bridge, the Kentish force decided to cross
2350-454: The war, with damaged housing demolished post-war to make way for factories and warehouses. St Barnabas's, Bethnal Green was also badly damaged by bombing during the same World War; the steeple was removed and the church rebuilt, retaining the tower and north and south walls. The remodelling was carried out by J Anthony Lewis of architects Michael Tapper & Lewis, who commissioned the sculptor Don Potter to create The Four Evangelists on
2400-685: Was an annual fête and music festival held on Wennington Green in Mile End Park . Fish Island has a long history as a home to artists and art spaces, having one of the highest densities of fine artists, designers and artisans in Europe according to a 2009 study which found around 600 artists' studios. The Percy Dalton Peanut Factory was at Fish Island, occupying Britannia Works and gatehouse along Dace Road, and another building on Smeed Road. Britannia Works has been run as an artists studio building by SPACE since 2000. Channel 4 ’s The Big Breakfast
2450-444: Was a stone bridge built over the River Lea , in what is now London , in the twelfth century. It took its name from the distinctively bow-shaped (curved) arches . It linked Bow in Middlesex with Stratford in Essex . The name has also been applied to replacement structures, with the current structure also and more commonly known as Bow Flyover . The Roman Road from Aldgate to Essex and East Anglia had previously forded
2500-643: Was broadcast live from a former lockkeeper's cottages on Fish Island, from 28 September 1992 until 29 March 2002. The Palm Tree is a public house which was Grade II listed in 2015 by Historic England . The Bow Wharf is the point where the Regent's Canal meets the Hertford Union Canal at the Hertford Union Junction between Mile End Lock and Old Ford Lock on the Regent's Canal. Local council facilities are grouped around Roman Road market. The local library, now called an Idea Store ,
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