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Miles Lane

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This road is on the northern edge of the parish churchyard, and runs from Church Road, eastward to north of Edmund Road. Later renamed Miles Road.

Not shown in the 1891 street directory, but is in the 1896 edition, suggesting that it was built in the early or mid 1890s.

1896 street directory:

NORTH SIDE
Elm Villa, Robert HANCOCK, market gardener

SOUTH SIDE
Clifton Cottages
1, Henry EARLE
2, Daniel GRIFFIN
3, James SMITH

The location of the Clifton Cottages ca be deduced from the 1925 street directory as they are shown past Edmund Road.

1896 OS map

1910 OS map

1910 OS map

From the 1915 street directory:

Miles Lane, from Church Road.
NORTH SIDE

Robert Charles GUNN, florist, (Elm Villa)
Norman, Smee & Dodwell, varnish manufacturers

From the 1925 street directory:

Miles Lane, from Church Road to Field Gate Lane.

NORTH SIDE

Arthur J. PARKER (Abingdon house)
Robert SMITH (Abingdon house)
George WRIGHT (Raleigh House)

Abingdon buildings:
1a, William GRAHAM
1, James William NICHOLAS
2a, Charles GOULD
2, George KELSEY
3a, Reginald Edward WEEKES
3, Oliver CHARMAN
4a, Robert JOHNSTON
4, George FRANCIS
5a, Arthur STARKEY
5, Frederick MONEY
6a, Robert Henry SIMS
6, George COLE

Robert GUNN, florist (The Nursery)

15, Herbert VINCER
14, John Orlando EDMUNDS
13, Charles Duncan BALLARD
12, Balantyne SEARS
10, Thomas BROWN
9, George Alfred BOURNER
8, Mrs PARK
7, Frank WHEELER
6, William PAGE
5, Charles PICKETT
4, Kenneth ENEVER
3, Thomas WEST
2, James CRUTCH
1, Eli NORTH

Norman, Smee & Dodwell, varnish manufacturers
Edward ABREHART, market gardener

SOUTH SIDE

R.J. Hamer & Son, varnish manufacturers

Simmonds cottages:
3, William Henry NORTH
2, Edward NORTH
2, A.F. NORTH, boot repairer
1, Charles BUNCE

… here is Edmund Road

Clifton cottages:
3, Robert SAYERS
2, Daniel GRIFFITHS
1, William SAYERS

World War 1 Connections
Private Hubert Cole

From the Surrey Recruitment Registers:

F ABREHART of 1 Miles Lane, aged 21 Years 10 Months, Carman. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 24 February 1916 to the Royal Field Artillery.

C H BOWDERY of 4 Miles Lane, aged 26 Years, Carman. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 13 May 1916 to the Royal Engineers (3/1st Kent).

J L CRAWFORD of 6 Abingdon Terrace, Miles Lane, aged 32 Years, Motor Driver. Conscripted on 7 May 1917 to the Army Service Corps (mt).

C JAMES of 2 Miles Lane, aged 23 Years 5 Months, Dustman. Conscripted on 2 December 1915 to the Labour Centre.

W H NORTH of 3 Simmons Cottages Miles Lane, aged 36 Years, Scaffolder. Conscripted on 6 June 1916 to the Royal Engineers.

G C S SPOONER of Abingdon House Miles Lane, aged 30 Years 10 Months, Conductor. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 12 December 1915 to the Huntingdonshire Cyclists (2/1st Batn).

R VARNHAM of 12 Miles Lane, aged 34 Years, Labourer. Volunteered on 13 January 1915 to the East Surrey Regiment.

T WEST of 3 Miles Lane, aged 40 Years, Labourer. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 11 December 1915 to the Durham Light Infantry (5th Batn).

W WEST of 3 Miles Lane, aged 35 Years, Labourer. Conscripted on 6 March 1917 to the Bedfordshire Regiment (30th Inf Lab Coy).

F W WHEELER of 7 Miles Lane, aged 39 Years, Lamplighter. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 11 December 1915 to the Royal West Surrey Regiment (9th Batn).

W E WILKS of 4 Miles Lane, aged 39 Years 5 Months, Horsedealer. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 8 March 1916 to the Royal West Surrey Regiment.

Maps are reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

Oakwood Avenue

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Road off north side of Lewis Road, near the Church Road end.

undated photo of Oakwood Avenue

1913 OS map

1913 OS map

World War 1 Connections
From the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:

Rifleman Robert Langridge

Private Herbert Percy Andrews

Private Alfred Joseph Tracey

From the Surrey Recruitment Registers:

W G BRUNTON of 10 Oakwood Avenue, aged 25 Years 1 Months, Labourer. Conscripted on 23 November 1915 to the Royal Fusiliers (5th Batn).

T GODDING of 56 Oakwood Avenue, aged 31 Years 11 Months, Assistant. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 10 December 1915 to the Suffolk Regiment (1st Batn).

C F GOSNEY of 5 Oakwood Avenue, aged 18 Years 1 Months, Labourer. Joined on 8 April 1915 to the East Surrey Regiment.

R H HALL of 29 Oakwood Avenue, aged 37 Years 3 Months, Bus Inspector. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 12 December 1915 to the Royal West Surrey Regiment (3rd Batn).

G W HILLING of 40 Oakwood Ave Mitcham, aged 37 Years 11 Months, Clerk. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 13 May 1916 to the Army Veterinary Corps.

F INSTANCE of 25 Oakwood Avenue, aged 19 Years 8 Months, Labourer. Volunteered on 21 August 1915 to the Middlesex Regiment.

J A MANSELL of 47 Oakwood Avenue, aged 37 Years 2 Months, Agent Asst. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 11 May 1916 to the Royal Flying Corps.

F C MANSER of 19 Oakwood Avenue, aged 40 Years 5 Months, Telephone Operator. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 11 December 1915 to the Yorkshire & Lancashire Regiment.

L W MARTIN of 38 Oakwood Avenue, aged 34 Years 11 Months, Clerk. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 10 December 1915 to the Essex Regiment (4th Batn).

E A MINNS of 49 Oakwood Avenue, aged 38 Years 9 Months, Manager. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 7 December 1915 to the Durham Light Infantry (5th Batn).

J ROAKE of 13 Oakwood Avenue, aged 19 Years, Wireman. Volunteered on 19 November 1915 to the Royal Horse Artillery.

H SHARMAN of 38 Oakwood Avenue, aged 29 Years 1 Months, Motor Driver. Conscripted on 7 May 1917 to the Army Service Corps (mt).

G A SIVIOUR of 12 Oakwood Avenue, aged 25 Years 10 Months, Secretary. Conscripted on 11 December 1916 to the Royal Horse & Field Artillery.

C SMITH of 15 Oakwood Avenue, aged 37 Years 11 Months, Metal Worker. Conscripted on 10 December 1915 to the 3rd Training Reserve Batn.

T S STRAGNELL of 41 Oakwood Avenue, aged 35 Years 9 Months, Tarcutter. Conscripted on 10 December 1915 to the 63rd Rifles (naval Division).

J TAYLOR of 52 Oakwood Avenue, aged 17 Years 8 Months, Clerk. Conscripted on 7 February 1917 to the Army Service Corps (ht).

A TEDDER of 9 Oakwood Avenue, aged 30 Years 7 Months, Manager. Conscripted on 8 December 1916 to the Royal West Kent Regiment (3rd Batn).

H THOMAS of 14 Oakwood Avenue, aged 26 Years 8 Months, Chauffeur. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 12 December 1915 to the Army Service Corps (mt).

T C THORNTON of 17 Oakwood Avenue, aged 22 Years, Roundsman. Conscripted on 19 October 1916 to the Norfolk Regiment (2/6th Batn).

Occupants from 1915 street directory

from Lewis Road

WEST SIDE

1, Miss Louis LASENBY, shopkeeper
1A, Mrs GILBERT
3, Mrs GILL
5, George GOSNEY, estate office
7, George REYNOLDS
9, Arthur TEDDER
11, Henry Edward FOSTER
13, John William ROAKE
15, Charles SMITH
17, Alfred FRANKLIN
19, Frederick MANSER
21, Frederick WILLIAMS
25, Henry William INSTANCE
27, Henry DREWETT
29, Ernest Alfred BOUFFLER
31, Thomas STEPHEN
33, Joseph H WOODMANSEE
35, William GIDDINGS
37, Albert EVERITT
39, Robert Henry HALL
41, Thomas STRUGNELL
43, William MUSTOE
45, Harry Walter BRENNAN
47, James MANSELL, assistant insurance supt
49, Ernest MINNS
51, James REED
53, Arthur FOLEY
55, Albert Henry HENSHAW
57, Charles Edward PEARCE
59, Robert NEWMAN

EAST SIDE SIDE

2, Harold THOMAS, confectioner
4, Augustus STANSFORD
6, Bernard M WILLIAMSON
8, Edward Thompson THOMPSON
10, Frederick BRUNTON
12, George Albert SIVIOUR
14, Harold THOMAS
16, John Thomas COOPER
18, Thomas LEGG
20, William STOKES
22, Thomas Henry DYER
24, Albert William SLEIGH
26, Walter NIGHTINGALE
28, Edward Samuel DANSON
30, Isaac Edward ASHLEY
32, James HUDSON
34, William John SLATER
36, William George TANNER
38, Francis Edward KING
40, George William HILLING
42, David HORAN
44, Charles PURNELL
46, Harry COLLINS
48, William George CARTER
50, John Edward BARNARD
52, Joseph TAYLOR
54, Ernest ROGERS
56, Thomas GODDINGS
58, C PAYNE
60, Arthur John THOMPSON
60A, Henry FURRIER

Maps are reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.