Presented at the 20th Stoke Newington History Talks event on Nov 16th 2023. https://stokenewingtonhistory.com/stoke-newington-history-talks/

1. Amir Dotan
1930s Stoke Newington
Rediscovering a Decade of Profound Change

2. 1930

3. Body and Soul
Paul Whiteman’s popular 1930 song
King George V
1865-1936
The Vagabond King
The top film in the UK in 1930
Housing Act 1930
1 August 1930

4. Swimming Bath
Clissold Road Swimming Bath (1930-1997)

5. Construction

9. 1931

10. The Manor House
Photo by Frederick Arthur Wirth

11. The former Manor House (Rebuilt 1931)

14. The Manor House (Rebuilt 1931)
Photo by Peter Marshall

15. Park Lane Bridge

16. Clissold Crescent

21. 1932

22. Manor House Tube Station (Opened 19.9.1932)

23. The Manor House public transport hub

24. The Manor House public transport hub

25. The Rose & Crown

27. Road widening

32. The old and new Rose & Crown

33. 1933

34. Charles Booth’s Poverty Map (1889)
Hamilton Place (renamed Ornsbey Place)
Mason’s Court (renamed Manley Court)
Barn St and Meadow Street

35. 7 ‘Slum Clearance Areas’ declared in Stoke Newington
Barn Street
(Corner of Lordship Terrace)

36. Rochester Place
A small courtyard between 81 and 91 Stoke Newington High St.
Mason’s Court
Stoke Newington High St. (Now Manley Court)
Leonard Place
Allen Road
7 ‘Slum Clearance Areas’ Declared in Stoke Newington

37. 7 ‘Slum Clearance Areas’ Declared in Stoke Newington
Selsea Place
Crossway
White Hart Court
Stoke Newington High Street
Hewling Street
Between Howard Road and Matthias Road

38. Lordship South Estate

40. 1933 - Lordship Road housing scheme
1935 - Clissold Court, Greenway Close
1936 - Lordship Terrace housing scheme
1938 - Hewling Street housing scheme
1950 - Amwell Court, Green Lanes
1951 - Gordon Lodge, Queen Elizabeth’s Walk
1957 - Portland Rise extension
1957 - Manor Road, Listria Park improvements
1960 - Prome House, Green Lanes
1962 - Aden Lodge, Aden Grove
1962 - Milton Grove Laundry
1969 - Lincoln Court, Bethune Road
James Frederick Howes & Frederick Leonard Jackman

41. 1934

42. Lordship Terrace (formerly Meadow Street)

43. Lordship Terrace (formerly Meadow Street)

44. Ormond House, Lordship Terrace (52 flats)

45. Sir Herbert John
Ormond
Mayor of Stoke Newington 1913-9,1929-1934

46. Official Opening by Hilton Young, Minister of Health

47. Stoke Newington Borough Coat of Arms
Old (1900-34) New (1934-65)

48. Amwell Court
Green Lanes
Sandford Court
Bethune Road
296 Squadron Air Cadets
Albion Road

49. Stoke Newington Municipal Buildings Competition

50. Stoke Newington Municipal Buildings Competition

51. 1935

52. Church Row (1695-1935)

53. Demolition of Church Row (1935)

55. Clissold Court (Private Housing Estate)

56. 1936

58. Savoy Cinema (later ABC), 1936-84

60. Surviving decorative features

61. Paradise House, Stoke Newington Church Street

62. Paradise House School for Boys

63. Millington House (61 flats)
Coat of Arms of London
County Council

64. The evolution of London's local governance
Metropolitan
Board of Works
1856 - 1889
London County
Council
1889 - 1965
Greater London
Council
1965 - 1986
Greater London
Authority
2000 - Present day

65. Glebe Place, Stoke Newington Church Street

66. Clissold Estate
Clissold Estate (70 flats)

69. Current bollards
Original bollards

71. Present day Lordship South Estate

72. Filtration Plant, New River Waterworks

73. Filtration Plant, New River Waterworks

74. Filtration Plant, New River Waterworks
West Reservoir Centre today

75. 1937

76. Street renaming

80. Denman House development on a Slum Clearance Area

81. Barn Street

82. Lordship Terrace

83. Lordship Road

84. Denman House (89 flats)
Sir Richard Douglas
Denman
Church Estates Commissioner 1931-1943

85. Denman House (89 flats)

86. A transformed Lordship Terrace in 1937
Photo by Frederick Arthur Wirth

88. Stoke Newington’s New Municipal Buildings

89. Today

90. Today

91. 1938

92. The 649 Trolleybus replaced the 49 tram

93. Hewling Street Housing Scheme (90 flats)
1914 Map

94. Hewling Street Housing Scheme

96. 1952 Map

97. Present day Milton Gardens Estate
We are here
Hewling House and Matthias House

98. Woodberry Down - Purchased by the LCC in 1938

99. Woodberry Down

100. Woodberry Down Estate (Built 1948-1962)

101. Woodberry Down Estate - Splitting Opinions

102. Woodberry Down Estate - Splitting Opinions

103. 1939

104. Stoke Newington Air Raid Precautions (ARP) Booklet

105. Camouflaged Civil Defence Control Centre
1941

107. Thank you