Old Postcards of Brentwood

Showing the old Post Office looking down St Thomas' Road, with St Thomas' church in the background.

Post Office

c1900

Warley Road looking towards the train station.

Warley Hill

c1914

West end of the high street, looking east.

High Street

c1900

Wilson's Corner looking north east.

Wilson's Corner

c1914

St Thomas' Church, photgraphed from a rooftop on the high street.

St Thomas' Church

c1960

This is one of the last images of the famous tree planted on the site of William Hunter's martyrdom. At the time this photo was taken the tree was nearly 400 years old.

Old Tree

c1920

A photograph of the fields around Cornsland.

Cornsland

c1920

A photograph of Wilson's Store on the corner.

Wilson's Store

c1960

Photograph looking east down Brooke Street Hill with the Golden Fleece on the left.

Brooke Street Hill

c1920

View of the west end of Cornsland with the gate posts that still exist.

Cornsland

c1910

View of the High Street looking east with the town hall on the right hand side.

High Street

c1905

View of the far west end of the High Street, looking west.

High Street

c1900

Shenfield Common, showing the bandstand in the distance.

Shenfield Common

c1910

The south end of St Thomas' Road, with the church in the background.

St Thomas' Road

c1910

Brooke Street Hill showing the 'Garden Village' development sign to the far right.

Brooke Street Hill

c1920

Ingrave Road showing the Brentwood School and William Hunter's oak.

Ingrave Road

c1910

Warley Road, looking north.

Warley Road

c1920

The Brentwood School with the old oak tree.

Brentwood School

c1910

Warley Road showing a house (now Tesco Express) on the right, and a pub (now demolished) on the left.

Warley Road

c1900

The catholic church before being converted into the cathedral.

The Catholic Church

c1900

A view of the High Street looking west, with William Hunter's memorial in the original position before it was moved.

High Street & Monument

c1900

A view of the High Street looking west, with William Hunter's memorial in the original position before it was moved. It also shows the house and Wilson's store, which were later destroyed by fire.

Postcard

c1900

Brentwood station before the post-war rebuilding.

Postcard

c1910

A view of Queen's Road, to the left is the gardens built by Brentwood Brewery, to the right is the Queen's Road post office.

Queen's Road

c1900

A view of Queen's Road, to the left is the gardens built by Brentwood Brewery, to the right is the Queen's Road post office.

Queen's Road

c1900

The west end of the High Street, looking east.

High Steet

c1910

Brentwood School

Brentwood School

c1950

A view of the High Street looking east, with William Hunter's memorial.

High Street

c1910

Brentwood High Street, looking east from roughly the location of St Thomas' chapel.

High Street

c1910

Brook Street Hill looking east, with the Golden Fleece in the distance.

Brook Street Hill

c1900

Inside the Catholic St Helen's School

St Helen's School

c1900

A view of the High Street looking west, with William Hunter's memorial in the original position before it was moved.

High Street & Monument

c1900

A view of the shopping center around the ruins of St Thomas' chapel.

Shopping Center

c1980

A view of the Brentwood mental hospital.

The Asylum

c1900

A view of the Warley Hill entrance to Brentwood station before it was rebuilt.

Brentwood Station

c1900

A view from Wilson's Corner looking west.

High Street

c1960

A view looking down Cornslands.

Cornslands

c1900

A view of St Thomas' Church from the graveyard.

St Thomas' Church

c1970

A view of the High Street, on the left is the White Hart and on the right is the George and Dragon.

High Street

c1900

A view of St Thomas' Church from the graveyard.

St Thomas' Church

c1890

A view of the pond at Shenfield Common.

Shenfield Common

c1960

Warley Road looking towards the train station.

Postcard

c1900

Brentwood High Street looking west.

High Street

c1910

A postcard of the fire that destroyed Wilson's Department Store in September 1909.

Wilson's Store Fire

1909

Brentwood High Street looking east.

High Street

c1900

A bus stop and view of Brentwood High street.

High Street

c1940

Brentwood High Street looking east.

High Street

c1890

Brentwood High Street looking west from opposite St Thomas' Chapel ruins.

High Street

c1900

A view of Wilson's Corner before and after the fire.

The Great Fire at Wilson's Corner

1909

A photograph of the tree planted on the site of William Hunter's martyrdom.

Hunter's Tree

c1900

A view of William Hunter's memorial and the houses beside it.

Hunter Memorial

c1960

Brentwood High Street looking east.

High Street

c1900

Warley Hill looking south.

Warley Hill

c1960

A view of Brentwood School.

Brentwood School

c1950

Brentwood High Street looking east.

High Street

c1900

Brentwood High Street looking east.

High Street

c1900

A view of the High Street looking east, on the right is the White Hart and on the left is the George and Dragon.

High Street

c1900

A view of the Volunteer's Drill Hall in Ongar Road, built in 1886

Drill Hall

c1900

A queen arriving in Brentwood.

Queen's Arrival

A view of the east end of the High Street.

High Street

c1960

A view of the Brentwood side of the station.

Brentwood Station

c1880

A view looking up Warley Hill including the old Barclays Bank building.

Warley Hill

c1910

King's Road, with Jubilee House in the centre-left, looking towards the station in the distance.

King's Road

1917

The bottom of Warley Hill looking north towards the station.

Warley Hill

c1910

A view of Wilson's Corner looking east.

Wilson's Corner

c1920

A view of Westbury Road.

Westbury Road

1911

The east end of the High Street, with the corner of Ongar Road.

High Street

c1920

The east end of the High Street, showing the old post office.

High Street

c1917

Looking down Rose Valley before many houses were built.

Rose Valley

c1917

A view of Weald Road

Weald Road

c1930

Brentwood station, view of the tracks.

Brentwood Station

c1920

Taskers Lane in Brentwood.

Taskers Lane

c1900

View looking down Warley Hill towards the station.

Warley Hill

c1930

The east end of the High Street, with Wilson's Corner in the distance.

High Street

c1950

Brentwood Cottage Hospital on the toad to Ingrave.

Brentwood Cottage Hospital

c1920

The west end of the High Street, looking east.

High Street

c1940

The High Street looking east, with the White Hart.

High Street

c1900

A postcard of the fire that destroyed Wilson's Department Store in September 1909.

Wilson's Store Fire

1909

A postcard of the fire that destroyed Wilson's Department Store in September 1909.

Wilson's Store Fire

1909

The east end of the High Street, looking towards Wilson's Corner.

High Street

c1960

The east end of the High Street, looking towards Wilson's Corner.

High Street

c1950

View looking down Warley Hill towards the station.

Warley Hill

c1917

A view of Wilson's Corner from Ongar Road.

Wilson's Corner

c1960

View of the west end of the High Street, looking west.

High Street

c1910

A view of the High Street with the White Hart and the George and Dragon.

High Street

1907

View looking north up King's Road.

King's Road

c1910

View of Wilson's Corner looking east showing the 86 bus to Mile End.

Wilson's Corner

c1938

View of Warley Hill and King's Road

Warley Hill and King's Road

c1910

View of Brentwood School from Ingrave Road.

Brentwood School and Ingrave Road

c1920

The Parade next to the station, showing the Parade Cinema

The Parade

c1920

View of the chapel ruins.

Thomas A Becket Chapel

c1930

View of the high street from the west.

High Street

c1910

View of the Hackney School built between Brentwood and Brook Street.

c1930

Rear view of High Wood School on Ongar Road.

High Wood School

c1930

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Brentwood Station

c1900

The war memorial for Brentwood, Great and Little Warley, Shenfield, Hutton and South Weald in October 1921 after it was unveiled with flowers left on it.

Brentwood War Memorial

1921

The old mill pond on Shenfield Common.

Shenfield Common

c1900

The top of Warley Road.

Warley Road

c1910

Shenfield common showing the Foresters Arms and the Artichoke

Shenfield Common

c1900

Shenfield Common showing the Artichoke, with the new town hall and St Thomas' in the background

Shenfield Common

c1960

A view of the west end of the High Street, showing the Bell before it was demolished.

High Street

c1940

A coloured postcard of Brentwood School and the Martyr's Elm.

The Brentwood School

c1920

The east end of the High Street, looking east, with Wilson's Corner in the distance.

High Street

c1960

An early photo of the old Warley side of Brentwood Station.

Brentwood Station

c1900

The south end of Rose Valley, taken from the corner with Gresham Road.

Rose Valley

c1920

St Helen's Church.

High Street

c1920

The High Street looking west, with Percy Crowe's cart in the centre of the view.

High Street

c1920

The High Street at the King's Road corner looking east.

High Street

c1910

The Brentwood School from the air.

Brentwood School

c1960

Houses on the site of Wilson's Corner before Wilson's Store was built.

Wilson's Corner

c1880

Wilson's Corner with the martyr's memorial in the foreground.

Wilson's Corner

c1900

The Brentwood School on a panoramic postcard.

Brentwood School

c1890

Queen's Road looking east, taken from outside of the Spread Eagle. The building on the left is the old telephone exchange.

Queen's Road

c1910

The High Street looking east, taken from near the junction with King's Road.

High Street

c1890

Looking up Rose Valley towards Queens Road, with Montpelier House in the distance.

Rose Valley

c1910

The west end of the High Street, looking east

High Street

c1910

Brentwood High Street, showing the Lion and Lamb.

High Street

c1930

The south side of Brentwood Station before it was demolished in 1934

Brentwood Station

c1930

The south end of Crown Street, now almost completely redeveloped. The left of this photo is now the multi-storey car park.

Crown Street

c1900

Queen's Road with the old police station in the background.

Queen's Road

c1910

A panoramic postcard of the High Street.

High Street

c1905

A panoramic postcard of the High Street.

High Street

c1905

The High Street looking west from outside the chapel ruins.

High Street

c1950

The High Street looking east.

High Street

c1900

King's Road with Jubilee House (at this point at Chemist) on the left.

King's Road

c1910

The High Street decorated, perhaps for Empire Day or for the corronation of Edward VII in 1902.

High Street

c1900

The west end of the High Street looking east, taken from King's Road junction.

High Street

c1900

A hand-coloured postcard showing the old Post Office next to old shops later replaced by a shopping arcade.

Old Post Office

c1900