EPW016657 ENGLAND (1926). The Ball Bearings Manufactory and environs, Chelmsford, 1926

3 Hoffmanns Way,

BISHOPS RD, CHELMSFORD

MARCONI RD, CHELMSFORD

VICTORIA SQUARE, CHELMSFORD

I TOOK THIS PHOTO FROM ABOUT HERE IN 2015 SHOWING WHATS LEFT OF GLOBE HOUSE, HOFFMANS

MY PHOTO WAS TAKEN FROM ABOUT HERE IN 2015

BISHOPS HALL MILL IN THIS PHOTO NEARLY DEMOLISHED AND THE MILL HOUSE. THE MILL HOUSE STILL SURVIVES TODAY, IT WAS GRADE 2 LISTED ON THE 9TH JAN 1976. NOW USED AS OFFICES

RIVERSIDE, CHELMSFORD

NURSERY

EMBANKMENT TERRACE

ALLOTMENTS

SCHOOL

GOODS SHED

MALTHOUSE

THE OLD NARROW NEW STREET BRIDGE

REGINA RD, CHELMSFORD

THE THREE CUPS PUB

HOFFMANS BALL BEARING FACTORY- THIS IS THE UK'S FIRST BALL BEARING FACTORY.ESTABLISHED HERE IN 1898 BY COUSINS GEOFFREY AND CHARLES BARRETT AND BANKROLLED BY AN AMERICAN BALL BEARING MACHINE MANUFACTURER 'ERNST GUSTAV HOFFMAN'. THE FIRM LATER BECAME 'RANSOMME HOFFMAN AND POLLARD' IN 1969. THE FACTORY ONCE EMPLOYED 7,500 WORKERS AND WAS WOUND DOWN DURING THE 1980'S AND FINALLY CLOSED FOR GOOD ON THE 23RD DEC 1989. THE RHP BRAND AND ASSETS WERE ABSORBED INTO THE JAPANESE NSK LTD BEARING COMPANY IN 1990, AND THE 'RHP' NAME FINALLY DISAPPEARED IN 2001. (from wikipedia)

FROM APROX HERE IS WHERE THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN FROM, LOOKING TOWARDS BISHOP HALL LANE IN THE BACKGROUND. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN JAN 1990 AFTER HOFFMANS CLOSED FOR GOOD ON DEC 23RD 1989

BISHOP HALL LANE, CHELMSFORD

WEIGHT RD, CHELMSFORD- FREDERIC WEIGHT, THE LANDLORD OF THE THREE CUPS PUB ON THE CORNER, BUILT THIS ROAD IN 1898 ON LAND AT THE SIDE AND REAR

NORWICH TO LONDON LINE- BUILT IN 1842

THE RECTORY AND ITS GROUNDS ONCE STOOD APROX HERE, PART OF THE BISHOPS HALL ESTATE

RIVER CHELMER

BISHOPS HALL- LOOKS LIKE HOFFMANS OVER THE YEARS ON OLD ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS BUILT AROUND AND EVENTUALLY RIGHT NEXT TO THIS OLD HOUSE. BISHOPS HALL WAS PREVIOUSLY HELD BY THE BISHOPS OF LONDON, WHO OWNED THE MANOR OF CHELMSFORD. IT WAS FIRST RECORDED WHEN WILLIAM WAS BISHOP BETWEEN 1051 AND 1075 AND LATER IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK (1086). THE MANOR, OF WHICH THE HALL, MILL, MILL HOUSE AND RECTORY WERE PART, WAS PASSED TO HENRY V111 IN 1545 FOLLOWING THE DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES. THOMAS MILDMAY, AUDITOR TO ELIZABETH 1ST, PURCHASED THE MANOR OF CHELMSFORD IN 1563. THE MANOR REMAINED IN THE FAMILY UNTIL 1917 WHEN THE ESTATES WERE SOLD. IN 1795 THE MILL WAS LEASED TO MARRIAGES OF SPRINGFIELD UNTIL THE OUTBREAK OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. BISHOP HALL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1929

RECTORY LANE, CHELMSFORD- CHANGED FROM PARSONAGE LANE

HENRY RD, CHELMSFORD

TELFORD PLACE, CHELMSFORD

VIADUCT at the bottom of Hill View Rd along the Bunny Walks

NEW STREET, CHELMSFORD

VICTORIA RD, CHELMSFORD

SPRINGFIELD RD, CHELMSFORD

ARBOUR LANE, CHELMSFORD

THE BUNNY WALKS-Running from Arbour Lane railway bridge to Victoria Rd at Springfield Mill.

RIVER CHELMER

Marriages Mill

Marconi 1912 building - still remains Aug 2013 to be head office of Bellway Homes

Power House - still remains Aug 2013 as part of site changes

Water Tower - still remains Aug 2013 as part of site changes

Hills in Rectory Lane - possibly the only shop to be open all day on a Sunday in the late 1960s/1970s

Springfield Mill. Still there. I don't know when it ceased milling but it was certainly still doing so in 1962 when I walked past on my way to school.

Now the site of ANglia Ruskin University, Rivermead campus.

Marconi factory and radio mast.

Ashby House - part of Anglia Ruskin University now.