Middle Stoneham

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Middle Stoneham, also known as plain Middle, or Middle Street, was a scattered village at North Stoneham on the Stoneham Estate, and is often described as 'North Stoneham village', although there was no village of that name. Middle Stoneham adjoined the northeast boundaries of North Stoneham Park. The area south of the village was known as the Church End.

Selected views

Middle Stoneham from postcard c.1910, looking northwest from Stoneham Lane: Durmans farmhouse (right) with glimpse of rear of Cottages No. 37-38 beyond (left).	Middle Stoneham from postcard c.1910, looking east along Chestnut Avenue: Cottages Nos. 32-33, Post House (left), Cottages Nos. 35-36 (centre) and Cottage No. 34, the Forge (right).
Middle Stoneham looking west along Chestnut Avenue with Cricketers Arms on right, and glimpse of Doncaster Farm buildings on left.	Middle Stoneham c.1900, looking east from Chestnut Avenue along Stoneham Lane: Cottages Nos. 35-36 (left) and Cottage No. 34, the Forge (right).

Chestnut Avenue [?}	Stoneham War Shrine, built 1917.
Footbridge at Spring Lane ford crossing Monks Brook at the north end of Spring Lane, with glimpse of Cottages Nos. 39-44 at north end of Spring Lane	Middle Stoneham c.1900: looking southeast across Spring Lane at Cottages Nos. 39-44, a row of six cottages at the north end of Spring Lane.

Gazetteer

Estate Plan 1818 Survey Chestnut Avenue, north side from west Cottage No. 20 140 Cottage No. 21 138 Cottage No. 22 (Pound Cottage) 137 The Pound Barracks (3 cottages) 180 Cottages Nos. 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, & 31 (Terrace of 6 cottages) 181 Cricketers Arms, formerly Yew Tree Farm 182 Cottages Nos. 32-33 (Post House) 186 Cottages No. 35-36 190 Durmans farmhouse (Middle Farm) 222 Chestnut Avenue, south side from west Winchester Lodge Doncaster Farm buildings and yard, also known as Bull Farm buildings Stoneham War Shrine Cottage No. 34 (Forge) 191 Doncaster Cottage 220 Spring Lane (Magpie Lane, Back Lane), east side from south Cottages No. 37-38 (inc. the White Cottage) 188 & 189 5, Magpie Lane Cottages Nos. 39-44 (Terrace of six cottages) 132 Spring Lane (Magpie Lane, Back Lane), west side Cottages Nos. 45-46, known as Yonder Thatch 131 North of Spring Lane (Magpie Lane) Spring Lane ford Cottage No. 47 (Cottages east of ford, towards gasworks?) 104 Near the Forge Cottage (51?) St Nicolas Church Hall (The Green Hut) Church End North Stoneham School North Stoneham Rectory Temple Lodge North Stoneham Church Old North Stoneham House Ford at Doncaster Drove

Selected views of Church End

North Stoneham School, Empire Day 1907.	North Stoneham Rectory
View looking north along Stoneham Lane towards North Stoneham Church and North Stoneham Rectory.	Temple Lodge at the eastern entrance to North Stoneham Park

Footbridge at Doncaster Drove ford, crossing Monks Brook.	Doncaster Drove ford, crossing Monks Brook.
North Stoneham Church	North Stoneham Church from Stoneham Lane, with glimpse of parkland beyond.