School Lane Chingford?

[SBDFHS]

I have been trying to find the location of this road, which was mentioned in a C19th Old Bailey trial. I cannot find any mention on the net and I can't see it on modern maps. I think it may have been in an area which is no longer in the London E4 area, or it may have been a fabricated address that was not queried at the trial. Can anyone help?
Thank you

[kiterunner]

The only match that Google comes up with is from a book called "A History of London's Prisons": "Wainwright had by this time moved from Tredegar Square to School Lane, Chingford." Is that the same case that you are talking about? What date was the trial and what is the full name (and occupation, if you have it) of the person who was supposed to have lived there, please?

[Merry]

Isn't it School House Lane you are looking for?

The National School house in Chingford shows up in 1881 and the following road listed is Endlebury Road which shows up on current maps. Might be a start.......

[kiterunner]

The National School at Chingford is listed in the 1874 and 1878 Post Office directories of Essex but no mention of the lane. (Now Merry has said School House Lane, I have found more mentions of the trial giving the date as 1875.)

[kiterunner]

British History Online says that the new National School was built in 1872-3 in Kings Road, and there is information about where the previous schools were, but again no mention of the lane:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42713#s9

[Shona]

On the 1881 census, the National School House is the first place mentioned:

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/7572/ESSRG11_1734_1738-0508/4920813?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk %2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3duki1881%26so%3d2%26pcat%3dROO T_CATEGORY%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26msT%3 d1%26gss%3dangs-g%26gsfn_x%3dNN%26gsln_x%3dNN%26msypn__ftp%3dching ford%26msypn__ftp_x%3d1%26gskw%3dschool%26gskw_x%3 d1%26cpxt%3d1%26catBucket%3drstp%26uidh%3dfpy%26cp %3d0&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults

There is a Rail Goods Yard mentioned next, then The Avenue.

The 1911 census summary books, have a Scholars Road. The Goods Station is mentioned on the same page. On the next page, the School House is recorded.

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1708/31820_00515-00178/8225493?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk %2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1911englandsummary%26so%3d2%2 6pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV% 3d1%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-g%26gsfn_x%3dNN%26gsln_x%3dNN%26msypn__ftp%3dching ford%26msypn__ftp_x%3d1%26gskw%3dschool%26gskw_x%3 d1%26cpxt%3d1%26catBucket%3drstp%26uidh%3dfpy%26cp %3d0&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults

Can we find the Goods Station on an old map to see if that helps?

[SBDFHS]

That is the right trial. Brushmaker Wainwright was the first Whitechapel Murderer, pre Jack the Ripper. His likeness was displayed in Tussauds.
So the School Lane mentioned in the trial was probably School House Lane, which must have been near the railway station. That is the part of Chingford that is on the edge of Epping Forest. That makes a lot of sense as the murdered woman was taken out to pleasant places on the railway route from Whitechapel by her lover before things turned nasty.
The areas north of London were still very unspoilt at the time so the name may have been used locally but not officially adopted.

Mention is also made of Broxbourne in the trial, and this and Chingford are easily reached directly from Liverpool Street Station which is close to Whitechapel.

Scholars Road is off Kings Road and is less than a 10 minute walk from the station. The area has been extensively developed. The Station Road is a magnificent, wide Victorian street with high quality shops which would have suited the more affluent from London and Scholars Road still has up-market late Victorian houses. I will check further.


Thank you