End of Tenancy Cleaning Harold Wood RM2

The first mention of Harold Wood comes from the 13th century. The area was then called Horalds Wood. The name Harold refers to King Harold II. He died at the Battle of Hastings against William the Conqueror. Harold Wood was a large forest but most of the trees were cut down in the 15th century. The area was a ward in the parish of Hornchurch. The area that surrounds Harold Court was part of the Upminster parish. There are 16.5 miles between this East London area and the famous six-road junction known as Charing Cross. The area is close to the Greater London boundary.

The Victorian building called the Grange was transformed into the Harold Wood Hospital in 1909. The Grange dated from 1884. The owner of the Gubbins estate, John Compton, built this house. The road on which the hospital was located, Gubbins Lane, bears the name of the estate. More than 800 properties are now built on the site of the old hospital which closed in 2006. This area has three educational facilities. There are two primary schools, Harold Wood and Harold Court. Redden Court is a secondary school.

A Redden Court student wrote the Queen asking her to visit the school. When the Queen visited this RM2 area in 2012, she paid the school a visit. The school has six houses all named after famous people. The students chose the names. Harold Wood railway station opened in 1868. Two more tracks were added in 1934. Four London buses serve this station. The nearest tube stations are Upminster Bridge and Hornchurch. Harold Wood had an iron church dating from 1871. In the 1940s, this church was replaced by the present-day St Peter’s Church on Gubbins Lane. Industry developed after 1940 as well. A brick company and a provender mill were established. In 1965, Unilever bought the mill. After 1970, the mill was demolished.