1066 London Road

Today is the 960th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. To celebrate I've been out in search of every London property numbered 1066. And I've found four, maybe two more, maybe forty-seven. You might be surprised to see that some London streets have over 1000 houses. But they do, as you can see, in a few key locations. What you need is a long road, generally arterial, all of which has been numbered consecutively without being renamed midway. Often these are old and important, possibly even ancient, but some are interwar bypasses lined by suburban housing. Let's start with the house with the red door... 1066 Green Lane, Becontree RM8 1BT Borough: Barking and Dagenham Highest numbered property: 1148 This 1066 can be found on the massive council estate at Becontree, up in the northeastern corner near the fiveway junction by the leisure centre. It's a lowly pebbledash home erected circa 1930, no frills, bunched together with seven neighbours in a long dour terrace. Minimal windows,…