1933 Brookmans Park Estate map discovered

A section of the 1933 map for the village - there is a larger version below

A rare 1933 auction document detailing the early layout and development of the original Brookmans Park Estate has been found in the loft of the estate office hut on Bradmore Green.

The find provides a valuable snapshot of the growth of the village during its formative years. It offers fresh insight into how Brookmans Park evolved in the seven years following the publication of the first sales brochure in 1926.

This 1933 map - which is technically a hand drawn plan for the estate - captures the road layout and housing plots developed since the promotional brochure first advertised the new homes.

You can see the map in a larger size by clicking the black pop-out button that appears top right of the image below as you hover over it.

Where the document was found

Estate office hut 1990s
From the former North Mymms Local History Society archives

The office hut has been home to various estate agents for around a century, those we know of include:

• Alaway & Partners - 1926
• Hobbs Homes / Neville Hobbs – 1970s (and possibly earlier)
• Windsors Estate Agents – later 20th century
• Fine & Country – most recent occupant of the hut

The map was discovered during an inspection of the hut’s roof space in January 2026.

The original Brookmans Park Estate sales brochure

The cover of the 1926 Brookmans Park Estate brochure

The North Mymms History Project has a complete copy of the 1926 Brookmans Park Estate sales brochure, which includes images taken at the time the estate was first developed.

One of the first houses built on the Brookmans Park Estate

The brochure includes an image of one of the first houses built on the estate and outlines the ambitious plans for the new village.

What the 1933 document tells us

The newly discovered document reveals precisely what housing was already established at that time along the recently constructed roads of:

• Bradmore Way
• Brookmans Avenue
• Bluebridge Road
• The north side of the village end of Moffats Lane
• Mymms Drive
• Kentish Lane
• The Great North Road

Notably absent from the 1933 plan are Peplins Way, Calder Avenue, The Gardens, and Westland Drive - illustrating that these roads were developed later. This is confirmed by the 1935-1937 maps below:

• https://maps.nls.uk/view/104201833
• https://maps.nls.uk/view/104201842
• https://maps.nls.uk/view/104201443

Written prominently on the map are the words:

LAND AND RESIDENCES
BROOKMANS PARK
HERTS.
For Sale by Auction at
THE "RED LION HOTEL", HIGH BARNET,
Saturday, April 22nd, 1933,
at 3.30 p.m
BROOKMANS PARK
AND
20, BLOOMSBURY SQUARE,
LONDON, W.C.1

The reference to the Red Lion Hotel in High Barnet confirms that the auction of land and properties was held outside the parish itself, reflecting common practice at the time.

North Mymms Parish Council, owners of the estate office hut on Bradmore Green where the plan was found, has donated the document to the North Mymms History Project. It is being published here as part of our ongoing work to preserve and share the parish’s history for future generations.

Those interested in the development of Brookmans Park might also want to read Peter Kingsford’s book, ‘A Modern History of Brookmans Park 1700-1950’, which is published on this site. Also of interest is the October 2014 report Brookmans Park’s Changing Population and Housing, which examines how the village has evolved over the decades.

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