Maps of 1899 show little change, but after the railway arrives, the maps of 1925 chart the huge development of both the commercial and residential areas.

The imminent arrival of the railway, encouraged entrepreneurs to buy up the land from the great estates and parcel into lots for sale by “estate agents” to developers, financiers, architects, surveyors and builders.

The roads were laid and the canvas prepared for the creation of “works of art and architecture” and the construction of beautiful Arts and Crafts style houses. Several estate maps show the creation of the Hampton and Moon Estate and the Orchehill Estate at the core of Gerrards Cross. Orchehill House; one of the great estates is now St Mary’s School, who had a display of the plans and development of the house and the Estate. There are plans and scenes of the developing areas of early Gerrards Cross as the Community evolved in the first 50 years.

Please note that this page is not yet complete; some of the maps and estate plans will be displayed here shortly.