The gatehouse at 73 Woodberry Way Did you know the man described as the ‘Forgotten Father of English Sport’ lived for a time in Chingford? Charles William Alcock lived with his parents and siblings at Sunnyside, now long gone apart from its former gatehouse at 73, Woodberry Way. His father was a successful ship owner, later ship broker and in the mid 1850s moved the family south from Sunderland to Chingford. Six years after relocating his father also called Charles bought 40 acres of meadow land, which included Park Hill Farm and extended down King’s Head Hill. Charles Junior wasn’t academically gifted but he was good at football. In 1859 Charles and his elder brother John established Forest Football Club.
The gatehouse at 73 Woodberry Way Did you know the man described as the ‘Forgotten Father of English Sport’ lived for a time in Chingford? Charles William Alcock lived with his parents and siblings at Sunnyside, now long gone apart from its former gatehouse at 73, Woodberry Way. His father was a successful ship owner, later ship broker and in the mid 1850s moved the family south from Sunderland to Chingford. Six years after relocating his father also called Charles bought 40 acres of meadow land, which included Park Hill Farm and extended down King’s Head Hill. Charles Junior wasn’t academically gifted but he was good at football. In 1859 Charles and his elder brother John established Forest Football Club.