Removalists Ryde, Lane Cove and Sydney North Shore

Man and His Van Movers Ryde

Man and His Van furniture removalists are the movers for Ryde, Lane cove and the North Shore of Sydney. Man and His Van have been removalists for the Ryde area for the last 17 years. We move the whole spectrum from the larger Ryde House and office to one bedroom units. We have storage for both long and short term storage.

Contact Man and His Van Removals on 02 99073300

Man and His Van are removalists for the following Ryde suburbs:

Adwill Place 2113 Blenheim Road 2113 Chatswood West 2067 Denistone 2114 Denistone East 2112 Denistone Heights 2114 Denistone West 2114 East Ryde 2113 Eastwood 2122 Eastwood Heights 2122 Epping 2121 Faraday Park 2114 Fullers Bridge 2067 Glades Bay 2111 Gladesville 2111 Macquarie Centre 2113 Macquarie Park 2113 Macquarie University 2109 Marsfield 2122 Meadowbank 2114 Melrose Park 2114 Monash Park 2111 North Ryde 2113 Putney 2112 Ryde 2112 Sagar Place 2113 Tennyson 2111 Tennyson Point 2111 Top Ryde 2112 West Ryde 2114

History of Ryde Suburbs

By 1841 the new name, Ryde, was emerging for the district. It derived from Ryde on the Isle of Wight and first appeared on a subdivision plan for the proposed village to be created around St. Anne's Church.

Denistone

Gregory Blaxland, a free settler, purchased the 450 acre Brush Farm estate in 1806, shortly after his arrival in the colony. This estate covered most of the area south from Terry Road to Victoria Road and Tramway Street, and east from Brush Road to Shaftsbury Road. In 1829 Blaxland transferred Brush Farm Estate to his eldest daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband Dr Thomas Forster. Forster expanded the estate by purchasing the Porteous Mount grants of 120 acres on the Denistone ridge in 1830. Denistone was called after Forster's home "Dennistone", burnt down by bushfires in 1855. Richard Rouse Terry acquired the land from the Blaxlands in 1872 where he rebuilt Denistone House. The Denistone estate, centered on Denistone House, was a late subdivision, not opened up for sale until 1913.

Eastwood

The hill to the east of Brush Farm was purchased by Dr. Forster's nephew, William Rutledge in 1835. He named it Eastwood and in 1840 built a single storey house with views across to Brush Farm and down the Eastwood Valley. Edward Terry, Richard Terrys' brother, purchased the Eastwood Estate in about 1863. In 1871 Edward Terry was the first Mayor of Ryde in 1871 serving three terms in municipal office, and later served as the local member of parliament from 1898 to 1904. Eastwood Village emerged with the subdivision of Edward Terry's Eastwood Estate, begun in 1905, after his death. The house became St. Kevin's presbytery in 1929 till it was handed over to the Marist Brothers school in 1968. The suburb Eastwood gets its name from the Eastwood Estate and house.

Gladesville

One other part of the district with the status of village was Gladesville, created by the 1856 subdivision of land that had belonged to John Glade. Glade had arrived in New South Wales as a convict in 1791. He bought land from Richard Paterson, and that was originally granted to John Doody, then extended his holdings by another acquiring 50 acres, 60 acres in all. By
1802 Glade had developed a well-established farm fronting Glades Bay. Following John Glade's death his rural land holding was subdivided into urban lots by a developer who honoured him by naming the area Gladesville.

Meadowbank

Land originally granted to Surgeon William Balmain in 1794, in the district of the Field of Mars, was given the name 'Meadow Bank'. Balmain returned to England in 1801, leaving his estates to be managed by fellow surgeon D'arcy Wentworth. Wentworth agreed to sell Balmain's grants to John Bennett, an ex-convict who had been transported in 1795. By 1819 both the 'Meadow Bank Estate' and 'Chatham Farm' to the north, belonged to Bennett. In 1823 he was joined by his nephew William Bennett. John Bennett died in July 1829, a bachelor, and his nephew inherited his estate, building Meadowbank House around 1835. William then sold 'Chatham Farm' to Major Edward Darvall in 1855. William Bennett died in 1865 but his widow remained at Meadowbank until her death in 1879. The estate was subdivided in the late 1880's, given impetus by the opening of the railway from Strathfield to Hornsby in 1886.

North Ryde

North Ryde was, until well into the nineteenth century, part of the Field of Mars. The district's first school, which opened in Cox's Road in 1878, was known initially as City View. The schools name was changed to North Ryde in 1879. The post office, which opened in 1885, has always been known as North Ryde.

West Ryde

Land was granted in the West Ryde area in 1798 and 1799, these were part of the Meadowbank grants. Major Edward Darvall purchased land in 1849 and built Rydedale House and surrounded it with orchards. The land stayed in the Darvall family until the early 1900's when it was subdivided after the death of Edward Darvall's second wife Jane. It was the
decision to locate the railway station at West Ryde that resulted in the area's development as a suburb. The railway from Strathfield to Hornsby was opened in 1886.

For further information on the history of Ryde please contact the City of Ryde Local Studies Librarian on (02) 9952 8353