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Underground station · * · W2 ·
September
3
2015
Bayswater is one of London’s most cosmopolitan areas - also one of London’s biggest concentration of hotels.

Notably, there is a significant Arabic population in Bayswater, a large number of Americans, a substantial Greek community attracted by London’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral and the area is also a centre of London’s Brazilian community.

Architecturally, the biggest part of the area is made up of Victorian mansion blocks, mostly, although not exclusively, divided up into flats. There are also purpose built apartment blocks dating from the inter-war period as well as more recent developments, and a there is large Council Estate, the 800 flat Hallfield Estate, designed by Sir Denys Lasdun and now largely sold off. There are some garden squares in the area.

Queensway and Westbourne Grove are busy High Streets, with a very large number of ethnic restaurants.

Bayswater tube station lies between Notting Hill Gate and Paddington.

The station was opened 1 October 1868, just 5 years after the London Underground started. It was renamed several times: to Bayswater (Queen’s Road) & Westbourne Grove in 1923, to Bayswater (Queen’s Road) in 1933.


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EMC   
Added: 10 Jul 2023 22:35 GMT   

Ossington Street, W8
correcting the date on my existing comment

Source: Paddington: Bayswater | British History Online

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EMC   
Added: 10 Jul 2023 22:31 GMT   

Correction re Ossington Street
In the Wikipedia date of 1837 for the renaming of Victoria Grove as Ossington Street, the two last figures appear to have been transposed from the likely source, London County Council, Names of Streets (1905) quoted in T F T Baker, Diane K Bolton and Patricia E C Croot, ’Paddington: Bayswater’, in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9, Hampstead, Paddington, ed. C R Elrington (London, 1989), pp. 204-212. British History Online ptth;:’www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol9/pp204-212 [accessed 10 July 2023]. "During the 1830s Victoria Grove (renamed Ossington Street in 1873) (fn. 48) was laid out from the Uxbridge road close to the boundary, on part of Gravel Pit field." This makes sense, as John Evelyn Denison, a former Speaker of the House of Commons, was created 1st Viscount Ossington in 1873.

Source: Paddington: Bayswater | British History Online

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LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

Telephone House
Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000

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Paul Cox   
Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT   

War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street
Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there.

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Diana   
Added: 28 Feb 2024 13:52 GMT   

New Inn Yard, E1
My great grandparents x 6 lived in New Inn Yard. On this date, their son was baptised in nearby St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch

Source: BDM London, Cripplegate and Shoreditch registers written by church clerk.

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Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

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Gillian   
Added: 17 Feb 2024 00:08 GMT   

No 36 Upper East Smithfield
My great great grandfather was born at No 36 Upper East Smithfield and spent his early years staring out at a "dead wall" of St Katharine’s Docks. His father was an outfitter and sold clothing for sailors. He describes the place as being backed by tenements in terrible condition and most of the people living there were Irish.

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 16 Feb 2024 20:32 GMT   

Name origin
Interestingly South Lambeth derives its name from the same source as Lambeth itself - a landing place for lambs.

But South Lambeth has no landing place - it is not on the River Thames

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C Hobbs   
Added: 31 Jan 2024 23:53 GMT   

George Gut (1853 - 1861)
George Gut, Master Baker lived with his family in Long Lane.
George was born in Bernbach, Hesse, Germany and came to the UK sometime in the 1840s. In 1849, George married an Englishwoman called Matilda Baker and became a nauralized Englishman. He was given the Freedom of the City of London (by Redemption in the Company of Bakers), in 1853 and was at that time, recorded as living at 3 Long Lane. In the 1861 census, George Gut was living at 11 Long Lane.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Hilton London Hyde Park The Hilton London Hyde Park was formerly the Coburg Hotel.
Queen’s Cinema This cinema was situated at the top of Queensway, on the corner of Bishop’s Bridge Road.
Queensway Queensway (formerly Queen’s Road) is a cosmopolitan street in the Bayswater district, containing many restaurants and stores.
Upton Farm Upton Farm began in 1725 and was gone by 1839.
Whiteley’s Whiteley’s, pictured here in the 1920s, was designated a Grade II Listed Building in 1970.

NEARBY STREETS
Astley House, W8 Astley House is a block on Notting Hill Gate (Notting Hill Gate)
Bark Place, W2 This is a street in the W2 postcode area (Bayswater)
Barrie House, W2 Barrie House is a building on Lancaster Gate (Bayswater)
Bayswater Road, W2 Bayswater Road is the main road running along the northern edge of Hyde Park (Bayswater)
Beaumont House, W2 Beaumont House is a block on Prince’s Square
Berrington House, W2 Berrington House is a block on Hereford Road
Brook Mews North, W2 Brook Mews North is a through road between Craven Terrace and Craven Hill.
Burnham Court, W2 Burnham Court is a block on Moscow Road (Bayswater)
Caroline House, W2 Caroline House is a block on Bayswater Road (Queensway)
Caroline Place Mews, W2 Caroline Place Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area (Queensway)
Caroline Place, W2 Caroline Place is a road in the W2 postcode area (Queensway)
Cervantes Court, W2 Cervantes Court is sited on Inverness Terrace (Bayswater)
Chepstow Corner, W2 Chepstow Corner is a street in Paddington
Chepstow Place, W2 Chepstow Place runs from the junction of Westbourne Grove and Pembridge Villas in the north to Pembridge Square in the south.
Chilworth Court, W2 Chilworth Court is a block on Gloucester Terrace (Paddington)
Clanricarde Gardens, W2 Clanricarde Gardens is a street of very tall, narrow houses built between 1869 and 1873 by a pair of West London builders, Thomas Good and William White. (Bayswater)
Cleveland Court, W2 Cleveland Court is a block on Leinster Gardens (Paddington)
Cleveland Gardens, W2 Cleveland Gardens is a short stretch of road behind Cleveland Square (Paddington)
Cleveland Square, W2 Cleveland Square is a notable square in Paddington (Paddington)
Cloucester Mews West, W2 Cloucester Mews West is a road in the W2 postcode area (Paddington)
Compass House, W2 Compass House is a block on Redan Place (Bayswater)
Consort House, W2 Residential block (Queensway)
Corporate Communications Macmillan House, W2 Residential block (Bayswater)
Craven Court, W2 Craven Court is a block on Craven Road
Craven Hill Gardens, W2 Craven Hill Gardens is a residential garden estate which has two small garden squares (Bayswater)
Craven Hill, W2 Craven Hill is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Craven Terrace, W2 Craven Terrace is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Dawson Place, W2 Dawson Place is a street in Paddington
Devonshire Terrace, W2 Devonshire Terrace is a street in Paddington
Elms Lane, W2 Elms Lane in Bayswater was situated on the west bank of the Westbourne stream (Bayswater)
Entrance Macmillan House, W2 Residential block (Bayswater)
Evesham House, W2 Evesham House is a building on Hereford Road
Falmouth House, W2 Falmouth House is a block on Clarendon Place (Bayswater)
Fosbury Mews, W2 Fosbury Mews is a street in Paddington (Queensway)
Garway Road, W2 Garway Road is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Gloucester Terrace, W2 Gloucester Terrace is an 1850s development (Paddington)
Hereford Road, W2 Hereford Road was planned as a road of detached villas (Bayswater)
Hyde Park Place, W2 Hyde Park Place is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Hyde Park, W2 Hyde Park, as well as being a park, is an address for some park-located buildings (Bayswater)
Ilchester Gardens, W2 Ilchester Gardens was constructed during the mid-19th century
Inver Court, W2 Inver Court can be found on Inver Court (Bayswater)
Inverness Mews, W2 Inverness Mews is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Inverness Place, W2 Inverness Place is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Inverness Terrace, W2 Inverness Terrace is a street in Paddington
Joanne House, W2 Joanne House is a building on Queensborough Mews (Bayswater)
Kensington Gardens Square, W2 Kensington Gardens Square is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Kensington Mall, W8 Kensington Mall is a street in Kensington (Notting Hill Gate)
Lancaster Court, W2 Lancaster Court is a block on Lancaster Gate (Bayswater)
Lancaster Mews, W2 Lancaster Mews is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Lancaster Walk, W2 Lancaster Walk is a road in the W2 postcode area (Bayswater)
Lanchester Mews, W2 Lanchester Mews is a road in the SE14 postcode area (Bayswater)
Leinster Gardens, W2 Leinster Gardens began its life in the early 1840s
Leinster Mews, W2 Leinster Mews is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Leinster Square, W2 Leinster Square, along with Prince’s Square, was begun in 1856 and finished in 1864 (Bayswater)
Leinster Terrace, W2 Leinster Terrace is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Linden Gardens, W11 Linden Gardens is a cul-de-sac and the first of James Ladbroke’s plots to be developed. (Notting Hill Gate)
Linden Mews, W2 Linden Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area (Notting Hill Gate)
Lucerne Mews, W8 Lucerne Mews is a street in Kensington (Notting Hill Gate)
Monmouth Road, W2 Monmouth Road contained cottages and semi-detached villas by 1846 (Bayswater)
Moscow Place, W2 Moscow Place is a street in Paddington
Moscow Road, W2 Moscow Road, situated in the Bayswater area, is a notable street that stretches from Queensway to Pembridge Square
Newcombe House, W11 Newcombe House is a block on Notting Hill Gate (Notting Hill Gate)
Newcombe House, W2 Residential block (Notting Hill Gate)
Newcombe House, W8 Newcombe House is a building on Notting Hill Gate (Notting Hill Gate)
Newton Mews, W2 Newton Mews is shown on the 1900 map (Bayswater)
North Carriage Drive, W2 North Carriage Drive is a road in the W2 postcode area (Bayswater)
Olympia Mews, W2 Olympia Mews is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Orme Court, W2 Orme Court is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Orme Lane, W2 Orme Lane is a road in the W2 postcode area (Bayswater)
Orme Square, W2 Orme Square is named after Edward Orme, formerly a printseller in Bond Street (Bayswater)
Ossington Street, W8 Ossington Street leads from Moscow Road at its north end to the Bayswater Road at its south end (Bayswater)
Palace Court, W2 Palace Court was built in the 1880s to connect the Bayswater Road to Moscow Road (Bayswater)
Palace Gardens Mews, W8 Palace Gardens Mews is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Pembridge Place, W2 Pembridge Place is a street in Notting Hill
Pembridge Place, W2 Pembridge Place is a road in the W2 postcode area
Pembridge Square, W2 Pembridge Square was developed between 1856 and 1864 (Bayswater)
Pembroke House, W2 Pembroke House can be found on Hallfield Estate (Paddington)
Pickering House, W2 Pickering House is a block on Hallfield Estate (Paddington)
Pickering Mews, W2 Pickering Mews is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Pickering Place, W2 Pickering Place eventually became the northern section of Queensway (Bayswater)
Pickering Terrace, W2 Pickering Terrace was later part of Porchester Road (Bayswater)
PO Box 4, W2 A street within the W2 postcode (Bayswater)
Policeman’s Walk, W2 Policeman’s Walk is a road in the W2 postcode area (Bayswater)
Poplar Place, W2 Poplar Place is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Porchester Gardens Mews, W2 Porchester Gardens Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area (Bayswater)
Porchester Gardens, W2 Porchester Gardens is a street in Paddington
Porchester Gate, W2 Porchester Gate is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Porchester Terrace, W2 Porchester Terrace is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Prince’s Square, W2 Prince’s Square and Leinster Square are ’twin’ picturesque garden squares situated in the Bayswater area - the two squares share a street
Princes Mews, W2 Princes Mews was laid out to provide stabling accommodation for the houses of Prince’s Square
Princes Square, W2 Princes Square is a street in Paddington
Princess Court, W2 Princess Court is a street in Paddington (Queensway)
Queen’s Gardens, W2 This is a street in the W2 postcode area
Queens Court, W2 Queens Court is a street in Paddington (Queensway)
Queens Gardens, W2 Queens Gardens is a street in Paddington
Queens Mews, W2 Queens Mews is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Queensborough Passage, W2 Queensborough Passage is a road in the W2 postcode area (Bayswater)
Queensborough Studios, W2 Queensborough Studios is a road in the W2 postcode area
Queensborough Terrace, W2 Queensborough Terrace was built by the grandson of John Aldridge in the 1860s on part of the Aldridge lands (Bayswater)
Queensway, W2 Queensway was home to the first department store in London, opened by William Whiteley in 1867 (Queensway)
Rabbit Roe, W8 Rabbit Roe is a street in Kensington (Notting Hill Gate)
Ralph Court, W2 Ralph Court backed Peter’s Court in Porchester Road (Bayswater)
Reading House, W2 Reading House is a building on Hallfield Estate (Bayswater)
Redan House, W2 Residential block (Bayswater)
Redan Place, W2 Redan Place is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Rede Place, W2 Rede Place is a street in Paddington
Robert Crosbie House, W2 Robert Crosbie House is sited on Queen’s Gardens
Salem Road, W2 Salem Road is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Serpentine Bridge, W2 Serpentine Bridge is a road in the W2 postcode area (Bayswater)
Serpentine Road, W2 Serpentine Road is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Serpentine Road, W2 Serpentine Road is a road in the SW7 postcode area (Bayswater)
Serpentine Road, W2 Serpentine Road is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Bayswater)
Serpentine Road, W2 Serpentine Road is a road in the W1K postcode area (Bayswater)
Sitia House, W2 Sitia House is a block on Devonshire Terrace
Spire House, W2 Spire House is a block on Lancaster Gate (Bayswater)
St James’s Court, W2 St James’s Court is a block on Gloucester Terrace
St Olaves Court, W2 St Olaves Court is a block on St Petersburgh Place (Bayswater)
St Petersburgh Mews, W2 St Petersburgh Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area (Bayswater)
St Petersburgh Place, W2 St Petersburgh Place is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Swinton House, W2 Swinton House is a block on Gloucester Terrace
Tenby House, W2 Tenby House is a block on Cleveland Gardens (Paddington)
The Broad Walk, W2 The Broad Walk is a road in the W2 postcode area (Queensway)
The Broadwalk, W2 The Broadwalk is a road in the W1H postcode area (Queensway)
The Corner House, W2 The Corner House is a block on Porchester Terrace (Bayswater)
The Whiteleys Centre, W2 The Whiteleys Centre is the former site of the Whiteleys department store (Bayswater)
Thyateira House, W2 Thyateira House is a block on Craven Hill
Tigris House Fourth Floor, W2 Tigris House Fourth Floor is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)
Viscount Court, W11 Viscount Court is a block on Pembridge Villas
West Carriage Drive, W2 West Carriage Drive is a road in the W2 postcode area (Bayswater)
West Carriage Drive, W2 West Carriage Drive is a road in the SW7 postcode area (Bayswater)
Westbourne Grove, W2 Westbourne Grove began its existence as a footpath (Bayswater)
Westmont Court, W2 Westmont Court is located on Monmouth Road (Bayswater)
Windsor Court, W2 Windsor Court is a block on Moscow Road
Worcester House, W2 Worcester House is a block on Unnamed Road (Paddington)

NEARBY PUBS
Royal Oak The Royal Oak pub gave its name to the nearby station.


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