Camden Town

Underground station, existing between 1907 and now.

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Camden Town tube station is a major junction on the Northern Line and one of the busiest stations on the London Underground network. It is particularly busy at weekends with tourists visiting Camden Market and Camden High Street.

Camden is well-known for Camden Market which is a major tourist attraction, particularly busy at weekends, selling variety of fashion, antiques, lifestyle and bizarre goods; they (and the surrounding shops) are popular with young people, in particular those searching for alternative clothing.

It is an area popular with overseas students who come to Camden to learn English and find a job in one of the local bars or restaurants. The oldest established language school is Camden College of English, which is located at the Chalk Farm side of the market.

The Regent’s Canal runs through the north end of Camden Town and is a popular walk in summer.

Camdem Town tube station began life as part of the original route of the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR) (now part of the Northern Line). As the line here branched into two routes, to Hampstead and to Highgate, the design of the station was rather unusual, shaped like a V. The line to Hampstead (now the Edgware Branch) is under Chalk Farm Road; the line to Highgate (now the High Barnet branch) is under Kentish Town Road. With the narrowness of the roads above, and the necessity to keep directly beneath them to avoid having to pay compensation to landowners during construction, on both lines the northbound platform is directly above the southbound one.

At the apex of the V is a junction allowing northbound trains to take either of the branches north, and likewise allow the trains south from the branches to join the single southbound track. This resulted in four connecting tunnels. When the CCE&HR and City & South London Railway lines were joined together after the City & South London Line became part of London Underground, a short extension from the Euston terminus of the City & South London was built to connect with each of the two northerly branches. This added another four tunnels to the junction, making it the most complex junction on the network.




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Wendy    
Added: 22 Mar 2024 15:33 GMT   

Polygon Buildings
Following the demolition of the Polygon, and prior to the construction of Oakshott Court in 1974, 4 tenement type blocks of flats were built on the site at Clarendon Sq/Phoenix Rd called Polygon Buildings. These were primarily for people working for the Midland Railway and subsequently British Rail. My family lived for 5 years in Block C in the 1950s. It seems that very few photos exist of these buildings.

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:42 GMT   

Road construction and houses completed
New Charleville Circus road layout shown on Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1879 with access via West Hill only.

Plans showing street numbering were recorded in 1888 so we can concluded the houses in Charleville Circus were built by this date.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:04 GMT   

Charleville Circus, Sydenham: One Place Study (OPS)
One Place Study’s (OPS) are a recent innovation to research and record historical facts/events/people focused on a single place �’ building, street, town etc.

I have created an open access OPS of Charleville Circus on WikiTree that has over a million members across the globe working on a single family tree for everyone to enjoy, for free, forever.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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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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Camden Road Camden Road is one of the few railway stations in England in which there is a police station.
Camden Town Camden Town tube station is a major junction on the Northern Line and one of the busiest stations on the London Underground network. It is particularly busy at weekends with tourists visiting Camden Market and Camden High Street.
Greek Orthodox Church of All Saints All Saints, Camden Town is a Greek Orthodox church known as the Greek Orthodox Church of All Saints.

NEARBY STREETS
Abingdon Close, NW1 Abingdon Close is a more recent street of Camden
Agar Grove, NW1 Formerly known as St Paul’s Road, the name Agar Grove dates from 1938
Agar Place, NW1 Agar Place is a survivor of Agar Town (Camden Town)
Albany House, NW1 Albany House is a block on Cumberland Place (Camden Town)
Albany Street, NW1 Albany Street runs from Marylebone Road to Gloucester Gate following the east side of Regent’s Park. (Camden Town)
Albert Street, NW1 Albert Street runs north-south in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Arlington Road, NW1 Arlington Road is misnamed from a noble derivation of Harlington, Middlesex (Camden Town)
Ascot House, NW1 Ascot House is a block on Redhill Street (Camden Town)
Augustus House, NW1 Augustus House is a block on Stanhope Street (Camden Town)
Bagshot House, NW1 Bagshot House is located on Redhill Street (Camden Town)
Barker Drive, NW1 Barker Drive built over railway sidings, takes its name from Tom Barker (1887-1970) who served as Mayor of Camden in the 1950s (Camden Town)
Barton Place, NW1 Barton Place was a mid-nineteenth century name for a section of Camden High Street (Camden Town)
Bayham Place, NW1 Bayham Place is a short cobbled street (Camden Town)
Bayham Street, NW1 Bayham Street is named for one of Lord’s Camden’s titles, Viscount Bayham (Camden Town)
Baynes Street, NW1 Baynes Street connects Royal College Street with St Pancras Way (Camden Town)
Bergholt Mews, NW1 Bergholt Mews is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
Bonny Street, NW1 Bonny Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Road)
Broadfield Lane, NW1 Broadfield Lane is a location in London
Bruges Place, NW1 Bruges Place is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Buck Street, NW1 Buck Street leads from Kentish Town Road to Camden High Street (Camden Town)
Camberley House, NW1 Camberley House is a block on Redhill Street (Camden Town)
Camden Gardens, NW1 Camden Gardens - the street - runs along the south edge of the small park of the same name (Camden Town)
Camden High Street, NW1 Camden High Street is the local high street for Camden Town (Camden Town)
Camden Lock Place, NW1 Camden Lock Place is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Camden Lock, NW1 Camden Lock is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Camden Mews, NW1 Camden Mews is a street in Camden Town
Camden Park Road, NW1 Camden Park Road leads northwest from York Way
Camden Road, NW1 Camden Road is a main road running from Camden up to Holloway Road (Camden Road)
Camden Square, NW1 Camden Square is a long green space running north east to south west parallel to Camden Road (Camden Town)
Camden Street, NW1 Camden Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Camden Terrace Gardens, NW1 Camden Terrace Gardens was the former name for Camden Gardens (Camden Town)
Camden Terrace, NW1 Camden Terrace is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Camley Street, N1C Camley Street runs north from King’s Cross (Camden Town)
Camley Street, NW1 Camley Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Cantelowes Road, NW1 Cantelowes Road is a street in Camden Town
Carlow House, NW1 Carlow House is a building on Mary Terrace (Camden Town)
Carlow Street, NW1 Carlow Street leads off Arlington Road (Mornington Crescent)
Carol Street, NW1 Carol Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Carpenter Court, NW1 Carpenter Court is a building on Pratt Street (Camden Town)
Castlehaven Road, NW1 Castlehaven Road was united as a street in 1938 (Camden Town)
Centric Close, NW1 Centric Close is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Chester Terrace, NW1 Chester Terrace is the longest unbroken facade of the neo-classical terraces in Regent's Park (Camden Town)
Church Studios, NW1 Church Studios is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Clarence Way, NW1 Clarence Way is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
Cliff Road Studios, NW1 Cliff Road Studios is a street in Camden Town
Cliff Road, NW1 Cliff Road is a street in Camden Town
Cobham Mews, NW1 Cobham Mews is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
College Grove, NW1 College Grove is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
College Place, NW1 College Place is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Compton Close, NW1 Compton Close is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Crofters Way, NW1 Crofters Way is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
Cumberland Terrace, NW1 Cumberland Terrace is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
Curnock Street, NW1 George Curnock was the 19th century proprietor of two wharves on the Regent’s Canal (Camden Town)
Delancey Passage, NW1 Delancey Passage is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Delancey Street, NW1 Delancey Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Early Mews, NW1 Early Mews is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
East Yard, NW1 East Yard is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Elm Friars Walk, NW1 Elm Friars Walk is a street in Camden Town
Farrier Street, NW1 Farrier Street is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
Forge Place, NW1 Forge Place is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Gairloch House, NW1 Gairloch House is a block on Stratford Villas (Camden Town)
Gardner House, NW1 Gardner House is located on Redhill Street (Camden Town)
Georgiana Street, NW1 Georgiana Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Gilbeys Yard, NW1 Gilbeys Yard is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
Gloucester Avenue, NW1 Gloucester Avenue is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Gloucester Crescent, NW1 Gloucester Crescent is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Gloucester Gate Mews, NW1 Gloucester Gate Mews is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
Gloucester Gate, NW1 Gloucester Gate is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Goldsmiths House, NW1 Goldsmiths House is a block on Augustus Street (Camden Town)
Granary Street, NW1 Granary Street is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
Granby Terrace, NW1 Granby Terrace was previously called Granby Street (Camden Town)
Greenland Place, NW1 Greenland Place followed the line of Church Path (Camden Town)
Greenland Road, NW1 Greenland Road is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Greenland Street, NW1 Greenland Street was originally York Street (Camden Town)
Hartland Road, NW1 Hartland Road is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Haven Street, NW1 Haven Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Hawley Crescent, NW1 Hawley Crescent is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Hawley Road, NW1 Hawley Road is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Hogarth Court, NW1 Hogarth Court is a block on Camden Road (Camden Town)
Hopkinsons Place, NW1 Hopkinsons Place is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Hurdwick Place, NW1 Hurdwick Place is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Inverness Street, NW1 Inverness Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Inwood Court, NW1 Inwood Court is located on Rochester Square (Camden Town)
Ivor Street, NW1 Ivor Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
James Cameron House, NW1 Residential block (Camden Town)
Jamestown Road, NW1 Jamestown Road is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Jeffrey’s Street, NW1 Jeffrey’s Street is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
Jeffrey’s Place, NW1 Jeffrey’s Place is a dogleg running from Prowse Place to Jeffrey’s Street (Camden Town)
Julian Court, NW1 Julian Court is a block on Camden Road (Camden Town)
Kentish Town Road, NW1 Kentish Town Road is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
King’s Terrace, NW1 King’s Terrace was formerly Little King Street South and Little King Street North (Camden Town)
Kingston House, NW1 Kingston House is a block on Camden Street (Camden Town)
Lawfords Wharf, NW1 Lawfords Wharf is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Leybourne Road, NW1 Leybourne Road is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Lydford, NW1 Lydford is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Lyme Street, NW1 Lyme Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Lyme Terrace, NW1 Lyme Terrace is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
Maiden Lane, NW1 Maiden Lane was developed on top of old railway sidings. Its name reflects a former name for York Way
Mandela Street, NW1 Mandela Street was named after Nelson Mandela (Camden Town)
Marquis Road, NW1 Marquis Road is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Mary Terrace, NW1 Mary Terrace is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Metro House, NW1 Metro House is a block on Arlington Road (Mornington Crescent)
Middle Yard, NW1 Middle Yard is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Millbrook Place, NW1 Millbrook Place is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Miller Street, NW1 Miller Street is a street in Camden Town (Mornington Crescent)
Mornington Street, NW1 Mornington Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Mornington Terrace, NW1 Mornington Terrace is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Murray Mews, NW1 Murray Mews is a street in Camden Town
Murray Street, NW1 Murray Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
North Bridge House, NW1 North Bridge House is a block on Gloucester Avenue (Camden Town)
North Villas, NW1 North Villas is a street in Camden Town
Oval Road, NW1 Oval Road is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Park Village East, NW1 Park Village East was part of a proposed canal-side village (Camden Town)
Park Village Mews, NW1 Park Village Mews is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
Park Village West, NW1 Park Village West is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
Parkway, NW1 Parkway is one of Camden Town’s older roads - originally called ’The Crooked Lane’ (Camden Town)
Plender Street, NW1 William Plender, 1st Baron Plender was an accountant and public servant who served as Sheriff of the County of London in 1927 (Camden Town)
Ploughmans Close, NW1 Ploughmans Close is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
Pratt Mews, NW1 Pratt Mews dates from the 1790s (Camden Town)
Pratt Street, NW1 Pratt Street was named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl of Camden (Camden Town)
Prowse Place, NW1 Prowse Place is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Randolph Street, NW1 Randolph Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Reachview Close, NW1 Reachview Close is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
Reapers Close, NW1 Reapers Close is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Redhill Street, NW1 Redhill Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Regal Lane, NW1 Regal Lane is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Regent’s Park Terrace, NW1 Regent’s Park Terrace is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
Regent’s Place Plaza, NW1 Regent’s Place Plaza is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
Regents Canal towpath, NW1 Regents Canal towpath is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
Rochester Square, NW1 Rochester Square is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Rossendale Way, NW1 Rossendale Way is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Rousden Street, NW1 Rousden Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Royal College Street, NW1 Royal College Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Savant House, NW1 Savant House is a block on Camden High Street (Camden Town)
Signmakers Yard, NW1 Signmakers Yard is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)
Silsoe House, NW1 Silsoe House is sited on Park Village East (Camden Town)
Soane Court, NW1 Soane Court is a block on St Pancras Way (Camden Town)
Somerston House, NW1 Somerston House is a block on St Pancras Way (Camden Town)
South Villas, NW1 South Villas is a street in Camden Town
St Augustine’s Road, NW1 St Augustine’s Road runs in a north-easterly direction from a junction with Agar Grove and the railway
St Katharines Precinct, NW1 St Katharines Precinct is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
St Marks Crescent, NW1 St Marks Crescent is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
St Martins Almshouses, NW1 St Martins Almshouses is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
St Martins Close, NW1 St Martins Close is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
St Pancras Way, NW1 St Pancras Way is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
St Paul’s Crescent, NW1 St Paul’s Crescent is a road in the NW1 postcode area
St Paul’s Mews, NW1 St Paul’s Mews runs west from York Way
St. John’s Villas, NW1 A street within the NW1 postcode
Stanley Buildings, NW1 Stanley Buildings is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Stanmore Place, Stanmore Place lies within the postcode (Camden Town)
Stratford Villas, NW1 Stratford Villas is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Stucley Place, NW1 Stucley Place is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Swallowfield, NW1 Swallowfield is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Swinley House, NW1 Swinley House is a block on Redhill Street (Camden Town)
The Marr, NW1 The Marr is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
The Stables Market, NW1 The Stables Market is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Tintern House, NW1 Tintern House is a block on Augustus Street (Camden Town)
Torbay Street, NW1 Torbay Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Triton Mall, NW1 Triton Mall is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Triton Square Mall, NW1 Triton Square Mall is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Troutbeck, NW1 Troutbeck is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Underhill Street, NW1 Underhill Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Victory House, NW1 Victory House is a block on Castlehaven Road (Camden Town)
Water Lane, NW1 Water Lane runs just north of the Grand Union Canal (Camden Town)
Waterside Place, NW1 Waterside Place is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)
Weavers Way, NW1 Weavers Way is part of the Elm Village estate (Camden Town)
Whitehall Park House, NW1 Whitehall Park House can be found on Camden Road (Camden Town)
Wilmot Place, NW1 Wilmot Place might have been named after its builder (Camden Town)
Woollett Court, NW1 Woollett Court can be found on Agar Grove (Camden Town)
Wrotham Road, NW1 Wrotham Road is situated in an area formerly known as Agar Town (Camden Town)

NEARBY PUBS

Camden Head The Camden Head is one of the oldest pubs in Camden, London, England having been established in 1787.
Devonshire Arms The mock Tudor Devonshire Arms in Camden, also known as The Dev or by its previous name The Hobgoblin, styles itself as "London’s most famous alternative venue".
Mother Red Caps At the main junction of Camden Town is a long-established business, once known as Mother Red Caps or Mother Damnable's, more recently the World's End.


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