Parsifal Road, NW6

Road in/near Fortune Green, existing between 1883 and now

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Parsifal Road runs from Finchley Road to Fortune Green Road.

The land had belonged to the Flitcroft estate and the name Parsifal Road was approved in 1883.

New College was built at the eastern end in 1887. Between 1890 and 1897, 13 large detached and semi-detached houses were built in Parsifal Road.



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Main source: Hampstead: West End | British History Online
Further citations and sources



NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Beckford’s Estate Beckfords, belonging to the family of the same name, consisted of 15 acres north of Mill Lane and west of Fortune Green Lane.
Cedars A local West Hampstead builder, Thomas Potter, constructed Cedars in 1878.
Cholmley Lodge Cholmley Lodge, a two storeyed stuccoed house, was built in 1813.
Cock and Hoop The Cock and Hoop Inn was standing on the corner of West End Lane and Fortune Green Road by 1723.
Flitcroft Flitcroft was a 50 acre estate at Fortune Green and West End, named after its owner in the 18th century.
Fortune Green Fortune Green lies to the north of the ancient village of West End.
Fortune Green Fortune Green was originally part of the district of Hampstead but became physically separated from it by the building of the new turnpike road (now Finchley Road) in the 1830s.
Hackney College The Village Itinerancy Society, a Congregationalist college, was transformed into Hackney Theological Seminary.
Hampstead Cricket Club Hampstead Cricket Club moved to its Lymington Road site in 1877.
Hillfield By 1644 Hillfield was already mentioned in parish records.
Mill Lane, looking east (1900s) Mill Lane is one of the major thoroughfares of West Hampstead.
National School A National School was established in West End during 1844.
New West End New West End was created in the 1840s on the Finchley Road.
Poplar House Poplar House was occupied by one of the first developers of West Hampstead, Thomas Potter.
Potter’s Iron Foundry In the nineteenth century, many West Hampstead people had jobs in Potter’s Iron Foundry.
Ripley House Jeremy Jepson Ripley built a house and coach house after 1814, with a large garden north of Lauriston Lodge.
The Black Lion The Old Black Lion was established in 1751 as a beer house.
Thorplands Thorplands was an estate south of Mill Lane.
West End Green West End Green is situated on a corner of West End Lane, formerly the location of West End Fair.
West End Hall West End Hall (once called New West End Hall) was one of the mansions of West End (West Hampstead).
Woodbine Cottage Woodbine Cottage was situated at the south-eastern corner of the Flitcroft estate.

NEARBY STREETS
Achilles Road, NW6 Achilles Road is a road in Fortune Green, NW6 (Fortune Green)
Agamemnon Road, NW6 Agamemnon Road runs from Ajax Road to Hillfield Road (Fortune Green)
Ajax Road, NW6 Ajax Road was first developed in 1886 (Fortune Green)
Aldred Road, NW6 Aldred Road was named after Aldred, Archbishop of York (Fortune Green)
Alfred Court, NW6 Alfred Court can be found on Fortune Green Road (Fortune Green)
Alvanley Court, NW3 Alvanley Court is a block on Finchley Road (Hampstead)
Alvanley Gardens, NW6 Alvanley Gardens was named after a resident of Frognal Hall (West Hampstead)
Ardwick Road, NW2 Ardwick Road was named Major Ardwick Burgess who developed the road (Temple Park)
Ashley Court, NW3 Ashley Court is a block on Frognal Lane (Hampstead)
Avenue Mansions, NW3 Avenue Mansions is a street in Hampstead (Fortune Green)
Berridge Mews, NW6 Berridge Mews is in Fortune Green, NW6 (Fortune Green)
Boyd House, NW3 Boyd House is located on Kidderpore Avenue (Hampstead)
Bracknell Gardens, NW3 Bracknell Gardens is a street in Hampstead (Hampstead)
Bracknell Way, NW3 Bracknell Way is a small alleyway, usable only by pedestrians (Hampstead)
Broomsleigh Street, NW6 Broomsleigh Street dates from the 1880s (West Hampstead)
Buckingham Mansions, NW6 Buckingham Mansions is a residential block in Fortune Green, NW6 (West Hampstead)
Burrard Road, NW6 Burrard Road runs north from Fortune Green Road (Fortune Green)
Cannon Hill, NW6 Cannon Hill is a road in Fortune Green, NW6 (Fortune Green)
Carlton Mews, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (West Hampstead)
Caulfield House, NW3 Caulfield House is a block on Kidderpore Avenue (Hampstead)
Cavendish Mansions, NW6 Cavendish Mansions lie along Mill Lane (West Hampstead)
Cholmley Gardens, NW6 Cholmley Gardens is an unofficial road off of Mill Lane, Fortune Green, NW6 (Fortune Green)
Clark House, NW3 Clark House is a block on Finchley Road (Hampstead)
Crediton Hill, NW6 Crediton Hill was at first called Crediton Road (West Hampstead)
Croft Way, NW3 Croft Way is a street in Hampstead (Hampstead)
Croftway, NW3 Croftway is a street in Hampstead (Hampstead)
Dennington House, NW6 Dennington House is a block on Dennington Park Road (West Hampstead)
Dornfell Street, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (West Hampstead)
Dunrobin Court, NW3 Dunrobin Court is a block on Finchley Road (West Hampstead)
Fawley Road, NW6 Fawley Road connects West End Lane with Crediton Hill (West Hampstead)
Fortune Green Road, NW6 Fortune Green Road is the main road running through Fortune Green, NW6 (Fortune Green)
Gentler House, NW3 Gentler House is a block on Finchley Road (Hampstead)
Glastonbury Street, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (West Hampstead)
Glenbrook Road, NW6 Glenbrook Road lies to the west of West Hampstead (West Hampstead)
Greenaway Gardens, NW3 Greenaway Gardens is a street in Hampstead (Hampstead)
Harvard Court, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (West Hampstead)
Heartfield House, NW3 Heartfield House is a block on Finchley Road (Hampstead)
Heath Drive, NW3 Heath Drive, one of the roads connecting Hampstead with the Finchley Road was originally West Hampstead Avenue (Hampstead)
Hillfield Road, NW6 Hillfield Road is named for an old West Hampstead agricultural estate (Fortune Green)
Hillside Court, NW3 Hillside Court is sited on Finchley Road (Hampstead)
Holmdale Road, NW6 Holmdale Road runs from Mill Lane to Dennington Park Road in West Hampstead (West Hampstead)
Honeybourne Road, NW6 Honeybourne Road runs between West End Lane and Fawley Road (West Hampstead)
Ingham Road, NW6 Ingham Road is a street in Hampstead (Fortune Green)
Inglewood House, NW6 Inglewood House is on the corner of West End Lane and Inglewood Road (West Hampstead)
Inglewood Road, NW6 Inglewood Road, NW6 was one of the last roads to be built in West End, West Hampstead (West Hampstead)
Joan Court, NW6 Joan Court is a block on Fortune Green Road (Fortune Green)
Kidderpore Avenue, NW3 Kidderpore Avenue is a street in Hampstead (Hampstead)
Kidderpore Gardens, NW3 Kidderpore Gardens runs between Kidderpore Avenue and Ferncroft Avenue (Hampstead)
Lyncroft Gardens, NW6 Lyncroft Gardens is a street in Fortune Green, NW6 (Hampstead)
Marlborough Mansions, NW6 Marlborough Mansions is a residential block in Fortune Green, NW6 (Fortune Green)
Mill Lane, NW6 Mill Lane forms the boundary between Fortune Green and West Hampstead (West Hampstead)
Mondrian House, NW3 Mondrian House is a block on Platt’s Lane (Hampstead)
Narcissus Road, NW6 Narcissus Road connects Pandora Road with Mill Lane (West Hampstead)
Nicholson House, NW3 Nicholson House is a block on Finchley Road (Hampstead)
Norman Terrace, NW6 Norman Terrace is a street in Fortune Green, NW6 (Fortune Green)
Oak Hill House, NW3 Oak Hill House is a block on Redington Road (Hampstead)
Oakhill Avenue, NW3 Oakhill Avenue is a street in Hampstead (Hampstead)
Orestes Mews, NW6 Orestes Mews is a small cul-de-sac in Fortune Green, NW6 (Fortune Green)
Osprey Court, NW6 Osprey Court lies on the Finchley Road (Hampstead)
Palace Court, NW3 Palace Court is a block on Finchley Road (West Hampstead)
Parsifal Road, NW6 Parsifal Road runs from Finchley Road to Fortune Green Road (Fortune Green)
Penrose Gardens, NW3 Penrose Gardens is a location in London (Hampstead)
Potter’s Buildings, NW6 Potter’s Buildings or West Cottages were established by Thomas Potter for his workers (West Hampstead)
Rackham House, NW3 Rackham House is a block on Kidderpore Avenue (Hampstead)
Ranulph Road, NW2 Ranulph Road is a location in London (Temple Park)
Rose Joan Mews, NW6 Rose Joan Mews is a small cul-de-sac in Fortune Green, NW6 (Fortune Green)
Salmon Mews, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (West Hampstead)
Studholme Court, NW3 Studholme Court is a street in Hampstead (Hampstead)
The Mansions, NW6 The Mansions is a residential block on the north side of Mill Lane (West Hampstead)
The Octagon 527a, NW3 The Octagon 527a is a location in London (Fortune Green)
Ulysses Road, NW6 Ulysses Road is one of a series of streets named after the Trojan War (Fortune Green)
Weech Road, NW6 Weech Road is a street in Fortune Green, NW6 (Fortune Green)
Welbeck Mansions, NW6 Welbeck Mansions, flats notable for their ironwork balconies, were built north of Inglewood Road in 1897 (West Hampstead)


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