Lambeth North

Underground station, existing between 1906 and now.

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November
6
2020
Lambeth North is the area surrounding the Imperial War Museum.

Since the 19th century North Lambeth has been one of the names to describe the area around Waterloo station and the shopping district around Lower Marsh market, which was the heart of the original Lambeth village. This area contains many business premises and nationally important locations such as St Thomas’ Hospital, the London Eye, the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Festival Hall, County Hall, Lambeth Palace, and the Imperial War Museum.

Lambeth North tube station serves the area. Designed by Leslie Green, the station was opened by the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway on 10 March 1906, with the name Kennington Road. It served as the temporary southern terminus of the line until 5 August 1906, when Elephant & Castle station was opened. The station’s name was changed to Westminster Bridge Road in July 1906 and it was again renamed, to Lambeth North, in April 1917.

At 4am on 16 January 1941, a German Satan 1800 kg general-purpose bomb hit a hostel at nearby 92 Westminster Bridge Road. The shock-wave severely damaged the southbound platform tunnel injuring 28 people sheltering there, one of whom died in hospital 15 days later. Thirty-seven rings of the damaged tunnel had to be completely replaced, 15 partially replaced, and 86 feet of platform rebuilt. Traffic through the station resumed after 95 days.




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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

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Bruce McTavish   
Added: 11 Mar 2021 11:37 GMT   

Kennington Road
Lambeth North station was opened as Kennington Road and then Westminster Bridge Road before settling on its final name. It has a wonderful Leslie Green design.

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Born here
sam   
Added: 31 Dec 2021 00:54 GMT   

Burdett Street, SE1
I was on 2nd July 1952, in Burdett chambers (which is also known as Burdett buildings)on Burdett street

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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
Canterbury Music Hall The Canterbury Music Hall was established in 1852 by Charles Morton on the site of a former skittle alley adjacent to the Canterbury Tavern at 143 Westminster Bridge Road.
Christ Church, Lambeth Christ Church was founded by the Rev Dr Christopher Newman Hall in 1876 as a Congregational chapel on Westminster Bridge Road.
Florence Nightingale Museum The Florence Nightingale Museum is located at St Thomas’ Hospital, which faces the Palace of Westminster across the River Thames.
Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park is a public park in Kennington.
Lambeth North Lambeth North is the area surrounding the Imperial War Museum.
Lower Marsh Market Lower Marsh Market is in the Waterloo area of London.
Morley College Morley College is an adult education college in south London.
Necropolis Station The London Necropolis Railway was opened in 1854 as a reaction to severe overcrowding in London’s existing graveyards and cemeteries.
St George’s Cathedral The Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St George, usually known as St George’s Cathedral, Southwark is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark.
The Angel The Angel was a public house in Webber Street.

NEARBY STREETS
Addington Street, SE1 Addington Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (South Bank)
Astbury House, SE11 Astbury House is a block on Lambeth Road (Lambeth)
Barbel Street, SE1 Barbel Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Lambeth North)
Barkham Terrace, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Lambeth North)
Barons Place, SE1 Barons Place is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Baylis Road, SE1 Baylis Road runs between Westminster Bridge Road and Waterloo Road (Waterloo)
Becket House, SE1 Becket House is located on Lambeth Palace Road (Lambeth)
Blackfriars Foundry 154-156, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode
Blenheim Business Centre, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Lambeth North)
Boundary Row, SE1 Boundary Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Buckstone Apartments, SE1 Buckstone Apartments is a block on Blackfriars Road (Newington)
Burdett Street, SE1 Burdett Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Lambeth North)
Burrows Mews, SE1 Burrows Mews is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Cabanel Apartments, SE1 Cabanel Apartments is a block on Milcote Street (Newington)
Canterbury House, SE1 Canterbury House can be found on Royal Street (Lambeth)
Carlisle Lane, SE1 Carlisle Lane is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth)
Centaur Street, SE1 Centaur Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Lambeth North)
Chaplin Close, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)
Chicheley Street, SE1 Henry Chichele was a 15th-century Archbishop of Canterbury. (Waterloo)
China Walk, SE11 China Walk and its estate dates from 1928-34 (Lambeth)
Cole House, SE1 Cole House is a block on Tanswell Street (Waterloo)
Colnbrook Street, SE1 Colnbrook Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)
Conquest Apartments, SE1 Conquest Apartments is sited on Blackfriars Road (Newington)
Cooper Close, SE1 Cooper Close is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Copeland House, SE1 Copeland House can be found on Lambeth Road (Lambeth)
Coral Street, SE1 Coral Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Cosser Street, SE1 Cosser Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)
Cottesloe Mews, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Lambeth North)
Delphini Apartments, SE1 Delphini Apartments can be found on Blackfriars Road (Newington)
Dibdin Apartments, SE1 Dibdin Apartments is located on Blackfriars Road
Dibdin Row, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Lambeth North)
Dodson Street, SE1 Dodson Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)
Doreen Ramsey Court, SE1 Doreen Ramsey Court is a block on The Cut (Waterloo)
Ferrybridge House, SE11 Ferrybridge House is a block on Lambeth Road (Lambeth)
Fifth Floor Valentine Place, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode
Forum Magnum Square, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (South Bank)
Frazier Street, SE1 Frazier Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Friars House, SE1 Friars House is a block on Blackfriars Road
Garden Row, SE1 Garden Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)
Geraldine Street, SE11 Geraldine Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Newington)
Gerridge Street, SE1 Gerridge Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Gladstone Street, SE1 Gladstone Street was built in the 1840s (Newington)
Globe View House, SE1 Globe View House is a block on Blackfriars Road
Granby Place, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)
Gray Street, SE1 Gray Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)
Greenham Close, SE1 Greenham Close is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)
Griffin Street, SE1 Griffin Street was marked on maps between the 1820s and the 1950s (Waterloo)
Harlington Street, SE1 Harlington Street was built in the 1820s but swept away by the building of Waterloo station (Waterloo)
Hercules Road, SE1 Hercules Road runs north from Lambeth Road near Lambeth Palace, on the site of Penlington Place (Lambeth North)
Hermes House, SE1 Hermes House is a block on Blackfriars Road
Holmes Terrace, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)
Johanna Street, SE1 Johanna Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Kennington Road, SE1 A small section of Kennington Road lies in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)
King Edward Walk, SE1 King Edward Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)
Lambeth Palace Road, SE1 Lambeth Palace Road passes Lambeth Palace, official residence of the archbishops of Canterbury (Lambeth)
Lambeth Road, SE1 Lambeth Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)
Larch House, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)
Launcelot Street, SE1 Launcelot Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Leake Street, SE1 Leake Street is a road and a road tunnel where graffiti is tolerated (Waterloo)
Lower Marsh, SE1 Lower Marsh is an 18th century street in the Waterloo neighbourhood (Waterloo)
McAuley Close, SE1 McAuley Close runs north from Cosser Street (Lambeth North)
Mead Row, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Lambeth North)
Mitre Road, SE1 Mitre Road is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)
Morley Street, SE1 Morley Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Munro House, SE1 Munro House can be found on Murphy Street (Waterloo)
Murphy Street, SE1 Murphy Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)
Newman House, SE1 Newman House is a block on Garden Row (Newington)
Newnham Terrace, SE1 Newnham Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)
Oakey Lane, SE1 This is a street in the SE1 postcode area (Lambeth North)
Oakley Street, SE1 Gibson Street was called Oakley Street after 1877 (Waterloo)
Oreilly Street, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)
Peabody Square, SE1 Peabody Square was a traditional Peabody estate constructed in 1871 but subsequently modernised (Newington)
Pear Place, SE1 Pear Place was formerly Peartree Street (Waterloo)
Pearman Street, SE1 Pearman Street is one of the centres of London (Lambeth North)
Perspective Building, SE1 Perspective Building is a block on Westminster Bridge Road (Lambeth North)
Pontypool Place, SE1 Pontypool Place is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)
Railway Arch 213, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Lambeth North)
Reeves House, SE1 Reeves House is a block on Baylis Road (Waterloo)
Ronald McDonald House, SE1 Ronald McDonald House is sited on Lambeth Road (Lambeth)
Royal Street, SE1 Royal Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth)
Santley House, SE1 Santley House can be found on Frazier Street (Waterloo)
Short Street, SE1 Short Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Spode House, SE11 Spode House is sited on Lambeth Walk (Lambeth)
Spur Road, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)
St George’s Court, SE1 St George’s Court is a block on Garden Row (Newington)
St Georges Road, SE1 St Georges Road is one of the main thoroughfares of south London (Newington)
St George’s Circus, SE1 St Georges Circus is a junction where six major roads meet (Newington)
St. Georges Mews, SE1 St George’s Mews lies off of Westminster Bridge Road (Lambeth North)
Stangate House, SE1 Stangate House is a block on Upper Marsh (Lambeth)
Steam Pump Lane, SE1 Steam Pump Lane is a road in the W4 postcode area (Lambeth)
Tanswell Street, SE1 Tanswell Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)
The Chandlery, SE1 The Chandlery is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)
The Colonnade, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)
The Foundry, SE1 The Foundry is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Ufford Street, SE1 Ufford Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area
Upper Marsh Street, SE1 Upper Marsh Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth)
Upper Marsh, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Lambeth)
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Valentine Row, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)
Vaughan House, SE1 Vaughan House is a block on Nelson Square
Virgil Street, SE1 Virgil Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)
Waterloo Road, SE1 Waterloo Road is the main road in the Waterloo area straddling the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. (Waterloo)
Webber Row, SE1 Webber Row is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)
Webber Street, SE1 Webber Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Wellington House, SE1 Wellington House is a building on Waterloo Road (Waterloo)
West Square, SE11 West Square was developed from 1794 onwards (Newington)
Westminster Bridge House, SE1 Westminster Bridge House is a block on Westminster Bridge Road (Lambeth North)
Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 Westminster Bridge Road runs on an east-west axis and passes through the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark (Lambeth North)
Whitehorse Mews, SE1 Whitehorse Mews is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)
Worcester House, SE11 Worcester House is sited on Kennington Road (Lambeth)
Yew Cottages, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Lambeth North)
York Road Curve, SE1 York Road Curve is a road in the N1C postcode area (Waterloo)

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