Wood Lane

Underground station, existing between 2008 and now.

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Although Wood Lane is on an Underground Line which has been in operation since 1864, the station is newer.

In 1908 the Franco-British Exhibition and the 1908 Summer Olympics came to London, the first of a number of major events in White City that attracted infrastructural investment by railway companies. Among others, the Metropolitan Railway opened its Wood Lane station on the Hammersmith branch to serve the event. The station opened and closed intermittently, and was renamed twice, to Wood Lane (White City) in 1920 and White City in 1947, before it closed in 1959 following fire damage.

In 2005 work commenced on the large-scale Westfield Shopping Centre. As part of the work, improvements were made to public transport including rebuilding Shepherd’s Bush Central line station, a new Shepherd’s Bush railway station and two bus interchanges. It was decided to build a new station on the Hammersmith & City line, just south-west of the old Metropolitan station on Wood Lane. In 2006 Transport for London decided on the name Wood Lane, reviving a historical name. This was the first time that a new station on the Tube had been given the name of a former station.

The station is close to the former BBC Television Centre and Loftus Road stadium is also nearby.


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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Lived here
David James Bloomfield   
Added: 13 Jul 2021 11:54 GMT   

Hurstway Street, W10
Jimmy Bloomfield who played for Arsenal in the 1950s was brought up on this street. He was a QPR supporter as a child, as many locals would be at the time, as a teen he was rejected by them as being too small. They’d made a mistake

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LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

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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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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Blue Peter Garden The original garden, adjacent to Television Centre, was designed by Percy Thrower in 1974.
Dimco Buildings The Dimco Buildings housed the earliest (extant) example of an electricity generating station built for the London Underground.
Franco-British Exhibition In 1908, the Franco-British Exhibition was constructed over a 140-acre site at White City in London.
Kenilworth Castle The Kenilworth Castle was a post-war pub in Notting Dale.
Postcode This is a postcode centred at latitude 51.513, longitude -0.217
Television Centre Television Centre is a complex in White City that was the headquarters of BBC Television between 1960 and 2013.
White City bus station White City bus station serves the Westfield London shopping centre.
White City Place White City Place is a collection of buildings previously known as BBC Media Village.
White City Stadium White City Stadium was built for the 1908 Summer Olympics, and hosted the finish of the first modern marathon.
Wood Lane (1914) Wood Lane - apparently London’s "go-to" station.
Wood Lane cottages (1890) Old cottages in Wood Lane, c. 1890.

NEARBY STREETS
Abdale Road, W12 Abdale Road is located near the ’Groves’ area of Shepherd’s Bush (Shepherds Bush)
Ansleigh Place, W11 Ansleigh Place is an ex mews to the west of Notting Dale (Notting Dale)
Ariel Way, W12 Ariel Way connects White City bus station with Shephard’s Bush (Shepherds Bush)
Arminger Road, W12 Arminger Road is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Baird House, W12 Baird House is located on South Africa Road (White City)
Barandon Street, W11 Barandon Street connected Lancaster Road with Latimer Road station (Notting Dale)
Bard Road, W10 Bard Road lies in the area of London W10 near to Latimer Road station (Notting Dale)
Batman Close, W12 Batman Close is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Boxmoor House, W11 Boxmoor House is a block on Queensdale Crescent (Notting Hill)
Bramley Road, W11 Bramley Road is the street in which Latimer Road station is situated (Notting Dale)
Bramley Road, W11 Bramley Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)
Bronze Walk, W12 Bronze Walk is a location in London (Shepherds Bush)
Canada Way, W12 Canada Way is a road in the W12 postcode area (White City)
Centre House, W12 Centre House is a block on Wood Lane (White City)
Champlain House, W12 Champlain House is located on Canada Way (White City)
Depot Road, W12 Depot Road is a road in the W12 postcode area (White City)
Dorando Close, W12 Dorando Close commemorates Dorando Pietri who finished first in the marathon of the 1908 London Olympics but was disqualified for receiving assistance (White City)
Durban House, W12 Durban House is a block on Australia Road (White City)
Ellerslie Road, W12 Ellerslie Road is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Evesham Street, W11 Evesham Street now runs west from Freston Road (Notting Hill)
Fountain Park Way, W12 Fountain Park Way is a location in London (Shepherds Bush)
Freston Road, W10 Freston Road is a street with quite a history (Notting Dale)
Freston Road, W11 The southern end of Freston Road stretches over into the W11 postcode (Notting Hill)
Frey House, W12 Frey House is sited on Australia Road (White City)
Frinstead House, W10 Frinstead House is a block on Freston Road (Notting Dale)
Frithville Gardens, W12 Frithville Gardens is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherd’s Bush Market)
Garden House, W12 Garden House is a block on Dorando Close (White City)
Hastings House, W12 Hastings House is a block on Australia Road (White City)
Hume Road, W11 Hume Road ran from Norland Gardens to Norland Road (Notting Hill)
Hunt Close, W11 Hunt Close is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Hurstway Street, W10 Hurstway Street ran from Barandon Street to Blechynden Street (Notting Dale)
Hurstway Walk, W11 This is a street in the W11 postcode area (Notting Dale)
Latimer Road, W10 Latimer Road was named after Edward Latymer who endowed land for the funding of Hammersmith’s Latymer school in the early 17th century (Notting Dale)
Light House, W12 Light House is sited on Wood Lane (White City)
Lockton Street, W11 Lockton Street, just south of Latimer Road station is so insignificant that nary a soul know’s it’s there (Notting Dale)
Loftus Road, W12 Loftus Road is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Lugard House, W12 Lugard House is a block on Batman Close (Shepherds Bush)
Macfarlane Place, W12 Macfarlane Place - a road with two lifetimes (Wood Lane)
Macfarlane Road, W12 Macfarlane Road is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherd’s Bush Market)
Martin Street, W10 Martin Street disappeared as the Latimer Road area was redeveloped (Notting Dale)
Mersey Street, W10 Mersey Street - now demolished - was once Manchester Street (Notting Dale)
Mortimer House, W11 Mortimer House is located on Rifle Place (Notting Hill)
Mortimer Square, W11 Mortimer Square is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)
Nicholas Road, W11 This is a street in the W11 postcode area (Notting Hill)
Norland Road, W11 Norland Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Olaf Street, W11 Olaf Street was once part of ’Frestonia’ (Notting Hill)
Phipps House, W12 Phipps House is a block on Canada Way (White City)
Poynter House, W11 Poynter House is sited on Swanscombe Road (Notting Hill)
Pring Street, W10 The unusually-named Pring Street was situated between Bard Road and Latimer Road (Notting Dale)
Queensdale Crescent, W11 Queensdale Crescent is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Relay Road, W12 Relay Road is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Rifle Place, W11 Rifle Place is a road in the W11 postcode area (Notting Hill)
Samuels Close, W12 Samuels Close is a road in the W6 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Saunders Grove, W11 Saunders Grove ran east from Norland Gardens (Notting Hill)
Shalfleet Drive, W10 Shalfleet Drive is a newer road in the Latimer Road area of W10 (Notting Dale)
Silver Road, W12 Silver Road is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
South Africa Road, W12 South Africa Road is a road in the W12 postcode area (White City)
Stadium House, W12 Stadium House is located on Wood Lane (White City)
Stanlake Road, W12 Stanlake Road is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Stanlake Villas, W12 This is a street in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Station Walk, W10 Station Walk is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (Notting Dale)
Stebbing House, W11 Stebbing House is sited on Queensdale Crescent (Notting Hill)
Stoneleigh Street, W11 Stoneleigh Street runs between Treadgold Street and Stoneleigh Place (Notting Dale)
Television Centre, W12 Television Centre is a location in London (White City)
Testerton Street, W11 Testerton Street did not survive the bulldozer in the late 1960s (Notting Dale)
The Network, W12 The Network is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
The White Building, W11 The White Building is sited on Evesham Street (Notting Hill)
The Yellow Building, W11 The Yellow Building is sited on Nicholas Road (Notting Hill)
Tunis Road, W12 Tunis Road is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Uxbridge Road, W12 Uxbridge Road begins at the Holland Park roundabout, runs along Shepherds Bush Green and continues to Acton (Shepherds Bush)
West Cross Route, W11 The West Cross Route is a 1.21 km-long dual carriageway running north-south between the northern elevated roundabout junction with the western end of Westway (A40) and the southern Holland Park Roundabout (Notting Hill)
Westfield London Shopping Centre, W12 Westfield London Shopping Centre is a location in London (Shepherds Bush)
Westfield Way, W12 Westfield Way is a road in the W12 postcode area (Notting Hill)
Whitchurch Road, W11 Whitchurch Road connects Bramley Road with Treadgold Street (Notting Dale)
White City Close, W12 White City Close was designed as a compact series of two- to four-storey brown-brick terraces enclosing landscaped footways and courts (White City)
White City Road, W12 White City Road is a road in the W12 postcode area (White City)
Wilton Yard, W11 Wilton Yard once ran off Latimer Road (Notting Hill)
Wolfe House, W12 Wolfe House is a building on Dorando Close (White City)
Wood Crescent, W12 Wood Crescent is a location in London (Shepherds Bush)
Wood Lane Arches, W12 Wood Lane Arches is a location in London (Shepherds Bush)
Wood Lane, W12 Wood Lane runs from Shepherd’s Bush to Wormwood Scrubs and lies wholly in London W12 (White City)


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