Ashburn House, SW5

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EMC Ossington Street, W8 Added: 10 Jul 2023 22:35 GMT	Ossington Street, W8 correcting the date on my existing comment Source: Paddington: Bayswater \| British History Online Reply
Peter H Davies Ethelburga Street, SW11 Added: 17 Jun 2021 09:33 GMT	Ethelburga Estate The Ethelburga Estate - named after Ethelburga Road - was an LCC development dating between 1963�’65. According to the Wikipedia, it has a "pleasant knitting together of a series of internal squares". I have to add that it’s extremely dull :) Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Reply
Former Philbeach Gardens Resident Philbeach Gardens, SW5 Added: 14 Jul 2021 00:44 GMT	Philbeach Gardens Resident (Al Stewart) Al Stewart, who had huts in the 70s with the sings ’Year of the Cat’ and ’On The Borders’, lived in Philbeach Gdns for a while and referenced Earl’s Court in a couple of his songs. I lived in Philbeach Gardens from a child until my late teens. For a few years, on one evening in the midst of Summer, you could hear Al Stewart songs ringing out across Philbeach Gardens, particularly from his album ’Time Passages". I don’t think Al was living there at the time but perhaps he came back to see some pals. Or perhaps the broadcasters were just his fans,like me. Either way, it was a wonderful treat to hear! Reply
Ken Herlingshaw St John’s Notting Hill Added: 17 Jun 2023 18:34 GMT	St John the Evangelist - Spire The top of the church spire fell off during WW2 (presumably during a bombing raid ?) and for many years after that the spire had a flat top. I don’t know when it was restored. Definitely not in the early fifties when I went to Sunday School there. Reply
EMC Ossington Street, W8 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 Reply
Albert Mews, SW7 Added: 26 Mar 2023 14:50 GMT	Albert Mews It is not a gargoyle over the entrance arch to Albert Mews, it is a likeness of Prince Albert himself. Reply

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Sue Meyrick Road, SW11 Added: 24 Sep 2023 19:09 GMT	Meyrick Rd My family - Roe - lived in poverty at 158 Meyrick Rd in the 1920s, moving to 18 Lavender Terrace in 1935. They also lived in York Rd at one point. Alf, Nell (Ellen), plus children John, Ellen (Did), Gladys, Joyce & various lodgers. Alf worked for the railway (LMS). Reply
Michael Tyrrell Avenue, DA16 Added: 20 Sep 2023 21:10 GMT	Momentous Birth! I was born in the upstairs front room of 28 Tyrrell Avenue in August 1938. I was a breach birth and quite heavy ( poor Mum!). My parents moved to that end of terrace house from another rental in St Mary Cray where my three year older brother had been born in 1935. The estate was quite new in 1938 and all the properties were rented. My Father was a Postman. I grew up at no 28 all through WWII and later went to Little Dansington School Reply
Mike Levy Arbour Square, E1 Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT	Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action" Reply
Lady Townshend Bridge House Added: 8 Sep 2023 16:02 GMT	Tenant at Westbourne (1807 - 1811) I think that the 3rd Marquess Townshend - at that time Lord Chartley - was a tenant living either at Westbourne Manor or at Bridge House. He undertook considerable building work there as well as creating gardens. I am trying to trace which house it was. Any ideas gratefully received Reply
Alex Britton Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 10:43 GMT	Late opening The tracks through Roding Valley were opened on 1 May 1903 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Woodford to Ilford line (the Fairlop Loop). But the station was not opened until 3 February 1936 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER, successor to the GER). Source: Roding Valley tube station - Wikipedia Reply
Kevin Pont Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:52 GMT	Shhh.... Roding Valley is the quietest tube station, each year transporting the same number of passengers as Waterloo does in one day. Reply
Kevin Pont Dollis Hill Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:47 GMT	The connection with Bletchley Park The code-breaking computer used at Bletchley Park was built in Dollis Hill. Reply
Kevin Pont Hampstead Added: 29 Aug 2023 15:25 GMT	The deepest station At 58m below ground, Hampstead is as deep as Nelson’s Column is tall. Source: Hampstead tube station - Wikipedia Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Bailey’s Hotel The Bailey’s Hotel, 140 Gloucester Road, is a historic hotel in Kensington.

Bailey’s Hotel

Coleherne House Coleherne House once stood on the corner of Brompton Lane (later Brompton Road) and Walnut Tree Lane (now Redcliffe Gardens).

Coleherne House

Cromwell Curve The Cromwell Curve was a short section of railway line between Gloucester Road and High Street Kensington stations.

Cromwell Curve

Earl’s Court Farm Earl’s Court Farm is pictured here as it was in 1867, before the opening of the underground station two years later.

Earl’s Court Farm

Gloucester Road Gloucester Road: Where Rumpole of the Bailey hung his hat.

Gloucester Road

New Local Government Network Nokes Estate was an agricultural estate in the Earl’s Court area, formerly known as Wattsfield.

New Local Government Network

The Bentley London The Bentley London is a luxury hotel located at 27-33 Harrington Gardens in South Kensington.

The Bentley London

Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, formerly the Webber Douglas School of Singing and Dramatic Art, was a drama school, and originally a singing school.

Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art

NEARBY STREETS

102474, SW7 Thistle Grove was a rural track before the area was urbanised in the 1860s.

102474, SW7

Alma Studios, W8 Alma Studios is a street in Kensington.

Alma Studios, W8

Ambassador’s Court, SW5 Ambassador’s Court is a road in the SW1A postcode area

Ambassador’s Court, SW5

Ashburn Gardens, SW7 Ashburn Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Ashburn Gardens, SW7

Ashburn Place, SW7 Ashburn Place is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Ashburn Place, SW7

Astwood Mews, SW7 Astwood Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Astwood Mews, SW7

Atherstone Mews, SW7 Atherstone Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Atherstone Mews, SW7

Attwood House, SW5 Attwood House is a block on Dove Mews.

Attwood House, SW5

Barkston Gardens, SW5 Barkston Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Barkston Gardens, SW5

Beatrice Place, W8 Beatrice Place is a street in Kensington.

Beatrice Place, W8

Bina Gardens, SW5 Bina Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Bina Gardens, SW5

Bolton Gardens Mews, SW10 Bolton Gardens Mews is a road in the SW10 postcode area

Bolton Gardens Mews, SW10

Bolton Gardens, SW5 Bolton Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Bolton Gardens, SW5

Boltons Court, SW5 Boltons Court is a block on Old Brompton Road.

Boltons Court, SW5

Boltons Place, SW5 Boltons Place is a road in the SW5 postcode area

Boltons Place, SW5

Bramham Gardens, SW5 Bramham Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Bramham Gardens, SW5

Brechin Place, SW7 Brechin Place is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Brechin Place, SW7

Childs Place, SW5 Childs Place is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Childs Place, SW5

Colbeck Mews, SW7 Colbeck Mews is a road in the SW7 postcode area

Colbeck Mews, SW7

Collingham Gardens, SW5 Collingham Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Collingham Gardens, SW5

Collingham Place, SW5 Collingham Place is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Collingham Place, SW5

Collingham Road, SW5 Collingham Road is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Collingham Road, SW5

Cornwall Gardens Walk, SW7 Cornwall Gardens Walk is a road in the SW7 postcode area

Cornwall Gardens Walk, SW7

Courtfield Gardens, SW5 Courtfield Gardens is named after the field beneath it, cultivated until the 19th century.

Courtfield Gardens, SW5

Courtfield Road, SW7 Courtfield Road is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Courtfield Road, SW7

Cranley Mews, SW7 Cranley Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Cranley Mews, SW7

Cresswell Gardens, SW10 Cresswell Gardens is a road in the SW10 postcode area

Cresswell Gardens, SW10

Cresswell Place, SW10 Cresswell Place is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area.

Cresswell Place, SW10

Cromwell Road, SW5 Once known as Cromwell Lane, the road was named after one of Cromwell’s sons who lived here.

Cromwell Road, SW5

Cromwell Road, SW7 Cromwell Road is a major London road, designated as part of the A4.

Cromwell Road, SW7

Dove Mews, SW5 Dove Mews is a road in the SW5 postcode area

Dove Mews, SW5

Drayton Gardens, SW10 Drayton Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area.

Drayton Gardens, SW10

Eagle Place, SW7 This is a street in the SW7 postcode area

Eagle Place, SW7

Eardley Crescent, SW5 Eardley Crescent is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Eardley Crescent, SW5

Earls Court Gardens, SW5 Earls Court Gardens runs from Earl’s Court station to Knaresborough Place.

Earls Court Gardens, SW5

Earls Court Square, SW5 Earls Court Square is a residential square

Earls Court Square, SW5

Earl’s Court Road, SW5 Earl’s Court Road is a road in the SW5 postcode area

Earl’s Court Road, SW5

East House, SW10 East House is a block on Cresswell Place.

East House, SW10

East House, SW5 East House is a block on The Boltons.

East House, SW5

Emperiors Gate, SW7 Emperiors Gate is a location in London.

Emperiors Gate, SW7

Emperor’s Gate, SW7 This is a street in the SW7 postcode area

Emperor’s Gate, SW7

Emperors Gate, SW7 Emperors Gate is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Emperors Gate, SW7

Euro House, SW5 Euro House is a block on Warwick Road.

Euro House, SW5

Farnell Mews, SW5 Farnell Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Farnell Mews, SW5

Gledhow Gardens, SW5 Gledhow Gardens is a road in the SW5 postcode area

Gledhow Gardens, SW5

Gloucester Arcade, SW7 Gloucester Arcade is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Gloucester Arcade, SW7

Gloucester Park Apartments, SW7 Gloucester Park Apartments is a location in London.

Gloucester Park Apartments, SW7

Gloucester Road, SW7 Gloucester Road is a main street in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Gloucester Road, SW7

Grenville Place, SW7 Grenville Place connects Cornwall Gardens and Launceston Place in the north with Cromwell Road in the south.

Grenville Place, SW7

Harrington Gardens, SW7 Harrington Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Harrington Gardens, SW7

Hereford Square, SW7 Hereford Square is a road in the SW7 postcode area

Hereford Square, SW7

Hesper Mews, SW5 Hesper Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Hesper Mews, SW5

Hogarth Place, SW5 Hogarth Place is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Hogarth Place, SW5

Hogarth Road, SW5 Hogarth Road is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Hogarth Road, SW5

Kenway Road, SW5 Kenway Road was, after 1803, called North Row.

Kenway Road, SW5

Knaresborough House, SW5 Knaresborough House is located on Knaresborough Place.

Knaresborough House, SW5

Knaresborough Place, SW5 Knaresborough Place is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Knaresborough Place, SW5

Langham Mansions, SW5 Langham Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Langham Mansions, SW5

Laverton Place, SW5 Laverton Place is a road in the SW5 postcode area

Laverton Place, SW5

Lexham Gardens Mews, SW7 This mews runs off Lexham Gardens.

Lexham Gardens Mews, SW7

Lexham Gardens, W8 Lexham Gardens is a street in Kensington.

Lexham Gardens, W8

Lexham House, W8 Lexham House is a block on Lexham Gardens.

Lexham House, W8

Lexham Mews, W8 Lexham Mews is a street in Kensington.

Lexham Mews, W8

McLeod’s Mews, SW7 McLeod’s Mews is a road in the SW7 postcode area

McLeod’s Mews, SW7

Melbourne House, SW5 Melbourne House is a block on Collingham Road.

Melbourne House, SW5

North House, SW7 North House is sited on Clareville Grove.

North House, SW7

Old Brompton Road, SW5 Old Brompton Road is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Old Brompton Road, SW5

Old Manor Yard, SW5 Old Manor Yard runs beside Earl’s Court station.

Old Manor Yard, SW5

Osten Mews, SW7 Osten Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Osten Mews, SW7

Owen Close, SW10 Owen Close is a road in the UB4 postcode area

Owen Close, SW10

Pennant Mews, SW5 Pennant Mews is a street in Kensington.

Pennant Mews, SW5

Penywern Road, SW5 Penywern Road is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Penywern Road, SW5

Queens Gate Gardens, SW7 Queens Gate Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Queens Gate Gardens, SW7

Queen’s Gate Place Mews, SW7 Queen’s Gate Place Mews is a road in the SW7 postcode area

Queen’s Gate Place Mews, SW7

Radley Mews, W8 Radley Mews is a street in Kensington.

Radley Mews, W8

Redcliffe Close, SW5 Redcliffe Close is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Redcliffe Close, SW5

Redfield Lane, SW5 Redfield Lane is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Redfield Lane, SW5

Roland Gardens, SW7 Roland Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Roland Gardens, SW7

Roland Way, SW7 Roland Way is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Roland Way, SW7

Rosary Gardens, SW7 Rosary Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Rosary Gardens, SW7

Sherborne Court, SW5 Sherborne Court is a block on the corner of Cromwell Road and Marloes Road.

Sherborne Court, SW5

Sibyl Thorndike Casson House, SW5 Sibyl Thorndike Casson House is a block on Kramer Mews.

Sibyl Thorndike Casson House, SW5

South Bolton Gardens, SW5 South Bolton Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

South Bolton Gardens, SW5

Southwell Gardens, SW7 Southwell Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Southwell Gardens, SW7

Spear Mews, SW5 Spear Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Spear Mews, SW5

Stanhope Gardens, SW7 Stanhope Gardens was built in the 1860s in developments following the Great Exhibition of 1851.

Stanhope Gardens, SW7

Stanhope Mews South, SW7 Stanhope Mews South is a road in the SW7 postcode area

Stanhope Mews South, SW7

Stanhope Mews West, SW7 Stanhope Mews West is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Stanhope Mews West, SW7

Stanhope Mews, SW7 Stanhope Mews is a location in London.

Stanhope Mews, SW7

Stratford Road, W8 Stratford Road is a street in Kensington.

Stratford Road, W8

Sunningdale Gardens, W8 Sunningdale Gardens is a street in Kensington.

Sunningdale Gardens, W8

The Boltons, SW10 The Boltons is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area.

The Boltons, SW10

The Mansions, SW5 The Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

The Mansions, SW5

Trebouir Road, SW5 Trebouir Road is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Trebouir Road, SW5

Trebovir Road, SW5 Trebovir Road is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Trebovir Road, SW5

Wallgrave Road, SW5 Wallgrave Road was built from 1860 on land owned by Charles Wallgrave.

Wallgrave Road, SW5

Weir Road, SW5 Weir Road is a road in the SW17 postcode area

Weir Road, SW5

Wetherby Gardens, SW5 Wetherby Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Wetherby Gardens, SW5

Wetherby Mansions, SW5 Wetherby Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area.

Wetherby Mansions, SW5

Wetherby Mews, SW5 Wetherby Mews is a road in the SW5 postcode area

Wetherby Mews, SW5

Wetherby Place, SW7 Wetherby Place is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Wetherby Place, SW7

Yale House, SW5 Yale House is a block on Old Brompton Road.

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Gloucester Road

Gloucester Road: Where Rumpole of the Bailey hung his hat.

Gloucester Road - the street - runs north-south between Kensington Gardens (at which point it is known as Palace Gate) and the Old Brompton Road at the south end. At its intersection with Cromwell Road is Gloucester Road tube station, close to which there are several pubs, restaurants, many hotels and St. Stephen’s Church (built in 1867 and, notably, the church warden of which was the poet T. S. Eliot).

The road is named after Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh who built a house there in 1805. It was earlier called Hog Moore Lane (1612), that is ’lane through marshy ground where hogs are kept’, a name that was still used until about 1850.

Gloucester Road is the residence (25B Froxbury Court) of the fictional barrister Horace Rumpole of John Mortimer’s Rumpole of the Bailey series of short stories.

Gloucester Road underground station is in two parts: sub-surface platforms, opened in 1868 by the Metropolitan Railway as part of the company’s extension of the Inner Circle route from Paddington to South Kensington and to Westminster, and deep-level platforms opened in 1906 by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway. A variety of underground and mainline services have operated over the sub-surface tracks. The deep-level platforms have remained largely unaltered. A disused sub-surface platform features periodic art installations as part of Transport for London’s Art on the Underground scheme.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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Map of the Kensington Canal area. Credit: John Greenwood TUM image id: 1556881759 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Abingdon Arms Pub, Abingdon Road. TUM image id: 1489943648 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Allen Street Credit: GoArt/The Underground Map TUM image id: 1593784668 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Springtime, Earl’s Court Credit: IG/MrLondon TUM image id: 1679253309 Licence:	Finborough Road, Chelsea Credit: Nancy Weir Huntly (1890-1963) TUM image id: 1671293275 Licence:
Kenway Road (1970) Credit: British History Online TUM image id: 1678986487 Licence:	Possibly the most Instagramable mews in London, leafy Kynance Mews is hidden away in South Kensington, not so far from Gloucester Road station. Credit: IG/withinlondon TUM image id: 1691581234 Licence:	Marloes Road, W8 TUM image id: 1530121229 Licence:	The corner depicted is that of Abingdon Road and Scarsdale Villas, showing the church in the background. TUM image id: 1489943340 Licence: CC BY 2.0	St Mary Abbot’s Hospital operated from 1871 to 1992. From 1846 to 1869 the site housed the Kensington Parish Workhouse Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1672307411 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Here is the original Earl’s Court entrance from 1871. With the coming of the Piccadilly Tube, the station moved across the road to the current one. TUM image id: 1681222601 Licence:	Plan of the Redcliffe Estate, developed by Corbett and McClymont, 1860s. Until the development in the 1860s, the area was entirely rural, with villages at Earl’s Court and Little Chelsea, and the intervening land occupied by market gardens, grassland and paddocks. TUM image id: 1671294160 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Safety First, Kensington High Street TUM image id: 1681229475 Licence:	Earl’s Court, District Line TUM image id: 1660570712 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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Allen Street
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Springtime, Earl’s Court
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Finborough Road, Chelsea
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Kenway Road (1970)
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Possibly the most Instagramable mews in London, leafy Kynance Mews is hidden away in South Kensington, not so far from Gloucester Road station.
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Marloes Road, W8
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St Mary Abbot’s Hospital operated from 1871 to 1992. From 1846 to 1869 the site housed the Kensington Parish Workhouse
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Here is the original Earl’s Court entrance from 1871. With the coming of the Piccadilly Tube, the station moved across the road to the current one.
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Plan of the Redcliffe Estate, developed by Corbett and McClymont, 1860s. Until the development in the 1860s, the area was entirely rural, with villages at Earl’s Court and Little Chelsea, and the intervening land occupied by market gardens, grassland and paddocks.
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Earl’s Court, District Line
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