Thornhill Crescent, N1

Thornhill Crescent is a road in the N1 postcode area

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Lena White Conduit Street, N1 Added: 18 Mar 2021 13:08 GMT	White Conduit Street, N1 My mum, Rosina Wade of the Wade and Hannam family in the area of Chapel Street and Parkfield Street, bought her first “costume” at S Cohen’s in White Conduit Street. Would have probably been about 1936 or thereabouts. She said that he was a small man but an expert tailor. I hope that Islington Council preserve the shop front as it’s a piece of history of the area. Mum used to get her high heel shoes from an Italian shoe shop in Chapel Street. She had size 2 feet and they would let her know when a new consignment of size 2 shoes were in. I think she was a very good customer. She worked at Killingbacks artificial flower maker in Northampton Square and later at the Halifax bombers factory north of Edgware where she was a riveter. Reply
Carol Gifford Street, N1 Added: 7 May 2021 18:44 GMT	Nan My nan lily,her sister Elizabeth and their parents Elizabeth and William lived here in1911 Reply
Jeff Owen Owen Street, EC1V Added: 20 Mar 2021 16:18 GMT	Owen’s School Owen Street is the site of Owen’s Boys’ School. The last school was built in 1881 and was demolished in the early 1990s to make way for the development which stand there today. It was a “Direct Grant” grammar school and was founded in 1613 by Dame Alice Owen. What is now “Owen’s Fields” was the playground between the old school and the new girls’ school (known then as “Dames Alice Owen’s School” or simply “DAOS”). The boys’ school had the top two floors of that building for their science labs. The school moved to Potters Bar in Hertfordshire in 1971 and is now one of the top State comprehensive schools in the country. The old building remained in use as an accountancy college and taxi-drivers’ “knowledge” school until it was demolished. The new building is now part of City and Islington College. Owen’s was a fine school. I should know because I attended there from 1961 to 1968. Reply
Reg Carr Elstree Street, N1C Added: 10 Feb 2021 12:11 GMT	Campbellite Meeting In 1848 the Campbellites (Disciples of Christ) met in Elstree Street, where their congregation was presided over by a pastor named John Black. Their appointed evangelist at the time was called David King, who later became the Editor of the British Millennial Harbinger. The meeting room was visited in July 1848 by Dr John Thomas, who spoke there twice on his two-year ’mission’ to Britain. Reply
Vanessa Whitehouse Ashburton Grove, N7 Added: 17 Feb 2021 22:48 GMT	Born here My dad 1929 John George Hall Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Ron Shepherd 91 Fernhead Road, W9 Added: 18 Sep 2021 17:28 GMT	More Wisdom Norman Joseph Wisdom was born in St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, West London. Reply
Jonathan Penner Pennard Road, W12 Added: 11 Sep 2021 16:03 GMT	Pennard Road, W12 My wife and I, young Canadians, lodged at 65 (?) Pennard Road with a fellow named Clive and his girlfriend, Melanie, for about 6 months in 1985. We loved the area and found it extremely convenient. Reply
Senegal Road, SE16 Added: 1 Sep 2021 16:58 GMT	Prefabs! The "post-war detached houses" mentioned in the description were "prefabs" - self-contained single-storey pre-fabricated dwellings. Demolition of houses on the part that became Senegal Fields was complete by 1964 or 1965. Source: Prefabs in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia Reply
Matthew Moggridge ([email protected]) Lord Chatham’s Ride, TN14 Added: 1 Sep 2021 10:38 GMT	Lord Chatham’s Ride (does it even exist?) Just to say that I cycled from my home in Sanderstead to Knockholt Pound at the weekend hoping to ride Lord Chatham’s Ride, but could I find it? No. I rode up Chevening Lane, just past the Three Horseshoes pub and when I reached the end of the road there was a gate and a sign reading "Private, No Entry". I assumed this was the back entrance to Chevening House, country retreat of the Foreign Secretary, and that Lord Chatham’s Ride was inside the grounds. At least that’s what I’m assuming as I ended up following a footpath that led me into some woods with loads of rooted pathways, all very annoying. Does Lord Chatham’s Ride exist and if so, can I ride it, or is it within the grounds of Chevening House and, therefore, out of bounds? Here’s an account of my weekend ride with images, see URL below. Source: No Visible Lycra: Lord Chatham’s ride: a big disappointmen Reply
norma brown Theobald Street (watercolour) Added: 20 Aug 2021 21:12 GMT	my grandparents lived there as well as 2 further generations my home Reply
Ruth Cheltenham Road, SE15 Added: 6 Aug 2021 13:31 GMT	Cheltenham Road, SE15 Harris Girls’ Academy, in Homestall Road, just off Cheltenham Road, was formerly Waverley School. Before that it was built as Honor Oak Girls’ Grammar School. It was also the South London Emergency School during WW2,taking girls from various schools in the vicinity, including those returning from being evacuated. Reply
Jude Allen Orange Street, WC2H Added: 29 Jul 2021 07:53 GMT	Bra top I jave a jewelled item of clothong worn by a revie girl. It is red with diamante straps. Inside it jas a label Bermans Revue 16 Orange Street but I cannot find any info online about the revue only that 16 Orange Street used to be a theatre. Does any one know about the revue. I would be intesrested to imagine the wearer of the article and her London life. Reply
Kathleen Dunloe Avenue, N17 Added: 28 Jul 2021 09:12 GMT	Dunloe Avenue, N17 I was born in 1951,my grandparents lived at 5 Dunloe Avenue.I had photos of the coronation decorations in the area for 1953.The houses were rented out by Rowleys,their ’workers yard’ was at the top of Dunloe Avenue.The house was fairly big 3 bedroom with bath and toilet upstairs,and kitchenette downstairs -a fairly big garden.My Grandmother died 1980 and the house was taken back to be rented again Reply

NEARBY STREETS

Airdrie Close, N1 Airdrie Close is a road serving the Bemerton Estate.

Airdrie Close, N1

Albion Mews, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Albion Mews, N1

Arthur Mews, N7 Arthur Mews was also known as Arthur Place.

Arthur Mews, N7

Arthur Terrace, N1 Arthur Terrace was built in 1853 and renumbered as part of Caledonian Road in 1878.

Arthur Terrace, N1

Arundel Place, N1 Arundel Place is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Arundel Place, N1

Arundel Square, N7 Arundel Square is one of the streets of London in the N7 postal area.

Arundel Square, N7

Augustas Lane, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Augustas Lane, N1

Barnsbury Grove, N7 This is a street in the N7 postcode area

Barnsbury Grove, N7

Barnsbury Park, N1 Barnsbury Park is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Barnsbury Park, N1

Barnsbury Square, N1 Barnsbury Square is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Barnsbury Square, N1

Barnsbury Terrace, N1 Barnsbury Terrace is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Barnsbury Terrace, N1

Belitha Villas, N1 Belitha Villas is a road in the N1 postcode area

Belitha Villas, N1

Bemerton Street, N1 Bemerton Street is a street of terraced houses to the west of the Caledonian Road.

Bemerton Street, N1

Bingfield Street, N1 Bingfield Street marks the southern boundary of the Bemerton Estate.

Bingfield Street, N1

Blenheim Court, N7 Blenheim Court is one of the streets of London in the N7 postal area.

Blenheim Court, N7

Blundell Street, N7 Blundell Street is one of the streets of London in the N7 postal area.

Blundell Street, N7

Boxworth Grove, N1 Boxworth Grove is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Boxworth Grove, N1

Bramwell Mews, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Bramwell Mews, N1

Brayfield Terrace, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Brayfield Terrace, N1

Brewery Road, N7 Brewery Road is one of the streets of London in the N7 postal area.

Brewery Road, N7

Bridgeman Road, N1 Bridgeman Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Bridgeman Road, N1

Brooksby Street, N1 Brooksby Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Brooksby Street, N1

Brydon Walk, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Brydon Walk, N1

Bunning Way, N1 Bunning Way is one of the streets of London in the N7 postal area.

Bunning Way, N1

Caledonian Road, N7 Caledonian Road continues north towards Holloway Road.

Caledonian Road, N7

Campbell Walk, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Campbell Walk, N1

Carfree Close, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Carfree Close, N1

Carnoustie Drive, N1 Carnoustie Drive is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Carnoustie Drive, N1

Centurion Close, N7 Centurion Close follows the line of the former Cumberland Street (Ponder Street).

Centurion Close, N7

Coatbridge House, N1 Residential block

Coatbridge House, N1

Conistone Way, N7 Conistone Way is a road in the N7 postcode area

Conistone Way, N7

Cornelia Street, N7 Cornelia Street is a road in the N7 postcode area

Cornelia Street, N7

Cowdenbeath Path, N1 Cowdenbeath Path is a walkway on the Bemerton Estate.

Cowdenbeath Path, N1

Crescent Street, N1 Crescent Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Crescent Street, N1

Diarmid Road, N20 Diarmid Road is a location in London.

Diarmid Road, N20

Dowrey Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Dowrey Street, N1

Drummond Way, N7 A street within the N1 postcode

Drummond Way, N7

Earlsferry Way, N1 Earlsferry Way is a road in the N1 postcode area

Earlsferry Way, N1

Epping Place, N1 Epping Place is a road in the N1 postcode area

Epping Place, N1

Eton Mews, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Eton Mews, N1

Faraday Close, N7 Faraday Close is a road in the N7 postcode area

Faraday Close, N7

Ferriby Close, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Ferriby Close, N1

Francis Walk, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Francis Walk, N1

Frederica Street, N7 Frederica Street is a road in the N7 postcode area

Frederica Street, N7

Freeling Street, N1 Freeling Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Freeling Street, N1

Gifford Street, N1 Gifford Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Gifford Street, N1

Gissing Walk, N1 Gissing Walk is a road in the N1 postcode area

Gissing Walk, N1

Havelock Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Havelock Street, N1

Hemingford Road, N1 Hemingford Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Hemingford Road, N1

Huntingdon Street, N1 Huntingdon Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Huntingdon Street, N1

Joiners Yard, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Joiners Yard, N1

Joseph Mews, N7 A street within the N7 postcode

Joseph Mews, N7

Kember Street, N1 Kember Street runs west from Caledonian Road.

Kember Street, N1

Kerwick Close, N7 Kerwick Close is a road in the N7 postcode area

Kerwick Close, N7

King’s Court, N7 King’s Court is a road in the N7 postcode area

King’s Court, N7

Kinross House, N1 Residential block

Kinross House, N1

Lambert Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Lambert Street, N1

Langford Mews, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Langford Mews, N1

Lawrence Place, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Lawrence Place, N1

Legion Close, N1 Legion Close is a road in the N1 postcode area

Legion Close, N1

Lionswood, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Lionswood, N1

Lofting Road, N1 Lofting Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Lofting Road, N1

Lonsdale Square, N1 Lonsdale Square was built between 1838 and 1845, and was designed in Gothic Revival style by R. C. Carpenter.

Lonsdale Square, N1

Lower Carriage Drive, N1 Lower Carriage Drive is a road in the W4 postcode area

Lower Carriage Drive, N1

Lyon Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Lyon Street, N1

Malvern Terrace, N1 Malvern Terrace is a road in the N1 postcode area

Malvern Terrace, N1

Matilda Street, N1 Matilda Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Matilda Street, N1

Morland Mews, N1 Morland Mews is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Morland Mews, N1

Mountfort Crescent, N1 Mountfort Crescent is a road in the N1 postcode area

Mountfort Crescent, N1

Mountfort House, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Mountfort House, N1

Mountfort Terrace, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Mountfort Terrace, N1

Offord Road, N1 Offord Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Offord Road, N1

Offord Street, N1 Offord Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Offord Street, N1

Orkney House, N1 Residential block

Orkney House, N1

Outram Place, N1 Outram Place is a road in the N1 postcode area

Outram Place, N1

Pembroke Avenue, N1 Pembroke Avenue is the southern extension of Pembroke Street.

Pembroke Avenue, N1

Pembroke Street, N1 Pembroke Street is a north-south street in the Barnsbury area.

Pembroke Street, N1

Perth House, N1 Perth House is a ten-storey block.

Perth House, N1

Randell’s Road, N1 This is a street in the N1 postcode area

Randell’s Road, N1

Randells Road, N1 Randells Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Randells Road, N1

Randell’s Road, N1 Randell’s Road is a road in the N1 postcode area

Randell’s Road, N1

Richmond Avenue, N1 Richmond Avenue is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Richmond Avenue, N1

Richmond Avenue, N1 Richmond Avenue is a road in the NW2 postcode area

Richmond Avenue, N1

Richmond Crescent, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Richmond Crescent, N1

Ripplevale Grove, N1 Ripplevale Grove is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Ripplevale Grove, N1

Roman Way Industrial Estate, N1 Roman Way Industrial Estate is one of the streets of London in the N7 postal area.

Roman Way Industrial Estate, N1

Rufford Street Mews, N1 Rufford Street Mews is a road in the N1 postcode area

Rufford Street Mews, N1

Rufford Street, N1 Rufford Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Rufford Street, N1

Selkirk House, N1 Selkirk House is the twin building of Perth House.

Selkirk House, N1

Sheen Grove, N1 Sheen Grove is a road in the N1 postcode area

Sheen Grove, N1

St Clements Street, N7 St Clements Street is one of the streets of London in the N7 postal area.

St Clements Street, N7

Stanmore Street, N1 Stanmore Street runs west from Caledonian Road.

Stanmore Street, N1

Stonefield Street, N1 Stonefield Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Stonefield Street, N1

Story Street, N1 Story Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Story Street, N1

Stranraer Way, N1 Stranraer Way is a road on the Bemerton Estate.

Stranraer Way, N1

Tayport Close, N1 Tayport Close leads off Stranraer Way.

Tayport Close, N1

The Courtyard, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

The Courtyard, N1

Thornhill Grove, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Thornhill Grove, N1

Thornhill Road, N1 Thornhill Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Thornhill Road, N1

Thornhill Square, N1 Thornhill Square is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Thornhill Square, N1

Tilloch Street, N1 Tilloch Street predates the Bemerton Estate of which it is now part.

Tilloch Street, N1

Twyford Street, N1 Twyford Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Twyford Street, N1

Vibart Walk, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Vibart Walk, N1

Wellington Square, N1 Wellington Square is a road in the N1 postcode area

Wellington Square, N1

Wheeler Gardens, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Wheeler Gardens, N1

Wheelwright Street, N7 Wheelwright Street was built for prison wardens and other staff.

Wheelwright Street, N7

York Road, N1C York Road was the pre-1938 name for what became York Way.

York Road, N1C

NEARBY PUBS

Doyles Tavern This pub stands on the corner of Frederica Street and Caledonian Road.

Doyles Tavern

Kennedy’s This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Kennedy’s

Meltdown This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Meltdown

The Albion This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Albion

The Drapers Arms This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Drapers Arms

Queen’s Park

Queen’s Park lies between Kilburn and Kensal Green, developed from 1875 onwards and named to honour Queen Victoria.

The north of Queen’s Park formed part of the parish of Willesden and the southern section formed an exclave of the parish of Chelsea, both in the Ossulstone hundred of Middlesex. In 1889 the area of the Metropolitan Board of Works that included the southern section of Queen’s Park was transferred from Middlesex to the County of London, and in 1900 the anomaly of being administered from Chelsea was removed when the exclave was united with the parish of Paddington. In 1965 both parts of Queen’s Park became part of Greater London: the northern section - Queen’s Park ’proper’ formed part of Brent and the southern section - the Queen’s Park Estate - joined the City of Westminster.

Queen’s Park, like much of Kilburn, was developed by Solomon Barnett. The two-storey terraced houses east of the park, built between 1895 and 1900, typically have clean, classical lines. Those west of the park, built 1900–05, tend to be more Gothic in style. Barnett’s wife was from the West Country, and many of the roads he developed are named either for places she knew (e.g. Torbay, Tiverton, Honiton) or for popular poets of the time (e.g. Tennyson). The first occupants of the area in late Victorian times were typically lower middle class, such as clerks and teachers. Queen’s Park is both demographically and architecturally diverse. The streets around the park at the heart of Queen’s Park are a conservation area.

There is hardly any social housing in the streets around Queens Park itself, and the area was zoned as not suitable for social housing in the 1970s and 1980s as even then house prices were above average for the borough of Brent, which made them unaffordable for local Housing Associations. The main shopping streets of Salusbury Road and Chamberlayne Road have fewer convenience stores and more high-value shops and restaurants. Local schools – some of which struggled to attract the children of wealthier local families in the past – are now over-subscribed. House prices have risen accordingly.

Queen’s Park station was first opened by the London and North Western Railway on 2 June 1879 on the main line from London to Birmingham.

Services on the Bakerloo line were extended from Kilburn Park to Queen’s Park on 11 February 1915. On 10 May 1915 Bakerloo services began to operate north of Queen’s Park as far as Willesden Junction over the recently built Watford DC Line tracks shared with the LNWR.

LOCAL PHOTOS

Kings Place from York Way Credit: Alan Stanton TUM image id: 1518888183 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The third Grand Theatre, Islington (1903). This was built on the site of the former Philharmonic Hall and two previous Grand Theatres TUM image id: 1587741263 Licence: CC BY 2.0	A line of children hold hands as they walk along the middle of White Conduit Street towards the junction with Chapel Market in Islington. Credit: John Gay/Historic England TUM image id: 1488642453 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Grand Theatre, Islington High Street (1903) TUM image id: 1557151038 Licence: CC BY 2.0	White Conduit House, and the conduit head from which it was named, 1827 Credit: Robert Chambers (1832) TUM image id: 1488984516 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington (1861). View from Liverpool Road. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1622555891 Licence:	Caledonian Road looking north towards Holloway Old London postcard TUM image id: 1625084399 Licence:	Caledonian Road. The market clock tower remained after the Metropolitan Cattle Market disappeared. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1625084666 Licence:	Risinghill Street, N1 TUM image id: 1467032267 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Photographer John Gay captured this image of a line of children holding hands as they walk along the middle of White Conduit Street towards the junction with Chapel Market in Islington in the 1950s. Credit: John Gay TUM image id: 1604507834 Licence: CC BY 2.0
York Road was the name for a ’lost’ underground station on the Piccadilly Line north of King’s Cross. The road it was named after has also changed its name (to York Way) Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1624971865 Licence:	Wilsham Street, W11 Charles Booth’s poverty map placed the Kensington Potteries among the "criminal and irreclaimable areas", largely on account of the overcrowded condition of its unsuitable and derelict houses. Five short streets in the district became known as the "Special Area.": Bangor Street, Crescent Street and three roads that have been renamed. St. Clement’s, now called Sirdar Road, St. Katherine’s Road, now Wilsham Street, and William, now Kenley Street. TUM image id: 1490049901 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The former Pentonville Cottages awaiting demolition Credit: London Metropolitan Archives TUM image id: 1602410443 Licence: CC BY 2.0