Addison Avenue, W11

Addison Avenue runs north from Holland Park Avenue and was originally called Addison Road North.

Guy Fawkes and friends in Addison Avenue, W11 (around 1960)
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The street is named after the 17th century poet Joseph Addison who lived at Holland House. Addison was founder of The Spectator magazine.

The southern section of Addison Avenue (up to Queendale Road) was built between 1840 and 1843. Nos. 18-36 (even) are on the east side and overlook Queensdale Walk at the back. Nos. 17-35 (odd) are on the west side. They are generally two-storey houses with stuccoed façades built in pairs.

The houses were of various designs because individual plots were taken by many different builders.

Smaller houses were built closer to Holland Park Avenue.

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Children of Ruston Close This road was the renaming of Rillington Place. Even after renaming, this street, where notorious murders had taken place, proved too much to avoid subsequent demolition. TUM image id: 1545251090 Licence:	The St Agnes soup kitchen was situated on the corner of Bangor Street, W11 that this photo was taken from. Bangor Street disappeared from the streetscene of Notting Dale after the Second World War. Credit: Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1456741743 Licence:	HM Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother, with Lady Petrie, opening Henry Dickens Court, W11 (1953) The Queen Mother is greeted by large crowds and is accompanied by Lady Petrie, Mayor of Kensington. Henry Dickens Court was built by the Council on a bomb site as part of the borough’s post war redevelopment plan. It was named after Henry Dickens, grandson of Charles Dickens, an Alderman on the Council and an active advocate of municipal housing. Credit: Kensington Libraries TUM image id: 1627908621 Licence:	The Tile Kiln, Notting Dale (1824) Credit: Florence Gladstone TUM image id: 1563720078 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Corner of Bangor Street and Sirdar Road, W11 (1911) This became the Dolphin Pub. The location was demolished to make way for the Henry Dickens Estate. Credit: London City Mission magazine TUM image id: 1456741533 Licence:
St Peter's Notting Hill Credit: Asteuartw TUM image id: 1530106709 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Kensington Hippodrome, about 1840, showing St John’s Hill in the background. TUM image id: 1455369279 Licence:	Local resident Trevor who grew tomatoes in compost made from Frestonian residents’ waste. Frestonia was the name adopted by the residents of Freston Road, London W11, when they attempted to secede from the United Kingdom in 1977 to form the Free and Independent Republic of Frestonia. Many residents eventually set up a housing co-op in negotiation with Notting Hill Housing Trust, and included artists, musicians, writers, actors and activists. Actor David Rappaport was the Frestonia Foreign Minister while playwright Heathcote Williams served as Ambassador to the United Kingdom. TUM image id: 1455723675 Licence:	Martin Street, looking west (1960s) Martin Street disappeared from the map as the Latimer Road area was redeveloped in the late 1960s TUM image id: 1604228974 Licence:	Abbotsbury Road, Holland Park (2008) These houses are just beside an entrance to Holland Park. Further along the road was the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi meditation centre visited by the Beatles in 1967. Credit: Geograph/David Hawgood TUM image id: 1623742620 Licence:
Addison Gardens, W14 Old London postcard TUM image id: 1623764925 Licence:	Addison Place Credit: Google Maps TUM image id: 1457274476 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Addison Road, W14 (1909) Addison Road takes its name from the essayist Joseph Addison who lived nearby at Holland House. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1623768752 Licence:	Ansleigh Place, W11 TUM image id: 1453967815 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Arundel Gardens Credit: Barbara Avis TUM image id: 1453911014 Licence:

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Children of Ruston Close This road was the renaming of Rillington Place. Even after renaming, this street, where notorious murders had taken place, proved too much to avoid subsequent demolition.
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The St Agnes soup kitchen was situated on the corner of Bangor Street, W11 that this photo was taken from. Bangor Street disappeared from the streetscene of Notting Dale after the Second World War.
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HM Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother, with Lady Petrie, opening Henry Dickens Court, W11 (1953) The Queen Mother is greeted by large crowds and is accompanied by Lady Petrie, Mayor of Kensington. Henry Dickens Court was built by the Council on a bomb site as part of the borough’s post war redevelopment plan. It was named after Henry Dickens, grandson of Charles Dickens, an Alderman on the Council and an active advocate of municipal housing.
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Corner of Bangor Street and Sirdar Road, W11 (1911) This became the Dolphin Pub. The location was demolished to make way for the Henry Dickens Estate.
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Kensington Hippodrome, about 1840, showing St John’s Hill in the background.
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Abbotsbury Road, Holland Park (2008) These houses are just beside an entrance to Holland Park. Further along the road was the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi meditation centre visited by the Beatles in 1967.
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Addison Gardens, W14
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Addison Place
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Addison Road, W14 (1909) Addison Road takes its name from the essayist Joseph Addison who lived nearby at Holland House.
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Ansleigh Place, W11
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