Cornwall Gardens, SW7

Cornwall Gardens is a long, narrow garden square.

The ownership of the land which became Cornwall Gardens can be traced back to the sixteenth century, This thin strip of land stretching westwards from Gloucester Road to the Edwardes estate comprised 11 acre copyholds belonging to the manor of Earl’s Court.

The smaller portion next to Gloucester Road (formerly Hogmire Lane) was known as Church Close, the larger, westernmost portion as Long Mead, and the between them ran an old footpath, Love Lane - now represented by the line of Launceston Place and Grenville Place.

It was a market garden until it came into possession of Thomas Broadwood in 1844. Cornwall Gardens was developed from 1862 to 1879. The name Cornwall Gardens was chosen as the year when construction started - 1862 - was also the 21st birthday of the Prince of Wales, who also had the title of the Duke of Cornwall.

Kynance Mews was originally built as stabling for the Cornwall Gardens between 1862 and 1879.

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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.

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1829 map of Kensington Palace TUM image id: 1557149096 Licence:	Natural History Museum (2022) Credit: IG/engr.nelson.ph TUM image id: 1653839233 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:	Elm Park Gardens TUM image id: 1573064988 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:	St Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church, Allen Street (2008) Seen from the northwest at the junction with Scarsdale Villas Credit: Wiki Commons/R Sones TUM image id: 1704325330 Licence:
This view shows Tyler the chemists during the 1960s on the corner of Abingdon Road and Scarsdale Villas. St Mark’s Coptic church is in the background. Credit: Wellcome Foundation TUM image id: 1489943340 Licence:	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:

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Springtime, Earl’s Court
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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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Earl’s Court, District Line
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