Kilburn Park

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JANUARY
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Kilburn Park station was opened on 31 January 1915 as the temporary terminus of the Bakerloo line’s extension from Paddington.

The area of Kilburn Park was developed in the 1850s somewhat south of the area then known as Kilburn in the fields west of the Edgware Road. The 'Park' in the name was simply an invention by the developer, James Bailey.

Bailey had teamed up in a consortium of five developers who in 1850 bought 47 acres from owner the Reverend Edward Stuart. The consortium laid out roads and sewers and divided the site among themselves, subletting to smaller firms who built a few houses each.

The isolated, muddy location failed to attract many buyers and the estate remained incomplete for several decades. Properties were soon subdivided, some containing as many as six households in the 1870s.

The suburb of Kilburn Park was finally complete in the late 1880s.

Kilburn Park station was opened on 31 January 1915 as the temporary terminus of the Bakerloo line’s extension from Paddington  towards Queen’s Park.

The original plan had the London North West Railway (LNWR) creating a new line from Queen’s Park to Euston - but these underground ideas changed and a new "proper" line was built instead. But extending south from Queen’s Park gained momentum and, in 1911, it was mooted to extend the London Electric Railway (LER) company’s Bakerloo Line in that direction.

The Bakerloo Line offered a direct West End route without the need for changing trains though the Bakerloo was not the first option for bringing trains into the West End from the direction of Watford. A connection with the Hampstead Tube at Chalk Farm was looked at but not found to be feasible so the more expensive Bakerloo scheme then became the preferred route.

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This arrangement suited the LER very well. It would capture a valuable new traffic and help fill the spare capacity along the existing line, and all at modest cost. It would also resolve once and for all how the Bakerloo should approach Paddington where the surface station layout was complicated. Vacillation about what to do after reaching Paddington had prevented the Bakerloo getting beyond Edgware Road as it was impossible to agree a route to Paddington without knowledge of where a future extension might go. Paddington was reached in 1913, with the GWR paying £18,000 towards the scheme.

Unfortunately, by the time work on the extension was well in hand, the Great War had broken out and this and other delays (including some very bad weather) somewhat disrupted plans. The Bakerloo service began on 31 January 1915, trains calling only at Warwick Avenue and Kilburn Park. Queens Park (though still incomplete) was sufficiently advanced to open on 11 February 1915, and Maida Vale was finally ready on 6 June 1915.

The Kilburn Park station building was designed by Stanley Heaps in a modified version of the earlier Leslie Green designed Bakerloo line stations with glazed terra cotta façades but without the large semi-circular windows at first floor level. It was one of the first London Underground stations built specifically to use escalators rather than lifts. Because of the lack of lifts, there was no longer any need for an engine room, and the new station building was built as a single story building.

Maida Vale station, down the line was the first London station to have all-female staff. When it opened in 1915 during the First World War, there were two ticket collectors, two porters, two booking clerks, and relief ticket collector-booking clerks. Kilburn Park station was also staffed by women, though not exclusively so.

Because of the shortage of male workers, women’s role expanded  on the Bakerloo Line - first of all in stations like Maida Vale and Kilburn Park, but eventually on trains too. In August 1918 an unofficial strike, mainly affecting this line, played a part in moving towards equal pay for women.

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The Underground Map   
Added: 8 Mar 2021 14:30 GMT   

Kilburn Park - opened 1915
Kilburn Park station was opened at the height of the First World War

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The Underground Map   
Added: 8 Mar 2021 14:49 GMT   

A bit of a lift....
Kilburn Park was the first station to be designed around escalators, rather than lifts.

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Lived here
Brenda Jackson   
Added: 13 Aug 2017 21:39 GMT   

83 Pembroke Road
My Gt Gt grandparents lived at 83 Pembroke Road before it became Granville Road, They were married in 1874, John Tarrant and Maryann Tarrant nee Williamson.

Her brother George Samuel Williamson lived at 95 Pembroke Road with his wife Emily and children in the 1881 Census

Apparently the extended family also lived for many years in Alpha Place, Canterbury Road, Peel Road,

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Fumblina   
Added: 26 Dec 2022 18:59 GMT   

Detailed history of Red Lion
I’m not the author but this blog by Dick Weindling and Marianne Colloms has loads of really clear information about the history of the Red Lion which people might appreciate.


Source: ‘Professor Morris’ and the Red Lion, Kilburn

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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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Gillian   
Added: 17 Feb 2024 00:08 GMT   

No 36 Upper East Smithfield
My great great grandfather was born at No 36 Upper East Smithfield and spent his early years staring out at a "dead wall" of St Katharine’s Docks. His father was an outfitter and sold clothing for sailors. He describes the place as being backed by tenements in terrible condition and most of the people living there were Irish.

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 16 Feb 2024 20:32 GMT   

Name origin
Interestingly South Lambeth derives its name from the same source as Lambeth itself - a landing place for lambs.

But South Lambeth has no landing place - it is not on the River Thames

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C Hobbs   
Added: 31 Jan 2024 23:53 GMT   

George Gut (1853 - 1861)
George Gut, Master Baker lived with his family in Long Lane.
George was born in Bernbach, Hesse, Germany and came to the UK sometime in the 1840s. In 1849, George married an Englishwoman called Matilda Baker and became a nauralized Englishman. He was given the Freedom of the City of London (by Redemption in the Company of Bakers), in 1853 and was at that time, recorded as living at 3 Long Lane. In the 1861 census, George Gut was living at 11 Long Lane.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Bayswater Rivulet The Bayswater Rivulet was the original name for the Westbourne River
Kilburn Bridge Kilburn Bridge once marked the spot where the Edgware Road crossed the River Westbourne.
Kilburn Bridge Farm Kilburn Bridge Farm stood beside Watling Street until the late 1830s.
Kilburn High Road What was Watling Street in earlier times, became Edgware Road and finally Kilburn High Road.
Kilburn Library Kilburn Library on Kilburn High Road is one of two sites called Kilburn Library, the other being in Salusbury Road, NW6.
Kilburn Park Kilburn Park station was opened on 31 January 1915 as the temporary terminus of the Bakerloo line’s extension from Paddington.
Kilburn Park Farm Kilburn Park Farm was situated almost opposite the Red Lion along the Edgware Road.
Kilburn Toll The Kilburn Toll Gate dated from 1710.
Kilburn Wells Kilburn Wells, a medicinal spring, existed between 1714 and the 1860s.
Red Lion The Red Lion was situated at 34 Kilburn High Road.
St Augustine’s Church of England High School St Augustine’s Church of England High School is a Voluntary Aided Church of England comprehensive school in the West London borough of Westminster, Kilburn.
St Augustine’s, Kilburn St Augustine’s was founded by Richard Carr Kirkpatrick in the Anglo-Catholic tradition in 1870 and listed as a Grade I building by Historic England.
The Old Bell The (Old) Bell is a very old Kilburn Pub.

NEARBY STREETS
Abbey Lane, NW6 Abbey Lane disappeared from the map as the Kilburn Vale Estate was built (Kilburn)
Addison Court, NW6 Addison Court is sited on Brondesbury Road (Kilburn)
Albert Road, NW6 Albert Road in NW6 escaped the mass renaming of Albert Roads in London (Kilburn Park)
Algernon Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Brondesbury Park)
Alpha House, NW6 Alpha House is a block on Alpha Place (Kilburn Park)
Alpha Place, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Andover Place, NW6 Andover Place runs between Kilburn Park Road and Carlton Vale (Maida Vale)
Austen House, NW6 Austen House is a block on Cambridge Road (Kilburn Park)
Barrett House, NW6 Barrett House can be found on Victoria Road (Brondesbury Park)
Birchside Apartments, NW6 Birchside Apartments is a location in London (Kilburn Park)
Bishopsdale House, NW6 Bishopsdale House is a block on West End Lane (Kilburn)
Blake Court, NW6 Blake Court is sited on Malvern Road (Kilburn Park)
Bolton Road, NW8 What is now Bolton Road began life as Ordnance Terrace in 1858 (St John’s Wood)
Bradwell House, NW6 Bradwell House is a block on Mortimer Place (Kilburn)
Bravo House, NW6 Bravo House is a block on Kilburn High Road (Kilburn)
Bristol Walk, NW6 Bristol Walk is a location in London (Kilburn Park)
Broadoak House, NW6 Broadoak House is sited on Mortimer Crescent (Kilburn)
Bron Court, NW6 Bron Court is a block on Brondesbury Road (Brondesbury Park)
Brondesbury Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Brondesbury Park)
Brondesbury Villas, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Cambridge Avenue, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Cambridge Court, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Cambridge Gardens, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Cambridge Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Canterbury Court, NW6 Canterbury Court is sited on Gorefield Place (Kilburn Park)
Canterbury House, NW6 Canterbury House is a block on Canterbury Road (Kilburn Park)
Canterbury Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Canterbury Terrace, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Canterbury Works, NW6 Canterbury Works is a road in the NW6 postcode area (Kilburn Park)
Carlton House, NW6 Carlton House is sited on Canterbury Terrace (Kilburn Park)
Carlton Vale, NW6 Carlton Vale runs from the Edgware Road to Kilburn Lane (Maida Vale)
Carlton Vale, W9 Carlton Vale is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Vale)
Cathedral Walk, NW6 Cathedral Walk is one of the streets of London in the NW6 postal area (Kilburn Park)
Cedarside Apartments, NW6 Cedarside Apartments is a location in London (Kilburn Park)
Charteris Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Brondesbury Park)
Chase House, NW6 Chase House is a building on Hansel Road (Kilburn Park)
Cheshunt House, NW6 Cheshunt House is a block on Greville Road (Kilburn)
Chichester House, NW6 Chichester House is located on Chichester Road (Kilburn Park)
Chichester Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Chippenham Gardens, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Christian Holt House, NW6 Christian Holt House is a block on Denmark Road (Kilburn Park)
Coventry Close, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Craik Court, NW6 Craik Court is a block on Neville Close (Kilburn Park)
Crone Court, NW6 Crone Court is a block on Denmark Road (Kilburn Park)
Denmark Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Dibdin House, NW6 Residential block (Kilburn Park)
Dickens House, NW6 Dickens House is located on Malvern Road (Kilburn Park)
Donaldson Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Brondesbury Park)
Ely Court, NW6 Ely Court is a block on Gorefield Place (Kilburn Park)
Esmond Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Brondesbury Park)
Exeter Court, NW6 Exeter Court is a block on Cambridge Road (Kilburn Park)
Falcon House, NW6 Falcon House is a block on Springfield Lane (Kilburn)
Falkirk House, W9 Falkirk House is a building on Maida Vale (Maida Vale)
Farndale House, NW6 Farndale House can be found on Kilburn Vale (Kilburn)
Fiona Court, NW6 Fiona Court is sited on Brondesbury Villas (Kilburn Park)
Franklin House, NW6 Franklin House is a block on Carlton Vale (Maida Vale)
George House, NW6 George House is a block on Albert Road (Kilburn Park)
Goldsmith Place, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn)
Gorefield House, NW6 Gorefield House is a building on Canterbury Road (Kilburn Park)
Gorefield Place, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Granville Road, NW6 Granville Road, NW6 was formerly Pembroke Road (Kilburn Park)
Greville Mews, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn)
Greville Place, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (St John’s Wood)
Greville Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn)
Haliwell House, NW6 Haliwell House is sited on Mortimer Place (Kilburn)
Hansel Road, NW6 Hansel Road is one of the streets of London in the NW6 postal area (Kilburn Park)
Hazelmere Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Brondesbury Park)
Helmsdale House, NW6 Residential block (Maida Vale)
Hereford House, NW6 Hereford House can be found on Carlton Vale (Kilburn Park)
Hermit Place, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn)
Hillsborough Court, NW6 Hillsborough Court is sited on Mortimer Crescent (Kilburn)
Hillside Close, NW8 Hillside Close is a cul-de-sac off of Carlton Hill (St John’s Wood)
Hinchinbrook House, NW6 Hinchinbrook House is located on Greville Road (Kilburn)
Hollister House, NW6 Hollister House is a block on Kilburn Park Road (Maida Vale)
Holtham Road, NW8 Holtham Road disappeared when replaced by the Abbey Road Estate development (St John’s Wood)
Keith House, NW6 Keith House is a block on Carlton Vale (Maida Vale)
Kilburn High Road, NW6 Part of Watling Street/Edgware Road, Kilburn High Road is the main road through Kilburn (Kilburn)
Kilburn Place, NW6 Kilburn Place was originally Providence Place (Kilburn)
Kilburn Priory, NW6 Kilburn Priory is now a road - - it was once the site of a real priory (Kilburn)
Kilburn Priory, NW8 Kilburn Priory is a road in the NW8 postcode area (Kilburn)
Kilburn Square, NW6 Kilburn Square was built around St Paul’s Chapel, which dates from 1825 (Brondesbury Park)
Kilburn Vale, NW6 Kilburn Vale leads to the Kilburn Vale estate (Kilburn)
Langtry Road, NW8 Langtry Road is a road in the NW8 postcode area (South Hampstead)
Langtry Walk, NW8 Langtry Walk was named for Lily Langtry (South Hampstead)
Len Williams Court, NW6 Len Williams Court can be found on Granville Road (Kilburn Park)
Lorton House, NW6 Lorton House dates from the first development of the Kilburn Vale Estate (Kilburn)
Lynton Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Brondesbury Park)
Mallard Close, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Malvern Mews, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Malvern Mews, NW6 Malvern Mews is a road in the W9 postcode area (Kilburn Park)
Malvern Place, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (West Kilburn)
Malvern Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Manor Mews, NW6 Manor Mews is one of the streets of London in the NW6 postal area (Kilburn Park)
Maple Mews, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Marrick House, NW6 Marrick House is a block on Mortimer Crescent (Kilburn)
Marshwood House, NW6 Marshwood House is a block on Kilburn Vale (Kilburn)
Masefield House, NW6 Masefield House is a block on Stafford Road (Kilburn Park)
McDonald House, NW6 McDonald House is a block on Malvern Road (Kilburn Park)
Merle Court, NW6 Merle Court is sited on Carlton Vale (Kilburn Park)
Mildrose House, NW6 Mildrose House is a block on Malvern Mews (Kilburn Park)
Morland House, NW6 Morland House is a block on Brondesbury Road (Brondesbury Park)
Mortimer Crescent, NW6 Mortimer Crescent is a notable street in Kilburn, full of literary connections. (Kilburn)
Mortimer Place, NW6 Mortimer Place runs east from Kilburn Priory (Kilburn)
Nelson Close, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Neville Close, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Neville House, NW6 Neville House is sited on Neville Road (Kilburn Park)
Neville Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Nexus Court, NW6 Nexus Court is a block on Malvern Road (Kilburn Park)
Oxford Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Pavilion Court, NW6 Pavilion Court is a block on Stafford Road (Kilburn Park)
Peel Precinct, NW6 Peel Precinct is a road in the NW6 postcode area (Kilburn Park)
Pentland Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Plaza Parade, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Princess Road, NW6 Princess Road was once known as Alexandra Road (Kilburn Park)
Prospect Place, NW6 Prospect Place was a group of houses built fronting Edgware Road south of the junction with West End Lane (Kilburn)
Randolph Gardens, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Rathbone House, NW6 Rathbone House is a block on Brondesbury Road (Brondesbury Park)
Regents Plaza, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn)
Remsted House, NW6 Remsted House is a block on Kilburn Priory (Kilburn)
Renfrew House, NW6 Renfrew House is located on Carlton Vale (Maida Vale)
Ribblesdale House, NW6 Ribblesdale House is a block on Kilburn Vale (Kilburn)
Rudolph Road, NW6 Rudolph Road is one of the streets of London in the NW6 postal area (Kilburn Park)
Rupert Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Sandbourne, NW8 Sandbourne is a location in London (South Hampstead)
Sandby House, NW6 Sandby House is a block on Brondesbury Road (Brondesbury Park)
Springfield Lane, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn)
Springfield Walk, NW6 Springfield Walk has a set of very old steps that give access to Kilburn Priory (Kilburn)
Stafford Close, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Stafford Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn Park)
Swift House, NW6 Swift House is located on Albert Road (Kilburn Park)
Thames Court, NW6 Thames Court is sited on Albert Road (Kilburn Park)
Thurso House, NW6 Thurso House is a location in London (Kilburn Park)
Tollgate Gardens, NW6 Tollgate Gardens is a location in London (Kilburn Park)
Tollgate House, NW6 Tollgate House is a block on Kilburn High Road (Kilburn Park)
Torridon House, NW6 Residential block (Kilburn Park)
Valeside House, W9 Valeside House is on Kilburn Park Road (Kilburn Park)
Varley House, NW6 Varley House is a block on Brondesbury Road (Brondesbury Park)
Victoria Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Brondesbury Park)
Victorian Road, NW6 Victorian Road is a location in London (Brondesbury Park)
Vivian Court, W9 Vivian Court is a block on Maida Vale (St John’s Wood)
Wells Court, NW6 Wells Court is a block on Alpha Place (Kilburn Park)
William Dunbar House, NW6 William Dunbar House is a block on Albert Road (Kilburn Park)
William Saville House, NW6 Residential block (Kilburn Park)
Woodville Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Brondesbury Park)
Wordsworth House, NW6 Wordsworth House is a block on Stafford Road (Kilburn Park)
Zangwill House, NW6 Zangwill House is a building on Rupert Road (Kilburn Park)

NEARBY PUBS
Queens Arms The Queens Arms Hotel is situated at the the beginning of Kilburn High Road as Maida Vale ends.


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Remains of Kilburn Priory as it appeared in 1722 Engraved by I Quilley for "The topography and natural history of Hampstead, in the County of Middlesex" (1814) by John J. Park
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The Brownie - a bargain at 5/-
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Mortimer Place, NW6
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Kilburn Wells
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Kilburn Park Farm
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The Bell, Kilburn Wells (around 1800)
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Emminster (corner of Abbey Road and Belsize Road) prior to demolition
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Clarence Place, Kilburn High Road, at the junction with Eresby Road. Thought to be taken in the 1880s - this part of the High Road has undertaken dramatic change.
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The Kilburn tollgate in 1860
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