Randolph Avenue, W9

Randolph Avenue was first planned in 1827 by John Gutch, surveyor to the Bishop of London.

Grand Union Canal at Little Venice
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In 1816 an Act of Parliament was passed to allow the trustees of Sir John Frederick’s estate and the Bishop of London to begin development in the Maida Vale area. The area was first named on maps as Maida Vale in 1827.

Development began in the 1820s with development along Edgware Road. John Gutch’s 1827 plan for the area roughly follows current road alignments.

Gutch proposed long avenues, including Portsdown Road (from 1939 called Randolph Avenue), parallel with Edgware Road and crossed by Elgin Road (from 1886 called Elgin Avenue).

Lord Randolph Churchill - who eventually had the road named after him - was MP for South Paddington in 1885.

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Mrs Siddons’ house at Westbourne Green c. 1800 TUM image id: 1557227342 Licence:	The Brownie - a bargain at 5/- Credit: Kodak TUM image id: 1647343031 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Mortimer Place, NW6 TUM image id: 1492961898 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Bourne Terrace - taken from Torquay Street. On the corner of Bourne Terrace is Saws Ltd at number 264 along with various blocks which no longer exist. Credit: Bernard Selwwyn TUM image id: 1483796732 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Junction of Cirencester Street, W2 Cirencester Street was curtailed when the post-war Warwick Estate was built TUM image id: 1620671975 Licence:
Lord Hills Road at the junction with Senior Street Credit: Historic England TUM image id: 1588433441 Licence:	Dada style Maida Vale block of flats Credit: GoArt/The Underground Map TUM image id: 1605698670 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Sutherland Avenue, W9 TUM image id: 1453139016 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Little Venice (1952) This is one of a large series of London views that Stephen Bone executed from the 1930s to the 1950s. Bone liked to paint water and its reflections, and often combined this with compositions showing people going about their daily business, a combination which is the subject of this picture. A barge, hung with its owner’s washing, travels along the canal. Two children play along the banks, and a man sits on the railings overhead, enjoying the view. Credit: Stephen Bone TUM image id: 1678891129 Licence:	Westbourne Terrace Road bridge - the northern end of Westbourne Terrace Road Through the bridge, and some 13 miles (but no locks) later, you will arrive at Bulls Bridge Junction on the Grand Union main line. Credit: IG/NeilClifton TUM image id: 1680174057 Licence:
Westway construction making its way along the Harrow Road (1960s) TUM image id: 1660664649 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Kilburn Wells TUM image id: 1481201889 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The picture painted to show the opening of the Grand Junction canal in 1801 clearly shows the embankment over the valley of the former river Westbourne TUM image id: 1483566096 Licence:	Kilburn Park Farm TUM image id: 1490745540 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Derived from a somewhat famous cover work by Iain Macmillan. Behind the art, the view is Abbey Road, NW8 looking north. The gates of the Abbey Road Studios are behind the white VW Beetle on the left. Credit: Iain Macmillan TUM image id: 1627049962 Licence:

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Lord Hills Road at the junction with Senior Street
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Dada style Maida Vale block of flats
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Sutherland Avenue, W9
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Little Venice (1952) This is one of a large series of London views that Stephen Bone executed from the 1930s to the 1950s. Bone liked to paint water and its reflections, and often combined this with compositions showing people going about their daily business, a combination which is the subject of this picture. A barge, hung with its owner’s washing, travels along the canal. Two children play along the banks, and a man sits on the railings overhead, enjoying the view.
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The picture painted to show the opening of the Grand Junction canal in 1801 clearly shows the embankment over the valley of the former river Westbourne
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Derived from a somewhat famous cover work by Iain Macmillan. Behind the art, the view is Abbey Road, NW8 looking north. The gates of the Abbey Road Studios are behind the white VW Beetle on the left.
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Edwardian view of Marlborough Road station This gives an idea of the general arrangement; the building was directly over the railway cutting. The thoroughfare Marlborough Road was renamed Marlborough Place in the 1930s but the station retained the old name until closure.
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Amberley Mews - "The Blue Lamp"
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A view along Clarendon Street, Paddington, houses now demolished, looking west with St Mary Magdalene’s Church to left (1964)
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Queens Arms, Kilburn
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