Carlton Vale runs from the Edgware Road to Kilburn Lane.
In 1850 the Reverend Edward Stuart sold 47 acres to a consortium of five developers, of whom the largest was James Bailey. They laid out roads and sewers and divided the site among themselves, subletting to smaller firms who built a few houses each.
Carlton Vale was originally called Carlton Road and was laid out over the former fields of Kilburn Bridge Farm.
Several of the contractors aimed high with their early efforts but the isolated, muddy location - the vale was the flood plain of the River Westbourne - failed to attract buyers and the estate remained incomplete for several decades.
A new type of building, in red or multi-coloured brick, was used from the 1860s. It was soon to spread over the remaining unbuilt-upon land.
Carlton Vale was extensively rebuilt after World War Two bombing.
