The Westbourne area (and parts of Kensington adjacent to here) was laid out and developed mostly around 1850-1855 following the earlier rapid urbanisation of Bayswater and Paddington to the south and east. Westbourne Grove itself still crossed open fields as late as 1840. More recent developments include 32 Newton Road, a modern detached house by …
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Westminster
Westminster Abbey The origins of the area that is now the political and religious heart of Britain can be traced back to the end of the tenth century, when there was a small monastery on Thorney Island, near the site of the current Abbey. The abbey church of St. Peter was built by Edward the …
Whitehall, SW1
Throughout the medieval period, the Palace of Whitehall grew as a complex of buildings housing the Royal Family. It was substantially extended by Henry VIII who also acquired St. James’s Park and other land for hunting, thus assuring the continuing close relationship of open space to Royal and government buildings. The eastern portion of the …
Streets of the City of Westminster
This forms part of the “Streets of” series of posts where we have gathered the information from the conservation areas of each London borough, in this case Westminster. https://www.westminster.gov.uk/conservation-areas Adelphi Bayswater Belgravia Birdcage Walk Covent Garden Fitzrovia Harley Street Haymarket Knightsbridge Leicester Square Lisson Grove Maida Vale Marylebone Mayfair Paddington Green Pimlico Queen’s Park Estate …
Survey of London: Battersea High Street area
Table of contents Survey of London: BatterseaBartlett School of Architecture/UCL Next This material appears courtesy of the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College Londonwww.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/sites/bartlett/files/50.01_battersea_high_street_area.pdfUsed with permission. © English Heritage 2013 The High Street area, encompassing the historic core of Battersea village, has a long and involved building history but little pre-Victorian fabric. The economic …
Survey of London: Battersea
Table of contents Survey of London: Battersea Bartlett School of Architecture/UCL Battersea High Street area This eBook appears courtesy of the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/sites/bartlett/files/50.01_battersea_high_street_area.pdf Used with permission. © English Heritage 2013 Chapter 1: Battersea High Street area Chapter 2: Battersea Bridge Road to York Road Battersea Riverside Chapter 3: …
A Topographical Dictionary of London: N
NAG’S HEAD COURT. – 1. is in Drury Lane. – 2. is in Golden Lane, Barbican, the second turning on the left hand, about twelve houses from Old Street. – 3. is also in Golden Lane, about two or three houses on the right hand from Barbican. – 4. is in Gracechurch Street, about a …
London Street Names (1896)
LONDON STREET NAMES. THEIR ORIGIN, SIGNIFICATION, AND HISTORIC VALUE; WITH DIVERS NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS F. H. HABBEN, B.A. J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1896 PRELIMINARY. ” The happiness of London,” said the oracular Dr Johnson, whom we still reverence as “the great lexicographer,” notwithstanding his inevitable supersession by the lapse of time — ” The happiness …
Queenstown Road, SW11
Image credit: Queenstown Road looking north towards Battersea Power Station, in 2012. (Historic England)
London Borough of Sutton
This guide to the conservation areas of the London Borough of Sutton is largely taken from the borough’s document with some sections augmented by street guides from the Wikipedia: Click to access Part%201.pdf Anne Boleyns Walk, SM3 The area has a typical inter-war suburban form and represents a cohesive example of the historic development …