February 2021 archive

North Kensington: a built environment

As George III and Napoleon died, North Kensington was still entirely rural and Portobello Road a country path. In Faulkner’s contemporary description, the Kensington Gravel Pits village ‘enjoys an excellent air and beautiful prospects on the north.’ But within the next 40 years the area would be part of London. In 1821, an act of …

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Peabody Square, SE1

Peabody Square was a traditional Peabody estate constructed in 1871 but subsequently modernised.

Abingdon Road, W8

Abingdon Road stretches between Stratford Road and Kensington High Street.

Middle Row, W10

Middle Row is one of the original streets laid out as Kensal New Town.

Kemp’s Court, W1F

Kemp’s Court is situated in the heart of Berwick Street Market where a line of stalls stretch down both sides of the road.

Risley Avenue, N17

Risley Avenue is part of the Tower Gardens Estate.

The Piggeries – part 1

As the future queen Victoria was born at Kensington Palace in 1819, the next most influential names after Holland, Ladbroke and Talbot were attached to the area. Richard Ladbroke was succeeded as the landlord of Notting Hill by his nephews, Osbert Denton, Cary Hampton Weller and James Weller, who had to add Ladbroke to their …

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Crouch Hill

Crouch Hill is a railway station as well as a street in north London.

St Ann’s Villas, W11

St Ann’s Villas, a tree-lined if busy road, leads into Royal Crescent from St Ann’s Road.

Severus Road, SW11

Severus Road is almost opposite the main entrance to Clapham Junction station and runs down to Eckstein Road.