The Western Arms was a pub situated on the corner of Ladbroke Grove and Kensal Road.
Category: Kensal Town
Cobden Club
The Cobden Working Men’s Club and Institute was sitauated at 170-172 Kensal Road. Lord William Cobden, the Fabian philanthropist, established the club in 1882 It remained a social centre for the neighbourhood for more than 100 years. Amongst its cultural contributions was its hosting of Christmas kids’ parties – a big feature of many of …
Wedlake Street Baths
Warm bath and wash houses, available for public use in Britain, were first established in Liverpool in 1842. The popularity of wash-houses had been spurred by the newspaper interest in Kitty Wilkinson, an Irish immigrant who became known as the Saint of the Slums. In 1832, during a cholera epidemic, Wilkinson took the initiative to …
East Row, W10
East Row is a road with a long history within Kensal Town.