Category: North Kensington

Bevington Road, W10

Bevington Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10

Barlby Road, W10

Barlby Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10

St Charles Hospital

The St Marylebone workhouse infirmary was opened in 1881 on Rackham Street, North Kensington and received a congratulatory letter from Florence Nightingale.

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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Treverton Street, W10

Treverton Street, a street which survived post war redevelopment.

Getting It Straight in Notting Hill Gate

Getting It Straight in Notting Hill Gate from Tom Vague is a 2020s sequel to Notting Hill in Bygone Days by Florence Gladstone (1924). An historical and psychogeographical report on Notting Hill considered in its economic, political, sexual and intellectual aspects and a modest proposal for its remedy. Foreword The Folk Who Lived on the …

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Hewer Street, W10

Built as part of the St Charles’ estate in the 1870s, it originally between Exmoor Street to a former street called Raymede Street.

Adair Road, W10

Adair Road is a street on the Kensal Town/North Kensington borders.

Kensington and Chelsea

This is a placeholder for the upcoming conservation guides to the LBKC. The sources may be found here:Kensington and Chelsea AVONDALE CONSERVATION AREA Avondale Conservation Area is an attractive residential area which was primarily developed from around 1860 to 1895. The cluster of buildings comprises modest Victorian terrace houses, a church and school which are …

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Bramley Mews, W10

Bramley Mews become part of a redelevopment of the area north of Latimer Road station in the 1960s.