Kensal House was designed in 1936 to show off the power of gas and originally had no electricity at all.
Category: W10
Bruce Close, W10
Bruce Close replaced the earlier Rackham Street in this part of W10.
Kilravock Street, W10
Kilravock Street is a street on the Queen’s Park Estate, London W10
Kilburn Lane, W10
Kilburn Lane runs around the edge of the Queen’s Park Estate in London W10.
Conlan Street, W10
Conlan Street is one of the newer roads of Kensal Town.
Blechynden Street, W10
Blechynden Street is now a tiny street in the vicinity of Latimer Road station, W10
Huxley Street, W10
Huxley Street is the only street beginning with an H on the Queen’s Park Estate.
Oliphant Street, W10
Oliphant Street was the final alphabetical street on the original Queen’s Park Estate naming scheme.
Baths and Clubs
In the wake of further sanitation campaigns, the Kensington Baths and Washhouse was finally established at the junction of Silchester Road and Lancaster Road in 1888. By then the Latimer Road Board School was catering for over 1,000 pupils, after the original Ragged School opened in the 1860s for 100. Notting Dale also hosted the …
The Hill of Dreams and Far Off Things
Contents Getting it Straight in Notting Hill Gate The Hill of Dreams Arthur Machen, who lived on Clarendon Road in the 1880s, wrote the horror fantasy novels ‘The Great God Pan’, ‘The Hill of Dreams’ and ‘The Three Imposters’. He became best known during World War I when his short story ‘The Bowmen’ gave rise …