Here’s a scan of the the seminal 1920s book about W10 and W11 history (now out of print): Florence Gladstone’s “Notting Hill in Bygone Days”. Each chapter is available here by following the links.
P.S. Passing thanks to the big scanner at the Kensington main library which Dave Walker who does The Library Time Machine blog showed me how to use. All this history stuff is amazingly circular…
- Chapter 1 Notting Hill in Bygone Days: Chenesitun and Knotting Barns
- Chapter 2 Notting Hill in Bygone Days: Kensington Gravel Pits and Northlands
- Chapter 3 Notting Hill in Bygone Days: In the Eighteenth Century
- Chapter 4 Notting Hill in Bygone Days: During the Eighteen Thirties
- Chapter 5 Notting Hill in Bygone Days: The Peaceful Hamlet of Notting Hill
- Chapter 6 Notting Hill in Bygone Days: Kensington Park
- Chapter 7 Notting Hill in Bygone Days: Notting Dale
- Chapter 8 Notting Hill in Bygone Days: The Bayswater End and Portobello Road
- Chapter 9 Notting Hill in Bygone Days: Potobello Road and Kensal New Town
- Chapter 10 Notting Hill in Bygone Days: St. Charles’s Ward
In 2021, local historian Tom Vague has published a twenty first century follow-up to Florence Gladstone’s work: Getting It Straight In Notting Hill Gate.