Ashley Cottages, SW5

Ashley Cottages dated from the 1860s.

Residential development south of the Kensington Canal basin began shortly after the 1851 Great Exhibition when local resident Henry Benjamin Kent constructed two model cottages.

Ashley Cottages were constructed for Kent in the 1860s once the railway was installed along the old canal.

Demolished, they later were replaced by a large Tescos.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Former Philbeach Gardens Resident

Philbeach Gardens, SW5

Added: 14 Jul 2021 00:44 GMT

Philbeach Gardens Resident (Al Stewart)
Al Stewart, who had huts in the 70s with the sings ’Year of the Cat’ and ’On The Borders’, lived in Philbeach Gdns for a while and referenced Earl’s Court in a couple of his songs.
I lived in Philbeach Gardens from a child until my late teens. For a few years, on one evening in the midst of Summer, you could hear Al Stewart songs ringing out across Philbeach Gardens, particularly from his album ’Time Passages". I don’t think Al was living there at the time but perhaps he came back to see some pals. Or perhaps the broadcasters were just his fans,like me.
Either way, it was a wonderful treat to hear!

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LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Roy Mathieson Southwark Added: 27 Jun 2024 16:25 GMT	St Saviours My great grandmother was born in Bowling Green Lane in 1848. The family moved from there to Earl Terrace, Bermondsey in 1849. I have never been able to locate Earl Terrace on maps. Reply
Buckhurst Street, E1 Added: 26 Jun 2024 13:10 GMT	Buckhurst Street, E1 Mt grandfather, Thomas Walton Ward had a musical instrument workshop in Buckhurst Street from 1934 until the street was bombed during the war. Grandfather was a partner in the musical instrument firm of R.J. Ward and Sons of Liverpool. He died in 1945 and is buried in a common grave at Abney Park Cemetery. Reply
Mike Dowling Undercliff Road, SE13 Added: 15 Jun 2024 15:51 GMT	Family ties (1936 - 1963) The Dowling family lived at number 13 Undercliffe Road for Nearly 26 years. Next door was the Harris family Reply
Evie Helen Erith Added: 13 Jun 2024 00:03 GMT	Vickers Road The road ’Vickers Road’ is numbered rather differently to other roads in the area as it was originally built as housing for the "Vickers" arms factory in the late 1800’s and early 1900s. Most of the houses still retain the original 19th century tiling and drainage outside of the front doors. Reply
Paul Harris Ellen Place, E1 Added: 12 Jun 2024 12:54 GMT	Ellen Place, E1 My mother’s father and his family lived at 31 Ellen Place London E1 have a copy of the 1911 census showing this Reply
Wedlake Street, W10 Added: 10 Jun 2024 19:31 GMT	Toll gate Close Did anyone live at Toll Gate Close, which was built in the area where the baths had been? Reply
Charles Black Middle Row, W10 Added: 24 May 2024 12:54 GMT	Middle Row, W10 Middle Row was notable for its bus garage, home of the number 7. Reply
Farm Place, W8 Added: 2 May 2024 16:14 GMT	Farm Place, W8 The previous name of Farm Place was Ernest St (no A) Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Coleherne House Coleherne House once stood on the corner of Brompton Lane (later Brompton Road) and Walnut Tree Lane (now Redcliffe Gardens).

Coleherne House

Cromwell Curve The Cromwell Curve was a short section of railway line between Gloucester Road and High Street Kensington stations.

Cromwell Curve

Earl’s Court Earls Court is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Earl’s Court

Earl’s Court Farm Earl’s Court Farm is pictured here as it was in 1867, before the opening of the underground station two years later.

Earl’s Court Farm

Goodwins Field Goodwins Field - a field with a story.

Goodwins Field

New Local Government Network Nokes Estate was an agricultural estate in the Earl’s Court area, formerly known as Wattsfield.

New Local Government Network

The Great Wheel Hungarian impresario Imre Kiralfy arranged for the installation of a giant Ferris wheel, inspired by one at the 1893 Chicago Exhibition.

The Great Wheel

NEARBY STREETS

Ambassador’s Court, SW5 Ambassador’s Court is a block on the corner of Courtfield Gardens and Collingham Road (Earl’s Court)

Ambassador’s Court, SW5

Ashburn Gardens, SW7 Ashburn Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Gloucester Road)

Ashburn Gardens, SW7

Ashburn House, SW5 Ashburn House is a block on Collingham Road (Gloucester Road)

Ashburn House, SW5

Ashley Cottages, SW5 Ashley Cottages dated from the 1860s

Ashley Cottages, SW5

Astwood Mews, SW7 Astwood Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Earl’s Court)

Astwood Mews, SW7

Barkston Gardens, SW5 Barkston Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)

Barkston Gardens, SW5

Bolton Gardens Mews, SW10 Bolton Gardens Mews is a road in the SW10 postcode area (Chelsea)

Bolton Gardens Mews, SW10

Bolton Gardens, SW5 Bolton Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)

Bolton Gardens, SW5

Boltons Court, SW5 Boltons Court is a block on Old Brompton Road (Earl’s Court)

Boltons Court, SW5

Boltons Place, SW5 Boltons Place is a road in the SW5 postcode area (Brompton)

Boltons Place, SW5

Bramham Gardens, SW5 Bramham Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)

Bramham Gardens, SW5

BurtonWhite House, SW5 BurtonWhite House can be found on West Cromwell Road (Earl’s Court)

BurtonWhite House, SW5

Chatsworth Court, W8 Chatsworth Court is a block on Pembroke Road (Kensington)

Chatsworth Court, W8

Childs Place, SW5 Childs Place is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)

Childs Place, SW5

Cluney Mews, SW5 Cluny Mews, Philbeach Gardens and Warwick Road was the work of a family of builders - the Mineard family who worked on this area between 1876 and 1891

Cluney Mews, SW5

Colbeck Mews, SW7 Colbeck Mews is a road in the SW7 postcode area (Gloucester Road)

Colbeck Mews, SW7

Coleherne Road, SW10 Coleherne Road is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

Coleherne Road, SW10

Collingham Gardens, SW5 Collingham Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)

Collingham Gardens, SW5

Collingham Place, SW5 Collingham Place is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)

Collingham Place, SW5

Collingham Road, SW5 Collingham Road is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)

Collingham Road, SW5

Corelli Court, SW5 Corelli Court is a block on West Cromwell Road

Corelli Court, SW5

Courtfield Gardens, SW5 Courtfield Gardens is named after the field beneath it, cultivated until the 19th century (Earl’s Court)

Courtfield Gardens, SW5

Cromwell Crescent, SW5 Cromwell Crescent is a road in the SW5 postcode area (Earl’s Court)

Cromwell Crescent, SW5

Cromwell Road, SW5 The road was named after one of Cromwell’s sons who lived here (Earl’s Court)

Cromwell Road, SW5

Eardley Crescent, SW5 Eardley Crescent is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (West Brompton)

Eardley Crescent, SW5

Earls Court Gardens, SW5 Earls Court Gardens runs from Earl’s Court station to Knaresborough Place (Earl’s Court)

Earls Court Gardens, SW5

Earls Court Road, SW5 Earls Court Road is the high street of the Earl’s Court area (Earl’s Court)

Earls Court Road, SW5

Earls Court Square, SW5 Earls Court Square is a residential square (Earl’s Court)

Earls Court Square, SW5

Emperor’s Gate, SW7 This is a street in the SW7 postcode area (Kensington)

Emperor’s Gate, SW7

Emperors Gate, SW7 Emperors Gate is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Kensington)

Emperors Gate, SW7

Euro House, SW5 Euro House is a block on Warwick Road

Euro House, SW5

Farnell Mews, SW5 Farnell Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)

Farnell Mews, SW5

Fenelon Road, SW5 Fenelon Road - at first Alma Road - was created in the 1850s but disappeared during the 1960s

Fenelon Road, SW5

Gledhow Gardens, SW5 Gledhow Gardens is a road in the SW5 postcode area (Brompton)

Gledhow Gardens, SW5

Grenville Place, SW7 Grenville Place connects Cornwall Gardens and Launceston Place in the north with Cromwell Road in the south (Kensington)

Grenville Place, SW7

Hesper Mews, SW5 Hesper Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)

Hesper Mews, SW5

Hogarth Place, SW5 Hogarth Place is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)

Hogarth Place, SW5

Hogarth Road, SW5 Hogarth Road had been developed as South Row (Earl’s Court)

Hogarth Road, SW5

Inkerman House, SW5 Inkerman House is a block on Nevern Road

Inkerman House, SW5

Kempsford Gardens, SW5 Kempsford Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (West Brompton)

Kempsford Gardens, SW5

Kenway Road, SW5 Kenway Road was originally called North Row (Earl’s Court)

Kenway Road, SW5

Knaresborough House, SW5 Knaresborough House is located on Knaresborough Place (Earl’s Court)

Knaresborough House, SW5

Knaresborough Place, SW5 Knaresborough Place is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)

Knaresborough Place, SW5

Kramer Mews, SW5 Kramer Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Chelsea)

Kramer Mews, SW5

Langham Mansions, SW5 Langham Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)

Langham Mansions, SW5

Laverton Place, SW5 Laverton Place is a road in the SW5 postcode area (Earl’s Court)

Laverton Place, SW5

Lexham Gardens, W8 Lexham Gardens is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Lexham Gardens, W8

Lexham House, W8 Lexham House is a block on Lexham Gardens (Kensington)

Lexham House, W8

Logan Place, W8 Logan Place is a road in the W8 postcode area (Earl’s Court)

Logan Place, W8

Longridge Road, SW5 Longridge Road is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area

Longridge Road, SW5

Marlborough Court, W8 Marlborough Court is a block on Logan Place (Earl’s Court)

Marlborough Court, W8

Matthias House, SW5 Matthias House is a building on Philbeach Gardens

Matthias House, SW5

McLeod’s Mews, SW7 McLeod’s Mews is a road in the SW7 postcode area (Kensington)

McLeod’s Mews, SW7

Melbourne House, SW5 Melbourne House is a block on Collingham Road (Earl’s Court)

Melbourne House, SW5

Nevern Place, SW5 Nevern Place is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area

Nevern Place, SW5

Nevern Road, SW5 Nevern Road was laid out after 1873

Nevern Road, SW5

Nevern Square, SW5 Nevern Square is a charming garden square situated in the Earl’s Court area

Nevern Square, SW5

Old Brompton Road, SW5 Old Brompton Road is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Chelsea)

Old Brompton Road, SW5

Old Manor Yard, SW5 Old Manor Yard runs beside Earl’s Court station (Earl’s Court)

Old Manor Yard, SW5

Pembroke Gardens, W8 Pembroke Gardens is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)

Pembroke Gardens, W8

Pembroke Road, SW5 Pembroke Road is a street in Kensington (Earl’s Court)

Pembroke Road, SW5

Pembroke Villas, W8 Pembroke Villas is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)

Pembroke Villas, W8

Pembroke Walk, W8 Pembroke Walk is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)

Pembroke Walk, W8

Pennant Mews, SW5 Pennant Mews is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Pennant Mews, SW5

Penywern Road, SW5 Penywern Road is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area

Penywern Road, SW5

Philbeach Gardens, SW5 Philbeach Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area

Philbeach Gardens, SW5

PO Box 4, SW5 Earl’s Court Square is located on Earl’s Court Squar (Earl’s Court)

PO Box 4, SW5

Redcliffe Close, SW5 Redcliffe Close is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)

Redcliffe Close, SW5

Redfield Lane, SW5 Redfield Lane is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)

Redfield Lane, SW5

Rupert House, SW5 Rupert House is a building on Nevern Square

Rupert House, SW5

Sherborne Court, SW5 Sherborne Court is a block on the corner of Cromwell Road and Marloes Road (Earl’s Court)

Sherborne Court, SW5

Sibyl Thorndike Casson House, SW5 Sibyl Thorndike Casson House is a block on Kramer Mews (West Brompton)

Sibyl Thorndike Casson House, SW5

South Bolton Gardens, SW5 South Bolton Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Brompton)

South Bolton Gardens, SW5

Spear Mews, SW5 Spear Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area

Spear Mews, SW5

Templeton Place, SW5 Templeton Place is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area

Templeton Place, SW5

The Little Boltons, SW10 The Little Boltons - originally called "The Grove" - connects Old Brompton Road with Tregunter Road (Chelsea)

The Little Boltons, SW10

The Mansions, SW5 The Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)

The Mansions, SW5

Trebouir Road, SW5 Trebouir Road is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area

Trebouir Road, SW5

Trebovir Road, SW5 Trebovir Road was begun in 1876

Trebovir Road, SW5

Wallgrave Road, SW5 Wallgrave Road was built from 1860 on land owned by Charles Wallgrave. (Earl’s Court)

Wallgrave Road, SW5

Warwick Road, SW5 Warwick Road is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area

Warwick Road, SW5

Weir Road, SW5 Weir Road is a road in the SW17 postcode area (Earl’s Court)

Weir Road, SW5

West Cromwell Road, SW5 West Cromwell Road is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area

West Cromwell Road, SW5

Wetherby Gardens, SW5 Wetherby Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Brompton)

Wetherby Gardens, SW5

Wetherby Mansions, SW5 Wetherby Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Chelsea)

Wetherby Mansions, SW5

Wetherby Mews, SW5 Wetherby Mews is a road in the SW5 postcode area (Earl’s Court)

Wetherby Mews, SW5

Wharfedale Street, SW10 This is a street in the SW10 postcode area (Chelsea)

Wharfedale Street, SW10

Yale House, SW5 Yale House is a block on Old Brompton Road (Chelsea)

NEARBY PUBS

The Earls Court Tavern

The Prince of Teck

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