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Underground station · * · ·
October
16
2015
Holland Park is a district, an underground station (and indeed a park) in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Holland Park has a reputation as an affluent and fashionable area, known for attractive large Victorian townhouses, and high-class shopping and restaurants.

The district was rural until the 19th century. Most of it was formerly the grounds of a Jacobean mansion called Holland House. In the later decades of that century the owners of the house sold off the more outlying parts of its grounds for residential development, and the district which evolved took its name from the house. It also included some small areas around the fringes which had never been part of the grounds of Holland House, notably the Phillimore Estate and the Campden Hill Square area. In the late 19th century a number of notable artists (including Frederic Leighton, P.R.A. and Val Prinsep) and art collectors lived in the area. The group were collectively known as ’The Holland Park Circle’. Holland Park was in most part very comfortably upper middle class when originally developed and in recent decades has gone further upmarket.

Of the 19th-century residential developments of the area, one of the most architecturally interesting is The Royal Crescent designed in 1839. Clearly inspired by its older namesake in Bath, it differs from the Bath crescent in that it is not a true crescent at all but two quadrant terraces each terminated by a circular bow in the Regency style which rises as a tower, a feature which would not have been found in the earlier classically inspired architecture of the 18th century which the design of the crescent seeks to emulate. The design of the Royal Crescent by the planner Robert Cantwell in two halves was dictated by the location of the newly fashionable underground sewers rather than any consideration for architectural aesthetics.

Holland Park is now one of the most expensive residential districts in London.

Holland Park station, on the Central London Railway, opened on 30 July 1900. The station building was refurbished in the 1990s.


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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY


Ken Herlingshaw   
Added: 17 Jun 2023 18:34 GMT   

St John the Evangelist - Spire
The top of the church spire fell off during WW2 (presumably during a bombing raid ?) and for many years after that the spire had a flat top.
I don’t know when it was restored.
Definitely not in the early fifties when I went to Sunday School there.

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LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

Telephone House
Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000

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Paul Cox   
Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT   

War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street
Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there.

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Diana   
Added: 28 Feb 2024 13:52 GMT   

New Inn Yard, E1
My great grandparents x 6 lived in New Inn Yard. On this date, their son was baptised in nearby St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch

Source: BDM London, Cripplegate and Shoreditch registers written by church clerk.

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Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

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Gillian   
Added: 17 Feb 2024 00:08 GMT   

No 36 Upper East Smithfield
My great great grandfather was born at No 36 Upper East Smithfield and spent his early years staring out at a "dead wall" of St Katharine’s Docks. His father was an outfitter and sold clothing for sailors. He describes the place as being backed by tenements in terrible condition and most of the people living there were Irish.

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 16 Feb 2024 20:32 GMT   

Name origin
Interestingly South Lambeth derives its name from the same source as Lambeth itself - a landing place for lambs.

But South Lambeth has no landing place - it is not on the River Thames

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C Hobbs   
Added: 31 Jan 2024 23:53 GMT   

George Gut (1853 - 1861)
George Gut, Master Baker lived with his family in Long Lane.
George was born in Bernbach, Hesse, Germany and came to the UK sometime in the 1840s. In 1849, George married an Englishwoman called Matilda Baker and became a nauralized Englishman. He was given the Freedom of the City of London (by Redemption in the Company of Bakers), in 1853 and was at that time, recorded as living at 3 Long Lane. In the 1861 census, George Gut was living at 11 Long Lane.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Aubrey House Aubrey House is a large 18th-century detached house with two acres of gardens in the Campden Hill area of Holland Park.
Coach and Horses The Coach & Horses was situated at 108 Notting Hill Gate.
Earl of Zetland The Earl of Zetland - a pub in the Potteries
Horbury Chapel (Kensington Temple) In September 1849, the Horbury Chapel, Notting Hill was officially opened.
Mercury Theatre The Mercury Theatre was situated at 2a Ladbroke Road, next to the Kensington Temple.
St John’s Notting Hill St John’s Notting Hill is a Victorian Anglican church built in 1845 in Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill.
St John’s Hill St John’s Hill is the highest point in the area.
The Crown The Crown was situated at 57 Princedale Road.

NEARBY STREETS
Abbotsbury Close, W14 Abbotsbury Close is a road in the W14 postcode area (Holland Park)
Abbotsbury Road, W14 Abbotsbury Road runs between Melbury Road and the road known as Holland Park. (Holland Park)
Addison Avenue, W11 Addison Avenue runs north from Holland Park Avenue and was originally called Addison Road North (Holland Park)
Addison Crescent, W14 Addison Crescent consists of north and south sections. (Holland Park)
Addison Gardens, W14 Addison Gardens stands on part of the Holland estate
Addison Place, W11 In the nineteenth century, Addison Place was known by two names - Crescent Mews East and Phoenix Place (Holland Park)
Addison Road, W14 Addison Road stretches from Holland Park Avenue to Kensington High Street. (Holland Park)
Airlie Gardens, W8 Airlie Gardens is named after the 5th Earl of Airlie (1826-1881), who lived on nearby Campden Hill at Holly Lodge (Kensington)
Anley Road, W14 Anley Road is a street in West Kensington
Applegarth Road, W14 Applegarth Road is a road in the W14 postcode area
Aubrey Road, W8 Aubrey Road leads into Aubrey Walk, which runs west of Campden Hill Road at the top of Campden Hill. It was named in the 1840s (Kensington)
Aubrey Walk, W8 Aubrey Walk runs west of Campden Hill Road at the top of Campden Hill (Kensington)
Augustine Road, W14 Augustine Road is a road in the W14 postcode area
Auriol Road, W14 Auriol Road is a street in West Kensington
Avonmore Road, W14 Avonmore Road, built in the 1880s, has been dubbed "Kensington Village"
Aynhoe Road, W14 Aynhoe Road is a street in West Kensington
Beckford Close, W14 Beckford Close is a road in the W14 postcode area
Berghem Mews, W14 Berghem Mews is a street in West Kensington
Blythe Mews, W14 Blythe Mews is a street in West Kensington
Blythe Road, W14 Blythe Road is a street in West Kensington
Bolingbroke Road, W14 Bolingbroke Road is a road in the W14 postcode area
Boswell Court, W14 Boswell Court is a block on Blythe Road
Boxmoor Street, W11 Boxmoor Street was also known as Henry Place and Beaumont Street during its brief life (Holland Park)
Boyne Terrace Mews, W11 Boyne Terrace Mews is a mews in Notting Hill, London W11 (Holland Park)
Brangwyn Court, W14 Brangwyn Court is a block on Gratton Road
Bronte Court, W14 Bronte Court is a block on Girdlers Road
Bulmer Mews, W11 Bulmer Mews is a tiny mews behind Notting Hill Gate (Notting Hill Gate)
Caithness Road, W14 Caithness Road is a street in West Kensington
Calcott Court, W14 Calcott Court is a block on Blythe Road
Callcott Street, W8 Callcott Street is a small street between Uxbridge Street and Hillgate Place (Notting Hill Gate)
Campden Hill Gardens, W8 Campden Hill Gardens runs northwards from Aubrey Walk (Kensington)
Campden Hill Place, W11 Campden Hill Place is a road in the W11 postcode area (Notting Hill Gate)
Campden Hill Road, W8 Campden Hill Road runs between Notting Hill Gate and Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Campden Hill Square, W8 Campden Hill Square is a residential square consisting of large family houses. (Kensington)
Campden Hill Towers, W11 Campden Hill Towers is a block (Notting Hill Gate)
Campden Hill, W8 Campden Hill is a hill and street in Kensington (Kensington)
Carlton Mansions, W14 Carlton Mansions is a street in West Kensington (Holland Park)
Ceylon Road, W14 Ceylon Road is a street in West Kensington
Clarendon Cross, W11 Clarendon Cross is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)
Clitherow House, W14 Clitherow House is a block on Blythe Mews
Coleridge Court, W14 Coleridge Court is a block on Blythe Road
Debenham House, W14 Debenham House is a block on Addison Road (Holland Park)
Dewhurst Road, W14 Dewhurst Road leads east from Shepherds Bush Road
Dunsany Road, W14 Dunsany Road is a road in the W14 postcode area
Elgar Court, W14 Elgar Court is a block on Ceylon Road
Elsham Road, W14 Elsham Road is a street in West Kensington (Holland Park)
Farley Court, W14 Farley Court is located on Melbury Road (Holland Park)
Farm Place, W8 Farm Place was formerly called Earnest Street (Kensington)
Faroe Road, W14 Faroe Road is a street in West Kensington
Fenelon Place, W14 Fenelon Place lies west of Warwick Road
Fitz-George Avenue, W14 Fitz-George Avenue is a road in the W14 postcode area
Fitzjames Avenue, W14 Fitzjames Avenue is a street in West Kensington
Frederick Dobson House, W11 Frederick Dobson House is a block on Cowling Close (Notting Hill)
Gate Hill Court, W11 Gate Hill Court is a block on Notting Hill Gate (Notting Hill Gate)
Girdlers Road, W14 Girdlers Road is a road in the W14 postcode area
Gorleston Street, W14 Gorleston Street is a street in West Kensington
Gratton Road, W14 Gratton Road is a road in the W14 postcode area
Hammersmith Road, W14 Hammersmith Road is a street in West Kensington
Hansard Mews, W14 Hansard Mews is a street in West Kensington (Holland Park)
Hillgate House, W8 Hillgate House is a block on Hillgate Street (Notting Hill Gate)
Hillgate Place, W8 Hillgate Place was formerly Dartmoor Street (Kensington)
Hillgate Street, W8 Hillgate Street was formerly Johnson Street (Notting Hill Gate)
Hillsleigh Road, W8 Hillsleigh Road is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Hippodrome Mews, W11 Hippodrome Mews is a turning off Portland Road, commemorating a lost racecourse (Notting Dale)
Hippodrome Place, W11 Hippodrome Place was named after a lost racecourse of London (Notting Dale)
Hofland Road, W14 Hofland Road is a street in West Kensington
Holland Gardens, W14 Holland Gardens is a road in the W14 postcode area (Holland Park)
Holland House, W8 Residential block (Holland Park)
Holland Park Avenue, W11 Holland Park Avenue is one of London’s most ancient thoroughfares (Holland Park)
Holland Park Gardens, W14 Holland Park Gardens is a street in West Kensington (Holland Park)
Holland Park Mews, W11 Holland Park Mews runs between the two branches of the road known as Holland Park. (Holland Park)
Holland Park Road, W14 Holland Park Road runs between Addison Road and Melbury Road. (Holland Park)
Holland Park Terrace, W11 Holland Park Terrace is a street in Notting Hill (Holland Park)
Holland Park, W11 The roads known as Holland Park consist of three main branches. (Holland Park)
Holland Park, W11 Holland Park is a road in the W14 postcode area (Holland Park)
Holland Park, W8 Holland Park is a street in Notting Hill (Holland Park)
Holland Road, W11 Holland Road is a street in Notting Hill (Holland Park)
Holland Road, W14 Holland Road is a street in West Kensington (Holland Park)
Holland Road, W14 Holland Road is a road in the E13 postcode area (Holland Park)
Holland Villas Road, W14 Holland Villas Road is a wide tree-lined avenue which runs between Upper Addison Gardens and the junction of Addison Crescent and Holland Road (Holland Park)
Holland Walk, W8 Holland Walk is a street in Notting Hill (Kensington)
Holland Walk, W8 Holland Walk is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Horbury Crescent, W11 Horbury Crescent is a short half-moon shaped street between Ladbroke Road and Kensington Park Road (Notting Hill)
Horbury Mews, W11 Horbury Mews is a T-shaped mews in Notting Hill (Notting Hill Gate)
Ilchester Place, W14 Ilchester Place runs between Abbotsbury Road and Melbury Road, immediately adjacent to the southern boundary of Holland Park itself. (Holland Park)
Irving Road, W14 This is a street in the W14 postcode area
Kenley Street, W11 Kenley Street, W11 was originally William Street before it disappeared (Notting Hill)
Kenley Walk, W11 Kenley Walk is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Knowle House, W14 Knowle House is a block on Russell Road (Holland Park)
Ladbroke Mews, W11 Ladbroke Mews runs off Ladbroke Road (Holland Park)
Ladbroke Road, W11 Ladbroke Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Ladbroke Square, W11 The huge Ladbroke Square communal garden is part communal garden accessed from the backs of the houses lining it and part traditional London Square with roads between the houses and the square. (Notting Hill)
Ladbroke Terrace, W11 Ladbroke Terrace was one of the first streets to be created on the Ladbroke estate (Notting Hill)
Ladbroke Walk, W11 Ladbroke Walk, W11 is part of the Ladbroke Conversation Area (Notting Hill)
Lakeside Road, W14 Lakeside Road was built on the site of artificial lakes formed by local brickworks
Lansdowne Mews, W11 Lansdowne Mews is a cul-de-sac in Notting Hill (Holland Park)
Lansdowne Rise, W11 Lansdowne Rise, W11 was originally called Montpelier Road (Notting Hill)
Lansdowne Road, W11 Lansdowne Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Lansdowne Walk, W11 Lansdowne Walk was named after the Lansdowne area of Cheltenham (Notting Hill)
Lincoln House, W14 Lincoln House is a block on Hammersmith Road
Lisgar Terrace, W14 Lisgar Terrace is a road in the W14 postcode area
Lorne Gardens, W11 Lorne Gardens is a street in Notting Hill (Holland Park)
Lower Addison Gardens, W14 Lower Addison Gardens runs between Holland Road and Holland Villas Road. (Holland Park)
Ludwell House, W14 Ludwell House is a building on Russell Road (Holland Park)
Masbro Road, W14 Masbro Road is a street in West Kensington
Matheson Road, W14 Matheson Road is a street in West Kensington
Melbury Road, W14 Melbury Road is a grand, sweeping avenue, laid out from 1875 onwards (Holland Park)
Milson Road, W14 Milson Road is a street in West Kensington
Mornington Avenue, W14 Mornington Avenue is a road in the W14 postcode area
Munden Street, W14 Munden Street is a street in West Kensington
Napier Road, W14 Napier Road is a street in West Kensington (Holland Park)
Netherwood Place, W14 Netherwood Place is a street in West Kensington
Netherwood Road, W14 Netherwood Road is a street in West Kensington
Norland Place, W11 Norland Place began its life as Norland Stables (Holland Park)
Norland Square, W11 Norland Square is a street in Notting Hill (Holland Park)
Notting Hill Gate, W8 Notting Hill Gate is a main shopping and retail street (Notting Hill Gate)
Oakwood Court, W14 Oakwood Court runs between Abbotsbury Road and Addison Road. (Holland Park)
Oxford Gate, W14 Oxford Gate is a road in the W14 postcode area
Park Close, W14 Park Close is a road in the W14 postcode area (Holland Park)
Peel Street, W8 Peel Street is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Pembridge Road, W2 Pembridge Road is the former southern end of Portobello Lane. (Notting Hill)
Penzance Place, W11 Penzance Place is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Portland Road, W11 Portland Road is a street in Notting Hill, rich at one end and poor at the other (Notting Hill)
Pottery Lane, W11 Pottery Lane takes its name from the brickfields which were situated at the northern end of the street (Notting Hill)
Prince’s Yard, W11 This is a small cul-de-sac off of Princes Road (Holland Park)
Princedale Road, W11 Princedale Road was formerly Princes Road (Notting Hill)
Princes Place, W11 Princes Place is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Queensdale Road, W11 Queensdale Road is a long road stretching from west to east, containing terraces of Victorian houses (Holland Park)
Queensdale Walk, W11 Queensdale Walk is a small cul-de-sac with 2-storey cottages running south off Queensdale Road (Holland Park)
Rayburne Court, W14 Rayburne Court is a building on Milson Road
Redan Street, W14 Redan Street is a street in West Kensington
Redlynch Court, W14 Redlynch Court is a block on the corner of Addison Crescent and Addison Road (Holland Park)
Richmond Way, W14 Richmond Way lies south of Shepherd’s Bush Green
Romilly House, W11 Romilly House is located on Wilsham Street (Notting Hill)
Royal Crescent Mews, W11 Royal Crescent Mews is a street in Notting Hill (Holland Park)
Royal Crescent, W11 The Royal Crescent is a Grade II* listed street in Holland Park (Holland Park)
Russell Gardens Mews, W14 Russell Gardens Mews is a street in West Kensington (Holland Park)
Russell Gardens, W14 Russell Gardens is a street in West Kensington (Holland Park)
Samuel Richardson House, W14 Samuel Richardson House is located on North End Crescent
Sheldrake Place, W8 Sheldrake Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Sinclair Gardens, W14 Sinclair Gardens is a street in West Kensington
Sinclair Road, W14 Sinclair Road is a street in West Kensington
Somerset Square, W14 Somerset Square is a street in West Kensington (Holland Park)
Souldern Road, W14 Souldern Road is a street in West Kensington
Southcombe Street, W14 Southcombe Street is a street in West Kensington
Springvale Terrace, W14 Springvale Terrace is a street in West Kensington
St John’s Gardens, W11 St John’s Gardens runs around St John’s church (Notting Hill)
St Mary Abbots Terrace, W14 St Mary Abbots Terrace is a street in West Kensington (Holland Park)
St Mary’s Court, W14 St Mary’s Court is sited on Blythe Road
Stable Yard Ilchester Place, W14 Stable Yard Ilchester Place is a street in Kensington (Holland Park)
Stanwick Road, W14 Stanwick Road is a street in West Kensington
Sterndale Road, W14 Sterndale Road is a street in West Kensington
Stonor Road, W14 Stonor Road is a street in West Kensington
Strangways Terrace, W14 Strangways Terrace is a road in the W14 postcode area (Holland Park)
Tarrantt House, W14 Tarrantt House is a block on Russell Road (Holland Park)
Thackerey Court, W14 Thackerey Court is a block in the Holland Park area
Thackery Court, W14 Thackery Court is a block on Blythe Road
The Little House, W11 The Little House is a block on Holland Park (Holland Park)
The Old Courthouse, W14 The Old Courthouse is a block on North End Road
The Old Magistrates Court, W14 The Old Magistrates Court is located on Southcombe Street
The School House, W6 The School House is a block on Brook Green
Thornwood Gardens, W8 Thornwood Gardens is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
Todber House, W14 Todber House is a building on Russell Road (Holland Park)
United House, W11 United House is a block on Pembridge Road (Notting Hill Gate)
Upper Addison Gardens, W14 Upper Addison Gardens runs between Holland Road and Holland Villas Road (Holland Park)
Uxbridge Street, W8 Uxbridge Street is a street in Kensington (Notting Hill Gate)
Vernon Street, W14 Vernon Street is a road in the W14 postcode area
Victoria Gardens, W11 Victoria Gardens is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill Gate)
Victoria Mews, W11 Victoria Mews is a location in London (Notting Hill Gate)
Walpole Court, W14 Walpole Court can be found on Blythe Road
Westwick Gardens, W14 Westwick Gardens is a street in West Kensington
Wilby Mews, W11 Wilby Mews was maybe named after Benjamin Wilby who was involved in several 19th century development schemes (Notting Hill)
Windsor Way, W14 Windsor Way is a street in West Kensington
Woodsford Square, W14 Woodsford Square is a 1970s development consisting of a series of interconnecting squares hidden away on the eastern side of Addison Road (Holland Park)
Wycombe Square, W8 Wycombe Square is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)

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