Latimer Road

Underground station, existing between 1868 and now.

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Underground station · * · ·
MARCH
28
2015
A station not named after the road it stands on

Latimer Road station opened on 16 December 1868 at a junction formed between two existing railway lines – the Hammersmith & City Railway and the West London Railway.

Unusually, Latimer Road and the station that bears its name are not geographically close, being approximately 500 metres apart and on opposite sides of the Westway Flyover (A40 road) – the road being to the north and the station to the south. Prior to the construction of the Westway and the elevated roundabout that joins it to the West Cross Route (A3220), Latimer Road ran further south and closer to the station. The construction of the elevated road required the demolition of the central section of Latimer Road and the truncated and isolated southern end of the road was renamed as part of Freston Road. Despite the renaming of the southern part of the road, the station retained its original name. The area around the station is usually known as 'Notting Dale'.

In July 2010 the station began to be refurbished. When the wall for the westbound platform was removed, contractors discovered an old bricked-up entrance to the station public house, currently known as The Garden. They also found underneath the platform a very old and possibly Mahogany staircase leading up to the pub entrance. Apart from all the years of dust and grime they also found, amongst other things, a bath, old gun parts and even a vat of acid.


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Roy Batham   
Added: 7 Jan 2022 05:50 GMT   

Batham Family (1851 - 1921)
I start with William Batham 1786-1852 born in St.Martins Middlesex. From various sources I have found snippets of information concerning his early life. A soldier in 1814 he married Mary Champelovier of Huguenot descent By 1819 they were in Kensington where they raised 10 children. Apart from soldier his other occupations include whitesmith, bell hanger and pig breeder. I find my first record in the 1851 English sensus. No street address is given, just ’The Potteries’. He died 1853. Only one child at home then George Batham 1839-1923, my great grandfather. By 1861 he is living in Thomas St. Kensington with his mother. A bricklayer by trade 1871, married and still in Thomas St. 1881 finds him in 5,Martin St. Kensington. 1891 10,Manchester St. 1911, 44 Hunt St Hammersmith. Lastly 1921 Census 7, Mersey St. which has since been demolished.

Source: Batham/Wiseman - Family Tree

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Susan Wright   
Added: 16 Sep 2017 22:42 GMT   

Ada Crowe, 9 Bramley Mews
My Great Grandmother Ada Crowe was born in 9 Bramley Mews in 1876.

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Joan Clarke   
Added: 2 Feb 2021 10:54 GMT   

Avondale Park Gardens
My late aunt Ivy Clarke (nee Burridge) lived with her whole family at 19 Avondale Park Gardens, according to the 1911 census and she was still there in 1937.What was it like in those days, I wonder, if the housing was only built in 1920?


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ken gaston   
Added: 16 Jan 2021 11:04 GMT   

Avondale Park Gardens
My grandmother Hilda Baker and a large family lived in number 18 . It was a close community and that reflected in the coronation celebration held on the central green . I grew up in that square and went to school at Sirdar Road then St. Clements it was a great place to grow up with a local park and we would also trek to Holland Park or Kensington Gardens .Even then the area was considered deprived and a kindergarden for criminals . My generation were the first to escape to the new towns and became the overspill from London to get decent housing and living standards .

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Norman Norrington   
Added: 28 Dec 2020 08:31 GMT   

Blechynden Street, W10
I was born in Hammersmith Hospital (Ducane Rd) I lived at 40 Blecynden Street from birth in 1942 to 1967 when I moved due to oncoming demolition for the West way flyover.
A bomb fell locally during the war and cracked one of our windows, that crack was still there the day I left.
It was a great street to have grown up in I have very fond memories of living there.



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john ormandy   
Added: 20 Mar 2021 17:48 GMT   

Mary Place Workhouse
There was a lady called Ivy who lived in the corner she use to come out an tell us kids off for climbing over the fence to play football on the green. Those were the days.

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john ormandy   
Added: 20 Mar 2021 17:30 GMT   

Blechynden Street, W10
Went to school St Johns with someone named Barry Green who lived in that St. Use to wait for him on the corner take a slow walk an end up being late most days.

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Norman Norrington   
Added: 8 Jun 2021 08:08 GMT   

Blechynden Street, W10
Lived here #40 1942-1967

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john ormandy   
Added: 14 Mar 2021 18:59 GMT   

Avondale Park Gardens, W11
We moved to number 6 in 1950 an family still live there now. I think i remember a family name of Larter living in the house you mention also living in the Gdns were names Prior, Cannon, Parsons Clives at number 26 who i went to school with.


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Brian Lucas   
Added: 15 Mar 2021 16:02 GMT   

Avondale Park Gardens, W11
I also lived here at No. 15 1854 then move to No. 23 The Lucas Family

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john ormandy   
Added: 20 Mar 2021 17:21 GMT   

Avondale Park Gardens, W11
Remember the Lucas family think the eldest was about same age as me cant remember his name though seem to rember had several younger sisters may have been twins!!

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john ormandy   
Added: 20 Mar 2021 18:02 GMT   

Avondale Park Gardens, W11
Went to that coranation party with my two younger brothers who both went to St Clements along with Alan Mullery the footballer. I went to St James before moving on to St Johns along with Alan who lived in Mary Place where we were both in the same class.

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David James Bloomfield   
Added: 13 Jul 2021 11:54 GMT   

Hurstway Street, W10
Jimmy Bloomfield who played for Arsenal in the 1950s was brought up on this street. He was a QPR supporter as a child, as many locals would be at the time, as a teen he was rejected by them as being too small. They’d made a mistake

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Lived here
   
Added: 19 Jun 2022 16:58 GMT   

Runcorn Place, W11
Runcorn place

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Mark Biddle   
Added: 13 Dec 2023 17:23 GMT   

Avondale Park Gardens, W11
My Grandparents David John and Esther Evans had a dairy shop 14 sirdar road from 1940s until 1973 when it was knocked down they moved to wilsham street
lived until 1994 when Esther died

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:42 GMT   

Road construction and houses completed
New Charleville Circus road layout shown on Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1879 with access via West Hill only.

Plans showing street numbering were recorded in 1888 so we can concluded the houses in Charleville Circus were built by this date.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:04 GMT   

Charleville Circus, Sydenham: One Place Study (OPS)
One Place Study’s (OPS) are a recent innovation to research and record historical facts/events/people focused on a single place �’ building, street, town etc.

I have created an open access OPS of Charleville Circus on WikiTree that has over a million members across the globe working on a single family tree for everyone to enjoy, for free, forever.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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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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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
22 Maxilla Gardens, W10 22 Maxilla Gardens is a now-demolished property.
24 Maxilla Gardens, W10 24 Maxilla Gardens was an address along Maxilla Gardens.
Bangor Street (1911) Bangor Street was a street in Notting Dale which disappeared after the Second World War.
Bangor Street (turn of 20th century) The St Agnes soup kitchen was situated on the corner of Bangor Street that this photo was taken from.
Corner of Bangor Street and Sirdar Road The location became the Dolphin Pub.
Earl of Zetland The Earl of Zetland - a pub in the Potteries
Kenilworth Castle The Kenilworth Castle was a post-war pub in Notting Dale.
Mary Place Workhouse Notting Dale Workhouse stood on the site of what is now Avondale Park Gardens,
Notting Dale From Pigs and bricks to Posh and Becks...
Postcode This is a postcode centred at latitude 51.513, longitude -0.217
Ridler’s Tyre Yard Ridler’s Tyres was situated in a part of Blechynden Street which no longer exists
The Brittania The Brittania was situated on the corner of Clarendon Road and Portland Road, W11.
Western Iron Works The Western Iron Works was the foundry business of James Bartle and Co.

NEARBY STREETS
Aldermaston Street, W10 Aldermaston Street is a lost street of North Kensington (Notting Dale)
Ansleigh Place, W11 Ansleigh Place is an ex mews to the west of Notting Dale (Notting Dale)
Ariel Way, W12 Ariel Way connects White City bus station with Shephard’s Bush (Shepherds Bush)
Arthur Court, W10 Arthur Court is a block on Silchester Road (Notting Dale)
Avondale Park Gardens, W11 Avondale Park Gardens, unlike other roads in the area, was developed in the 1920s when it was laid out on the former workhouse site (Notting Dale)
Avondale Park Road, W11 Avondale Park Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)
Bangor Street, W11 Bangor Street was situated on the site of the modern Henry Dickens Court (Notting Hill)
Barandon Street, W11 Barandon Street connected Lancaster Road with Latimer Road station (Notting Dale)
Bard Road, W10 Bard Road lies in the area of London W10 near to Latimer Road station (Notting Dale)
Bartle Road, W11 Bartle Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)
Blechynden Mews, W10 Blechynden Mews is a former side street in London W11 (Notting Dale)
Blechynden Street, W10 Blechynden Street is now a tiny street in the vicinity of Latimer Road station, W10 (Notting Dale)
Bomore Road, W11 Bomore Road survived post-war redevelopment with a slight change in alignment (Notting Dale)
Bramley Mews, W10 Bramley Mews become part of a redelevopment of the area north of Latimer Road station in the 1960s (Notting Dale)
Bramley Road, W11 Bramley Road is the street in which Latimer Road station is situated (Notting Dale)
Bramley Road, W11 Bramley Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)
Bramley Street, W10 Bramley Street is one of the lost streets of North Kensington (Notting Dale)
Bridge Close, W10 Bridge Close is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Dale)
Calverley Street, W10 Calverley Street, one of the lost streets of W10 is now underneath a motorway slip road (Notting Dale)
Camelford Walk, W11 Camelford Walk is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Centre House, W12 Centre House is a block on Wood Lane (White City)
Charlotte Mews, W10 Charlotte Mews is one of London W10's newer thoroughfares. (Notting Dale)
Clarendon Cross, W11 Clarendon Cross is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)
Clarendon Walk, W11 Clarendon Walk is a walkway in a recent Notting Dale development (Notting Dale)
Cornwall Crescent, W11 Cornwall Crescent belongs to the third and final period of building on the Ladbroke estate (Notting Hill)
Crowthorne Road, W10 Crowthorne Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Dale)
Dale Row, W11 Dale Row is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Darfield Way, W10 Darfield Way, in the Latimer Road area, was built over a number of older streets as the Westway was built (Notting Dale)
Depot Road, W12 Depot Road is a road in the W12 postcode area (White City)
Dixon House, W10 Dixon House is a block on Darfield Way (Notting Dale)
Dulford Street, W11 Dulford Street survived the mass demolitions of the late 1960s (Notting Dale)
East Mews, W10 East Mews was lost when the Westway was built. It lies partially under the modern Darfield Way (Notting Dale)
Evesham Street, W11 Evesham Street now runs west from Freston Road (Notting Hill)
Fountain Park Way, W12 Fountain Park Way is a location in London (Shepherds Bush)
Fowell Street, W11 Fowell Street, W10 was redeveloped in the 1970s (Notting Dale)
Frederick Dobson House, W11 Frederick Dobson House is a block on Cowling Close (Notting Hill)
Freston Road, W10 Freston Road is a street with quite a history (Notting Dale)
Freston Road, W11 The southern end of Freston Road stretches over into the W11 postcode (Notting Hill)
Frinstead House, W10 Frinstead House is a block on Freston Road (Notting Dale)
Gorham Place, W11 Gorham Place is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)
Grenfell Road, W11 Grenfell Road follows the line of an old road: St Clement’s Road (Notting Dale)
Grenfell Tower, W11 Grenfell Tower is a residential block in North Kensington (Notting Dale)
Heathfield Street, W11 Heathfield Street was a side turning off of Portland Road (Notting Hill)
Hesketh Place, W11 Hesketh Place runs between Walmer Road and Avondale Park Road (Notting Dale)
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)
Hunt Close, W11 Hunt Close is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Hurstway Street, W10 Hurstway Street ran from Barandon Street to Blechynden Street (Notting Dale)
Hurstway Walk, W11 This is a street in the W11 postcode area (Notting Dale)
Ivebury Court, W10 Ivebury Court is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)
Kenilworth Street, W11 Kenilworth Street was demolished just after the Second World War (Notting Dale)
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)
Kingsdown Close, W10 Kingsdown Close is one of a select number of roads in London W10 lying south of Westway (Notting Dale)
Kingsnorth House, W10 Kingsnorth House is a block on Silchester Road (Notting Dale)
Latimer Mews, W10 (Notting Dale)
Latimer Road, W10 Latimer Road was named after Edward Latymer who endowed land for the funding of Hammersmith’s Latymer school in the early 17th century (Notting Dale)
Lockton Street, W11 Lockton Street, just south of Latimer Road station is so insignificant that nary a soul know’s it’s there (Notting Dale)
Manchester Road, W10 Manchester Road is one of the lost streets of North Kensington, now buried beneath a roundabout (Notting Dale)
Markland House, W10 Markland House can be found on Darfield Way (Notting Dale)
Martin Street, W10 Martin Street disappeared as the Latimer Road area was redeveloped (Notting Dale)
Mary Place, W11 Mary Place connects Walmer Road with Sirdar Road (Notting Dale)
Maxilla Gardens, W10 Maxilla Gardens was a former street in London W10 (Notting Dale)
Mersey Street, W10 Mersey Street - now demolished - was once Manchester Street (Notting Dale)
Mortimer Square, W11 Mortimer Square is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)
Nicholas Road, W11 This is a street in the W11 postcode area (Notting Hill)
Olaf Street, W11 Olaf Street was once part of ’Frestonia’ (Notting Hill)
Pamber Street, W10 Pamber Street is a lost street of North Kensington (Notting Dale)
Pickwick House, W11 Pickwick House can be found on St Anns Road (Notting Hill)
Pring Street, W10 The unusually-named Pring Street was situated between Bard Road and Latimer Road (Notting Dale)
Relay Road, W12 Relay Road is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Rifle Place, W11 Rifle Place is a road in the W11 postcode area (Notting Hill)
Rillington Place, W11 Rillington Place is a small street with an infamous history (Notting Dale)
Romilly House, W11 Romilly House is located on Wilsham Street (Notting Hill)
Runcorn Place, W11 Runcorn Place was once Thomas Place, and before even that ’The Mews’ (Notting Hill)
Ruston Close, W11 Due to its infamy, Rillington Place was renamed to Ruston Close in 1954 (Notting Dale)
Ruston Mews, W11 Ruston Mews, W11 was originally Crayford Mews (Notting Dale)
Scampston Mews, W10 Scampston Mews is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Dale)
Shalfleet Drive, W10 Shalfleet Drive is a newer road in the Latimer Road area of W10 (Notting Dale)
Shinfield Street, W12 Shinfield Street is a road in the W12 postcode area (White City)
Silchester Mews, W10 Silchester Mews, shaped like an H, disappeared in 1969 under the Westway (Notting Dale)
Silchester Road, W10 Silchester Road crosses the border between London W10 and London W11 (Notting Dale)
Silchester Street, W10 Silchester Street is a lost street of North Kensington (North Kensington)
Silchester Terrace, W10 Silchester Terrace was lost to W10 in the 1960s (Notting Dale)
Silver Road, W12 Silver Road is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Sirdar Road, W11 Sirdar Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)
Soane House, W10 Soane House is a block on Latimer Road (Notting Dale)
St Andrews Square, W11 St Andrews Square is a street in Notting Dale, formed when the Rillington Place area was demolished (Notting Dale)
St Mark’s Road, W11 St Mark’s Road is a street in the Ladbroke conservation area (Notting Dale)
St Mark’s Close, W11 St Mark’s Close runs off St Mark’s Road (Notting Dale)
Stable Way, W10 Stable Way is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Dale)
Stadium House, W12 Stadium House is located on Wood Lane (White City)
Station Walk, W10 Station Walk is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (Notting Dale)
Stoneleigh Place, W11 Stoneleigh Place, formerly called Abbey Road, was built across a brickfield in Notting Dale (Notting Dale)
Stoneleigh Street, W11 Stoneleigh Street runs between Treadgold Street and Stoneleigh Place (Notting Dale)
Talbot Mews, W11 Talbot Mews seems to have disappeared just after the Second Worid War (Notting Dale)
Testerton Street, W11 Testerton Street did not survive the bulldozer in the late 1960s (Notting Dale)
The Network, W12 The Network is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
The White Building, W11 The White Building is sited on Evesham Street (Notting Hill)
The Yellow Building, W11 The Yellow Building is sited on Nicholas Road (Notting Hill)
Threshers Place, W11 Threshers Place is a quiet street with a long story (Notting Hill)
Treadgold Street, W11 Treadgold Street is part of the Avondale Park Gardens Conservation Area (Notting Dale)
Trinity Mews, W10 Trinity Mews lies off of Cambridge Gardens (Notting Dale)
Verity Close, W11 Verity Close is a street in W11 (Notting Dale)
Walmer Road, W10 Walmer Road is the great lost road of North Kensington, obliterated under Westway (Notting Dale)
Walmer Road, W11 Walmer Road is the oldest street in the area, dating from the eighteenth century or before (Notting Hill)
Waynflete Square, W10 Waynflete Square is one of the newer roads in the vicinity of Latimer Road station (Notting Dale)
Wesley Square, W11 Wesley Square lies behind Notting Hill Methodist Church (Notting Dale)
Westfield London Shopping Centre, W12 Westfield London Shopping Centre is a location in London (Shepherds Bush)
Whitchurch Road, W11 Whitchurch Road connects Bramley Road with Treadgold Street (Notting Dale)
Whitstable House, W10 Whitstable House is a block on Silchester Road (Notting Dale)
Wilton Yard, W11 Wilton Yard once ran off Latimer Road (Notting Hill)
Wood Lane, W12 Wood Lane runs from Shepherd’s Bush to Wormwood Scrubs and lies wholly in London W12 (White City)
Yonex House, W12 Yonex House is a block on Wood Lane (White City)


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