St John’s Wood

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St John’s Wood is an affluent district, north west of Regent’s Park.

St John’s Wood was once part of the Great Forest of Middlesex with the name deriving from its mediaeval owners, the Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitallers), an Augustinian order. The order took over the land from the Knights Templar in 1323.

After the Reformation and the Dissolution of monastic orders, St John’s Wood became Crown land, and Henry VIII established Royal Hunting Grounds in what became known as Marylebone Park.

Until the end of the eighteenth century, the area was agricultural.

St John’s Wood represents the first example of suburban residential development in Inner London having  been built up in the 1820s and 1830s largely on land owned by the Eyre family since the thirteenth century. The original pattern included individual villas as well as more traditional terraces and thereby reflected a departure from the dense urban development typical of London up to that time.

St John’s Wood was once a part of the ‘Great Forest of Middlesex’, a dense oak forest that extended north-west beyond London. Some street names in the present day St John’s Wood have origins in the early history of the area: Barrow Hill is mentioned in a Saxon charter of AD 986, a name which may derive from the old English word ‘baeruwe’ meaning a grove or wood; and a priory near what is now Abbey Road was attached to the Abbey of Westminster.

At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, the area lay within the ancient Manor of Lilestone (now Lisson). In 1238 the Manor was given over to the Knights Templar and in 1323 bestowed on the Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem – hence the present name of St John’s Wood.

The land around St John’s Wood remained forested throughout the medieval period. However, after the dissolution of monastic orders in 1539, the land reverted to the Crown. Henry VIII established hunting grounds nearby at Marylebone Park (now Regent’s Park) and the trees of St John’s Wood were felled to meet the demand for timber to build ships and royal palaces.

Apart from a strip of land along the Edgware Road that had been acquired by John Lyon in 1574, the land around St John’s Wood remained in Crown ownership until the late 17th century. By the mid 17th century most of the remaining trees had been felled, leaving acres of meadow and grassland to provide hay for the capital’s thousands of horses. St John’s Wood remained, as open fields dotted with a few mature trees, well into the 19th century.

Sale of land in St John’s Wood by the Crown began in the early 18th century. Henry Samuel Eyre acquired the largest portion in 1732 : a 500 acre estate that stretched roughly from what is now Rossmore Road to Swiss Cottage, bounded by Hamilton Terrace to the west and Avenue Road to the east.

The strip of land owned by John Lyon was bequeathed to his foundation at the Harrow School, on trust to maintain the roads between London and Harrow in good repair. The boundary between the Harrow and Eyre estates followed a medieval track that ran through Cunningham Place through Hamilton Close to Greville Road and Priory Road.

The Duke of Portland also owned a small pocket of land to the east between Townsend Road and Portland Road (now St John’s Wood High Street) which became known as Portland Town. The distribution of the land of St John’s Wood amongst these principal estates is shown on the map at Figure 3.

Despite being subdivided in the early 1700s, the land of St John’s Wood remained primarily as agricultural holdings until the end of the 18th century. John Roque’s Map of 1746 shows the land subdivided into small fields to the east of Edgware Road with no development other than a few smallholdings. St John’s Wood Farm lies roughly on the site of St John’s Wood Station, on the corner of the present-day Wellington Road. The route extending south-west from this, leading to Punkers Barn, appears to relate to the present Grove End Road.

It was not until the 19th century that the development of St John’s Wood as we know it today began. Larger institutions were built in the early 1800s, with the Clergy Orphan School being established in 1812, St John’s Wood Chapel in 1813, Lord’s Cricket Ground in 1814 and the Eyre Arms Tavern in 1820. The earliest developments were scattered over a wide area of the Eyre Estate and in more concentrated terraces in Portland Town. The construction of Abbey Road in 1824 and Wellington Road in 1826 were significant catalysts for the area’s development, which was at its height during the late 1840s.

Greenwood’s Map of 1830 shows the earliest development in St John’s Wood. Clusters of terraces appear in Portland Town, along Portland Town Road (now St John’s Wood High Street). Larger villas standing in substantial garden plots are located to the south of St John’s Wood Road and along the Grove End Road. The earliest phase of the Harrow School Estate is starting to appear at the south end of Hamilton Terrace. Lord’s Cricket Ground, the Clergy Orphan School and St John’s Chapel and Burial Ground have also appeared. Between these pockets of development remain substantial areas of agricultural land.

The development of St John’s Wood over the 19th century coincided with an upsurge of interest in gardening; large nurseries were nearby at Maida Vale and the generous gardens afforded scope for display and experimentation.

Development of the Eyre Estate


An initial survey of the Eyre’s land was made in 1794 and plans drawn up to lay out the estate. However, economic crisis and war with France meant the plan never materialized. In 1803 architect John Shaw envisaged a new plan for the estate: a circus of single or semi-detached houses, standing in their own gardens, and a central ‘pleasure ground’. Although war with France again prevented the full implementation of his plan, Shaw’s innovative scheme for pairs of houses or villas set the precedent for what emerged some years later.

In 1809, the first of the Eyre Estate’s villas were built in Alpha Road, Beta and Omega Place. Although sited just to the south of the current conservation area, these early streets were to provide a crucial model, setting the tone for subsequent development of the locality.

In 1811 John Nash was commissioned to devise a scheme for the nearby Marylebone Park (Regent’s Park) which, along with the construction of the Regent’s Canal between 1811 and 1829, provided the stimulus for developing the land of St John’s Wood. Henry Eyre sought to develop his estate as a modest reflection of Nash’s scheme – a rustic housing estate for the middle classes and an elegant suburban retreat that enjoyed close proximity to the capital.

Building was speculative; though the Eyre Estate set a standard by issuing building leases specifying properties must have gardens and be surrounded by walls at least 6 feet high. It was the construction of broad avenues of detached and semi-detached villas in substantial grounds which gave St John’s Wood its distinctive character and established a new model of suburban style.

Development of the Harrow School Estate


Inspired by the successes of the Eyre Estate, development of the Harrow School land began from 182323 onwards. Streets in this estate were named after the School’s governors: the Duke of Abercorn (Abercorn Place), the Earl of Aberdeen (Aberdeen Terrace), Lord John Northwick (Northwick Terrace), Charles Hamilton (Hamilton Terrace), and Revd. J W Cunningham (Cunningham Place). St Mark’s Church, Hamilton Terrace was built in 1845-46 by Thomas Cundy Jr.

The Harrow Estate also set high standards for building development, using the model of semi-detached villas in wide streets seen in the Eyre estate. However, the villa model was so successful that land prices increased so far that building after 1850 reverted to terraces, which are seen around the fringes of the conservation area.

Development of Portland Town


Unlike the Eyre and Harrow School Estates, the small pocket of land owned and developed by the Duke of Portland was not prescribed with such high standards. The lack of quality building speculations in this area led to the development of tightly-packed, low-quality terraces. Portland Town was known for its overcrowded and run-down houses, the antithesis of the leafy suburban character of the rest of St John’s Wood.

The Ordnance Survey Map of 1870 shows the rapid development of St John’s Wood that took place in the mid-19th century. Portland Town has become a dense urban development to the east. The Harrow School’s land has been completely developed, with Hamilton Terrace and Upper Hamilton Terrace extending north. To the north of Abbey Road are new streets with terraces along Carlton Hill and Clifton Hill. Despite this rapid urban development on the fringes of the conservation area, the Eyre estate at the centre has retained its character, with substantial villas and semi-detached houses standing in large garden plots.

The comparatively inexpensive villas, surrounded by large gardens and tree-lined avenues, attracted many who wanted rural calm whilst living close to the city. Many artists, authors, philosophers and scientists made their homes in St John’s Wood.

The Barracks


In 1804 a brigade of the Royal Artillery, originally stationed in St James’s Park, was billeted at St John’s Wood Farm due to lack of room. The whole brigade moved to St John’s Wood in 1810. The barracks site on Ordnance Hill contains buildings of various dates, including the riding school (1824-5) and Officers’ Mess (1921-2); the most recent additions to the barracks were completed in 1972.

Fisherton Street


J.H.Ahern’s map of c.1827 shows the area as “temporary cottages and gardens”. By c.1850 the land had been developed with terraced houses. The present Estate was built in 1924 under the 1923 Housing Act for the former Borough of St Marylebone as part of a nation-wide programme to build “Homes Fit for Heroes”. The design by H.V. Ashley and Winton Newman made provision of water from a central boiler, for the whole Estate.

Late 19th and early 20th century


The late 19th and early 20th century saw significant changes in the layout of St John’s Wood, largely due to transport schemes that were implemented towards the end of the Victorian period. In 1892 the Metropolitan Railway acquired land through the middle of St John’s Wood to pass a new line into Marylebone. Despite furious opposition, the tunnel was built which caused a scar in the centre of St John’s Wood and initiated the large-scale redevelopment of much of Wellington Road. As compensation for the disruption caused to Lord’s Cricket Ground, they were given the land of the Clergy Orphan’s School by the Railway; the St John’s Wood Burial Ground was also gifted to the public laid out as a garden.

By the turn of the 20th century many of the terraces around Portland Town had become slums and were redeveloped, resulting in the first apartment blocks in St John’s Wood along Avenue Road, Allitsen Road and the lower part of St John’s Wood High Street.

Substantial redevelopment of the Eyre Estate also occurred during the early 20th century, when many of the original 99-year land leases began to expire. Early 20th century redevelopment consisted of large detached neo-Georgian houses and mansion blocks along Wellington Road and parts of Abbey Road and Grove End Road. These did not all relate to the existing scale and changed the character in the centre of the conservation area. The new underground station built in 1939 further encouraged redevelopment of this area.

The 1930s Ordnance Survey Map of St John’s Wood clearly shows the changes that took place during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to leave the area much as it looks today. Large-scale redevelopment has taken place along the southern fringes as well as in the centre of the area, with mansion blocks replacing terraces and Victorian villas. The land is more densely occupied and in some areas, trees and large garden plots have disappeared.

The Second World War also had a significant impact on the area; bomb damage left gap sites which led to post-war development in areas around the Finchley Road where the American School complex stands today. During the War many residents left St John’s Wood to avoid air raids, leaving their properties empty. During and after the War the neglected houses gradually fell derelict. The properties reverted to the Eyre Estate and were subsequently been repaired, making St John’s Wood the desirable residential area that it is today.

Although many of the original houses and gardens disappeared during the 20th century, much of the suburban character remains. St John’s Wood was designated a conservation area in 1968.

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The Rolling Stones referenced St John’s Wood in their song Play With Fire. Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones lived on Carlton Hill, at the northern edge of St John’s Wood, in the 1960s.

St John’s Wood station was opened on 20 November 1939 on a new section of deep-level tunnel constructed between Baker Street and Finchley Road when the Metropolitan Line’s services on its Stanmore branch were transferred to the Bakerloo Line. It was transferred along with the rest of the Stanmore branch to the Jubilee Line when it opened in 1979. With the opening of St John’s Wood station, two nearby stations on the Metropolitan Line were closed. These were Lord’s (which had originally been opened in 1868 as St John’s Wood Road) and Marlborough Road.

The station building is located on the corner of Acacia Road and Finchley Road. The station is the nearest one to Lord’s Cricket Ground and Abbey Road Studios. For this reason Beatles memorabilia are sold at the station.

The platform design remains the same as when opened in 1939, and was designed by Harold Stabler.




Citation information: Streets of the City of Westminster – The Underground Map
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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
St John’s Wood St John’s Wood is an affluent district, north west of Regent’s Park.

NEARBY STREETS
Abbey Gardens, NW8 Abbey Gardens is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Abbey House, NW8 Abbey House is a block adjacent to Abbey Road studios (St John’s Wood)
Abbey Road, NW8 Abbey Road, after which the Beatles album was named, runs from St John’s Wood to West Hampstead (St John’s Wood)
Abercorn Close, NW8 Abercorn Close leads off Abercorn Place (St John’s Wood)
Abercorn Mews, NW8 Abercorn Mews appears on maps between the 1860s and 1950s (St John’s Wood)
Abercorn Place, NW8 Abercorn Place is on the Harrow School Estate and is named after James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, a governor of the school (St John’s Wood)
Abercorn Walk, NW8 Abercorn Walk is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Aberdeen Place, NW8 Aberdeen Place was built on the site of a farm once owned by John Lyon, who founded Harrow School in 1571. (St John’s Wood)
Acacia Gardens, NW8 Acacia Gardens began as an estate of 14 prefabs, just east of St John’s Wood station (St John’s Wood)
Acacia Place, NW8 Acacia Place is a short cul-de-sac off Acacia Road (St John’s Wood)
Acacia Road, NW8 Acacia Road dates from the 1830s (St John’s Wood)
Ada Court, W9 Ada Court is a block on Maida Vale (St John’s Wood)
Addison House, NW8 Addison House is a block on Grove End Road (St John’s Wood)
Adelaide Court, NW8 Adelaide Court is sited on Hill Road (St John’s Wood)
Ainsworth House, NW8 Ainsworth House can be found on Abbey Road (St John’s Wood)
Ainsworth Way, NW8 Ainsworth Way lies at the heart of the Alexandra Road estate (St John’s Wood)
Albany Court, NW8 Albany Court is a block on Garden Road (St John’s Wood)
Albert Road, NW8 In 1890, Barrow Hill Place, NW8 became Albert Road, NW8 (Regent’s Park)
Alexandra Mews, NW8 Alexandra Mews existed between the 1850s and the 1960s (St John’s Wood)
Alexandra Road, NW8 Alexandra Road was built after the marriage of the Prince of Wales (St John’s Wood)
Allitsen Road, NW8 Allitsen Road is a road in St John’s Wood, dating from the 1820s (St John’s Wood)
Alma House, NW8 Alma House is a block on Alma Square (St John’s Wood)
Alma Square, NW8 Alma Square commemorates the River Alma on whose banks the first Anglo-French victory of the Crimean War was won (St John’s Wood)
Alpha Road, NW8 Alpha Road, named after the Greek letter, was the first street to be developed on the Eyre estate (St John’s Wood)
Ambassador House, NW8 Ambassador House is a block on Carlton Hill (St John’s Wood)
Apsley House, NW8 Apsley House is a building on Marlborough Place (St John’s Wood)
Aquila Street, NW8 Aquila Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Ascot Court, NW8 Ascot Court is a block on Grove End Road (St John’s Wood)
Ashbridge Street, NW8 Ashbridge Street is named after Arthur Ashbridge, District Surveyor for Marylebone between 1884–1918 (St John’s Wood)
Ashby Court, NW8 Ashby Court is a block on Pollitt Drive (St John’s Wood)
Aubrey Place, NW8 Aubrey Place is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Avenue Close, NW8 Avenue Close is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Avenue Road, NW8 Avenue Road was an important road on the Eyre estate (St John’s Wood)
Barbara Brosnan Court, NW8 Barbara Brosnan Court is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Barrie House, NW8 Barrie House is a block on St Edmund’s Terrace (St John’s Wood)
Barrow Hill Road, NW8 Barrow Hill Road marks the location of Barrow Hill (St John’s Wood)
Belgrave Gardens, NW8 Belgrave Gardens was originally the east side of Bolton Road (St John’s Wood)
Benjamin House, NW8 Benjamin House is sited on Cecil Grove (St John’s Wood)
Berkley House, NW6 Berkley House is a block on Belsize Road (St John’s Wood)
Bernhardt Crescent, NW8 Bernhardt Crescent is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Besant House, NW8 Besant House is named after local Sir Walter Besant who wrote extensively about London history (St John’s Wood)
Birch Vale Court, NW8 Birch Vale Court can be found on Pollitt Drive (St John’s Wood)
Blazer Court, NW8 Blazer Court is located on St John’s Wood Road (St John’s Wood)
Blenheim Road, NW8 Blenheim Road is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Blenheim Terrace, NW8 Blenheim Terrace is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Boldero Place, NW8 Boldero Place is a location in London (St John’s Wood)
Bolton Road, NW8 What is now Bolton Road began life as Ordnance Terrace in 1858 (St John’s Wood)
Boscobel Street, NW8 Boscobel Street is named after a nearby pub called the Royal Oak (St John’s Wood)
Boundary Road, NW8 Boundary Road marks the former boundary between the between the Parish of St Marylebone and the Parish of St John Hampstead (St John’s Wood)
Boydell Court, NW8 Boydell Court is a block on Boydell Court (St John’s Wood)
Brackley Court, NW8 Brackley Court is sited on Pollitt Drive (St John’s Wood)
Bradby House, NW8 Bradby House is a block on Carlton Hill (St John’s Wood)
Brampton House, NW8 Brampton House can be found on Grove End Road (St John’s Wood)
Bridgeman Street, NW8 Bridgeman Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Bronwen Court, NW8 Bronwen Court is a block on Grove End Road (St John’s Wood)
Broxwood Way, NW8 Broxwood Way is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Brunswick House, NW8 Brunswick House is a block on Hill Road (St John’s Wood)
Buttermere Court, NW8 Buttermere Court is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)
Capland Street, NW8 Capland Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Carlton Hill, NW8 Carlton Hill is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Carlton House, NW8 Carlton House is a block on Carlton Hill (St John’s Wood)
Casey Close, NW8 Casey Close is a location in London (St John’s Wood)
Castleford Court, NW8 Castleford Court is a block on Henderson Drive (St John’s Wood)
Cavendish Avenue, NW8 Cavendish Avenue was built on land owned by Cavendish family (St John’s Wood)
Cavendish Close, NW8 Cavendish Close leads off Cavendish Avenue (St John’s Wood)
Cavendish House, NW8 Cavendish House is a block on Wellington Road (St John’s Wood)
Cecil Grove, NW8 Cecil Grove is a location in London (St John’s Wood)
Century Court, NW8 Century Court is a building on Grove End Road (St John’s Wood)
Charlbert Court, NW8 Charlbert Court is a block on Charlbert Street (St John’s Wood)
Charlbert Street, NW8 Charlbert Street was formerly Charles Street (St John’s Wood)
Charles Lane, NW8 Charles Lane is probably named after Charles Watkins, a property developer who was working locally in the 1820s (St John’s Wood)
Cheadle Court, NW8 Cheadle Court is a block on Pollitt Drive (St John’s Wood)
Cherwell House, NW8 Cherwell House is a block on Church Street (St John’s Wood)
Church Street, NW8 Church Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Cicely Davies House, NW8 Cicely Davies House is one of five blocks of flats built for the St Marylebone Housing Association (St John’s Wood)
Circus Road, NW8 Circus Road reflects the circular shape of the original Eyre Estate building plan (St John’s Wood)
Clarendon Terrace, W9 Clarendon Terrace is a street in Maida Vale (St John’s Wood)
Clifton Court, NW8 Clifton Court is a block on Clifton Court (St John’s Wood)
Clifton Hill, NW8 Clifton Hill began as sections either side of Abbey Road - Clifton Road and Clifton Road East (St John’s Wood)
Cochrane Mews, NW8 Cochrane Mews runs off Circus Road and Cochrane Street (St John’s Wood)
Cochrane Street, NW8 Cochrane Street runs between Circus Road and Wellington Place (St John’s Wood)
Coleridge Gardens, NW8 Street/road in London NW6 (St John’s Wood)
Cooper House, NW8 Cooper House is sited on Lyons Place (St John’s Wood)
Court Close, NW8 Court Close is a location in London (St John’s Wood)
Cropthorne Court, W9 Cropthorne Court is a block on Maida Vale (St John’s Wood)
Culworth Street, NW8 Culworth Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area (Regent’s Park)
Cunningham Place, NW8 Cunningham Place is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Dale House, NW8 Dale House can be found on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)
Denning Close, NW8 Denning Close is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Dicksee House, NW8 Dicksee House is a block on Lyons Place (St John’s Wood)
Dinerman Court, NW8 Dinerman Court is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)
Dorman Way, NW8 Dorman Way is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Eamont Court, NW8 Eamont Court is located on Eamont Street (St John’s Wood)
Eamont Street, NW8 Eamont Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Eastlake House, NW8 Eastlake House is located on Frampton Street (St John’s Wood)
Eden House, NW8 Eden House is a block on Church Street (St John’s Wood)
Edgeworth House, NW8 Edgeworth House is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)
Eliot Mews, NW8 Eliot Mews is a paved cul-de-sac off Abbey Gardens (St John’s Wood)
Elm Tree Court, NW8 Elm Tree Court is a building on Elm Tree Road (St John’s Wood)
Elm Tree Road, NW8 Elm Tree Road is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Elmfield House, NW8 Elmfield House is a block on Carlton Hill (St John’s Wood)
Elmton Court, NW8 Elmton Court is a block on Cunningham Place (St John’s Wood)
Eyre Court, NW8 Eyre Court can be found on Eyre Court (St John’s Wood)
Eyre Road, NW8 Eyre Road is a location in London (St John’s Wood)
Fairlop Place, NW8 Fairlop Place seems to continue the oak theme of the naming of Oak Tree Road - Fairlop Oak is a celebrated tree in Essex (St John’s Wood)
Fielding House, NW8 Fielding House can be found on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)
Finchley Road, NW8 Finchley Road was built in 1829 (as ’Finchley New Road’) to provide a new route to horse-drawn traffic from London to the north (St John’s Wood)
Fisherton Street, NW8 Until 1877, most of Fisherton Street was known as Upper Salisbury Street (St John’s Wood)
Florence Court, W9 Florence Court is a block on Maida Vale (St John’s Wood)
Foss House, NW8 Foss House is located on Carlton Hill (St John’s Wood)
Frampton Street, NW8 Frampton Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Garden Court, NW8 Garden Court is a block on Garden Road (St John’s Wood)
Garden House, NW8 Garden House is a block on Hamilton Gardens (St John’s Wood)
Garden Road, NW8 Garden Road is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Garlands House, NW8 Garlands House is a block on Carlton Hill (St John’s Wood)
Gateforth Street, NW8 Gateforth Street is a location in London (St John’s Wood)
George Eyre House, NW8 George Eyre House was designed by architect Louis de Soissons (St John’s Wood)
Gibon House, NW8 Gibon House is a block on Fisherton Street (St John’s Wood)
Greenaway House, NW8 Greenaway House is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)
Greenberry Street, NW8 Greenberry Street has a name which is possibly a corruption of Green Barrow Hill (St John’s Wood)
Grendon Street, NW8 Grendon Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Greville Place, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (St John’s Wood)
Grove End House, NW8 Grove End House is a block on Grove End Road (St John’s Wood)
Grove End Road, NW8 Grove End Road has a name reflecting the end of Lisson Grove (St John’s Wood)
Grove Hall Court, NW8 Grove Hall Court is on Hall Road (St John’s Wood)
Hall Road, NW8 Hall Road is named after the builder William Hall who died in either 1832 or 1833. (St John’s Wood)
Hamilton Close, NW8 Hamilton Close is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Hamilton Gardens, NW8 Hamilton Gardens is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Hamilton House, NW8 Hamilton House is a block on Hall Road (St John’s Wood)
Hamilton Terrace, NW8 Hamilton Terrace is named after Charles Hamilton who was a Harrow School governor (St John’s Wood)
Hanover House, NW8 Hanover House is located on St Johns Wood High Street (St John’s Wood)
Hatton Street, NW8 This is a street in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Havenpool, NW8 Havenpool is a location in London (St John’s Wood)
Helsby Court, NW8 Helsby Court can be found on Henderson Drive (St John’s Wood)
Henderson Drive, NW8 Henderson Drive is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Henstridge Place, NW8 Henstridge Place (rather obscurely) refers to a ridge where stallions are kept (St John’s Wood)
Heron House, NW8 Heron House is a block on Barrow Hill Road (St John’s Wood)
Hill Road, NW8 Hill Road runs west from Abbey Road (St John’s Wood)
Hillside Close, NW8 Hillside Close is a cul-de-sac off of Carlton Hill (St John’s Wood)
Holtham Road, NW8 Holtham Road disappeared when replaced by the Abbey Road Estate development (St John’s Wood)
Hucknall Court, NW8 Hucknall Court can be found on Henderson Drive (St John’s Wood)
Huxley House, NW8 Huxley House is a block on Fisherton Street (St John’s Wood)
Imperial Court, NW8 Imperial Court can be found on Prince Albert Road (St John’s Wood)
Jerome Crescent, NW8 Jerome Crescent is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Kingsmill Terrace, NW8 Kingsmill Terrace is named after a member of the Eyre family (St John’s Wood)
Knoll House, NW8 Knoll House is a block on Carlton Hill (St John’s Wood)
Langford Court, NW8 Langford Court is a building on Abbey Road (St John’s Wood)
Langford House, NW8 Langford House is a block on Langford Place (St John’s Wood)
Langford Place, NW8 Langford Place is called after the owner of Lileston manor (Lisson Grove) in the 14th century (St John’s Wood)
Linnel House, NW8 Linnel House is sited on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)
Lisson Grove, NW8 Lisson Grove is a corruption of the local manor of Lileston. Originally the road was lined with trees (St John’s Wood)
Lodge Road, NW8 Lodge Road is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
London House, NW8 London House is a block on Avenue Road (St John’s Wood)
Loudoun Road, NW8 Loudoun Road, dating from the 1850s, was originally known as Bridge Road (St John’s Wood)
Luton Street, NW8 Luton Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Lyons Place, NW8 Lyons Place is named for John Lyon (c.1511-92) who founded Harrow School (St John’s Wood)
Mackennal Street, NW8 Mackennal Street received its name since Bertram Mackennal, a sculptor, lived nearby (St John’s Wood)
MacMillan House, NW8 MacMillan House is a block on Lorne Close (St John’s Wood)
Mancroft Court, NW8 Mancroft Court is located on Queensmead (St John’s Wood)
Marlborough Hill, NW8 Marlborough Hill dates from the 1830s in the first of the St John’s Wood developments (St John’s Wood)
Marlborough House, NW8 Marlborough House is a block on Marlborough Place (St John’s Wood)
Marlborough Place, NW8 Marlborough Place was previously split into two sections named Marlborough Place and Marlborough Road (St John’s Wood)
Matlock Court, NW8 Matlock Court can be found on Abbey Road (St John’s Wood)
Medway House, NW8 Medway House is a block on Broadley Street (St John’s Wood)
Melina Court, NW8 Melina Court is a block on Grove End Road (St John’s Wood)
Melina Place, NW8 Melina Place runs west from Grove End Road (St John’s Wood)
Mews House, NW8 Mews House is a block on Hamilton Terrace (St John’s Wood)
Middle Field, NW8 Middle Field is part of a development just to the east of the Finchley Road (St John’s Wood)
Monroe House, NW8 Monroe House is a block on Lorne Close (St John’s Wood)
Neville Court, NW8 Neville Court is a block on Grove End Road (St John’s Wood)
Newcourt Street, NW8 Newcourt Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Norfolk Road, NW8 Norfolk Road is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
North Bank, NW8 North Bank is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Northwick Close, NW8 Northwick Close is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Northwick Terrace, NW8 Northwick Terrace was named after Lord John Northwick, Harrow School governor (St John’s Wood)
Noura House, NW8 Noura House is a block on Eamont Street (St John’s Wood)
Nugent Terrace, NW8 Nugent Terrace is named after George Nugent-Greville, Baron Nugent (1789-1850) (St John’s Wood)
Oak Tree Road, NW8 Oak Tree Road connects St John’s Wood Road and Lodge Road (St John’s Wood)
Orchardson House, NW8 Orchardson House is a block on Orchardson Street (St John’s Wood)
Ordnance Hill, NW8 Ordnance Hill is so-named because the Board of Ordnance was the original lessee of St John’s Wood Barracks (St John’s Wood)
Oslo Court, NW8 Oslo Court was built between 1936 and 1938 by architect Robert Atkinson (St John’s Wood)
O’ Neill House, NW8 O’Neill House is a block along Cochrane Street (St John’s Wood)
Paveley Street, NW8 Paveley Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Pavilion Apartments, NW8 Pavilion Apartments is located on St John’s Wood Road (St John’s Wood)
Penfold Street, NW8 Penfold Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Pennyford Court, NW8 Pennyford Court is a building on Henderson Drive (St John’s Wood)
Pinner Court, NW8 Pinner Court is a block on Henderson Drive (St John’s Wood)
Plympton Place, NW8 Plympton Place is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Poynter House, NW8 Poynter House is a block on Aberdeen Place (St John’s Wood)
Primrose Court, NW8 Primrose Court can be found on Prince Albert Road (St John’s Wood)
Prince Regent Court, NW8 Prince Regent Court is a building on Avenue Road (St John’s Wood)
Queen’s Terrace, NW8 Queen’s Terrace is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Queensmead, NW8 Queensmead is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Queen’s Grove, NW8 Queen’s Grove was named just after the marriage of Victoria and Albert in 1841 (St John’s Wood)
Radlett House, NW8 Radlett House is a block on Radlett Place (St John’s Wood)
Radlett Place, NW8 Radlett Place was formerly called Regent Villa Mews (Primrose Hill)
Regent Court, NW8 Regent Court can be found on North Bank (St John’s Wood)
Regents Mews, NW8 Regents Mews is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Robert Moreton House, NW8 Robert Moreton House is a block on Rowley Way (St John’s Wood)
Roding House, NW8 Roding House is sited on Salisbury Street (St John’s Wood)
Rodney Court, W9 Rodney Court is located on Maida Vale (St John’s Wood)
Rossetti Mews, NW8 Rossetti Mews is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Rothley Court, NW8 Rothley Court is a block on St John’s Wood Road (St John’s Wood)
Rowley Way, NW8 Rowley Way was named after Llewellyn Rowley, Camden’s Director of Housing (St John’s Wood)
Rudgwick Terrace, NW8 Rudgwick Terrace is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Russell House, NW8 Russell House is located on Eamont Street (St John’s Wood)
Rutherglen House, NW6 Rutherglen House is a building on Belsize Road (St John’s Wood)
Ryder’s Terrace, NW8 Ryder’s Terrace is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Salisbury Street, NW8 Salisbury Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Sandown House, NW6 Sandown House can be found on Belsize Road (St John’s Wood)
Scott Ellis Gardens, NW8 Scott Ellis Gardens was built by Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden (1880-1946) who was a landowner, writer, Olympic athlete and patron of the arts (St John’s Wood)
Searle House, NW8 Searle House is a block on Cecil Grove (St John’s Wood)
Selby House, NW6 Selby House is located on Belsize Road (St John’s Wood)
Shannon Place, NW8 Shannon Place is a location in London (St John’s Wood)
Spencer Court, NW8 Spencer Court is a block on Marlborough Place (St John’s Wood)
Springfield Road, NW8 Springfield Road dates from the late 1850s (St John’s Wood)
St Edmund’s Court, NW8 St Edmund’s Court is a block on St Edmund’s Terrace (St John’s Wood)
St Edmund’s Terrace, NW8 St Edmund’s Terrace is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
St James’s Close, NW8 St James’s Close is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
St John’s Wood Park, NW8 St John’s Wood Park is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
St John’s Wood Terrace, NW8 St John’s Wood Terrace is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
St Johns Wood Court, NW8 St Johns Wood Court is a block on St John’s Wood Road (St John’s Wood)
St John’s Wood High Street, NW8 St John’s Wood High Street is a shopping street of St John’s Wood (St John’s Wood)
St John’s Wood Road, NW8 St John’s Wood Road is a main road connecting Lord’s with Maida Vale (St John’s Wood)
St Mark’s Court, NW8 St Mark’s Court is a block on Abbey Road (St John’s Wood)
St Stephen’s Close, NW8 St Stephen’s Close is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
St. Edmunds Terrace, NW8 St. Edmunds Terrace is a location in London (St John’s Wood)
St. James’s Terrace, NW8 St. James’s Terrace is a location in London (St John’s Wood)
Stevenson House, NW8 Stevenson House is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)
Swain Street, NW8 Swain Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Swanbourne House, NW8 Swanbourne House is located on Capland Street (St John’s Wood)
Tadema House, NW8 Tadema House is a block on Penfold Street (St John’s Wood)
Tatham Place, NW8 Tatham Place is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
The Lane, NW8 The Lane is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
The Marlowes, NW8 The Marlowes is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
The Yoo Building, NW8 The Yoo Building is located on Hall Road (St John’s Wood)
Titchfield House, NW8 Titchfield House can be found on Titchfield Road (St John’s Wood)
Titchfield Road, NW8 Titchfield Road is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Tower Court, NW8 Tower Court is a block on Mackennal Street (St John’s Wood)
Townshend Court, NW8 Townshend Court can be found on Shannon Place (St John’s Wood)
Townshend Road, NW8 Townshend Road was named after the commander who received the French surrender of Quebec in 1759 (St John’s Wood)
Tresham Crescent, NW8 Tresham Crescent was built on land which was in medieval times owned by the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (St John’s Wood)
Vale Close, W9 Vale Close is a street in Maida Vale (St John’s Wood)
Verulam Terrace, W9 Verulam Terrace is the former name for a section of the modern Hall Road (St John’s Wood)
Viceroy Court, NW8 Viceroy Court is a block on Prince Albert Road (St John’s Wood)
Violet Hill House, NW8 Violet Hill House is a block on Abercorn Place (St John’s Wood)
Violet Hill, NW8 Violet Hill leads northwest from Abercorn Place (St John’s Wood)
Vivian Court, W9 Vivian Court is a block on Maida Vale (St John’s Wood)
Waltham House, NW8 Waltham House is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)
Wandle House, NW8 Wandle House is a block on Penfold Street (St John’s Wood)
Waverley Place, NW8 Waverley Place is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Wellesley Court, W9 Wellesley Court is a street in Maida Vale (St John’s Wood)
Wellington Place, NW8 Wellington Place, like Wellington Road, is named for the Duke of Wellington who defeated Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo in 1815 (St John’s Wood)
Wellington Road, NW8 Wellington Road was named for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (St John’s Wood)
Wells Rise, NW8 This is a street in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Whitehaven Street, NW8 Whitehaven Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
William Court, NW8 William Court is a block on Hall Road (St John’s Wood)
Winchelsea House, NW8 Winchelsea House is sited on Lisson Grove (St John’s Wood)
Winterton House, W9 Winterton House is a building on Maida Vale (St John’s Wood)
Woronzow Road, NW8 Woronzow Road was named after Count Woronzow, Russian ambassador from 1785-1806 (St John’s Wood)
Wymondham Court, NW8 Wymondham Court is a block on St John’s Wood Park (St John’s Wood)

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