St Luke’s Road, W11

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St Luke’s Road is a street in Notting Hill.





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Tom Vague   
Added: 9 Sep 2020 14:02 GMT   

The Bedford family at 3 Acklam Road (1860 - 1965)
From the 19th century up until 1965, number 3 Acklam Road, near the Portobello Road junction, was occupied by the Bedford family.

When the Westway construction work began the Bedfords sold up and moved to south London. In the early 1970s the house was taken over by the North Kensington Amenity Trust and became the Notting Hill Carnival office before its eventual demolition.

Anne Bedford (now McSweeney) has fond memories of living there, although she recalls: ‘I now know that the conditions were far from ideal but then I knew no different. There was no running hot water, inside toilet or bath, apart from the tin bath we used once a week in the large kitchen/dining room. Any hot water needed was heated in a kettle. I wasn’t aware that there were people not far away who were a lot worse off than us, living in poverty in houses just like mine but families renting one room. We did have a toilet/bathroom installed in 1959, which was ‘luxury’.

‘When the plans for the Westway were coming to light, we were still living in the house whilst all the houses opposite became empty and boarded up one by one. We watched all this going on and decided that it was not going to be a good place to be once the builders moved in to demolish all the houses and start work on the elevated road. Dad sold the house for a fraction of what it should have been worth but it needed too much doing to it to bring it to a good living standard. We were not rich by any means but we were not poor. My grandmother used to do her washing in the basement once a week by lighting a fire in a big concrete copper to heat the water, which would have been there until demolition.

‘When we moved from number 3, I remember the upright piano that my grandparents used to play �’ and me of sorts �’ being lowered out of the top floor and taken away, presumably to be sold. I used to play with balls up on the wall of the chemist shop on the corner of Acklam and Portobello. We would mark numbers on the pavement slabs in a grid and play hopscotch. At the Portobello corner, on one side there was the Duke of Sussex pub, on the other corner, a chemist, later owned by a Mr Fish, which I thought was amusing. When I was very young I remember every evening a man peddling along Acklam Road with a long thin stick with which he lit the streetlights.’ Michelle Active who lived at number 33 remembers: ‘6 of us lived in a one-bed basement flat on Acklam Road. When they demolished it we moved to a 4-bed maisonette on Silchester Estate and I thought it was a palace, two toilets inside, a separate bathroom that was not in the kitchen, absolute heaven.’



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PETER FAIRCLOUGH   
Added: 10 May 2021 14:46 GMT   

We once lived here
My family resided at number 53 Brindley Street Paddington.
My grandparents George and Elizabeth Jenkinson (ne Fowler) had four children with my Mother Olive Fairclough (ne Jenkinson) being born in the house on 30/09/1935.
She died on 29/04/2021 aged 85 being the last surviving of the four siblings

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David Jones-Parry   
Added: 7 Sep 2017 12:13 GMT   

Mcgregor Road, W11 (1938 - 1957)
I was born n bred at 25 Mc Gregor Rd in 1938 and lived there until I joined the Royal Navy in 1957. It was a very interesting time what with air raid shelters,bombed houses,water tanks all sorts of areas for little boys to collect scrap and sell them on.no questions asked.A very happy boyhood -from there we could visit most areas of London by bus and tube and we did.

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charlie evans   
Added: 10 Apr 2021 18:51 GMT   

apollo pub 1950s
Ted Lengthorne was the landlord of the apollo in the 1950s. A local called darkie broom who lived at number 5 lancaster road used to be the potman,I remember being in the appollo at a street party that was moved inside the pub because of rain for the queens coronation . Not sure how long the lengthornes had the pub but remember teds daughter julie being landlady in the early 1970,s

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Christian   
Added: 31 Oct 2023 10:34 GMT   

Cornwall Road, W11
Photo shows William Richard Hoare’s chemist shop at 121 Cornwall Road.

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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
Portobello Green features a shopping arcade under the Westway along Thorpe Close, an open-air market under the canopy, and community gardens.
3 Acklam Road From the 19th century up until 1965, number 3 Acklam Road, near the Portobello Road junction, was occupied by the Bedford family.
3 Acklam Road
Acklam Road protests Acklam Road was the centre of much action during the building of the Westway.
Acklam Road protests
Adair Road before redevelopment (1964) A photo showing Adair Road’s junction with Golborne Gardens in March 1964.
Adair Road before redevelopment (1964)
Adair Road junction with Southam Street (1932) A wet day in London W10.
Adair Road junction with Southam Street (1932)
Albert Hotel The Albert Hotel stood on the corner of All Saints Road and Westbourne Park Road.
Albert Hotel
Orme’s Green Ormes Green was the former name for this part of Westbourne Park.
Orme’s Green
Political meeting (1920s) Meeting in front of the Junction Arms situated where Tavistock Road, Crescent and Basing Road met.
Political meeting (1920s)
Portobello Farm Portobello Farm House was approached along Turnpike Lane, sometimes referred to as Green’s Lane, a track leading from Kensington Gravel Pits towards a wooden bridge over the canal.
Portobello Farm
St Mary’s Harrow Road St Mary’s Harrow Road was built as the infirmary for the Paddington Workhouse.
St Mary’s Harrow Road
St. Joseph’s Home St Joseph's dominated a part of Portobello Road up until the 1980s.
St. Joseph’s Home
The Apollo The Apollo pub was located at 18 All Saints Road, on the southeast corner of the Lancaster Road junction.
The Apollo
The Crown Acklam Road was the centre of much action during the building of the Westway
The Crown
The Mitre The Mitre was situated at 62 Golborne Road on the corner with Wornington Road.
The Mitre
The Prince of Wales Cinema The Prince of Wales Cinema was located at 331 Harrow Road.
The Prince of Wales Cinema
Weston’s Cider House In 1930 Weston’s opened their first and only cider mill on the Harrow Road.
Weston’s Cider House
Windsor Castle The Windsor Castle dates from the 1820s but its main incarnation was as a classic Victorian public house, seminal in 1970s musical history.
Windsor Castle

NEARBY STREETS
Absalom Road, W10 Absalom Road was the former name for the western section of Golborne Gardens (Kensal Town)
Absalom Road, W10
Acklam Road, W10 Acklam Road was the centre of much action during the building of the Westway (Notting Hill)
Acklam Road, W10
Adair Road, W10 Adair Road is a street on the Kensal Town/North Kensington borders (Kensal Town)
Adair Road, W10
Adair Tower, W10 Adair Tower is a post-war tower block on the corner of Adair Road and Appleford Road, W10 (Kensal Town)
Adair Tower, W10
Admiral Walk, W9 Admiral Walk is a street in Maida Vale (Westbourne Green)
Admiral Walk, W9
Alba Place, W11 Alba Place is part of the Colville Conservation Area (Notting Hill)
Alba Place, W11
Aldridge Court, W11 Aldridge Court is in Aldridge Road Villas (Westbourne Park)
Aldridge Court, W11
Aldridge Road Villas, W11 Aldridge Road Villas is a surviving fragment of mid-Victorian residential development (Westbourne Park)
Aldridge Road Villas, W11
Alfred Road, W2 Alfred Road is the last survivor of a set of Victorian streets (Westbourne Green)
Alfred Road, W2
All Saints Road, W11 Built between 1852-61, All Saints Road is named after All Saints Church on Talbot Road (Notting Hill)
All Saints Road, W11
Angola Mews, W10 Angola Mews, one of the lost mews of North Kensington, was demolished to make way for the Bevington Road School (North Kensington)
Angola Mews, W10
Appleford House, W10 Appleford House is a residential block along Appleford Road (Kensal Town)
Appleford House, W10
Appleford Road, W10 Appleford Road was transformed post-war from a Victorian street to one dominated by housing blocks (Kensal Town)
Appleford Road, W10
Ascot House, W9 Ascot House was built as part of the GLC’s small Windsor estate (Maida Hill)
Ascot House, W9
Barnard Lodge, W9 Barnard Lodge is a street in Maida Vale (Westbourne Green)
Barnard Lodge, W9
Basing Street, W11 Basing Street was originally Basing Road between 1867 and 1939 (Notting Hill)
Basing Street, W11
Bevington Road, W10 Bevington Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)
Bevington Road, W10
Blagrove Road, W10 This is a street in the W10 postcode (Notting Hill)
Blagrove Road, W10
Bosworth Road, W10 Bosworth Road was the first street built as Kensal New Town started to expand to the east (Kensal Town)
Bosworth Road, W10
Brindley Street, W2 Brindley Street was once one of the poorest streets in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Brindley Street, W2
Buckshead House, W2 Buckshead House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Buckshead House, W2
Caradoc Close, W2 Caradoc Close is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Caradoc Close, W2
Chippenham Mews, W9 Chippenham Mews lies behind Harrow Road running from Chippenham Road to Marylands Road (Maida Hill)
Chippenham Mews, W9
Combe House, W2 Combe House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Combe House, W2
Culham House, W2 Culham House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Culham House, W2
Dainton House, W2 Dainton House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Dainton House, W2
Dartmouth Close, W11 Dartmouth Close is a street in Notting Hill (Westbourne Green)
Dartmouth Close, W11
Derrycombe House, W2 Derrycombe House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Derrycombe House, W2
Devonport House, W2 Devonport House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Devonport House, W2
Edbrooke Road, W9 Edbrooke Road is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Edbrooke Road, W9
Edenham Mews, W10 Edenham Mews was the site of a youth club and day nursery after the Second World War until demolition (Kensal Town)
Edenham Mews, W10
Edenham Street, W10 Edenham Street was swept away in 1969 (Kensal Town)
Edenham Street, W10
Edenham Way, W10 Edenham Way is a 1970s street (North Kensington)
Edenham Way, W10
Elkstone Road, W10 Elkstone Road replaced Southam Street around 1970 (North Kensington)
Elkstone Road, W10
Elmfield Way, W9 Elmfield Way is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Elmfield Way, W9
Fallodon House, W11 Fallodon House was planned in 1973 to replace housing between Tavistock Crescent, Tavistock Road, and St Luke’s Road (Westbourne Park)
Fallodon House, W11
Fermoy House, W9 Fermoy House can be found on Fermoy Road (West Kilburn)
Fermoy House, W9
Fermoy Road, W9 Fermoy Road was named in 1883 and partly built up by 1884 (West Kilburn)
Fermoy Road, W9
Foscote Mews, W9 This is a street in the W9 postcode area (Westbourne Green)
Foscote Mews, W9
Golborne Gardens, W10 Golborne Gardens may date from the 1880s (Kensal Town)
Golborne Gardens, W10
Golden Mews, W11 Golden Mews was a tiny mews off of Basing Street, W11 (Notting Hill)
Golden Mews, W11
Goldney Road, W9 Goldney Road was built around 1860 on land which was once the property of Westminster Abbey (Maida Hill)
Goldney Road, W9
Great Western Road, W11 The name of the Great Western Road dates from the 1850s (Westbourne Park)
Great Western Road, W11
Great Western Road, W9 Great Western Road’s northernmost section was created after a bridge was constructed over the canal (Maida Hill)
Great Western Road, W9
Hampden Street, W2 Hampden Street is a now demolished street (Westbourne Green)
Hampden Street, W2
Hanwell House, W2 Hanwell House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Hanwell House, W2
Harrow Road, W9 Harrow Road is a main road running through Paddington, Willesden and beyond (Maida Hill)
Harrow Road, W9
Hayden’s Place, W11 Haydens Place is a small cul-de-sac off of the Portobello Road (Notting Hill)
Hayden’s Place, W11
Hazlewood Tower, W10 Hazlewood Tower is a skyscraper in North Kensington, London W10 (Kensal Town)
Hazlewood Tower, W10
Hedgegate Court, W11 Hedgegate Court is a block on Powis Terrace (Notting Hill)
Hedgegate Court, W11
Hermes Close, W9 Hermes Close is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Hermes Close, W9
Hormead Road, W9 Hormead Road was named in 1885 although its site was still a nursery ground until 1891 (Kensal Town)
Hormead Road, W9
Hunter Lodge, W9 Hunter Lodge is a street in Maida Vale (Westbourne Green)
Hunter Lodge, W9
James House, W10 James House is a residential block in Appleford Road (Kensal Town)
James House, W10
Kensal Place, W10 Kensal Place ran from Southam Street to Kensal Road (Kensal Town)
Kensal Place, W10
Keyham House, W2 The twenty-storey Keyham House is on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Keyham House, W2
Kildare Terrace, W2 Kildare Terrace is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Kildare Terrace, W2
Lancaster Road, W11 Lancaster Road has been called London’s most Instagrammable street (Notting Hill)
Lancaster Road, W11
Landor House, W2 Landor House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Landor House, W2
Leamington House, W11 Leamington House was built by 1962 (Westbourne Park)
Leamington House, W11
Leamington Road Villas, W11 Leamington Road Villas is a street in Notting Hill (Westbourne Park)
Leamington Road Villas, W11
Lister Lodge, W9 Lister Lodge is a street in Maida Vale (Westbourne Green)
Lister Lodge, W9
Lockbridge Court, W9 Lockbridge Court can be found on Elmfield Way (Westbourne Green)
Lockbridge Court, W9
Marylands Road, W9 Marylands Road was built by the Neeld family during the 1860s (Maida Hill)
Marylands Road, W9
McGregor Road, W11 McGregor Road runs between St Luke’s Road and All Saints Road (Notting Hill)
McGregor Road, W11
Mickletone House, W2 Mickletone House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Mickletone House, W2
Modena Street, W9 Modena Street was swept away in the late 1960s (North Kensington)
Modena Street, W9
Morgan Road, W10 Morgan Road connects Wornington Road and St Ervans Road (North Kensington)
Morgan Road, W10
Moulsford House, W2 Moulsford House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Moulsford House, W2
Oakington Road, W9 Oakington Road is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Oakington Road, W9
Orchard Close, W10 Orchard Close is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (North Kensington)
Orchard Close, W10
Polesworth House, W2 Polesworth House is a block on Alfred Road (Westbourne Green)
Polesworth House, W2
Polperro House, W2 Polperro House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Polperro House, W2
Portishead House, W2 Portishead House is part of the Brunel Estate (Westbourne Green)
Portishead House, W2
Portobello Road, W10 Portobello Road is split into two sections by the Westway/Hammersmith and City line (North Kensington)
Portobello Road, W10
Powis Gardens, W11 Powis Gardens is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Powis Gardens, W11
Powis Mews, W11 Powis Mews is a street in Notting Hill (Westbourne Green)
Powis Mews, W11
Powis Terrace, W11 Powis Terrace is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Powis Terrace, W11
Pressland Street, W10 Pressland Street ran from Kensal Road to the canal (North Kensington)
Pressland Street, W10
Raddington Road, W10 Raddington Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Hill)
Raddington Road, W10
Riverford House, W2 Riverford House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Riverford House, W2
Roseland Place, W11 Roseland Place was a short mews located at what is now 224/226 Portobello Road (Notting Hill)
Roseland Place, W11
Sappertone House, W2 Sappertone House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Sappertone House, W2
Shottsford, W2 Shottsford is one of the buildings of the Wessex Gardens Estate (Westbourne Green)
Shottsford, W2
Shrewsbury Road, W2 Shrewsbury Road is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Shrewsbury Road, W2
Silvester Mews, W11 Silvester Mews was a mews off of Basing Street, W11 (Notting Hill)
Silvester Mews, W11
Southam House, W10 Southam House is situated on Adair Road (Kensal Town)
Southam House, W10
Southam Street, W10 Southam Street was made world-famous in the photographs of Roger Mayne (Kensal Town)
Southam Street, W10
St Columbs House, W10 St Columbs House is situated at 9-39 Blagrove Road (North Kensington)
St Columbs House, W10
St Ervans Road, W10 St Ervans Road is named after the home town of the Rev. Samuel Walker (North Kensington)
St Ervans Road, W10
St Joseph’s Close, W10 St Joseph’s Close is a cul-de-sac off of Bevington Road (North Kensington)
St Joseph’s Close, W10
St Lukes Mews, W11 St Lukes Mews is a mews off of All Saints Road, W11 (Notting Hill)
St Lukes Mews, W11
St Luke’s Road, W11 St Luke’s Road is a street in Notting Hill (Westbourne Park)
St Luke’s Road, W11
St Stephens Mews, W2 St Stephens Mews is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
St Stephens Mews, W2
St Stephen’s Gardens, W2 St Stephen’s Gardens is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
St Stephen’s Gardens, W2
Stonehouse House, W2 Stonehouse House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Stonehouse House, W2
Sunderland House, W2 Sunderland House is sited on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Sunderland House, W2
Tavistock Crescent, W11 Tavistock Crescent was where the first Notting Hill Carnival procession began on 18 September 1966. (Notting Hill)
Tavistock Crescent, W11
Tavistock Mews, W11 Tavistock Mews, W11 lies off of the Portobello Road (Notting Hill)
Tavistock Mews, W11
Tavistock Road, W11 Tavistock Road was developed in the late 1860s alongside the Hammersmith and City railway line from Westbourne Park station (Notting Hill)
Tavistock Road, W11
The Greene House, W9 The Greene House is a block on Goldney Road (Maida Hill)
The Greene House, W9
Trellick Tower, W10 Trellick Tower is a 31-storey block of flats designed in the Brutalist style by architect Ernő Goldfinger, completed in 1972 (Kensal Town)
Trellick Tower, W10
Truro House, W2 Truro House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Truro House, W2
Waverley Road, W2 Waverley Road, now gone, lasted just over a hundred years (Westbourne Green)
Waverley Road, W2
Westbourne Park Road, W11 Westbourne Park Road runs between Notting Hill and the Paddington area (Westbourne Park)
Westbourne Park Road, W11
Westbury House, W11 Westbury House was built on the corner of Westbourne Park Road and Aldridge Road Villas in 1965 (Westbourne Park)
Westbury House, W11
Western Mews, W9 Western Mews is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Western Mews, W9
Westway, W10 Westway is the A40(M) motorway which runs on an elevated section along the W10/W11 border (Notting Hill)
Westway, W10
Windsor Gardens, W9 Windsor Gardens is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Windsor Gardens, W9
Woodfield Crescent, W9 Woodfield Crescent was a former street in London W9 (Maida Hill)
Woodfield Crescent, W9
Woodfield Place, W9 Woodfield Place is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Woodfield Place, W9
Woodfield Road, W9 The first section of Woodfield Road seems to date from the 1830s (Maida Hill)
Woodfield Road, W9
Wornington Road, W10 Wornington Road connected Golborne Road with Ladbroke Grove, though the Ladbroke end is now closed to through traffic (North Kensington)
Wornington Road, W10

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