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The part of Queen's Park which is in the W10 postcode and City of Westminster, is known as the Queens Park Estate.

It was built from 1874 by the Artisans, Labourers & General Dwellings Company. The architecture of that estate of some 2000 small houses is distinctively Gothic-revival, with polychrome brickwork, pinnacles and turrets along the bigger roads.

It retains First Avenue, Second Avenue etc up to Sixth Avenue, and originally had streets A-P. The street names have been made into full words, (Alperton Street, Barfett Street, Caird Street, Droop Street, Embrook Street, Farrant Street, Galton Street, Huxley Street, Ilbert Street, Kilravock Street, Lothrop Street, Marne Street, Nutbourne Street, Oliphant Street, Peach Street).

It was on this estate that the first QPR footballers had their homes.


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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

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Fumblina   
Added: 27 Mar 2021 11:13 GMT   

St Jude’s Church, Lancefield Street
Saint Jude’s was constructed in 1878, while the parish was assigned in 1879 from the parish of Saint John, Kensal Green (P87/JNE2). The parish was united with the parishes of Saint Luke (P87/LUK1) and Saint Simon (P87/SIM) in 1952. The church was used as a chapel of ease for a few years, but in 1959 it was closed and later demolished.

The church is visible on the 1900 map for the street on the right hand side above the junction with Mozart Street.

Source: SAINT JUDE, KENSAL GREEN: LANCEFIELD STREET, WESTMINSTER | Londo

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Fumblina   
Added: 27 Mar 2021 11:08 GMT   

Wedding at St Jude’s Church
On 9th November 1884 Charles Selby and Johanna Hanlon got married in St Jude’s Church on Lancefield Street. They lived together close by at 103 Lancefield Street.
Charles was a Lather, so worked in construction. He was only 21 but was already a widower.
Johanna is not shown as having a profession but this is common in the records and elsewhere she is shown as being an Ironer or a Laundress. It is possible that she worked at the large laundry shown at the top of Lancefield Road on the 1900 map. She was also 21. She was not literate as her signature on the record is a cross.
The ceremony was carried out by William Hugh Wood and was witnessed by Charles H Hudson and Caroline Hudson.

Source: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1623/images/31280_197456-00100?pId=6694792

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Dave Fahey   
Added: 6 Jan 2021 02:40 GMT   

Bombing of the Jack O Newberry
My maternal grandfather, Archie Greatorex, was the licensee of the Earl of Warwick during the Second World War. My late mother Vera often told the story of the bombing of the Jack. The morning after the pub was bombed, the landlord’s son appeared at the Warwick with the pub’s till on an old pram; he asked my grandfather to pay the money into the bank for him. The poor soul was obviously in shock. The previous night, his parents had taken their baby down to the pub cellar to shelter from the air raids. The son, my mother never knew his name, opted to stay in his bedroom at the top of the building. He was the only survivor. I often wondered what became of him.

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Lived here
Scott Hatton   
Added: 11 Sep 2020 15:38 GMT   

6 East Row (1960 - 1960)
We lived at 6 East Row just before it was demolished.

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danny currie   
Added: 30 Nov 2022 18:39 GMT   

dads yard
ron currie had a car breaking yard in millers yard back in the 60s good old days

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Comment
   
Added: 4 Sep 2022 15:42 GMT   

Superman 2
I worked here in 1977. The scene in the prison laundry in Superman 2 was filmed here.

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donna    
Added: 25 Jan 2021 13:25 GMT   

Ladbroke Dwellings
Three generations of my family lived along this row of dwellings, ’Ladbroke Dwellings’. All the men who lived there worked at the Gasworks. Among the shops you mention was Wilson’s sweet shop run by Maggie and her sister, and Johns grocery store. I believe there was also a photograph studio there too.



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Patricia Bridges   
Added: 19 Jul 2021 10:57 GMT   

Lancefield Coachworks
My grandfather Tom Murray worked here

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Watts   
Added: 17 May 2022 20:29 GMT   

Baeethoven St School, also an Annex for Paddington College of FE.
In the early 70’s I took a two year science course at Paddington CFE. The science classes were held on weekday evenings at Beethoven Street school, overseen by chemistry teacher, Mr Tattershall.

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PeteR   
Added: 24 Jul 2023 12:41 GMT   

Correction of street name
Text mentions Embrook Street on Queen’s Park Estate. It should read Enbrook Street

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Sean Farrell   
Added: 13 Feb 2024 10:09 GMT   

Jack of Newbury
His name was Thomas Mathews. He was not the son, but son-in-law (or possibly brother-in-law) to Catherine Bond, wife of the licensee, William. He was a taxi driver before and after the war and eventually took on a pub in Bedfordshire in the 1960’s. He died in 1984. It was information from his nephew that I heard about his escape from the rubble of the pub.

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LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

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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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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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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Beethoven Street School Beethoven Street School was opened in 1881 to serve the community of the newly-built Queen's Park Estate.
Chamberlayne Farm Chamberlain (Wood) Farm developed out of the manor of Chambers, named after Richard de Camera, an early 13th century cleric.
Clayton Arms A pub which was situated halfway down West Row in Kensal Town.
Corner of Caird Street and Lancefield Street (1910) The corner of Caird Street with Lancefield Street.
Gas Light and Coke Company The gasometers of the Gas Light and Coke company dominated North Kensington until demolition in the late 20th century.
Harrow Road (1920s) Harrow Road in the 1920s, looking south east towards the Prince of Wales pub and the Emmanuel Church spire.
Hudson’s the chemist (1906) Hudson’s, a chemist shop, stood on the corner of Ilbert Street and Third Avenue in the Queen’s Park estate.
Jack of Newbury The Jack of Newbury stood at the corner of East Row and Kensal Road until it was bombed on 2 October 1940.
Kensal House There are two Kensal Houses in London W10 - this was the original
Kilburn Lane Farm A farm existed in Kilburn Lane until the 1860s, by which time it had been disrupted by the railway line.
Lads of the Village One of the signature public houses along Kensal Road.
Lancefield Coachworks Lancefield Coachworks was a builder of bespoke bodies for expensive car chassis always introducing sporting elements into designs.
Lothrop Street (1907) Postcard of a "street on the Queen’s Park Estate".
Middle Row School Middle Row School was established in the late 19th century to provide education to the children of Kensal New Town.
Portobello Arms The Portobello Arms was a former pub in Kensal Town, established in 1842.
Queen’s Park Library Queen’s Park Library was built to improve the minds of the new Queen’s Park Estate residents.
The Flora The Flora is situated on Harrow Road, W10.
The Foresters The Foresters - a lost pub of London W10
The Plough From the sixteenth century onwards, the Plough stood beside the Harrow Road.
The Victoria (Narrow Boat) The Victoria later became the Narrow Boat before it burned down.
Wedlake Street Baths In a time when most had somewhere to live but few had somewhere to wash at home, public baths were the place to go...
Western Arms The Western Arms was a pub situated on the corner of Ladbroke Grove and Kensal Road.
William Miller’s Yard William Miller's Yard stood in Chapel Place, West Row.

NEARBY STREETS
Adela Street, W10 Adela Street is a small cul-de-sac in Kensal Town (Kensal Town)
Alderson Street, W10 Alderson Street is a side street north of Kensal Road (Kensal Town)
Allington Road, W10 Allington Road is a street on the Queen's Park Estate in London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Alperton Street, W10 Alperton Street is the first alphabetically named street in the Queen’s Park Estate, W10 (Kensal Town)
Ash House, W10 Ash House is a block on Heather Walk (Kensal Town)
Banister House, W10 Banister House is a block on Bruckner Street (Queens Park Estate)
Banister Road, W10 Banister Road just scrapes being classed as belonging to the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Bantock House, W10 Bantock House is located on Third Avenue (Queens Park Estate)
Barfett Street, W10 Barfett Street is a street on the Queen’s Park Estate, W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Beethoven Street, W10 Beethoven Street is a street in the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Berens Road, NW10 Berens Road is a location in London (Kensal Green)
Birch House, W10 Birch House is a block on Droop Street (Queens Park Estate)
Boyce House, W10 Boyce House is located on Bruckner Street (West Kilburn)
Bravington Road, W9 Bravington Road is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)
Briar Walk, W10 Briar Walk lies on the Queen's Park Estate (Kensal Town)
Bruckner Street, W10 Bruckner Street is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Brunel Mews, W10 Brunel Mews, a tiny cul-de-sac, is the northern extension of Sixth Avenue (Queens Park Estate)
Buller Road, W10 Buller Road is a small residential road on the west side of Kilburn Lane (Queens Park Estate)
Caird Street, W10 Caird Street is the ’C’ street on the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Canal Close, W10 Canal Close was built over the former gas works site at the top of Ladbroke Grove (Kensal Town)
Canal Way, W10 Canal Way was built on the site of the Kensal Gas Works (North Kensington)
Cherry Tree House, W10 Cherry Tree House is a block on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
Clayton Yard, Clayton Yard ran off the west side of West Row (Kensal Town)
Clifford House, W10 Clifford House is a block on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
Compton Road, NW10 Compton Road is a street in Willesden (Kensal Green)
Conlan Street, W10 Conlan Street is one of the newer roads of Kensal Town (Kensal Town)
Courtville House, W10 Courtville House is a block on Parry Road (Queens Park Estate)
Croft House, W10 Croft House is a block on Parry Road (Queens Park Estate)
Danby House, W10 Danby House is a block on Bruckner Street (Queens Park Estate)
Dart Street, W10 Dart Street runs eastwards from Third Avenue and becomes Marban Road (West Kilburn)
Dowland Street, W10 Dowland Street is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Droop House, W10 Droop House is a block on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
Droop Street, W10 Droop Street is one of the main east-west streets of the Queen’s Park Estate (Kensal Town)
DSP House, W10 DSP House is a block on Kilburn Lane (Queens Park Estate)
East Row, W10 East Row is a road with a long history within Kensal Town (Kensal Town)
Elm House, W10 Elm House can be found on Briar Walk (Kensal Town)
Enbrook Street, W10 Enbrook Street is another street north of Harrow Road, W10 without a pub (Queens Park Estate)
Farnaby House, W10 Farnaby House is a block on Lancefield Street (Queens Park Estate)
Farrant Street, W10 Farrant Street is the missing link in the alphabetti spaghetti of the streetnames of the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Fifth Avenue, W10 Fifth Avenue is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Fir House, W10 Fir House can be found on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
First Avenue, W10 First Avenue is street number one in the Queen's Park Estate (West Kilburn)
Fourth Avenue, W10 Fourth Avenue runs south from Ilbert Street (Queens Park Estate)
Galton Street, W10 Galton Street lies within the Queen’s Park Estate, W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Halstow Road, NW10 Halstow Road was laid out in the 1890s (Kensal Green)
Harrington Court, W10 Harrington Court can be found on Dart Street (West Kilburn)
Harrow Road, NW10 Harrow Road is a location in London (Queens Park Estate)
Harrow Road, W10 Harrow Road is a main road through London W10 (Kensal Town)
Harvist Road, NW10 Harvist Road is a street in Willesden (Queen’s Park)
Harvist Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Queens Park Estate)
Hawthorn Walk, W10 Queen's Park Estate (Kensal Town)
Hazlewood Crescent, W10 Hazlewood Crescent, much altered by 1970s redevelopment, is an original road of the area (Kensal Town)
Heather Walk, W10 Heather Walk lies in the Queen’s Park Estate (Kensal Town)
Herries Street, W10 Herries Street is a street in the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Holly House, W10 Holly House is a block on Hawthorn Walk (Kensal Town)
Huxley Street, W10 Huxley Street is the only street beginning with an H on the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Ilbert Street, W10 Ilbert Street is the ’I’ street on the Queen’s Park Estate, W10 (Queens Park Estate)
James Collins Close, W9 James Collins Close is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)
John Fearon Walk, W10 This is a street in the W10 postcode area (Queens Park Estate)
Kensal House, W10 Kensal House was designed in 1936 to show off the power of gas and originally had no electricity at all (North Kensington)
Kensal Road, W10 Kensal Road, originally called Albert Road, is the heart of Kensal Town (Kensal Town)
Kilburn Lane, W10 Kilburn Lane runs around the edge of the Queen’s Park Estate in London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Kilburn Lane, W9 Kilburn Lane is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)
Kilravock Street, W10 Kilravock Street is a street on the Queen’s Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Kingisholt Court, NW10 Kingisholt Court is sited on Harrow Road (North Kensington)
Kings Holt Mews, W10 Kings Holt Mews runs behind Kilburn Lane (Queens Park Estate)
Lancefield Street, W10 Lancefield Street runs from Caird Street to Bruckner Street (West Kilburn)
Larch House, W10 Larch House is a block on Rowan Walk (Kensal Town)
Lawes House, W10 Lawes House is a block on Bruckner Street (Queens Park Estate)
Lothrop Street, W10 Lothrop Street is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Maple Walk, W10 Post war development on the Queen’s Park Estate created some plant-based street names (Kensal Town)
Marne Street, W10 Marne Street is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Middle Row, W10 Middle Row is one of the original streets laid out as Kensal New Town (Kensal Town)
Mounsey House, W10 Mounsey House is a block on Parry Road (Queens Park Estate)
Mozart Street, W10 Mozart Street was part of the second wave of development of the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Nautilus House, W10 Nautilus House is a block on West Row (Kensal Town)
Nutbourne Street, W10 Nutbourne Street is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Oak House, W10 Oak House is sited on Sycamore Walk (Kensal Town)
Oliphant Street, W10 Oliphant Street was the final alphabetical street on the original Queen’s Park Estate naming scheme (Queens Park Estate)
Onslow Close, W10 Onslow Close is in the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Park Mews, W10 Park Mews is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Parry Road, W10 Parry Road is on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Peach Road, W10 Peach Road is one of the newer streets of the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Pember House, NW10 Pember House is a block on Pember Road (Queens Park Estate)
Pember Road, NW10 Pember Road is one of the side streets to the west of Kilburn Lane, NW10 (Kensal Green)
Pine House, W10 Pine House is a block on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
Purday House, W10 Purday House is a block on Bruckner Street (Queens Park Estate)
Queen’s Park Court, W10 Queen’s Park Court is a block on Ilbert Street (Queens Park Estate)
Regent Street, NW10 Regent Street, otherwise an obscure side street is one of the oldest roads in Kensal Green (Queens Park Estate)
Ronan Walk, W10 Ronan Walk was one of the streets constructed in a 1970s build parallel to the Harrow Road (Kensal Town)
Second Avenue, W10 Second Avenue is one of the streets of the Queen's Park Estate, W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Selby Square, W10 Selby Square is a walkway in the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Severn Avenue, W10 Severn Avenue is a newer thoroughfare in the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Sixth Avenue, W10 Sixth Avenue is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
St Johns Terrace, W10 St Johns Terrace is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Kensal Town)
Stansbury Square, W10 This is a street in the W10 postcode area (Queens Park Estate)
Steve Biko Court, W10 Steve Biko Court is a block on St John’s Terrace (North Kensington)
Sycamore Walk, W10 Queen's Park Estate (Kensal Town)
Symphony Mews, W10 Symphony Mews is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (Queens Park Estate)
The Quadrant, W10 The Quadrant is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Third Avenue, W10 Third Avenue is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Tolhurst Drive, W10 Tolhurst Drive is a street in the Queen's Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Tollbridge Close, W10 This is a street in the W10 postcode area (Kensal Town)
Tropical Court, W10 Tropical Court is a block on Kilburn Lane (Queens Park Estate)
Verdi Crescent, W10 Verdi Crescent is a post-war development, lying off of Herries Street (Queens Park Estate)
Wakeman House, NW10 Wakeman House is a block on Wakeman Road (Kensal Green)
Warfield Road, NW10 Warfield Road is a street in Willesden (Kensal Green)
Wedlake Street, W10 Wedlake Street arrived as the second wave of building in Kensal Town was completed (Kensal Town)
Wellington Road, NW10 Wellington Road commemorates the Duke of Wellington (North Kensington)
West Row, W10 West Row, W10 began its life in the early 1840s (Kensal Town)
Western Dwellings Western Dwellings were a row of houses, opposite the Western Gas Works, housing some of the workers (Kensal Town)
Westfield Court, NW10 Westfield Court is a block on Chamberlayne Road (Queens Park Estate)
Westgate Mews, W10 Westgate Mews ran west from West Row to the Deco Works (Kensal Town)
Willow House, W10 Willow House can be found on Maple Walk (Kensal Town)

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