All Souls Avenue, NW10

Road in/near Kensal Rise, existing between 1901 and now.

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All Souls Avenue is a street which separates Willesden from Kensal Rise.

In the early 15th century, Thomas Chichele Archbishop of Canterbury from 1414-1443, acquired lands in Willesden and Kingsbury. In the year of his death he founded All Souls College, Oxford and endowed it with these lands. As a result, most of Willesden and Kensal Green remained largely agricultural until the mid-1800s, well into the Victorian era.

All Souls College, Oxford, began with a policy of selling land when it reached £800 an acre and sold land at Kensal Green to the United Land Company in 1882. After 1888, however, a more adventurous estates bursar (Henry O. Wakemen, 1888-99) followed the advice of the college agents and began to exploit the estates directly: the college built roads and assumed responsibility for the overall planning while individual plots were leased to builders.

All Souls Avenue was laid out about 1901.

By 1904, building had spread as far north as Leighton Gardens with the northern section being suburbanised by the 1920s.


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Wendy    
Added: 22 Mar 2024 15:33 GMT   

Polygon Buildings
Following the demolition of the Polygon, and prior to the construction of Oakshott Court in 1974, 4 tenement type blocks of flats were built on the site at Clarendon Sq/Phoenix Rd called Polygon Buildings. These were primarily for people working for the Midland Railway and subsequently British Rail. My family lived for 5 years in Block C in the 1950s. It seems that very few photos exist of these buildings.

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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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Bathurst Gardens, NW10
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Flats on Donnington Road, 1961.
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Wrottesley Road, Harlesden
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Purves Road (date unknown)
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Alexander Avenue, NW10
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Bryan Avenue, NW10
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Victor Road, Kensal Green
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In the neighbourhood...

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Kensal Rise Library The site was donated by All Souls College, Oxford and the library was opened by Mark Twain, who had been staying nearby at Dollis Hill House. At the ceremony, Mark Twain gave the Library Committee Chairman five of his books and a signed photograph.
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Bathurst Gardens, NW10
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Flats on Donnington Road, 1961.
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View down Harlesden Lane (subsequently Harlesden Road) The unknown photographer notes time as 2pm on 24 August 1895.
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Wrottesley Road, Harlesden
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Purves Road (date unknown)
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Alexander Avenue, NW10
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Bryan Avenue, NW10
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Victor Road, Kensal Green
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