Aubrey Walk, W8

Road in/near Kensington, existing between 1841 and now.

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Aubrey Walk runs west of Campden Hill Road at the top of Campden Hill.

On the north side there is the ornate parish church of St George’s Campden Hill with a rather unusual pointed squat tower. The houses on the north side vary architecturally from three-storey brick Victorian terraced houses to 1930s-style houses painted white on the first floor. On the western part of the street the houses on the north side are mainly brick with various architectural styles, several with attractive roof gardens. On the south side of the street there is the attractive new development, Wycombe Square (get full details from Knight Frank).

The Campden Hill lawn tennis club is on the south side, which is also over an old reservoir for Thames Water. At the far west end of the street are some modern terraced houses some with built-in garages. At the end of the street stands Aubrey House which is one of the largest private houses in Kensington and has a blue plaque referring to four famous former residents. It also has one of the largest private gardens in Kensington. There is a marvellous view here of St. John’s Church in Lansdowne Crescent to the north and this is about the highest vantage point in the area.

There is a northern leg leading to Aubrey Walk - Aubrey Road.

In Tudor times, there was a 20 acre farm called Stonehills south of what is know Holland Park Avenue. Originally it was owned by Sir Walter Cope, who sold it to Robert Horseman in 1599. Eventually it came into the possession of the Lloyd Family who sold it in 1823 to Joshua Flesher Hanson, a substantial developer in the Notting Hill and Holland Park area. He built Campden Hill Square.

Aubrey Walk was originally an approach road to Aubrey House. Its name was originally Notting Hill Grove but it was renamed Aubrey Walk in 1893. When Campden Hill Square was constructed, coach houses and stables were built in Aubrey Walk. These were later converted into residential accommodation.

Properties in Aubrey Walk were built by Hanson and by a coal merchant called John Cowmeadow. He constructed Nos. 2-6 (even) Aubrey Walk. It seems he went out of business shortly afterwards.


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Tony Whipple   
Added: 16 Apr 2024 21:35 GMT   

Frank Whipple Place, E14
Frank was my great-uncle, I’d often be ’babysat’ by Peggy while Nan and Dad went to the pub. Peggy was a marvel, so full of life. My Dad and Frank didn’t agree on most politics but everyone in the family is proud of him. A genuinely nice, knowledgable bloke. One of a kind.

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Theresa Penney   
Added: 16 Apr 2024 18:08 GMT   

1 Whites Row
My 2 x great grandparents and his family lived here according to the 1841 census. They were Dutch Ashkenazi Jews born in Amsterdam at the beginning of the 19th century but all their children were born in Spitalfields.

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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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Notting Hill
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Pembridge Road (1900s)
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Abingdon Arms Pub, Abingdon Road.
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Boyne Terrace Mews, W11
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In the neighbourhood...

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Children of Ruston Close This road was the renaming of Rillington Place. Even after renaming, this street, where notorious murders had taken place, proved too much to avoid subsequent demolition.
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Notting Hill
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Pembridge Road (1900s)
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St Peter's Notting Hill
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Kensington Hippodrome, about 1840, showing St John’s Hill in the background.
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The Churchill Arms, Kensington
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Abbotsbury Road, Holland Park (2008) These houses are just beside an entrance to Holland Park. Further along the road was the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi meditation centre visited by the Beatles in 1967.
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Boyne Terrace Mews, W11
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Pump attendant at a Lex Garage in Campden Hill Road, Kensington fills up for a customer (1952) In the 1950s, petrol pumps were still largely attached to garage workshops. People didn’t yet use the term “petrol station“ but instead “garage”.
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3-4 Ladbroke Terrace in 2006.
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