Vauxhall

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Vauxhall is an inner city area of Central London in the London Borough of Lambeth.

It is generally accepted that the etymology of Vauxhall is from the name of Falkes de Breauté, the head of King John's mercenaries, who owned a large house in the area, which was referred to as Faulke's Hall, later Foxhall, and eventually Vauxhall.

There is no mention of Vauxhall in the 1086 Domesday Book. The area formed part of the extensive Manor of South Lambeth. From various accounts three local roads, the South Lambeth Road, Clapham Road (previously called Merton Road) and Wandsworth Road (previously called Kingston Road) were ancient and well known routes to and from London. The area was flat and marshy with parts poorly drained by ditches. The area only started to be developed in the mid 18th century. Prior to this it provided market garden produce for the nearby City of London.

The area only became generally known by this name when the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens opened as a public attraction. Initially most visitors would have approached by river, but crowds of Londoners of all classes came to know the area after the construction of Westminster Bridge in the 1740s.

There are competing theories as to why the Russian word for a central railway station is vokzal, which coincides with the 19th-century transliteration of Vauxhall. It has long been suggested that a Russian delegation visited the area to inspect the construction of the London and South Western Railway in 1840, and mistook the name of the station for the generic name of the building type. The locality of the L&SWR's original railway terminus, Nine Elms Station, was shown boldly and simply as Vauxhall in the 1841 Bradshaw timetable.

Another likely explanation is that the first Russian railway, constructed in 1837, ran from Saint Petersburg via Tsarskoye Selo to Pavlovsk Palace, where extensive Pleasure Gardens had earlier been established. In 1838 a music and entertainment pavilion was constructed at the railway terminus. This pavilion was called the Vokzal in homage to the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in London. The name soon came to be applied to the station itself, which was the gateway that most visitors used to enter the gardens. It later came to mean any substantial railway station building.

It has also given its name to the Vauxhall Motors car manufacturer, which originated in the area.

Vauxhall station was opened by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) as 'Vauxhall Bridge Station' on 11 July 1848 when the main line was extended from Nine Elms to Waterloo, then 'Waterloo Bridge Station'. It is on a viaduct with eight platforms. The deep tube London Underground station is on the Victoria line, and opened on 23 July 1971.

Vauxhall was located next to a major creamery and milk bottling plant for United Dairies. Milk trains from all over the West Country would stop at Clapham Junction in the evening, and reduce their length by half so that they did not block Vauxhall station while unloading. They would then proceed to Vauxhall, and pull into the down side platform, where a discharge pipe was provided to the creamery on the other side of the road. There was also pedestrian access from below the station, under the road to the depot, in the tunnel where the pipeline ran. Unloaded trains would then proceed to Waterloo, where they would reverse and return to Clapham Junction to pick up the other half of the train. The procedure was then repeated, so that the entire milk train was unloaded between the end of evening peak traffic and the start of the following morning.


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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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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Vauxhall Gardens Vauxhall Gardens was a pleasure garden, one of the leading venues for public entertainment from the mid 17th century to the mid 19th century.
Vauxhall Station (early 1900s) Vauxhall at the turn of the twentieth century.

NEARBY STREETS
Albert Embankment, SW8 Albert Embankment is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Vauxhall)
Anchor House, SW8 Anchor House is a block on Bridgefoot (Vauxhall)
Aquarius House, SW8 Aquarius House is a block on Wandsworth Road (Vauxhall)
Ashmole Street, SW8 Ashmole Street was named after Elias Ashmole, a noted 17th century antiquarian, who lived near here (Oval)
Auckland Street, SE11 Auckland Street is a continuation of Glyn Street (Vauxhall)
Balniel Gate, SW1V Balniel Gate is a road of Pimlico (Pimlico)
Bannerman House, SW8 Bannerman House is a block on Ebbisham Drive (Vauxhall)
Bedser Close, SE11 Bedser Close is named for Alec Bedser, widely regarded as one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century, by association with the nearby Oval Cricket Ground (Oval)
Bessborough Gardens, SW1V Bessborough Gardens is a road in the SW1V postcode area (Pimlico)
Bessborough Mews, SW1V Bessborough Mews was situated behind Bessborough Street (Pimlico)
Bishop Brown Memorial Building, SE11 Bishop Brown Memorial Building is sited on Harleyford Road (Vauxhall)
Bondway, SW8 Bondway is named after the late 18th century developers of the street, John and Sarah Bond (Vauxhall)
Bonnington Square, SW8 Bonnington Square was built in the 1870s to house railway workers (Vauxhall)
Bridge House, SW8 Bridge House is a block on St Oswald’s Place (Vauxhall)
Bridgefoot, SW8 Bridgefoot is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Vauxhall)
Brunswick House, SW8 Brunswick House is a block on Wandsworth Road (Vauxhall)
Citadel Place, SE11 Citadel Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Lambeth)
Clark’s Passage, SW8 Clark’s Place became Clark’s Passage in 1936 (Vauxhall)
Crown Reach Riverside Walk, SW1V Crown Reach Riverside Walk is a road in the SW1V postcode area (Pimlico)
Dexter House, SW8 Dexter House is a building on Glyn Street (Vauxhall)
Dolland House, SE11 Dolland House is a block on Newburn Street (Vauxhall)
Dunmow House, SE11 Dunmow House is a block on Newburn Street (Vauxhall)
Durham Street, SE11 Durham Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)
Ebbisham Drive, SW8 Ebbisham Drive is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Vauxhall)
Exchange Gardens, SW8 Exchange Gardens is the service road for the Keybridge blocks (South Lambeth)
Farnham Royal, SE11 Farnham Royal is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)
Fountain House, SW8 Fountain House is a block on St Oswald’s Place (Vauxhall)
Glasshouse Street, SE11 George Street was renamed Glasshouse Street after 1881 (Vauxhall)
Glasshouse Walk, SE11 Glasshouse Walk was Glasshouse Street until 1936 (Vauxhall)
Glyn Street, SE11 Glyn Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)
Goding Street, SE11 Goding Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)
Graphite Square, SE11 Graphite Square is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Lambeth)
Grover House, SE11 Grover House is located on Vauxhall Street (Vauxhall)
Harleyford Court, SE11 Harleyford Court is a block on Bedser Close (Vauxhall)
Harleyford Road, SE11 Harleyford Road was named after local leaseholders the Claytons, whose country house was Harleyford Manor, Buckinghamshire (Vauxhall)
Jameson House, SE11 Jameson House is a block on Worgan Street (Vauxhall)
Jonathan Street, SE11 Jonathan Street commemorates Jonathan Tyers who was the owner of the Vauxhall Gardens during the 1700s (Lambeth)
Kennedy House, SE11 Kennedy House is a block on Vauxhall Walk (Vauxhall)
Langley Lane, SW8 Langley Lane connects South Lambeth Road with Bonnington Square (Vauxhall)
Laud Street, SE11 Laud Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Vauxhall)
Lawn Lane, SW8 Lawn Lane is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Vauxhall)
Lidhammer Court, SW1V Lidhammer Court is a block on Bessborough Gardens (Pimlico)
Lindsay Square, SW1V Lindsay Square is a road in the SW1V postcode area (Pimlico)
Malmsey House, SE11 Malmsey House is a block on Vauxhall Street (Vauxhall)
Market Towers, SW8 Market Towers is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Vauxhall)
Miles Street, SW8 Miles Street was developed from 1778 onwards by the Sarah and John Bond (Vauxhall)
Muscovy House, SE11 Muscovy House is sited on Auckland Street (Vauxhall)
New Covent Garden Market, SW8 New Covent Garden Market is a location in London (Nine Elms)
Orsett Street, SE11 Orsett Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Lambeth)
Oval Way, SE11 Oval Way is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Oval)
Park Place, SW8 Park Place is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Vauxhall)
Parry Street, SW8 Parry Street was laid out by John and Sarah Bond (Vauxhall)
Ponsonby Place, SW1V Ponsonby Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Pimlico)
Ponsonby Terrace, SW1V Ponsonby Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW1P postal area (Pimlico)
Riverside Court, SW8 Riverside Court is located on Nine Elms Lane (Vauxhall)
Riverside Walk, SW1P Riverside Walk skirts the gardens of the same name (Pimlico)
Riverside Walk, SW8 Riverside Walk is part of the Thames Path long-distance footpath (Vauxhall)
Shrewsbury House, SW8 Shrewsbury House is sited on Kennington Oval (Oval)
Simpson House, SE11 Residential block (Vauxhall)
South Lambeth Place, SW8 South Lambeth Place links South Lambeth Road to Bondway. (Vauxhall)
Southampton Street East, SW8 Southampton Street East was a row of terraced houses in Nine Elms (Nine Elms)
Southampton Street West, SW8 Southampton Street West now lies under the new developments covering Nine Elms (Nine Elms)
Spring Mews, SE11 Spring Mews is a location in London (Lambeth)
St George Wharf Tower, SW8 St George Wharf Tower is a block on Nine Elms Lane (Vauxhall)
St George Wharf, SW8 St George Wharf is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Vauxhall)
St Oswalds Place, SE11 St Oswalds Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)
St. Oswalds Place, SE11 St. Oswalds Place is a location in London (Vauxhall)
Stanley Close, SW8 Stanley Close is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Vauxhall)
Stoddart House, SE11 Stoddart House is a block on Kennington Oval (Oval)
Studios, SE11 Studios is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Oval)
Thomson House, SW1V Thomson House is a block on Balvaird Place (Pimlico)
Tintagel House, SE1 Tintagel House is a block on Albert Embankment (Vauxhall)
Tinworth Street, SE11 Tinworth Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Lambeth)
Tyburn House, SW1V Tyburn House is a block on Grosvenor Road (Pimlico)
Tyers Street, SE11 Tyers Street is named for Jonathan Tyers who was the eighteenth century owner of the Vauxhall Gardens (Lambeth)
Tyers Terrace, SE11 Tyers Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)
Vauxhall Bridge, SW1P Vauxhall Bridge is a road in the SW1P postcode area (River Thames)
Vauxhall Bridge, SW1V Vauxhall Bridge is a road in the SW1V postcode area (Pimlico)
Vauxhall Cross, SW8 Vauxhall Cross is now known as the site of the MI5 headquarters (Vauxhall)
Vauxhall Grove, SW8 Vauxhall Grove is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Vauxhall)
Vauxhall Street, SE11 Vauxhall Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)
Vauxhall Walk, SE11 Vauxhall Walk lies to the north of the Vauxhall area (Lambeth)
Viaduct Gardens, SW8 Viaduct Gardens runs beside the United States Embassy building in Nine Elms (Nine Elms)
Vox Studios 1-45, SE11 Vox Studios 1-45 is a location in London (Vauxhall)
West Bridge, SW8 West Bridge is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Vauxhall)
Westminster Business Square, SE11 Westminster Business Square is a business centre (Vauxhall)
Wickham Street, SE11 Wickham Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Vauxhall)
Wisden House, SW8 Wisden House is a large block on the Ashmole Estate (Oval)
Worgan Street, SE11 Worgan Street is the new name for the former Catherine Street in the Vauxhall Gardens Estate area (Lambeth)

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Nine Elms station opened during 2021 on the new Battersea extension of the Northern Line
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Fentiman Road, SW8 (2017) The road is named after local mid-19th century Vauxhall developer John Fentiman.
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South Lambeth Place
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Vauxhall Cross (1930s) In this view only the railway bridgework remains the same. Everything else is gone, even the road layout.
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Vauxhall Mansion and Vauxhall Walk in Lambeth about to be redeveloped, September 1953.
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Victoria Mansions with tram, South Lambeth Road on the corner of Old South Lambeth Road Paul O’Grady lived here when Lily Savage was a feature of both the Vauxhall Tavern and Vauxhall’s Elephant and Castle pub. Albert and Atholl Mansions on the left were demolished around 1975 to make way for the Mawbey Estate
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Catherine Street, Vauxhall looking South (1930) Catherine Street, as Worgan Street, became part of the Vauxhall Gardens Estate.
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Over 197 festivals take place in London every year including the largest free festival - the Mayor’s Thames Festival - and Europe’s biggest street festival, the Notting Hill Carnival which attracts near one million people
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Hemans Street circa 1935 showing Portland Cottages on the right.
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Lower Fore Street, a narrow cobblestoned street in Lambeth, pictured in 1865. Fore Street is shown on John Roque’s map of 1746. It ran alongside the river between Vauxhall Gardens and Lambeth Palace.
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