The Oval

The Oval is an international cricket ground in Kennington.

Oval station mural
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The Oval has been the home ground of Surrey County Cricket Club since it was opened in 1845. It was the first ground in England to host international Test cricket in September 1880. The final Test match of the English season is traditionally played there.

In addition to cricket, The Oval has hosted a number of other historically significant sporting events. In 1870, it staged England’s first international football match, versus Scotland. It hosted the first FA Cup final in 1872, as well as those between 1874 and 1892. In 1876, it held both the England v Wales and England v Scotland rugby international matches, and in 1877, rugby’s first Varsity match.

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Tony Whipple Frank Whipple Place, E14 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. Reply
Theresa Penney Whites Row, E1 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. Reply
Wendy The Polygon 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. Reply
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Chartist meeting, Kennington Common. Widely thought to be the earliest London photograph depicting a crowd (1848) More info: www.wcml.org.uk/about-us/timeline/kennington-common-chartist-meeting/ Credit: William Kilburn TUM image id: 1556887885 Licence:	Caldwell Street (then Holland Street) in 1920 Credit: London Borough of Lambeth TUM image id: 1516657388 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Fentiman Road, SW8 (2017) The road is named after local mid-19th century Vauxhall developer John Fentiman. TUM image id: 1544889021 Licence:	Hackford Road in a Van Gogh style Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1559057488 Licence:	Children among the rubble of a bombsite playground at Lollard Street, Lambeth (1957) Children’s rights campaigner Lady Allen of Hurtwood formed a movement for the building of playgrounds. Originally known as ‘junk’ playgrounds, they were renamed adventure playgrounds in 1953 and the movement grew. Credit: London Borough of Lambeth TUM image id: 1625154491 Licence:
South Lambeth Place Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1575382850 Licence:	Tradescant’s Ark The Musaeum Tradescantianum was the first museum open to the public to be established in England. Located in South Lambeth, it comprised a collection of curiosities assembled by John Tradescant the elder and his son in a building called The Ark, and a botanical collection in the grounds of the building. Turret House, the family home, was demolished in 1881. The house stood on the site of the present Tradescant Road and Walberswick Street, off South Lambeth Road. TUM image id: 1704974715 Licence:	Vauxhall Cross (1930s) In this view only the railway bridgework remains the same. Everything else is gone, even the road layout. TUM image id: 1605010188 Licence:	Vauxhall Mansion and Vauxhall Walk in Lambeth about to be redeveloped, September 1953. Credit: Mirrorpix TUM image id: 1691059432 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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 TUM image id: 1704976189 Licence:
Catherine Street, Vauxhall looking South (1930) Catherine Street, as Worgan Street, became part of the Vauxhall Gardens Estate. Credit: London Metropolitan Archives TUM image id: 1643826581 Licence: CC BY 2.0	An unnamed side street off of Fitzalan Street, Lambeth (1921) TUM image id: 1608039577 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Adam West as ’Batman’ filming road safety in Denny Crescent, Kennington (1967) TUM image id: 1630068983 Licence:	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. TUM image id: 1620059509 Licence:	Upper Fore Street, Lambeth (1860s) Credit: William Strudwick (1834-1910) TUM image id: 1590945094 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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Chartist meeting, Kennington Common. Widely thought to be the earliest London photograph depicting a crowd (1848) More info: www.wcml.org.uk/about-us/timeline/kennington-common-chartist-meeting/
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Caldwell Street (then Holland Street) in 1920
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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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Vauxhall Mansion and Vauxhall Walk in Lambeth about to be redeveloped, September 1953.
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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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Adam West as ’Batman’ filming road safety in Denny Crescent, Kennington (1967)
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