West End Sidings Estate,

The West End Sidings Estate takes its name from the former West End railway sidings running along the Midland Railway.

West End Sidings Estate
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The first train to use this line left St Pancras en route to Manchester at 10am on 1 October 1868.

The original sidings were in use until the 1970s. A new housing estate was then built on the site.

Brassey Road on the Estate takes its name from Thomas Brassey, the civil engineer responsible for building the railway line into St Pancras. Significantly, Thomas Brassey was thought to be one of the first to have a vision of building a Channel Tunnel, but failed to convince the governments of the day of its worth. He was credited as being responsible for 1 in every 3 miles of railway track laid during his lifetime. Barlow Road takes its name from William Barlow, the great railway shed builder of his time, responsible for the original St Pancras station with its magnificent roof.

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Mill Lane, looking east (1900s)

Added: 2 Oct 2023 16:43 GMT

Advertisement for a laundry in Mill Lane, Brixton Hill, SW2 from early 1900’s
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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
Steve Charleville Circus, SE26 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 Reply
Steve Charleville Circus, SE26 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 Reply
Charles Hornsey Rise, N19 Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT	My House I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s. Reply
NH Woodgrange Road, E7 Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT	Telephone House Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000 Reply
Paul Cox Aldine Street, W12 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. Reply
Diana New Inn Yard, E1 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. Reply
Vic Stanley Peckham High Street, SE1 Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT	Postcose The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1 Reply

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Brondesbury Station in 1961. The view is to the northeast towards Dalston Junction and Broad Street. In the distance can be seen the overbridge carrying the Metropolitan and LNER (ex-Great Central) six lines into Baker Street and Marylebone. Credit: Wiki Commons/Ben Brooksbank TUM image id: 1452354768 Licence:	The Gaumont State Cinema on Kilburn High Road (2007) Designed by George Coles and commissioned and built by Phillip and Sid Hyams, the cinema opened in 1937. The Gaumont State was one of the biggest auditoria in Europe, with seating for 4004 people. The suffix ’State’ is said to come from the huge 120 feet tower, inspired by the Empire State Building in New York City. Credit: Wiki Commons/oxyman TUM image id: 1630398244 Licence:	Extract from the London Gazette Credit: The London Gazette TUM image id: 1556827514 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Wet Fish Cafe Credit: Wet Fish Cafe TUM image id: 1556889785 Licence:	The Alice House TUM image id: 1557142437 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The Black Lion (early 1900s) TUM image id: 1557151939 Licence:	Fortune Green TUM image id: 1557159356 Licence:	Eustace Hamilton Miles TUM image id: 1557162230 Licence:	Remains of Kilburn Priory as it appeared in 1722 Engraved by I Quilley for "The topography and natural history of Hampstead, in the County of Middlesex" (1814) by John J. Park Credit: I Quilley TUM image id: 1646136358 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Kilburn Grange Park TUM image id: 1453363351 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Parsifal Road, NW6 was approved in 1883. Between 1890 and 1897, thirteen large detached and semi-detached houses were built in the road in a distinctive Hampstead fin-de-siècle style. Credit: GoArt/The Underground Map TUM image id: 1610037059 Licence:	Cannon Hill is in the Fortune Green area of West Hampstead. EJ Cave, one of the district’s most prominent Victorian builders, built the Cannon Hill estate where Marlborough, Buckingham and Avenue Mansions were built in the triangle formed by Cannon Hill, Finchley Road, and West End Lane in 1896-1900. Credit: GoArt/The Underground Map TUM image id: 1615379778 Licence:	Houses in Dennington Park Road Credit: GoArt/The Underground Map TUM image id: 1605007232 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Built in the period immediately following the First World War, Grangeway NW6 is tucked into a corner of Kilburn Grange Park. TUM image id: 1453361516 Licence:	Narcissus Road, an album by The Hours. Credit: The Hours TUM image id: 1484675399 Licence:

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Brondesbury Station in 1961. The view is to the northeast towards Dalston Junction and Broad Street. In the distance can be seen the overbridge carrying the Metropolitan and LNER (ex-Great Central) six lines into Baker Street and Marylebone.
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The Gaumont State Cinema on Kilburn High Road (2007) Designed by George Coles and commissioned and built by Phillip and Sid Hyams, the cinema opened in 1937. The Gaumont State was one of the biggest auditoria in Europe, with seating for 4004 people. The suffix ’State’ is said to come from the huge 120 feet tower, inspired by the Empire State Building in New York City.
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Fortune Green
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Kilburn Grange Park
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Houses in Dennington Park Road
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Built in the period immediately following the First World War, Grangeway NW6 is tucked into a corner of Kilburn Grange Park.
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Narcissus Road, an album by The Hours.
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Sumatra Road, West Hampstead. Houses opposite Kingdon Road.
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The Grange, from "The Graphic magazine", 1901
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