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Cassandra Green   
Added: 11 Sep 2020 14:34 GMT   

Rudall Crescent, NW3 (- 1999)
I lived at 2 Rudall Crescent until myself and my family moved out in 1999. I once met a lady in a art fair up the road who was selling old photos of the area and was very knowledgeable about the area history, collecting photos over the years. She told me that before the current houses were built, there was a large manor house , enclosed by a large area of land. She told me there had been a fire there. Im trying to piece together the story and find out what was on the land before the crescent was built. This website is very interesting.

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Julie   
Added: 22 Sep 2022 18:30 GMT   

Well Walk, NW3 (1817 - 1818)
The home of Benthy, the Postman, with whom poet John Keats and his brother Tom lodged from early 1817 to Dec., 1818. They occupied the first floor up. Here Tom died Dec. 1, 1818. It was next door to the Welles Tavern then called ’The Green Man’."

From collected papers and photos re: No. 1 Well Walk at the library of Harvard University.

Source: No. 1, Well Walk, Hampstead. | HOLLIS for

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Brenda Jackson   
Added: 13 Aug 2017 21:39 GMT   

83 Pembroke Road
My Gt Gt grandparents lived at 83 Pembroke Road before it became Granville Road, They were married in 1874, John Tarrant and Maryann Tarrant nee Williamson.

Her brother George Samuel Williamson lived at 95 Pembroke Road with his wife Emily and children in the 1881 Census

Apparently the extended family also lived for many years in Alpha Place, Canterbury Road, Peel Road,

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Fumblina   
Added: 27 Mar 2021 11:13 GMT   

St Jude’s Church, Lancefield Street
Saint Jude’s was constructed in 1878, while the parish was assigned in 1879 from the parish of Saint John, Kensal Green (P87/JNE2). The parish was united with the parishes of Saint Luke (P87/LUK1) and Saint Simon (P87/SIM) in 1952. The church was used as a chapel of ease for a few years, but in 1959 it was closed and later demolished.

The church is visible on the 1900 map for the street on the right hand side above the junction with Mozart Street.

Source: SAINT JUDE, KENSAL GREEN: LANCEFIELD STREET, WESTMINSTER | Londo

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The Underground Map   
Added: 24 Nov 2020 14:25 GMT   

The 1879 Agricultural Show
The 1879 Royal Agricultural Society of England’s annual show was held on an area which later became Queen’s Park and opened on 30 June 1879.

The show ran for a week but the poor weather meant people had to struggle through deep mud and attendances fell disastrously. The visit to the show by Queen Victoria on the fifth day rallied visitors and nearly half the people who visited the show went on that day.

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Fumblina   
Added: 27 Mar 2021 11:08 GMT   

Wedding at St Jude’s Church
On 9th November 1884 Charles Selby and Johanna Hanlon got married in St Jude’s Church on Lancefield Street. They lived together close by at 103 Lancefield Street.
Charles was a Lather, so worked in construction. He was only 21 but was already a widower.
Johanna is not shown as having a profession but this is common in the records and elsewhere she is shown as being an Ironer or a Laundress. It is possible that she worked at the large laundry shown at the top of Lancefield Road on the 1900 map. She was also 21. She was not literate as her signature on the record is a cross.
The ceremony was carried out by William Hugh Wood and was witnessed by Charles H Hudson and Caroline Hudson.

Source: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1623/images/31280_197456-00100?pId=6694792

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James Preston   
Added: 28 Apr 2021 09:06 GMT   

School
Was this the location of Rosslyn House prep school? I have a photograph of the Rosslyn House cricket team dated 1910 which features my grandfather (Alan Westbury Preston). He would have been 12 years old at the time. All the boys on the photo have been named. If this is the location of the school then it appears that the date of demolition is incorrect.

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The Underground Map   
Added: 8 Mar 2021 14:30 GMT   

Kilburn Park - opened 1915
Kilburn Park station was opened at the height of the First World War

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PETER FAIRCLOUGH   
Added: 10 May 2021 14:46 GMT   

We once lived here
My family resided at number 53 Brindley Street Paddington.
My grandparents George and Elizabeth Jenkinson (ne Fowler) had four children with my Mother Olive Fairclough (ne Jenkinson) being born in the house on 30/09/1935.
She died on 29/04/2021 aged 85 being the last surviving of the four siblings

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Dave Fahey   
Added: 6 Jan 2021 02:40 GMT   

Bombing of the Jack O Newberry
My maternal grandfather, Archie Greatorex, was the licensee of the Earl of Warwick during the Second World War. My late mother Vera often told the story of the bombing of the Jack. The morning after the pub was bombed, the landlord’s son appeared at the Warwick with the pub’s till on an old pram; he asked my grandfather to pay the money into the bank for him. The poor soul was obviously in shock. The previous night, his parents had taken their baby down to the pub cellar to shelter from the air raids. The son, my mother never knew his name, opted to stay in his bedroom at the top of the building. He was the only survivor. I often wondered what became of him.

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Graham Margetson   
Added: 9 Feb 2021 14:33 GMT   

I lived at 4 Arkwright Road before it was the school
My parents lived at 4 Arkwright Road. Mrs Goodwin actually owned the house and my parents rented rooms from her.


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Added: 30 Dec 2022 21:41 GMT   

Southam Street, W10
do any one remember J&A DEMOLITON at harrow rd kensal green my dad work for them in a aec 6 wheel tipper got a photo of him in it

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Robert Burns   
Added: 5 Jan 2023 17:46 GMT   

1 Abourne Street
My mother, and my Aunt and my Aunt’s family lived at number 1 Abourne Street.
I remember visitingn my aunt Win Housego, and the Housego family there. If I remember correctly virtually opposite number 1, onthe corner was the Lord Amberley pub.

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Scott Hatton   
Added: 11 Sep 2020 15:38 GMT   

6 East Row (1960 - 1960)
We lived at 6 East Row just before it was demolished.

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Added: 4 Sep 2022 15:42 GMT   

Superman 2
I worked here in 1977. The scene in the prison laundry in Superman 2 was filmed here.

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Loraine Brocklehurst    
Added: 24 May 2023 14:00 GMT   

Holcombe Road, N17
I lived at 23Holcombe Rd. with my parents, Grandfather , Aunt and Uncle in 1954. My Aunt and Uncle lived there until it was demolished. I’m not sure what year that was as we emigrated to Canada.

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Jen Williams   
Added: 20 May 2023 17:27 GMT   

Corfield Street, E2
My mother was born in 193 Corfield Street in 1920.Her father was a policeman.

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sofia   
Added: 19 May 2023 08:57 GMT   

43 MELLITUS STREET
43 MELLITUS STREET

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Added: 17 May 2023 11:50 GMT   

Milson Road (1908 - 1954)
My grandparents and great grandparents and great great grandparents the Manley family lived at 33 Milson Road from 1908 to 1935. My grandad was born at 33 Milson Road. His parents George and Grace had all four of their chidren there. When his father Edward died his mother moved to 67 Milson in 1935 Road and lived there until 1954 (records found so far, it may be longer). Before that they lived in the Porten Road. I wonder if there is anyone that used to know them? My grandad was Charles ’Ted’ Manley, his parents were called George and Grace and George’s parents were called Edward and Bessie. George worked in a garage and Edward was a hairdresser.

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Added: 16 Apr 2023 15:55 GMT   

Rendlesham Road, E5
I lived at 14 Rendlesham Road in the 1940s and 50s. The house belonged to my grandfather James Grosvenor who bought it in the 1920s for £200.I had a brother who lived in property until 1956 when he married. Local families were the paisleys, the Jenners and the family of Christopher Gable.

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Sandra Field   
Added: 15 Apr 2023 16:15 GMT   

Removal Order
Removal order from Shoreditch to Holborn, Jane Emma Hall, Single, 21 Pregnant. Born about 21 years since in Masons place in the parish of St Lukes.

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Sue Germain   
Added: 10 Apr 2023 08:35 GMT   

Southwood Road, SE9
My great great grandfather lived in Time Villa, Southwood Rd around 1901. He owned several coffee houses in Whitechapel and in South London, including New Time Coffee House so either his house was named after the coffee house or vice versa.

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David Gleeson   
Added: 7 Apr 2023 22:19 GMT   

MBE from Campbell Bunk (1897 - 1971)
Walter Smith born at 43 Campbell Bunk was awarded the MBE in january honours list in 1971. A local councillor for services to the public.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
The Cannon Stream was, before it was sent underground, a tributary of the Westbourne River.
The Elms - also known as Elm Lodge - stood at the junction of Kilburn High Road and Willesden Lane.
Kilburn Grange Park Kilburn Grange Park is a three hectare open space adjacent to Kilburn High Road.
Kilburn House Kilburn House - a simple suburban villa - was notable in its role as a base for the growing WH Smith newsagent.
Oaklands Hall On the west side of West End Lane, Charles Spain bought 5 acres and between 1829 and 1838 built York Villa.
The Grange The Grange was a large mansion situated on Kilburn High Road until the turn of the twentieth century.
Victoria Hotel The Victoria Tavern was built on the corner of Kilburn High Road and Willesden Lane in the middle of the nineteenth century.

NEARBY STREETS
Abbey Lane, NW6 Abbey Lane disappeared from the map as the Kilburn Vale Estate was built.
Abbey Mews, NW6 Abbey Mews ran off Belsize Road.
Abbey Road, NW6 A small section of the north of Abbey Road lies in NW6.
Abbey Road, NW8 Abbey Road, after which the Beatles album was named, runs from St John’s Wood to West Hampstead.
Abbot’s Place, NW6 Abbots Place runs from Priory Road to West End Lane and Abbey Road.
Aberdare Gardens, NW6 This late Victorian street was probably named in compliment to Henry Bruce, Home Secretary 1868-1873, who was created 1st Baron Aberdare.
Academy Court, NW6 Academy Court is a building on Glengall Road.
Acol Road, NW6 Acol is not an acronym, but a village in Kent that gave its name to Acol Road, NW6.
Addison Court, NW6 Addison Court is sited on Brondesbury Road.
Adil House, NW6 Adil House is a block on Aldershot Road.
Ainsworth House, NW8 Ainsworth House can be found on Abbey Road.
Albion Mews, NW6 Albion Mews is one of the streets of London in the NW6 postal area.
Aldershot Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Alexandra Mews, NW8 Alexandra Mews existed between the 1850s and the 1960s.
Algernon Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Banister Mews, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Barrett House, NW6 Barrett House can be found on Victoria Road.
Belsise Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Belvedere House, NW6 Belvedere House is a block on Belsize Road.
Birchington Road, NW6 Birchington Road runs from the Edgware Road to West End Lane.
Bishopsdale House, NW6 Bishopsdale House is a block on West End Lane.
Bradwell House, NW6 Bradwell House is a block on Mortimer Place.
Bransdale Close, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Bron Court, NW6 Bron Court is a block on Brondesbury Road.
Brondesbury Mews, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Burton Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Canfield Road, NW6 Canfield Road is a location in London.
Casterbridge, NW6 Casterbridge is a location in London.
Cecil Court, NW6 Cecil Court is a block on Acol Road.
Chandler House, NW6 Chandler House is located on Willesden Lane.
Charteris Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Cleve Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Colas Mews, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Compagne Gardens, NW6 Compagne Gardens is a location in London.
Compayne Gardens, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Conway House, NW6 Conway House is a block on Quex Road.
Cotleigh Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Daynor House, NW6 Daynor House is located on Quex Road.
Dynham Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Elm House, NW6 Elm House is a block on Netherwood Street.
Embassy House, NW6 Embassy House is a building on Cleve Road.
Eresby Road, NW6 Eresby Road ran from Kingsgate Road to Kilburn High Road with a turning for Kingsgate Place about halfway down.
Espalier Gardens, NW6 Espalier Gardens is a location in London.
Falcon House, NW6 Falcon House is a block on Springfield Lane.
Farndale House, NW6 Farndale House can be found on Kilburn Vale.
Gascony Avenue, NW6 Gascony Avenue is an east-west road lying both sides of Kingsgate Road, NW6.
Glengall House, NW6 Glengall House is a block on Glengall Road.
Glengall Road, NW6 Glengall Road was laid out after Kilburn House was demolished.
Glenross House, NW6 Glenross House is sited on Belsize Road.
Goldsmith Place, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Grange Place, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Grangeway, NW6 Grangeway, NW6 lies off of Messina Avenue.
Greencroft Avenue, NW6 Greencroft Avenue is a location in London.
Haliwell House, NW6 Haliwell House is sited on Mortimer Place.
Hampton House, NW6 Hampton House is located on Belsize Road.
Harcourt House, NW6 Harcourt House is a block on Belsize Road.
Havenpool, NW8 Havenpool is a location in London.
Hawthorne House, NW6 Hawthorne House can be found on Netherwood Street.
Hazelmere Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Hemstal Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Hermit Place, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Highfield Mews, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Hillsborough Court, NW6 Hillsborough Court is sited on Mortimer Crescent.
Holmesdale House, NW6 Holmesdale House is a building on Kilburn Vale.
Holtham Road, NW8 Holtham Road disappeared when replaced by the Abbey Road Estate development.
Jackson House, NW6 Jackson House can be found on Cleve Road.
Kenilworth Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Kenmore Court, NW6 Kenmore Court is a block on Acol Road.
Kilburn Grange Park Head House, NW6 Kilburn Grange Park Head House is a block on Kilburn High Road.
Kilburn High Road, NW6 Part of Watling Street/Edgware Road, Kilburn High Road is the main road through Kilburn.
Kilburn Place, NW6 Kilburn Place was originally Providence Place.
Kilburn Priory, NW8 Kilburn Priory is a road in the NW8 postcode area
Kilburn Square, NW6 Kilburn Square was built around St Paul’s Chapel, which dates from 1825.
Kilburn Vale, NW6 Kilburn Vale leads to the Kilburn Vale estate.
Kings Gardens, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Kingsgate Place, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Kingsgate Road, NW6 Kingsgate Road runs between Quex Road and Hemstal Road.
Kyle House, NW6 Kyle House is a block on Priory Park Road.
Langtry Road, NW8 Langtry Road is a road in the NW8 postcode area
Langtry Walk, NW8 Langtry Walk was named for Lily Langtry.
Lorton House, NW6 Lorton House dates from the first development of the Kilburn Vale Estate.
Lynne Court, NW3 Lynne Court can be found on Goldhurst Terrace.
Mallard Close, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Maple House, NW6 Maple House is located on Netherwood Street.
Marshwood House, NW6 Marshwood House is a block on Kilburn Vale.
Mazenod Avenue, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Merlin House, NW6 Merlin House is a block on Kilburn High Road.
Messina Avenue, NW6 Messina Avenue stretches from West End Lane over to Kilburn High Road.
Morland House, NW6 Morland House is a block on Brondesbury Road.
Mortimer Crescent, NW6 Mortimer Crescent is a notable street in Kilburn, full of literary connections.
Mortimer Place, NW6 Mortimer Place runs east from Kilburn Priory.
Mutrix Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
New Priory Court, NW6 New Priory Court is a block on Mazenod Avenue.
Newton House, NW8 Newton House is a block on Abbey Road.
Oak House, NW6 Oak House is a block on Netherwood Street.
Opal Mews, NW6 Opal Mews is a location in London.
Oriel House, NW6 Oriel House is a block on Priory Park Road.
Palmerston Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Priory House, NW6 Priory House is a building on Kingsgate Place.
Priory Park Road, NW6 Priory Park Road dates from 1882.
Priory Road, NW6 Priory Road crosses Abbey Road to the former site of Kilburn Priory.
Priory Terrace, NW6 Priory Terrace runs between Abbey Road and Belsize Road.
Prospect Place, NW6 Prospect Place was a group of houses built fronting Edgware Road south of the junction with West End Lane.
Pumpkin House, NW6 Pumpkin House is a block on Compayne Gardens.
Queensgate Place, NW6 Queensgate Place is a location in London.
Quex Mews, NW6 Quex Mews is named after an estate in Kent.
Quex Road, NW6 Quex Road is an important road in NW6 linking the Edgware Road and West End Lane.
Rathbone House, NW6 Rathbone House is a block on Brondesbury Road.
Ribblesdale House, NW6 Ribblesdale House is a block on Kilburn Vale.
Ryde House, NW6 Ryde House is a block on Priory Park Road.
Sandbourne, NW8 Sandbourne is a location in London.
Sandby House, NW6 Sandby House is a block on Brondesbury Road.
Scolars House, NW6 Scolars House is a building on Glengall Road.
Sidney Boyd Court, NW6 Sidney Boyd Court is a block on West End Lane.
Smyma Road, NW6 Smyma Road is a location in London.
Smyrna Road, NW6 Smyrna Road is a small road to the west of West End Lane.
Snowman House, NW6 Snowman House is a location in London.
Springfield Walk, NW6 Springfield Walk has a set of very old steps that give access to Kilburn Priory.
St Julian’s Road, NW6 St Julian’s Road runs between Willesden Lane and Priory Park Road.
St Marys Mews, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Sycamore House, NW6 Sycamore House is located on Netherwood Street.
Syndon Court, NW6 Syndon Court is a block on Abbey Road.
The Terrace, NW6 The Terrace is one of the streets of London in the NW6 postal area.
Varley House, NW6 Varley House is a block on Brondesbury Road.
Victoria Mews, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Victoria Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
Victorian Road, NW6 Victorian Road is a location in London.
Waites Court, NW6 Waites Court is a building on Priory Road.
Waterloo Passage, NW6 Waterloo Passage is one of the streets of London in the NW6 postal area.
Wavel Mews, NW6 Street/road in London NW6
West Court, NW6 West Court is a block on Woodchurch Road.
West End Court, NW6 West End Court is a block on Priory Road.
Westbourne House, NW6 Westbourne House is a block on Kingsgate Road.
Westend Lane, NW6 Westend Lane is a location in London.
Wharfedale House, NW6 Wharfedale House is a block on Kilburn Vale.
Willesden Court, NW6 This is a street in the S43 postcode area
Woodchurch Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6

NEARBY PUBS
The Black Lion The Black Lion is a pub on Kilburn High Road.
The Cock Tavern The Cock Inn may have been founded in the 15th century.
Victoria Hotel The Victoria Tavern was built on the corner of Kilburn High Road and Willesden Lane in the middle of the nineteenth century.


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Meadowland with buttercups and daisies
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The Alice House
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Victorian art work
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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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Extract from the London Gazette
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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
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Kilburn Grange Park
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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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The Brownie - a bargain at 5/-
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Mortimer Place, NW6
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Billy Fury Way
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The Grange, from "The Graphic magazine", 1901
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Kilburn Wells
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