Narcissus Road, NW6

Road in/near West Hampstead, existing between 1882 and now

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Narcissus Road connects Pandora Road with Mill Lane.

On the west side of West End Lane, the land between the three railway lines was still largely untouched but beyond them building spread during the 1880s. New roads were constructed and 346 houses were built between 1882 and 1894 in Sumatra Road, Solent Road, Holmdale Road, Glenbrook Road, Pandora Road, and Narcissus Road, mostly by J.I. Chapman of Solent Road, G. W. Cossens of Mill Lane, Jabez Reynolds of Holmdale Road and James Gibb of Dennington Park Road.

Narcissus Road is the name for the debut album by English Indie rock band The Hours, named after the street with a picture of the road sign on the back cover.



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Main source: A History of the County of Middlesex | British History Online
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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Beckford’s Estate Beckfords, belonging to the family of the same name, consisted of 15 acres north of Mill Lane and west of Fortune Green Lane.
Canterbury House In the last half of the nineteenth century, a white house called Canterbury was built on the then southern fringes of West End.
Cedars A local West Hampstead builder, Thomas Potter, constructed Cedars in 1878.
Cholmley Lodge Cholmley Lodge, a two storeyed stuccoed house, was built in 1813.
Cock and Hoop The Cock and Hoop Inn was standing on the corner of West End Lane and Fortune Green Road by 1723.
Earlsfields Between Thorplands on the east and Shoot Up Hill on the west lay several fields called Earlsfields.
Flitcroft Flitcroft was a 50 acre estate at Fortune Green and West End, named after its owner in the 18th century.
Hillfield By 1644 Hillfield was already mentioned in parish records.
Jacksfield Jacksfield was one of the smaller but well-documented copyhold estates in the West Hampstead area.
Lauriston Lodge Lauriston Lodge, now the site of Dene Mansions, was a large house in West Hampstead.
Mill Lane, looking east (1900s) Mill Lane is one of the major thoroughfares of West Hampstead.
National School A National School was established in West End during 1844.
Poplar House Poplar House was occupied by one of the first developers of West Hampstead, Thomas Potter.
Potter’s Iron Foundry In the nineteenth century, many West Hampstead people had jobs in Potter’s Iron Foundry.
Ripley House Jeremy Jepson Ripley built a house and coach house after 1814, with a large garden north of Lauriston Lodge.
Sandwell House Sandwell House was owned by three generations of the Wachter family.
The Black Lion The Old Black Lion was established in 1751 as a beer house.
Thorplands Thorplands was an estate south of Mill Lane.
Treherne House Treherne House was built in the mid eighteenth century,
West End Green West End Green is situated on a corner of West End Lane, formerly the location of West End Fair.
West End Hall West End Hall (once called New West End Hall) was one of the mansions of West End (West Hampstead).
West End House West End House, once in open countryside, became surrounded by railways.
Woodbine Cottage Woodbine Cottage was situated at the south-eastern corner of the Flitcroft estate.

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Agamemnon Road, NW6 Agamemnon Road runs from Ajax Road to Hillfield Road (Fortune Green)
Ajax Road, NW6 Ajax Road was first developed in 1886 (Fortune Green)
Aldred Road, NW6 Aldred Road was named after Aldred, Archbishop of York (Fortune Green)
Ariel Road, NW6 Ariel Road was formed from the 1885 combination of Ariel Street and Spencer Terrace (West Hampstead)
Avenue Mansions, NW3 Avenue Mansions is a street in Hampstead (Fortune Green)
Barlow Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (West Hampstead)
Beckford Building, NW6 The Beckford Building is located on Heritage Lane (West Hampstead)
Berridge Mews, NW6 Berridge Mews is in Fortune Green, NW6 (Fortune Green)
Blackburn Road, NW6 Blackburn Road is a cul-de-sac off of West End Lane (West Hampstead)
Bracknell Gardens, NW3 Bracknell Gardens is a street in Hampstead (Hampstead)
Brassey Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (West Hampstead)
Broomsleigh Street, NW6 Broomsleigh Street dates from the 1880s (West Hampstead)
Buckingham Mansions, NW6 Buckingham Mansions is a residential block in Fortune Green, NW6 (West Hampstead)
Burrard Road, NW6 Burrard Road runs north from Fortune Green Road (Fortune Green)
Cannon Hill, NW6 Cannon Hill is a road in Fortune Green, NW6 (Fortune Green)
Carlton Mews, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (West Hampstead)
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Cholmley Gardens, NW6 Cholmley Gardens is an unofficial road off of Mill Lane, Fortune Green, NW6 (Fortune Green)
Crediton Hill, NW6 Crediton Hill was at first called Crediton Road (West Hampstead)
Crown Close, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (West Hampstead)
Davina House, NW2 Davina House is a block on Fordwych Road (West Hampstead)
Dennington House, NW6 Dennington House is a block on Dennington Park Road (West Hampstead)
Dennington Park Road, NW6 About 1881 Dennington Park Road was constructed on the line of Sweetbriar Walk, the old path to Lauriston Lodge (West Hampstead)
Dornfell Street, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (West Hampstead)
Fawley Road, NW6 Fawley Road connects West End Lane with Crediton Hill (West Hampstead)
Fortune Green Road, NW6 Fortune Green Road is the main road running through Fortune Green, NW6 (Fortune Green)
Garlinge Court, NW2 Garlinge Court can be found on Garlinge Road (Mapesbury)
Garlinge Road, NW6 Garlinge Road connects Shoot Up Hill with Fordwych Road (Kilburn)
Glastonbury Street, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (West Hampstead)
Glenbrook Road, NW6 Glenbrook Road lies to the west of West Hampstead (West Hampstead)
Gondar Gardens, NW6 Gondar Gardens is the westernmost street in Fortune Green, NW6 (Fortune Green)
Hall Oak Walk, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (West Hampstead)
Harvard Court, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (West Hampstead)
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Hillfield Road, NW6 Hillfield Road is named for an old West Hampstead agricultural estate (Fortune Green)
Holmdale Road, NW6 Holmdale Road runs from Mill Lane to Dennington Park Road in West Hampstead (West Hampstead)
Honeybourne Road, NW6 Honeybourne Road runs between West End Lane and Fawley Road (West Hampstead)
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Inglewood Road, NW6 Inglewood Road, NW6 was one of the last roads to be built in West End, West Hampstead (West Hampstead)
Interlink House, NW6 Interlink House is a building on Maygrove Road (West Hampstead)
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Lessing Building, NW6 Lessing Building is situated on Heritage Lane (West Hampstead)
Liddell Road, NW6 Liddell Road was named after an old West Hampstead estate (West Hampstead)
Loveridge Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn)
Lymington Road, NW6 Lymington Road was laid out over the grounds of the former Canterbury House (West Hampstead)
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Medley Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (West Hampstead)
Mill Lane, NW6 Mill Lane forms the boundary between Fortune Green and West Hampstead (West Hampstead)
Narcissus Road, NW6 Narcissus Road connects Pandora Road with Mill Lane (West Hampstead)
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Orestes Mews, NW6 Orestes Mews is a small cul-de-sac in Fortune Green, NW6 (Fortune Green)
Osprey Court, NW6 Osprey Court lies on the Finchley Road (Hampstead)
Palace Court, NW3 Palace Court is a block on Finchley Road (West Hampstead)
Pandora Road, NW6 Pandora Road was one of many new West Hampstead roads constructed in the late 1870s (West Hampstead)
Parsifal Road, NW6 Parsifal Road runs from Finchley Road to Fortune Green Road (Fortune Green)
Potter’s Buildings, NW6 Potter’s Buildings or West Cottages were established by Thomas Potter for his workers (West Hampstead)
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The Arches, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn)
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