Oliphant Street, W10

Road in/near Queens Park Estate, existing between 1874 and now

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Oliphant Street was the final alphabetical street on the original Queen’s Park Estate naming scheme.

The Manor and Parish of Chelsea owned an enclave - covering Kensal Town and Queen’s Park - until 1901 when it was divided between Kensington and Paddington. Kensal Town went to the former and the other side of the Harrow Road to the latter.

The north section was developed in 1875 by the Artizans, Labourers & General Dwellings Company, who were the landlords until 1964. The north-south streets of their grid were numbered 1-6 and euphemistically entitled ’avenues’ : First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Avenues. The remaining streets were simply labelled A Street through to O Street.

Eight years later it was decided that even artisans and labourers deserved a little better. A became Alperton, after the Company’s brickyard in Middlesex, and was followed by Barfett, Caird, Droop (after H R. Droop, Artizans, Labourers & General Dwellings Company Director 1877-1883), Enbrook, Farrant (Sir Richard Farrant, Director 1877-1906), Galton (probably in honour of Sir Francis Galton, the anthropologist), Huxley (probably the scientist), Ilbert, Kilravock, Lothrop, Marne, Nutbourne and Oliphant, all retaining their original initial. The last of the Kensal Town fields was developed by the United Land Company, who magnanimously gave slum dwellers a taste of culture in the names Beethoven and Mozart Streets, and probably named Herries Street rather ironically after the Rt Hon John Herries, a member of the Victorian Commission for Improving the Metropolis.



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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Beethoven Street School Beethoven Street School was opened in 1881 to serve the community of the newly-built Queen's Park Estate.
Chamberlayne Farm Chamberlain (Wood) Farm developed out of the manor of Chambers, named after Richard de Camera, an early 13th century cleric.
Corner of Caird Street and Lancefield Street (1910) The corner of Caird Street with Lancefield Street.
Hudson’s the chemist (1906) Hudson’s, a chemist shop, stood on the corner of Ilbert Street and Third Avenue in the Queen’s Park estate.
Kensal Rise (1907) Motor buses at Kensal Rise station.
Kilburn Lane Farm A farm existed in Kilburn Lane until the 1860s, by which time it had been disrupted by the railway line.
Lancefield Coachworks Lancefield Coachworks was a builder of bespoke bodies for expensive car chassis always introducing sporting elements into designs.
Lothrop Street (1907) Postcard of a "street on the Queen’s Park Estate".
The Plough From the sixteenth century onwards, the Plough stood beside the Harrow Road.

NEARBY STREETS
Allington Road, W10 Allington Road is a street on the Queen's Park Estate in London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Banister House, W10 Banister House is a block on Bruckner Street (Queens Park Estate)
Banister Road, W10 Banister Road just scrapes being classed as belonging to the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Bantock House, W10 Bantock House is located on Third Avenue (Queens Park Estate)
Bayford Road, NW10 Bayford Road is a street in Willesden (Kensal Green)
Beethoven Street, W10 Beethoven Street is a street in the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Berens Road, NW10 Berens Road is a location in London (Kensal Green)
Birch House, W10 Birch House is a block on Droop Street (Queens Park Estate)
Bolton Gardens, NW10 Bolton Gardens is a street in Willesden (Queen’s Park)
Briar Walk, W10 Briar Walk lies on the Queen's Park Estate (Kensal Town)
Bridge House, NW10 Residential block (Queen’s Park)
Brunel Mews, W10 Brunel Mews, a tiny cul-de-sac, is the northern extension of Sixth Avenue (Queens Park Estate)
Buller Road, W10 Buller Road is a small residential road on the west side of Kilburn Lane (Queens Park Estate)
Caird Street, W10 Caird Street is the ’C’ street on the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Cherry Tree House, W10 Cherry Tree House is a block on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
Claridge House, NW10 Claridge House is a block on Mortimer Road (Kensal Green)
Clifford House, W10 Clifford House is a block on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
Compton Road, NW10 Compton Road is a street in Willesden (Kensal Green)
Courtville House, W10 Courtville House is a block on Parry Road (Queens Park Estate)
Croft House, W10 Croft House is a block on Parry Road (Queens Park Estate)
Danby House, W10 Danby House is a block on Bruckner Street (Queens Park Estate)
Dowland Street, W10 Dowland Street is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Droop House, W10 Droop House is a block on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
Droop Street, W10 Droop Street is one of the main east-west streets of the Queen’s Park Estate (Kensal Town)
DSP House, W10 DSP House is a block on Kilburn Lane (Queens Park Estate)
Enbrook Street, W10 Enbrook Street is another street north of Harrow Road, W10 without a pub (Queens Park Estate)
Farrant Street, W10 Farrant Street is the missing link in the alphabetti spaghetti of the streetnames of the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Fifth Avenue, W10 Fifth Avenue is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Fir House, W10 Fir House can be found on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
Fourth Avenue, W10 Fourth Avenue runs south from Ilbert Street (Queens Park Estate)
Galton Street, W10 Galton Street lies within the Queen’s Park Estate, W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Halstow Road, NW10 Halstow Road was laid out in the 1890s (Kensal Green)
Harrow Road, NW10 Harrow Road is a location in London (Queens Park Estate)
Harvist Road, NW10 Harvist Road is a street in Willesden (Queen’s Park)
Harvist Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Queens Park Estate)
Hawthorn Walk, W10 Queen's Park Estate (Kensal Town)
Herries Street, W10 Herries Street is a street in the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Holly House, W10 Holly House is a block on Hawthorn Walk (Kensal Town)
Huxley Street, W10 Huxley Street is the only street beginning with an H on the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Ilbert Street, W10 Ilbert Street is the ’I’ street on the Queen’s Park Estate, W10 (Queens Park Estate)
John Fearon Walk, W10 This is a street in the W10 postcode area (Queens Park Estate)
Kempe Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Queen’s Park)
Kempe Road, NW6 Kempe Road is a road in the NW10 postcode area (Queen’s Park)
Keslake Mansions, NW10 Keslake Mansions is a street in Willesden (Queen’s Park)
Keslake Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Queen’s Park)
Keslake Road, NW6 Road in Kensal Rise, London NW6 (Queen’s Park)
Kilburn Lane, W10 Kilburn Lane runs around the edge of the Queen’s Park Estate in London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Kilravock Street, W10 Kilravock Street is a street on the Queen’s Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Kingisholt Court, NW10 Kingisholt Court is sited on Harrow Road (North Kensington)
Kings Holt Mews, W10 Kings Holt Mews runs behind Kilburn Lane (Queens Park Estate)
Kingswood Avenue, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Queen’s Park)
Langler Road, NW10 Langler Road is a street in Willesden (Kensal Green)
Larch House, W10 Larch House is a block on Rowan Walk (Kensal Town)
Linden Avenue, NW10 Linden Avenue is a street in Willesden (Kensal Green)
Lothrop Street, W10 Lothrop Street is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Maple Walk, W10 Post war development on the Queen’s Park Estate created some plant-based street names (Kensal Town)
Marne Street, W10 Marne Street is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Mortimer Road, NW10 Mortimer Road is a street in Willesden (Kensal Green)
Mounsey House, W10 Mounsey House is a block on Parry Road (Queens Park Estate)
Nutbourne Street, W10 Nutbourne Street is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Oak House, W10 Oak House is sited on Sycamore Walk (Kensal Town)
Old Bakery House, NW6 Old Bakery House can be found on Keslake Road (Queen’s Park)
Oliphant Street, W10 Oliphant Street was the final alphabetical street on the original Queen’s Park Estate naming scheme (Queens Park Estate)
Park Mews, W10 Park Mews is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Parry Road, W10 Parry Road is on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Peach Road, W10 Peach Road is one of the newer streets of the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Pember House, NW10 Pember House is a block on Pember Road (Queens Park Estate)
Pember Road, NW10 Pember Road is one of the side streets to the west of Kilburn Lane, NW10 (Kensal Green)
Peploe Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Queen’s Park)
Pine House, W10 Pine House is a block on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
Purday House, W10 Purday House is a block on Bruckner Street (Queens Park Estate)
Queen’s Park Court, W10 Queen’s Park Court is a block on Ilbert Street (Queens Park Estate)
Rainham Road, NW10 Rainham Road, in Kensal Green, was laid out in 1895 (Kensal Green)
Regent Street, NW10 Regent Street, otherwise an obscure side street is one of the oldest roads in Kensal Green (Queens Park Estate)
Ronan Walk, W10 Ronan Walk was one of the streets constructed in a 1970s build parallel to the Harrow Road (Kensal Town)
Second Avenue, W10 Second Avenue is one of the streets of the Queen's Park Estate, W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Selby Square, W10 Selby Square is a walkway in the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Severn Avenue, W10 Severn Avenue is a newer thoroughfare in the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Sixth Avenue, W10 Sixth Avenue is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Stansbury Square, W10 This is a street in the W10 postcode area (Queens Park Estate)
Station Terrace, NW10 Station Terrace is a street in Willesden (Queen’s Park)
Steve Biko Court, W10 Steve Biko Court is a block on St John’s Terrace (North Kensington)
Sycamore Walk, W10 Queen's Park Estate (Kensal Town)
Symphony Mews, W10 Symphony Mews is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (Queens Park Estate)
The Quadrant, W10 The Quadrant is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Third Avenue, W10 Third Avenue is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Tolhurst Drive, W10 Tolhurst Drive is a street in the Queen's Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Tropical Court, W10 Tropical Court is a block on Kilburn Lane (Queens Park Estate)
Unicorn House, NW10 Unicorn House is a block on Station Terrace (Queen’s Park)
Verdi Crescent, W10 Verdi Crescent is a post-war development, lying off of Herries Street (Queens Park Estate)
Wakeman House, NW10 Wakeman House is a block on Wakeman Road (Kensal Green)
Wakeman Road, NW10 Wakeman Road is a street in Willesden (Kensal Green)
Warfield Road, NW10 Warfield Road is a street in Willesden (Kensal Green)
Wellington Road, NW10 Wellington Road commemorates the Duke of Wellington (North Kensington)
Westfield Court, NW10 Westfield Court is a block on Chamberlayne Road (Queens Park Estate)
Willow House, W10 Willow House can be found on Maple Walk (Kensal Town)
Zahra House, NW10 Zahra House can be found on Harrow Road (Kensal Green)


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