Albert Square, SW8

Road in/near South Lambeth, existing between 1851 and now

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Albert Square, a beautiful garden square, was developed on former market garden land and was completed in 1851.



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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Archbishop Tenison’s School Archbishop Tenison’s School moved to The Oval in 1928
Beaufoy Vinegar Works The Beaufoy Vinegar Works stood at the top of Old South Lambeth Road.
City Racing City Racing was an artist-run space in Kennington, South London which was active between 1988 and 1998.
Eaves Housing for Women Eaves Housing for Women (Eaves) was a charitable company based in London.
Kennington Tollgate The Kennington toll gate stood at the intersection of Kennington Park and Camberwell New Road/Brixton Road.
Nine Elms Nine Elms is an area within Battersea in the far north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Wandsworth.
Ovalhouse Ovalhouse, formerly called Oval House Theatre, is an Off-West End theatre.
South Lambeth South Lambeth lies between Vauxhall and Stockwell.
St Mark’s Church St Mark’s Church is an Anglican church in Kennington.
Stockwell Stockwell is a district situated a couple of miles south-east of Charing Cross.
Stockwell station (1930) Clapham Road in 1930, showing Stockwell station. Binfield Road runs off to the right.

NEARBY STREETS
Abbot Court, SW8 Abbot Court is a block south of Thorncroft Street (South Lambeth)
Acland House, SW9 Acland House is a block on Stockwell Gardens (Stockwell)
Albert Square, SW8 Albert Square, a beautiful garden square, was developed on former market garden land and was completed in 1851. (South Lambeth)
Aldebert Terrace, SW8 Adalbert Terrace took shape between 1865 and 1875 (South Lambeth)
Allen Edwards Drive, SW8 Allen Edwards Drive is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)
Allen Edwards Road, SW8 The former Devonshire Road was renamed Allen Edwards Road in 1937 (South Lambeth)
Alphabet Mews, SW9 Alphabet Mews runs off the southern end of Hackford Road, beside the Type Museum (Oval)
Alvanley House, SW9 Residential block (Oval)
Anderson Mews, SW9 Anderson Mews is a location in London (Oval)
Ann’s Place, SW9 Ann’s Place was an extremely narrow alleyway until 1962 (Brixton)
Ashmole Place, SW8 Ashmole Place is a street of the Oval area of Kennington (Oval)
Ashmole Street, SW8 Ashmole Street was named after Elias Ashmole, a noted 17th century antiquarian, who lived near here (Oval)
Assaye Street, SW8 Wellington Place was renamed Assaye Street after 1883 (South Lambeth)
Baker Street, SW9 Baker Street was a street in Kennington (Oval)
Bakery Close, SW9 Bakery Close is a cul-de-sac west of Liberty Street (Oval)
Bancroft Court, SW8 Bancroft Court is a block on Lansdowne Green (South Lambeth)
Banks Street, SW8 Beech Street was renamed Banks Street after 1929 (South Lambeth)
Beaminster House, SW8 Beaminster House is a block on Dorset Road (South Lambeth)
Beaufoy House, SW8 Beaufoy House is a block on Regents Bridge Gardens (Oval)
Belgrave House, SW9 Belgrave House is located on Clapham Road (Oval)
Binfield Road, SW4 Binfield Road leads west from the junction at Stockwell station (Stockwell)
Blades House, SE11 Blades House is a block on Harleyford Street (Oval)
Blandford House, SW8 Blandford House is a block on Fentiman Road (Oval)
Bolney Street, SW8 Bolney Street is a location in London (South Lambeth)
Bourbon Road, SW9 Bourbon Road is a location in London (Oval)
Branksome House, SW8 Branksome House is a block on Meadow Road (South Lambeth)
Brixton Road, SW9 Brixton Road leads from the Oval at Kennington to Brixton, where it forms the high street (Brixton)
Broadstone House, SW8 Broadstone House is a block on Dorset Road (South Lambeth)
Brough Close, SW8 Brough Close is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)
Brough Street, SW8 Rutland Street was renamed to Brough Street in 1937 (South Lambeth)
Caldwell Street, SW9 Caldwell Street was originally called Holland Street (Oval)
Camberwell New Road, SE11 Camberwell New Road is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Oval)
Carroun Road, SW8 Carroun Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Oval)
Causton House, SW9 Causton House is a block on Printers Road (Oval)
Cavendish Retreat, SW8 The Retreat became Cavendish Retreat in 1936 (South Lambeth)
Chardin House, SW9 Chardin House is a block on the Cowley Estate (Oval)
Charmouth House, SW8 Charmouth House is a block on Dorset Road (South Lambeth)
Chester House, SW9 Chester House is a building on Brixton Road (Oval)
Chryssell Road, SW9 Chryssell Road is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Oval)
Church Crescent, SW8 In 1879, Church Crescent became Church Street (Oval)
Clapham Road, SW8 Clapham Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Oval)
Clapham Road, SW9 Clapham Road was originally an ancient Roman military road called Stane Street. (Stockwell)
Claylands Place, SW8 Claylands Place is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Oval)
Claylands Road, SW8 Claylands Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Oval)
Cliffsend House, SW9 Cliffsend House is a residential block (Oval)
Cobbett Street, SW8 Cobbett Street is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)
Corfe House, SW8 Corfe House is sited on Dorset Road (South Lambeth)
Cornwallis Court, SW8 Cornwallis Court is a block on Allen Edwards Drive (South Lambeth)
Cottingham Road, SW8 Cottingham Road is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Oval)
Cowley Road, SW9 Cowley Road is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Oval)
Cranmer House, SW9 Cranmer House is a block on Brixton Road (Oval)
Cranmer Road, SW9 Cranmer Road is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Oval)
Cranworth Gardens, SW9 Cranworth Gardens was built during the period 1899 to 1902 (Oval)
Crawshay Road, SW9 Crawshay Road is a location in London (Oval)
Crewdson Road, SW9 Crewdson Road connects Brixton Road and Clapham Road (Oval)
Crewsdson Road, SW9 Crewsdson Road is a location in London (Oval)
Crozier House, SW8 Crozier House is a block on Wilkinson Street (South Lambeth)
Darsley Drive, SW8 Darsley Drive is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)
Davidson Gardens, SW8 Davidson Gardens is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)
Dawlish Street, SW8 Walter Street was called Dawlish Street after 1882 (South Lambeth)
Dean Court, SW8 Dean Court is a block on Thorncroft Street (South Lambeth)
Denland House, SW8 Denland House is a block on Dorset Road (Oval)
Dorset Road, SW8 Dorset Road runs northwest from Clapham Road to Old South Lambeth Road (South Lambeth)
Dorset Walk, SW8 Old Dorset Mews was renamed as Dorset Walk in 1936 (Oval)
Dovert Court, SW8 Dovert Court can be found on Lansdowne Way (Stockwell)
Dovet Court, SW8 Dovet Court is a building on Hampson Way (South Lambeth)
Durand Gardens, SW9 Durand Gardens is a street of terraces, semi-detached and detached houses (Oval)
Edgar House, SW8 Edgar House is a block on the Wyvil Estate (Nine Elms)
Eleanor Road, SW9 Eleanor Road is a location in London (Oval)
Elias Place, SW8 Ashmole Street became Elias Place in 1961 (Oval)
Elworth House, SW8 Elworth House is located on Dorset Road (Oval)
Ely Cottages, SW8 Ely Place was called Ely Cottages after 1936 (South Lambeth)
Ensbury House, SW8 Ensbury House is sited on Carroun Road (South Lambeth)
Equiano House, SW9 Equiano House is sited on Lett Road (Oval)
Evesham Walk, SW9 Evesham Walk is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Oval)
Exchange Gardens, SW8 Exchange Gardens is the service road for the Keybridge blocks (South Lambeth)
Fentiman House, SW8 Fentiman House is a block on Fentiman Road (Oval)
Fentiman Road, SW8 Fentiman Road is named after local mid-19th century developer John Fentiman (Oval)
Fergusson Mews, Fergusson Mews lies within the postcode (Stockwell)
Gladwin Tower, SW8 Gladwin Tower is a block on Wandsworth Road (Nine Elms)
Gosling Way, SW9 Gosling Way is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Oval)
Grant House, SW9 Grant House is a block on Liberty Street (Oval)
Groveway, SW9 Groveway is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Oval)
Guildford Road, SW8 Guildford Road - the location of St Barnabas Church - was on the map from the 1860s onwards (South Lambeth)
Hackford Road, SW9 Hackford Road is the former home of Vincent van Gogh (Oval)
Hackford Walk, SW9 Hackford Walk is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Oval)
Hallam House, SW9 Hallam House is a block on the Cowley Estate (Oval)
Hampson Way, SW9 Hampson Way runs parallel with Clapham Road (Oval)
Hanbury House, SW8 Hanbury House is a block on Regents Bridge Gardens (Oval)
Handforth Road, SW9 Handforth Road is a curved road between Clapham Road and Brixton Road (Oval)
Hanover Gardens, SE11 Hanover Gardens is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Oval)
Harleyford Street, SE11 Harleyford Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Oval)
Hartington Court, SW8 Hartington Court is a block on Lansdowne Way (South Lambeth)
Hartington Road, SW8 The area where Hartington Road was eventually built was part of an area of Vauxhall called "The Nine Acres" (South Lambeth)
Heather Court, SW4 Heather Court can be found on Binfield Road (Stockwell)
Hebden Place, SW8 Hebden Place is just north of Nine Elms station and runs parallel with Pascal Street (Nine Elms)
Heyford Avenue, SW8 Heyford Avenue is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)
Heyforoad Avenue, SW8 Heyforoad Avenue is a location in London (South Lambeth)
Hillyard Street, SW9 Anne Hillyard was the widow of a clergyman who helped fund Stockwell Orphanage in 1867 (Oval)
Holland Rise House, SW9 Holland Rise House is a block on South Island Place (Oval)
Holles House, SW9 Holles House is a location in London (Oval)
Horton House, SW8 Horton House is a block on Meadow Road (Oval)
Ingleton Street, SW9 Ingleton Street - formerly Ingleton Road - is a remnant street after most of it was absorbed into Slade Gardens in 1962 (Brixton)
Isabel Street, SW9 Isabel Street was renamed to Van Gogh Walk in 2013 (Oval)
Jeffreys Walk, SW4 Jeffreys Walk is a location in London (Stockwell)
Johnston Close, SW9 Johnston Close runs off the southern end of Hackford Road (Oval)
Kenchester Close, SW8 Kenchester Close is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)
Kenchester Street, SW8 Kenchester Street was a new name for Gloucester Street (also known as Gloster Street) after 1897 (South Lambeth)
Kennington Oval, SE11 Kennington Oval is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Oval)
Kennington Oval, SW8 Kennington Oval is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Oval)
Kibworth Street, SW8 Kibworth Street is a road leading off Dorset Street (South Lambeth)
Kings House, SW8 Residential block (South Lambeth)
Knowlton House, SW9 Knowlton House is located on Cowley Road (Oval)
Lanscombe Walk, SW8 Lanscombe Walk is a location in London (South Lambeth)
Lansdowne Gardens, SW8 Lansdowne Gardens features Lansdowne Circus at its centre (South Lambeth)
Lansdowne Green, SW8 Lansdowne Green is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)
Lansdowne Way, SW4 Lansdowne Way - once called Landsdowne Road - crosses South Lambeth Road and runs west to Wandsworth Road (Stockwell)
Lauderdale House, SW9 Residential block (Oval)
Lawrence Mews, SW8 A street within the SW8 postcode (South Lambeth)
Leda Court, SW9 Leda Court is a block on Leda Court (Oval)
Lett Road, SW9 Lett Road runs from Liberty Street to Clapham Road (Oval)
Liberty Street, SW9 Liberty Street runs south from Caldwell Street to Durand Gardens. (Oval)
Listowel Close, SW9 Listowel Close is a road in the SW9 postcode area (Oval)
Little Gloster Street, SW8 Little Gloster Street became Pickworth Street in 1913 (South Lambeth)
Lorn Road, SW9 Lorn Road is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Brixton)
Lowe House, SW8 Lowe House is a block on Pascal Street (Nine Elms)
Lulworth House, SW8 Lulworth House is a block on Carroun Road (South Lambeth)
Luscombe Street, SW8 Luscombe Street absorbed Horace Street in 1929 (South Lambeth)
Macartney House, SW9 Macartney House is a block on the Cowley Estate (Oval)
Madrid Place, SW8 Alfred Place was renamed to Madrid Place in 1897 (South Lambeth)
Marina Place, SW8 Marina Place was a new name for Victoria Place after 1937 (Stockwell)
Mary Dines Court, SW8 Mary Dines Court is a block on Palfrey Place (Oval)
Mawbey Street, SW8 Mawbey Street is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (South Lambeth)
Meadow Road, SW8 Meadow Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Oval)
Melbourne Mews, SW9 Melbourne Mews is a road in the SW9 postcode area (Oval)
Melbury House, SW8 Melbury House is a block on Carroun Road (Oval)
Melcombe House, SW8 Melcombe House is a block on Kibworth Street (South Lambeth)
Miles Street, SW8 Miles Street was developed from 1778 onwards by the Sarah and John Bond (Vauxhall)
Minton Apartments, SW8 Minton Apartments can be found on Wandsworth Road (Nine Elms)
Moira House, SW9 Moira House is a block on the Cowley Estate (Oval)
Morat Street, SW9 Morat Street runs north to south between Liberty Street to the west and Hackford Road. (Oval)
Mostyn Road, SW9 Mostyn Road is a road in the SW9 postcode area (Oval)
Mowll Street, SW9 Mowll Street runs from Brixton Road to Hackford Road (Oval)
Mursell Road, SW8 Portland Place South was renamed as Mursell Road in 1939 (South Lambeth)
Neptune Street, SW8 King’s Place was renamed Neptune Street after 1882 (South Lambeth)
Normandy Road, SW9 Normandy Road is a road in the SW9 postcode area (Oval)
Offley Road, SW9 Offley Road curves from Prima Road to Brixton Road (Oval)
Old South Lambeth Road, SW8 Old South Lambeth Road was the former route of the main road before straightening in 1883 (South Lambeth)
Osborne Terrace, SW8 Osborne Terrace was a named address of terraces along Richborne Terrace (Oval)
Osmington House, SW8 Osmington House is a building on Albert Avenue (South Lambeth)
Oval Place, SW8 Oval Place is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Oval)
Palfrey Place, SW8 Palfrey Place is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Oval)
Paradise Road, SW4 This is an article about Paradise Road, SW4 (Stockwell)
Parkington House, SW9 Parkington House is a building on Clapham Road (Stockwell)
Pascal Street, SW8 Pascal Street is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Nine Elms)
Pembry Close, SW9 Pembry Close is a small cul-de-sac off Hillyard Street (Oval)
Penelope House, SW9 Penelope House is block on the Cowley Estate (Oval)
Perseverance Place, SW9 Perseverance Place is a road in the SW9 postcode area (Oval)
Pickle Mews, Pickle Mews lies within the postcode (Oval)
Pinto Tower, SW8 Pinto Tower is a block on Wandsworth Road (Nine Elms)
Plover House, SW9 Plover House is a block on Listowel Close (Oval)
Portland Grove, SW8 This is a street in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)
Portland Place North, SW8 Portland Place North eventually morphed into Portland Grove - subject to much post-Second World War development (South Lambeth)
Prima Road, SW9 Prima Road runs from Clapham Road to Brixton Road and faces St Mark’s Church (Oval)
Printers Road, SW9 Printers Road marks the former use of the road before its construction - a print works (Oval)
Priory Grove, SW8 Priory Grove is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Stockwell)
Priory Mews, SW8 Priory Mews is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Stockwell)
Pulham House, SW8 Pulham House is a building on Dorset Road (South Lambeth)
Pulham Place, SW8 Field Place was renamed as Pulham Place in 1937 (South Lambeth)
Purbeck House, SW8 Purbeck House is a block on Bolney Street (South Lambeth)
Ramsey House, SW9 Residential block (Oval)
Richardson Court, SW4 Richardson Court is a block on Studley Road (Stockwell)
Richborne Terrace, SW8 Richborne Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Oval)
Richmond Terrace, SW8 Richmond Terrace was a named terrace of houses along Richborne Terrace (Oval)
Rita Road, SW8 Rita Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Oval)
Rothesay Court, SE11 Rothesay Court is a building on Harleyford Street (Oval)
Rundell Tower, SW8 Rundell Tower is a block on Hampson Way (South Lambeth)
Russell Grove, SW9 Russell Grove is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Oval)
Saddlers Way, SW8 Saddlers Way is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)
Seaham Street, SW8 Both King’s Place (in 1882) and Neptune Street (in 1918) became Seaham Street (South Lambeth)
Sheldon Court, SW8 Sheldon Court is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (South Lambeth)
Sherborne House, SW8 Sherborne House is sited on Bolney Street (South Lambeth)
Somerville Close, SW9 Somerville Close is a road in the SW9 postcode area (Brixton)
South Island Place, SW9 South Island Place runs west to east from Clapham Road to Brixton Road. (Oval)
South Lambeth Road, SW8 The three primary local roads in the area - Wandsworth Road, Clapham Road and South Lambeth Road - hold a rich historical significance (South Lambeth)
Southey Road, SW9 Southey Road runs between Brixton Road and Hackford Road (Oval)
St Lawrence way, SW9 St Lawrence way is a road in the SW9 postcode area (Oval)
St Michael’s Road, SW9 St Michaels Road is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Stockwell)
St Monica House, SW9 St Monica House is a block on South Island Place (Oval)
St Stephens Terrace, SW8 St Stephen’s Terrace is in the back streets of South Lambeth (South Lambeth)
St. Michael’s Road, SW9 St. Michael’s Road is a location in London (Stockwell)
Stanley Close, SW8 Stanley Close is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Vauxhall)
Stockwell Gardens, SW9 Stockwell Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW9 postal area (Stockwell)
Stockwell Park Crescent, SW9 The area of Stockwell Park Crescent was acquired for development in 1806, but the majority of the construction occurred after 1838. (Brixton)
Stockwell Park Road, SW9 Stockwell Park Road is a mid nineteenth century development (Stockwell)
Stockwell Terrace, SW9 The row of eight three-storey mid-nineteenth-century terraced houses of Stockwell Terrace are Grade II listed (Stockwell)
Stoddart House, SE11 Stoddart House is a block on Kennington Oval (Oval)
Studley Road, SW4 Studley Road is one of the streets of London in the SW4 postal area (Stockwell)
Sturminster House, SW8 Sturminster House is sited on Kibworth Street (South Lambeth)
Surridge Court, SW4 Surridge Court is located on Paradise Road (Stockwell)
Swanage House, SW8 Swanage House is a block on Kibworth Street (South Lambeth)
Swift House, SW9 Swift House is sited on Listowel Close (Oval)
TDA House, SW9 TDA House is a block on Clapham Road (Stockwell)
Terrace Walk, SW8 Terrace Walk is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Oval)
Teversham Lane, SW8 Teversham Lane is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)
The Studios, SW8 The Studios is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Stockwell)
Thorncroft Street, SW8 Thorncroft Street connects Wandsworth Road and Hartington Road (South Lambeth)
Thorne Road, SW8 Thorne Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (South Lambeth)
Thorne Street, SW8 Thorne Street was the former name of Thorncroft Street before 1912 (South Lambeth)
Tradescant Road, SW8 John Tradescant’s botanical garden, which is now commemorated by Tradescant Road, was established in the 17th century (South Lambeth)
Trenchold Street, SW8 Trenchold Street is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)
Trigon Road, SW8 Trigon Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Oval)
Usborne Mews, SW8 Usborne Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Oval)
Van Gogh Walk, SW9 Van Gogh Walk commemorates the artist who lived nearby during 1873 (Oval)
Vat House, SW8 Vat House is a block on Regents Bridge Gardens (Oval)
Verwood House, SW8 Verwood House is a building on Cobbett Street (South Lambeth)
Viceroy Road, SW8 Viceroy Road is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)
Victoria House, SW8 Residential block (South Lambeth)
Victoria Mansions, SW8 Victoria Mansions is a block on South Lambeth Road (South Lambeth)
Walton Close, SW8 Walton Close is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)
Wareham House, SW8 Wareham House is a block on Carroun Road (Oval)
Watts Apartments, SW8 Watts Apartments is located on Wandsworth Road (Nine Elms)
Wedgewood Apartments, SW8 Wedgewood Apartments is a block on Wandsworth Road (Nine Elms)
Weymouth House, SW8 Weymouth House can be found on Bolney Street (South Lambeth)
Wheatsheaf Lane, SW8 Wheatsheaf Lane is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)
Whiteness House, SW9 Whiteness House is a block on the Cowley Estate (Oval)
Wilcox Close, SW8 Wilcox Close is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (South Lambeth)
Wilcox Road, SW8 Wilcox Road is one of the shopping centres of the local Portuguese community (South Lambeth)
Wilkinson Street, SW8 Wilkinson Street leads northwest from Albert Square (South Lambeth)
Wimborne House, SW8 Wimborne House is a building on Dorset Road (Oval)
Wyvil Road, SW8 Wyvil Road is a short street running west from South Lambeth Road (South Lambeth)
Wyvil Street, SW8 Wyvil Street is a former side turning north of Wyvil Road (South Lambeth)
Zachary House, SW9 Zachary House is a block on Lett Road (Oval)


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