High Street Kensington

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High Street Kensington is a London Underground station on Kensington High Street.

Kensington High Street is a major road in west London, forming part of the A315.

The western extremity of Kensington High Street is the eastern end of Hammersmith Road. From here, the road heads east past the Commonwealth Institute and High Street Kensington tube station. It forms a junction which Kensington Church Street and then, eastwards, the road becomes Kensington Road.

The stretch between the Commonwealth Institute and Kensington Gardens is a popular shopping area.

High Street Kensington station, on the District Line, opened in 1868. This coincided with the improvement in social conditions locally - the area had been a poor area.







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Steve   
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

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Steve   
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

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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

Telephone House
Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000

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Paul Cox   
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.

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Diana   
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.

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Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

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Gillian   
Added: 17 Feb 2024 00:08 GMT   

No 36 Upper East Smithfield
My great great grandfather was born at No 36 Upper East Smithfield and spent his early years staring out at a "dead wall" of St Katharine’s Docks. His father was an outfitter and sold clothing for sailors. He describes the place as being backed by tenements in terrible condition and most of the people living there were Irish.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Ashbourne College Ashbourne College is an independent school and sixth form located in Kensington.
Biba Biba was a London fashion store of the 1960s and 1970s, started and primarily run by the Polish-born Barbara Hulanicki with help of her husband Stephen Fitz-Simon.
Derry and Toms Derry & Toms was a London department store.
High Street Kensington High Street Kensington is a London Underground station on Kensington High Street.
Kensington Market Kensington Market was a three storey indoor market at 49 Kensington High Street, created in late 1967
Kensington Roof Garden Kensington Roof Garden (formerly known as Derry and Toms Roof Gardens) covers 6000 square metres.
Kensington School The Kensington Proprietary Grammar School was an educational establishment founded in 1830 that is perhaps best remembered for being one of the founders of the Football Association in 1863.
Linley Sambourne House 18 Stafford Terrace, formerly known as Linley Sambourne House, was the home of the Punch illustrator Edward Linley Sambourne and open as a museum.
Royal Garden Hotel Royal Garden Hotel is a 5 star hotel in London, England.
St Mary Abbot’s St Mary Abbots is a church located on Kensington High Street and the corner of Kensington Church Street in London W8.
St Mary Abbots Hospital St Mary Abbot’s Hospital operated from 1871 to 1992. From 1846 to 1869 the site housed the Kensington Parish Workhouse.

NEARBY STREETS
Abbots Court, W8 Abbots Court is a block in Kensington (High Street Kensington)
Abbots Walk, W8 Abbots Walk is one of a number of thoroughfares built over the site of St Mary Abbots Hospital (Kensington)
Abingdon Court, W8 Abingdon Court is a block of flats on Abingdon Villas (Kensington)
Abingdon Gardens, W8 Abingdon Gardens is a block on Abingdon Villas (Kensington)
Abingdon Mansions, W8 The Abbots of Abingdon were once Lords of the Manor of Abbot’s Kensington (Kensington)
Abingdon Road, W8 Abingdon Road stretches between Stratford Road and Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Abingdon Villas, W8 Abingdon Villas runs between Earls Court Road and Marloes Road (Kensington)
Adam And Eve Mews, W8 Adam And Eve Mews is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Albert Place, W8 Albert Place runs west off Victoria Road. (Kensington)
Allen Street, W8 Allen Street extends south from Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Ansdell Street, W8 Ansdell Street is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Ansdell Terrace, W8 Ansdell Terrace is a cul-de-sac off of Ansdell Street and was previously known as St Albans Road North. (Kensington)
Argyll Road, W8 Argyll Road was built as part of the development of the Phillimore Estate (Kensington)
Arundel House, W8 Arundel House is a block on Palace Green (Kensington)
Atlantic House, W8 Atlantic House is a block on St Alban’s Grove (Kensington)
Ball Street, W8 Ball Street was created by the Kensington Improvement Scheme of 1868-71, carried out by the Metropolitan Board of Works. (High Street Kensington)
Blithfield Street, W8 Blithfield Street is a quiet cul-de-sac running north from Stratford Road (Kensington)
Cambridge Place, W8 Cambridge Place is a short cul-de-sac on the west side of Victoria Road (Kensington)
Campden Grove, W8 Campden Grove runs between Kensington Church Street and Hornton Street. (Kensington)
Campden Hill Close, W8 Campden Hill Close is a small cul-de-sac entered by a narrow driveway off Hornton Street (Kensington)
Campden Hill Court, W8 Campden Hill Court is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Campden Hill Road, W8 Campden Hill Road runs between Notting Hill Gate and Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Campden Hill, W8 Campden Hill is a hill and street in Kensington (Kensington)
Cedar House, W8 Cedar House is sited on Marloes Road (Kensington)
Chantry Square, W8 Chantry Square is part of the Kensington Green Estate, built over the site of St Mary Abbots Hospital (Kensington)
Cheniston Gardens, W8 Cheniston Gardens is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Como House, W8 Como House is a block on Wrights Lane (Kensington)
Cope Place, W8 Cope Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Cottesmore Court, W8 Cottesmore Court is a block on South End Row (Kensington)
Cottesmore Gardens, W8 Cottesmore Gardens is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Derry and Toms Building, W8 Derry and Toms Building is a block on Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Derry Street, W8 Derry Street formerly known as King Street and laid out in the mid-1730s (High Street Kensington)
Douro Place, W8 Douro Place is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
Drayson Mews, W8 Drayson Mews is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Duchess of Bedford’s Walk, W8 Lady Georgiana Russell, wife of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford lived at Argyll Lodge, a former house on Campden Hill, near the location of the road (Kensington)
Eden Close, W8 Eden Close is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Edwardes Place, W8 Edwardes Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Edwardes Square, W8 Edwardes Square is a garden square in Kensington (Kensington)
Eldon Road, SW7 Eldon Road runs between Stanford Road and Victoria Road (Kensington)
Essex Villas, W8 Essex Villas is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
Falkland House, W8 Falkland House is a block on Marloes Road (Kensington)
Gloucester Walk, W8 Gloucester Walk is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
Gordon Place, W8 Gordon Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Gregory Place, W8 Gregory Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Holland Green, W8 Holland Green is a block - part of the Design Museum (Kensington)
Holland Street, W8 Holland Street is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Hornton Place, W8 Hornton Place is a street in Kensington (High Street Kensington)
Hornton Street, W8 Hornton Street is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Iverna Court, W8 Iverna Court was Iverna Gardens before 1935 (High Street Kensington)
Iverna Gardens, W8 Iverna Gardens is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Kelso Place, W8 Kelso Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Kensington Apartment, W8 Kensington Apartment is a road in the W8 postcode area (High Street Kensington)
Kensington Arcade, W8 Kensington Arcade is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Kensington Church Court, W8 Kensington Church Court is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Kensington Church Walk, W8 Kensington Church Walk is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Kensington Court Gardens, W8 Kensington Court Gardens is a late Victorian mansion block, completed in 1889, near to Kensington Palace and Gardens (Kensington)
Kensington Court Place, W8 Kensington Court Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Kensington Court, W8 Kensington Court is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Kensington Gate, W8 Kensington Gate is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Kensington High Street, W8 Kensington High Street is one of western London’s most popular shopping streets, with upmarket shops serving a wealthy area. (High Street Kensington)
Kensington Palace Gardens, W8 Kensington Palace Gardens is a street in west central London with some of the most expensive properties in the world. (Kensington)
Kensington Square, W8 Kensington Square is a garden square in London, W8 (Kensington)
Kynance Mews, SW7 Kynance Mews consists of 33 residential properties on a mews road which starts at Gloucester Road and ends in a cul-de-sac (Kensington)
Lancer Square, W8 Lancer Square is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Launceston Place, W8 Launceston Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Leonard Court, W8 Leonard Court is a block on Leonard Court (Kensington)
Macmillan House, W8 Residential block (High Street Kensington)
Melbury Court, W8 Melbury Court is a block facing Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Melon Place, W8 Melon Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Observatory Gardens, W8 Observatory Gardens commemorates what was the world’s finest private observatory. (Kensington)
Old Court Place, W8 Old Court Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Palace Avenue, W8 Palace Avenue is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
Palace Green, W8 Palace Green is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Palace Place Mansions, W8 Palace Place Mansions is a street in Kensington (High Street Kensington)
Pembroke Mews, W8 Pembroke Mews is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Pembroke Place, W8 Pembroke Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Phillimore Gardens, W8 Phillimore Gardens is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Phillimore Place, W8 Phillimore Place was part of the old Phillimore Estate and, at first, named Durham Villas (Kensington)
Phillimore Walk, W8 Phillimore Walk is a street in Kensington (High Street Kensington)
Pitt Street, W8 Pitt Street is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Plane Tree House, W8 Plane Tree House is a block on Phillimore Gardens (Kensington)
Prince Of Wales Terrace, W8 Prince Of Wales Terrace is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Rutland House, W8 Rutland House can be found on Marloes Road (Kensington)
Scarsdale Place, W8 Scarsdale Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Scarsdale Villas, W8 Scarsdale Villas was built between 1850 and 1864 (Kensington)
Sheldrake Place, W8 Sheldrake Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
South Edwardes Square, W8 South Edwardes Square derives its name from William Edwardes, 2nd Lord Kensington - the square was built on part of his Holland House Estate. (Kensington)
South End Row, W8 South End Row is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
South End, W8 South End is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
St Albans Grove, W8 St Albans Grove is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
St James House, W8 Residential block (Kensington)
St Margarets Lane, W8 St Margarets Lane runs along the northern boundary of the Kensington Green Estate (Kensington)
St Mary Abbots Vicarage, W8 St Mary Abbots Vicarage is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
St Mary’s Gate, W8 St Mary’s Gate was laid out over the site of St Mary Abbots Hospital (Kensington)
St Mary’s Place, W8 St Mary’s Place is a road which was built over the site of St Mary Abbots Hospital (Kensington)
Stafford Court, W8 Stafford Court can be found on Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Stafford Terrace, W8 Stafford Terrace was built between 1868 and 1874 by builder Joseph Gordon Davis (Kensington)
Stanford Road, W8 Stanford Road is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
Stone Hall Place, W8 Stone Hall Place leads to Stone Hall Gardens (Kensington)
Sutherland House, W8 Sutherland House is a block on Marloes Road (Kensington)
Thackeray Street, W8 Thackeray Street is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
The Barkers Building, W8 The Barkers Building is located on Derry Street (High Street Kensington)
Thornwood Gardens, W8 Thornwood Gardens is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
Tor Court, W8 Tor Court is a block on Hornton Street (Kensington)
Tor Gardens, W8 Tor Gardens is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Upper Phillimore Gardens, W8 Upper Phillimore Gardens is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Vicarage Court, W8 Vicarage Court is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Vicarage Gate, W8 Vicarage Gate is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Victoria Road, W8 Victoria Road stretches north to Kensington Road (Kensington)
Warwick Chambers, W8 Warwick Chambers is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Wright’s Lane, W8 Wright’s Lane is a old lane of Kensington (Kensington)
Wynnstay Gardens, W8 Wynnstay Gardens is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
York House Place, W8 York House Place existed between 1839 and 1904 (Kensington)
York Passage, W8 York Passage is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
Young Street, W8 Young Street, named after the developer of Kensington Square, was in use as a road by 1685 (High Street Kensington)
Zetland House, W8 Zetland House can be found on Marloes Road (Kensington)


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