Hampton Street, SE17

Road in/near Elephant and Castle

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Hampton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.





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Bruce McTavish   
Added: 11 Mar 2021 11:37 GMT   

Kennington Road
Lambeth North station was opened as Kennington Road and then Westminster Bridge Road before settling on its final name. It has a wonderful Leslie Green design.

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Richard Lake   
Added: 28 Sep 2022 09:37 GMT   

Trade Union Official
John William Lake snr moved with his family to 22 De Laune Street in 1936. He was the London Branch Secretary for the Street Masons, Paviours and Road Makers Union. He had previously lived in Orange St now Copperfield St Southwark but had been forced to move because the landlord didn’t like him working from home and said it broke his lease.
John William snr died in 1940. His son John William Lake jnr also became a stone mason and at the end of World War two he was responsible for the engraving of the dates of WW2 onto the Cenotaph in Whitehall.

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Johna216   
Added: 9 Aug 2017 16:26 GMT   

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Johnshort   
Added: 7 Oct 2017 21:07 GMT   

Hurley Road, SE11
There were stables in the road mid way - also Danny reading had a coal delivery lorry.

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Robert smitherman   
Added: 23 Aug 2017 11:01 GMT   

Saunders Street, SE11
I was born in a prefab on Saunders street SE11 in the 60’s, when I lived there, the road consisted of a few prefab houses, the road originally ran from Lollard street all the way thru to Fitzalan street. I went back there to have a look back in the early 90’s but all that is left of the road is about 20m of road and the road sign.

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Added: 27 Jul 2021 14:31 GMT   

correction
Chaucer did not write Pilgrims Progress. His stories were called the Canterbury Tales

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sam   
Added: 31 Dec 2021 00:54 GMT   

Burdett Street, SE1
I was on 2nd July 1952, in Burdett chambers (which is also known as Burdett buildings)on Burdett street

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Added: 6 Jul 2021 05:38 GMT   

Wren Road in the 1950s and 60s
Living in Grove Lane I knew Wren Road; my grandfather’s bank, Lloyds, was on the corner; the Scout District had their office in the Congregational Church and the entrance to the back of the Police station with the stables and horses was off it. Now very changed - smile.

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Added: 3 Jun 2021 15:50 GMT   

All Bar One
The capitalisation is wrong

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Linda WEBB   
Added: 8 Jun 2023 23:16 GMT   

Craven Street, WC2N
James webb lived in Craven Street Westminster. He died in 1758 and his states he was of Craven Street.
FROM England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 for James Webb PROB 11: Will Registers
1773-1776 Piece 1004: Alexander, Quire Numbers 1-45 (1775)

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claudia s   
Added: 8 Jun 2023 13:57 GMT   

Drakewood Road, SW16
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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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Lived here
   
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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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
East Street Market East Street Market (sometimes known locally as ’The Lane’ or ’East Lane’) is a street market in Walworth.
Elephant and Castle Elephant and Castle is one of five London tube stations named after a pub.

NEARBY STREETS
Adam Court, SE11 Adam Court can be found on Kennington Lane.
Albert Barnes House, SE1 Albert Barnes House can be found on New Kent Road.
Alberta Street, SE17 Alberta Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Alder Path, SE17 Alder Path lies in Elephant and Castle.
Ambergate Street, SE17 Ambergate Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Amelia Street, SE11 Amelia Street originally consisted of late 19th century tenement blocks built by James Pullen, a local builder, between 1886 and 1901.
Arch Street, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode
Art Works Elephant, SE17 Art Works Elephant is a location in London.
Art Works House, SE17 Art Works House is a location in London.
Artworks House, SE17 Artworks House is a location in London.
Ash Avenue, SE12 Ash Avenue is a location in London.
Ashton House, SE11 Ashton House is a block on Cornwall Square Kennings Way.
Asolando Drive, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Austral Street, SE11 Austral Street runs from West Square to Brook Drive.
Ayliffe Place, SE1 Ayliffe Place was situated at the end of Ayliffe Street.
Barrett House, SE17 Barrett House is a block on Browning Street.
Ben Ezra Court, SE17 Ben Ezra Court is a block on Asolando Drive.
Berryfield Road, SE17 Berryfield Road was created in 1877 but was Sturge Road for a couple of years until 1879.
Bodley Way, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Bramwell House, SE1 Bramwell House is a building on Harper Road.
Bramwell House, SE17 Bramwell House is a block on Harper Road.
Brandon Street, SE17 Brandon Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Bronti Close, SE17 Bronti Close is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Brook Drive, SE1 Brook Drive is a road in the SE1 postcode area
Brook Drive, SE11 Brook Drive is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
Browning Street, SE17 Browning Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Brutus Court, SE11 Brutus Court is located on Kennington Lane.
Canterbury Place, SE17 Canterbury Place is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Carrick Court, SE11 Carrick Court is a block on Kennington Park Road.
Castle Square, SE17 Castle Square is a location in London.
Castlebrook Close, SE11 Castlebrook Close is a road in the SE11 postcode area
Charleston Street, SE17 Charleston Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Churchyard Row, SE11 Churchyard Row is a road in the SE11 postcode area
Coleridge House, SE17 Coleridge House is a block on Browning Street.
Colworth Grove, SE17 Colworth Grove is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Cornwall Square, SE11 Cornwall Square is in Kennings Way.
Cotham Street, SE17 Cotham Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area
County Street, SE1 County Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Cowper House, SE17 Cowper House is a block on Browning Street.
Crampton Street, SE17 Crampton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Cutler Apartments, SE17 Cutler Apartments is sited on New Kent Road.
Dante Place, SE11 Dante Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
Dante Road, SE11 Dante Road is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
Deacon Street, SE17 Deacon Street is a location in London.
Deacon Way, SE17 Deacon Way is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Delverton House, SE17 Delverton House is sited on Delverton Road.
Draper House, SE1 Draper House is a block on A3.
Dryden Court, SE11 Dryden Court is a block in Newington.
Dugard Way, SE11 Dugard Way is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
Dumain Court, SE11 Dumain Court is a block on Opal Street.
Ebenezer House, SE11 Ebenezer House can be found on Kennington Lane.
Elba Place, SE17 Elba Place is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Elephant & Castle, SE1 Elephant & Castle is a name for a short section of road beside the noted junction of the same name.
Elephant Road, SE17 Elephant Road is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Elliott’s Row, SE11 Elliott’s Row is a road in the SE11 postcode area
Ethel Street, SE17 Ethel Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Fairford House, SE11 Fairford House is a block on Kennington Lane.
Falmouth House, SE11 Falmouth House is a block on White Hart Street.
Falstaff Court, SE11 Falstaff Court is sited on Falstaff Court.
Farrell Court, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Fontenoy House, SE11 Fontenoy House is a block on Kennington Lane.
Geraldine Street, SE11 Geraldine Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area
Gilbert Road, SE11 Gilbert Road is a road in the SE11 postcode area
Gilmour Section House, SE11 Gilmour Section House is a block on Renfrew Road.
Gower House, SE17 Gower House is a block on Morecambe Street.
Gray House, SE17 Gray House is located on King and Queen Street.
Hamlet Court, SE11 Hamlet Court is a building on Hamlet Court.
Hannibal House, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode
Hayles Street, SE11 Hayles Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area
Hedger Street, SE11 Hedger Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area
Heralds Place, SE11 Heralds Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
Heygate Street, SE17 Heygate Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Holyoak Road, SE11 Holyoak Road is a road in the SE11 postcode area
Howell Walk, SE1 Howell Walk is a road in the SE1 postcode area
Hurley House, SE11 Hurley House is a block on Kennington Lane.
Hurley Road, SE11 Hurley Road ran north from Lower Kennington Lane.
Iliffe Street, SE17 Iliffe Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Iliffe Yard, SE17 Iliffe Yard is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Kempsford Road, SE11 Kempsford Road is a road in the SE11 postcode area
Kennings Way, SE11 Kennings Way is a road in the SE11 postcode area
Kerris House, SE11 Kerris House is a block on Chester Way.
King & Queen Street, SE17 King & Queen Street is a location in London.
King and Queen Street, SE17 King and Queen Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area
King Queen Street, SE17 King Queen Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Knight’s Walk, SE11 Knight’s Walk is a pedestrian-only street linking Kennington Lane to Kempsford Road .
Lamlash Street, SE11 Lamlash Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area
Landulph House, SE11 Landulph House is a block on Kennings Way.
Larcom Street, SE17 Larcom Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Laugan Walk, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Laurie House, SE1 Laurie House is sited on Gaywood Street.
Manor Place, SE17 Manor Place is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Manor Place, SE17 Manor Place is a road in the SE11 postcode area
Marlborough Close, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Martin House, SE1 Martin House is a block on Falmouth Road.
Matara Mews, SE17 Matara Mews is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Meadow Row, SE1 Meadow Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Melbway House, SE1 Melbway House is a block on Meadow Row.
Monkton Street, SE11 Monkton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
Morant Court, SE17 Morant Court is a block on Munton Road.
Morecambe Street, SE17 Morecambe Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Munton Road, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
New Kent Road, SE1 New Kent Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Newington Butts, SE1 Newington Butts is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Newington Butts, SE11 Newington Butts is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
Newington Industrial Estate, SE17 Newington Industrial Estate lies in SE17.
Nightingale Mews, SE11 Nightingale Mews is a road in the SE11 postcode area
Occupation Road, SE17 Occupation Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Opal Street, SE11 Opal Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
Orient Street, SE11 Orient Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
Oswin Street, SE11 Oswin Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area
Pastor Street, SE1 Pastor Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area
Paxton House, SE17 Paxton House is a block on Morecambe Street.
Peacock Street, SE17 Peacock Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Peacock Yard, SE17 Peacock Yard is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Penmayne House, SE11 Penmayne House is a block on Kennings Way.
Penton Place, SE11 Penton Place is a road in the SE11 postcode area
Penton Place, SE17 Penton Place is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Perronet House, SE1 Perronet House is a block on Princess Street.
Pilton Place, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Plymouth Chambers, SE17 Plymouth Chambers was a named address just off the New Kent Road.
Portia Court, SE11 Portia Court is a block on Opal Street.
Pullens Buildings, SE17 Pullens Buildings is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Renfrew Road, SE11 Renfrew Road is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
Robert Dashwood Way, SE17 Robert Dashwood Way is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Rockingham Street, SE1 Rockingham Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Rodney Place, SE17 Rodney Place is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Rosa Parks House, SE17 Rosa Parks House is a block on Munton Road.
Rutherford Heights, SE17 Rutherford Heights is a location in London.
Sayer Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Shelley House, SE17 Shelley House is a building on Browning Street.
Sir John Soane Apartments, SE17 Sir John Soane Apartments is a block on O’Callaghan Way.
Smeaton Court, SE1 Smeaton Court is a block on Rockingham Street.
South Garden Court, SE17 South Garden Court is located on O’Callaghan Way.
Southey House, SE17 Southey House is a block on the Browning Estate.
Spare Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
St Gabriel Walk, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode
St Matthews Court, SE1 St Matthews Court is a block on Meadow Row.
Steedman Street, SE17 Steedman Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Suffield House, SE17 Suffield House is a block on Ambergate Street.
Suffield Road, SE17 Suffield Road was laid out after the demise of the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens.
Tarver Road, SE17 Tarver Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Tavern Court, SE1 Tavern Court is a block on New Kent Road.
Tennyson House, SE17 Tennyson House can be found on Browning Street.
Territorial House, SE11 Territorial House is a block on Reedworth Street.
Thrush Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Trafalgar House, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Trematon House, SE11 Trematon House can be found on Kennings Way.
Turquand Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Two Eagles House, SE11 Two Eagles House is located on Brooke Drive.
Victory Place, SE17 Victory Place is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Walcorde Avenue, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Walworth Road, SE1 The northernmost section of Walworth Road, nearest to the Elephant and Castle lies in the SE1 postal area.
Walworth Road, SE17 Walworth Road runs from the Elephant and Castle towards Camberwell.
Walworth Square, SE17 Walworth Square is a location in London.
Wansey Street, SE17 Wansey Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Watling House, SE17 Watling House is a block on New Kent Road.
Wesley Close, SE11 A street within the SE17 postcode
West Combe Apartments, SE1 West Combe Apartments is a block on Newington Causeway.
West Square, SE1 West Square was developed from 1794 onwards.
Whitworth House, SE1 Whitworth House is sited on Falmouth Road.
Wicksteed House, SE1 Wicksteed House is located on County Street.
Wicksteed House, SE17 Wicksteed House is a block on County Street.
Winchester Close, SE11 A street within the SE17 postcode
Wollaston Close, SE17 A street within the SE1 postcode

NEARBY PUBS
Elephant and Castle tavern The name Elephant and Castle which now gives its name to this whole area of London was is derived from a coaching inn.
The Good Intent The Good Intent has been the final remaining out of nine pubs to still be serving customers in East Street Market.


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Elephant and Castle

Elephant and Castle is one of five London tube stations named after a pub.

One thing Elephant and Castle is not named after is 'La Infanta de Castilla', seemingly referring to a series of Spanish princesses such as Eleanor of Castile and María, the daughter of Philip III of Spain. However, Eleanor of Castile was not an infanta - the term only appeared in English about 1600. María has a strong British connection because she was once controversially engaged to Charles I, but she had no connection with Castile. Infanta de Castilla therefore seems to be a conflation of two Iberian royals separated by 300 years.

Regardless, the pub of that name gave its name to the station, and in turn the station to the nearby area - originally called Newington.

Elephant & Castle tube station is on the Bank branch of the Northern Line between Kennington and Borough, and is the southern terminus of the Bakerloo Line.

The station was built in two stages. The Northern Line station opened on 18 December 1890 as part of the first deep-level tube, the City & South London Railway (C&SLR). The Baker Street & Waterloo Railway (BS&WR) station opened on 5 August 1906, five months after the rest of the line. Although belonging to separate companies, the platforms were connected below ground from 10 August 1906.

The first baby to be born on the underground was born at the station in 1924. Press reports claimed that she had been named Thelma Ursula Beatrice Eleanor (so that her initials would have read T.U.B.E.) but this story later proved false, and she was named Marie Cordery. Elephant and Castle seems to specialise in names which prove false!


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Hopton Street, Borough, 1977.
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In the neighbourhood...

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Demolition of the Heygate Estate and the construction of Elephant Central, May 2014. The Heygate Estate had been completed in 1974. The estate was used extensively as a filming location, due in part to its brutalist architecture.
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East Street market, Walworth in 1908 The market, in operation since the 1880s, featured in the title sequence for Only Fools and Horses
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Amelia Street, SE11 This originally consisted of late 19th century tenement blocks built by James Pullen between 1886 and 1901. During the 1980s the buildings between Manor Place and the south side of Amelia Street were demolished. The demolition of the rest of the Pullens Estate was prevented when squatters, intent on preserving the remainder of an individual late Victorian estate, occupied some of the blocks. The south side of Amelia Street is now an open space - Pullens Gardens - created following the demolition of a tenement block.
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Gladstone Street showing Albert Terrace in the background (1977)
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Elephant & Castle
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Princes Street, now Princess Street near Elephant and Castle (1864) There were a few pottery firms in this street at this time.
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Walworth Road (1930) This view looks north along the Walworth Road towards the ornate Elephant and Castle public house. Most of the buildings here were demolished as part of the London County Council redevelopment between 1958 and 1965.
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Postcard depicting Walworth Road and "The King’s First Visit To South London May 1911". The king in question was George V
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Lambeth Telegraph Tower in 1810. At a short distance west of the Fishmongers’ Almshouses, near to West Square, on the south side of St George’s Road, formerly stood this tall boarded structure. It served for some time the purposes of a semaphore telegraph tower
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Harrison House on the Browning Estate, Walworth (1974)
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