Adair Road junction with Southam Street (1932)

A wet day in London W10.

Adair Road junction with Southam Street (1932)
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This image shows the junction of Adair Road and Southam Street on a very wet day in 1932. The site was the future position of Southam House, built after the Second World War.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

29 Rackham Street, W10 29 Rackham Street lay about halfway along on the north side of the street.

29 Rackham Street, W10

Acklam Road protests Acklam Road was the centre of much action during the building of the Westway.

Acklam Road protests

Adair Road before redevelopment (1964) A photo showing Adair Road’s junction with Golborne Gardens in March 1964.

Adair Road before redevelopment (1964)

Adair Road junction with Southam Street (1932) A wet day in London W10.

Adair Road junction with Southam Street (1932)

Admiral Blake (The Cowshed) The Admiral Blake was situated at the corner of Ladbroke Grove and Barlby Road.

Admiral Blake (The Cowshed)

Barlby Primary School Barlby Road Primary School has long served the children of North Kensington.

Barlby Primary School

Clayton Arms A pub which was situated halfway down West Row in Kensal Town.

Clayton Arms

Corner of Rackham Street, Ladbroke Grove (1950) The bombing of the Second World War meant that some whole streets were wiped off the future map. Rackham Street, in London W10, was one of them.

Corner of Rackham Street, Ladbroke Grove (1950)

Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance is the traditional starting point for the Notting Hill Carnival.

Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance

Exmoor Street (1950) Photographed just after the Second World War, looking north along Exmoor Street.

Exmoor Street (1950)

Harrow Road (1920s) Harrow Road in the 1920s, looking south east towards the Prince of Wales pub and the Emmanuel Church spire.

Harrow Road (1920s)

Jack of Newbury The Jack of Newbury stood at the corner of East Row and Kensal Road until it was bombed on 2 October 1940.

Jack of Newbury

Kensal House There are two Kensal Houses in London W10 - this was the original

Kensal House

Ladbroke Grove (1950) Ladbroke Grove on the corner of St Charles Sqaure taken outside the Eagle public house, looking north, just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.

Ladbroke Grove (1950)

Ladbroke Grove looking north (1900) This early 1900s image was taken just south of the junction of Ladbroke Grove and Treverton Street.

Ladbroke Grove looking north (1900)

Ladbroke Grove railway bridge Looking north over Bartle Bridge in the 1950s

Ladbroke Grove railway bridge

Lads of the Village One of the signature public houses along Kensal Road.

Lads of the Village

Middle Row School Middle Row School was established in the late 19th century to provide education to the children of Kensal New Town.

Middle Row School

Notting Hill in Bygone Days: St Charles’s Ward Chapter 10 of the book "Notting Hill in Bygone Days" by Florence Gladstone (1924)

Notting Hill in Bygone Days: St Charles’s Ward

Portobello Arms The Portobello Arms was a former pub in Kensal Town, established in 1842.

Portobello Arms

Portobello Farm Portobello Farm House was approached along Turnpike Lane, sometimes referred to as Green’s Lane, a track leading from Kensington Gravel Pits towards a wooden bridge over the canal.

Portobello Farm

Queen’s Park Library Queen’s Park Library was built to improve the minds of the new Queen’s Park Estate residents.

Queen’s Park Library

Rackham Street, eastern end (1950) The bombing of the Second World War meant that some whole streets were wiped off the future map. Rackham Street, in London W10, was one of them.

Rackham Street, eastern end (1950)

St Charles Square after bombing (1950) A corner of St Charles Square looking north, just after the Second World War

St Charles Square after bombing (1950)

St Charles Square ready for redevelopment (1951) Photographed in 1951, the corner of St Charles Square and Ladbroke Grove looking northwest just after the Second World War.

St Charles Square ready for redevelopment (1951)

St Martins Mission Saint Martin's Mission was originally known as Rackham Hall as it was situated on Rackham Street.

St Martins Mission

St. Joseph’s Home St Joseph's dominated a part of Portobello Road up until the 1980s.

St. Joseph’s Home

The Crown Acklam Road was the centre of much action during the building of the Westway

The Crown

The Eagle The Eagle is on the corner of Ladbroke Grove and Telford Road.

The Eagle

The Flora The Flora is situated on Harrow Road, W10.

The Flora

The Foresters The Foresters - a lost pub of London W10

The Foresters

The Mitre The Mitre was situated at 62 Golborne Road on the corner with Wornington Road.

The Mitre

The Prince of Wales Cinema The Prince of Wales Cinema was located at 331 Harrow Road.

The Prince of Wales Cinema

The Victoria (Narrow Boat) The Victoria later became the Narrow Boat before it burned down.

The Victoria (Narrow Boat)

Wedlake Street Baths In a time when most had somewhere to live but few had somewhere to wash at home, public baths were the place to go...

Wedlake Street Baths

Western Arms The Western Arms was a pub situated on the corner of Ladbroke Grove and Kensal Road.

Western Arms

Weston’s Cider House In 1930 Weston’s opened their first and only cider mill on the Harrow Road.

Weston’s Cider House

William Miller’s Yard William Miller's Yard stood in Chapel Place, West Row.

William Miller’s Yard

NEARBY STREETS

Absalom Road, W10 Absalom Road was the former name for the western section of Golborne Gardens (Kensal Town)

Absalom Road, W10

Acklam Road, W10 Acklam Road was the centre of much action during the building of the Westway (Notting Hill)

Acklam Road, W10

Adair Road, W10 Adair Road is a street on the Kensal Town/North Kensington borders (Kensal Town)

Adair Road, W10

Adair Tower, W10 Adair Tower is a post-war tower block on the corner of Adair Road and Appleford Road, W10 (Kensal Town)

Adair Tower, W10

Adela Street, W10 Adela Street is a small cul-de-sac in Kensal Town (Kensal Town)

Adela Street, W10

Admiral Mews, W10 Admiral Mews is a small road off Barlby Road, W10 (North Kensington)

Admiral Mews, W10

Alderson Street, W10 Alderson Street is a side street north of Kensal Road (Kensal Town)

Alderson Street, W10

Alperton Street, W10 Alperton Street is the first alphabetically named street in the Queen’s Park Estate, W10 (Kensal Town)

Alperton Street, W10

Angola Mews, W10 Angola Mews, one of the lost mews of North Kensington, was demolished to make way for the Bevington Road School (North Kensington)

Angola Mews, W10

Appleford House, W10 Appleford House is a residential block along Appleford Road (Kensal Town)

Appleford House, W10

Appleford Road, W10 Appleford Road was transformed post-war from a Victorian street to one dominated by housing blocks (Kensal Town)

Appleford Road, W10

Ash House, W10 Ash House is a block on Heather Walk (Kensal Town)

Ash House, W10

Athlone Place, W10 Athlone Place runs between Faraday Road and Bonchurch Road (North Kensington)

Athlone Place, W10

Barfett Street, W10 Barfett Street is a street on the Queen’s Park Estate, W10 (Queens Park Estate)

Barfett Street, W10

Barnsdale Road, W9 Barnsdale Road runs between Fernhead Road and Walterton Road (West Kilburn)

Barnsdale Road, W9

Bevington Road, W10 Bevington Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)

Bevington Road, W10

Birch House, W10 Birch House is a block on Droop Street (Queens Park Estate)

Birch House, W10

Blagrove Road, W10 This is a street in the W10 postcode (Notting Hill)

Blagrove Road, W10

Bonchurch Road, W10 Bonchurch Road was first laid out in the 1870s (North Kensington)

Bonchurch Road, W10

Bosworth Road, W10 Bosworth Road was the first street built as Kensal New Town started to expand to the east (Kensal Town)

Bosworth Road, W10

Bransford Street, W10 Bransford Street became Porlock Street before vanishing altogether (North Kensington)

Bransford Street, W10

Branstone Street, W10 Branstone Street, originally Bramston Street, disappeared in 1960s developments (North Kensington)

Branstone Street, W10

Briar Walk, W10 Briar Walk lies on the Queen's Park Estate (Kensal Town)

Briar Walk, W10

Bruce Close, W10 Bruce Close replaced the earlier Rackham Street in this part of W10 (North Kensington)

Bruce Close, W10

Bruce House, W10 Bruce House is a block on Bruce Close (North Kensington)

Bruce House, W10

Canal Close, W10 Canal Close was built over the former gas works site at the top of Ladbroke Grove (Kensal Town)

Canal Close, W10

Chesterton Road, W10 Chesterton Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)

Chesterton Road, W10

Clayton Yard, Clayton Yard ran off the west side of West Row (Kensal Town)

Clayton Yard,

Conlan Street, W10 Conlan Street is one of the newer roads of Kensal Town (Kensal Town)

Conlan Street, W10

Coomassie Road, W9 Coomassie Road is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)

Coomassie Road, W9

Drakeland House, W9 Drakeland House is a block on Fernhead Road (West Kilburn)

Drakeland House, W9

Drayford Close, W9 Drayford Close is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)

Drayford Close, W9

East Row, W10 East Row is a road with a long history within Kensal Town (Kensal Town)

East Row, W10

Edenham Mews, W10 Edenham Mews was the site of a youth club and day nursery after the Second World War until demolition (Kensal Town)

Edenham Mews, W10

Edenham Street, W10 Edenham Street was swept away in 1969 (Kensal Town)

Edenham Street, W10

Edenham Way, W10 Edenham Way is a 1970s street (North Kensington)

Edenham Way, W10

Elkstone Road, W10 Elkstone Road replaced Southam Street around 1970 (North Kensington)

Elkstone Road, W10

Elm House, W10 Elm House can be found on Briar Walk (Kensal Town)

Elm House, W10

Fallodon House, W11 Fallodon House was planned in 1973 to replace housing between Tavistock Crescent, Tavistock Road, and St Luke’s Road (Westbourne Park)

Fallodon House, W11

Faraday Road, W10 Faraday Road is one of the ’scientist’ roadnames of North Kensington (North Kensington)

Faraday Road, W10

Fermoy House, W9 Fermoy House can be found on Fermoy Road (West Kilburn)

Fermoy House, W9

Fermoy Road, W9 Fermoy Road was named in 1883 and partly built up by 1884 (West Kilburn)

Fermoy Road, W9

Fir House, W10 Fir House can be found on Droop Street (Kensal Town)

Fir House, W10

First Avenue, W10 First Avenue is street number one in the Queen's Park Estate (West Kilburn)

First Avenue, W10

Golborne Gardens, W10 Golborne Gardens may date from the 1880s (Kensal Town)

Golborne Gardens, W10

Golborne Mews, W10 Golborne Mews lies off of the Portobello Road, W10 (North Kensington)

Golborne Mews, W10

Golborne Road, W10 Golborne Road, heart of North Kensington, was named after Dean Golbourne, at one time vicar of St John’s Church in Paddington (North Kensington)

Golborne Road, W10

Great Western Road, W11 The name of the Great Western Road dates from the 1850s (Westbourne Park)

Great Western Road, W11

Great Western Road, W9 Great Western Road’s northernmost section was created after a bridge was constructed over the canal (Maida Hill)

Great Western Road, W9

Harrow Road, W10 Harrow Road is a main road through London W10 (Kensal Town)

Harrow Road, W10

Hawthorn Walk, W10 Queen's Park Estate (Kensal Town)

Hawthorn Walk, W10

Hazlewood Crescent, W10 Hazlewood Crescent, much altered by 1970s redevelopment, is an original road of the area (Kensal Town)

Hazlewood Crescent, W10

Hazlewood Tower, W10 Hazlewood Tower is a skyscraper in North Kensington, London W10 (Kensal Town)

Hazlewood Tower, W10

Heather Walk, W10 Heather Walk lies in the Queen’s Park Estate (Kensal Town)

Heather Walk, W10

Hewer Street, W10 Built as part of the St Charles’ estate in the 1870s, it originally between Exmoor Street to a former street called Raymede Street (North Kensington)

Hewer Street, W10

Holly House, W10 Holly House is a block on Hawthorn Walk (Kensal Town)

Holly House, W10

Hormead Road, W9 Hormead Road was named in 1885 although its site was still a nursery ground until 1891 (Kensal Town)

Hormead Road, W9

James Collins Close, W9 James Collins Close is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)

James Collins Close, W9

James House, W10 James House is a residential block in Appleford Road (Kensal Town)

James House, W10

Kensal House, W10 Kensal House was designed in 1936 to show off the power of gas and originally had no electricity at all (North Kensington)

Kensal House, W10

Kensal Place, W10 Kensal Place ran from Southam Street to Kensal Road (Kensal Town)

Kensal Place, W10

Kensal Road, W10 Kensal Road, originally called Albert Road, is the heart of Kensal Town (Kensal Town)

Kensal Road, W10

Ladbroke Grove, W10 Ladbroke Grove runs from Notting Hill to Kensal Green, and straddles the W10 and W11 postal districts (North Kensington)

Ladbroke Grove, W10

Larch House, W10 Larch House is a block on Rowan Walk (Kensal Town)

Larch House, W10

Lavie Mews, W10 Lavie Mews, W10 was a mews connecting Portobello Road and Murchison Road (North Kensington)

Lavie Mews, W10

Leamington House, W11 Leamington House was built by 1962 (Westbourne Park)

Leamington House, W11

Lionel Mews, W10 Lionel Mews was built around 1882 and probably disappeared in the 1970s (North Kensington)

Lionel Mews, W10

Lydford Road, W9 Lydford Road is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)

Lydford Road, W9

Manchester Drive, W10 Manchester Drive is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (North Kensington)

Manchester Drive, W10

Mary Seacole House, W9 Mary Seacole House is a block on Warlock Road (Maida Hill)

Mary Seacole House, W9

Maxilla Walk, W10 Maxilla Walk is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)

Maxilla Walk, W10

Middle Row, W10 Middle Row is one of the original streets laid out as Kensal New Town (Kensal Town)

Middle Row, W10

Millwood Street, W10 Millwood Street is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (North Kensington)

Millwood Street, W10

Modena Street, W9 Modena Street was swept away in the late 1960s (North Kensington)

Modena Street, W9

Morgan Road, W10 Morgan Road connects Wornington Road and St Ervans Road (North Kensington)

Morgan Road, W10

Munro Mews, W10 Munro Mews is a part cobbled through road that connects Wornington Road and Wheatstone Road (North Kensington)

Munro Mews, W10

Murchison Road, W10 Murchison Road existed for just under 100 years (North Kensington)

Murchison Road, W10

Nautilus House, W10 Nautilus House is a block on West Row (Kensal Town)

Nautilus House, W10

Norburn Street, W10 Norburn Street is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (North Kensington)

Norburn Street, W10

Oak House, W10 Oak House is sited on Sycamore Walk (Kensal Town)

Oak House, W10

Octavia House, W10 Octavia House on Southern Row was built in the late 1930s (North Kensington)

Octavia House, W10

Orchard Close, W10 Orchard Close is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (North Kensington)

Orchard Close, W10

Pennymore Walk, W9 Pennymore Walk is a close which lies off of Ashmore Road (West Kilburn)

Pennymore Walk, W9

Portobello Road, W10 Portobello Road is split into two sections by the Westway/Hammersmith and City line (North Kensington)

Portobello Road, W10

Pressland Street, W10 Pressland Street ran from Kensal Road to the canal (North Kensington)

Pressland Street, W10

Rackham Street, W10 Rackham Street is a road that disappeared from the streetscape of London W10 in 1951 (North Kensington)

Rackham Street, W10

Raddington Road, W10 Raddington Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Hill)

Raddington Road, W10

Raymede Street, W10 Raymede Street, after severe bomb damage in the area, disappeared after 1950 (North Kensington)

Raymede Street, W10

Rendle Street, W10 Rendle Street ran from Murchison Road to Telford Road (North Kensington)

Rendle Street, W10

Ronan Walk, W10 Ronan Walk was one of the streets constructed in a 1970s build parallel to the Harrow Road (Kensal Town)

Ronan Walk, W10

Second Avenue, W10 Second Avenue is one of the streets of the Queen's Park Estate, W10 (Queens Park Estate)

Second Avenue, W10

Southam House, W10 Southam House is situated on Adair Road (Kensal Town)

Southam House, W10

Southam Street, W10 Southam Street was made world-famous in the photographs of Roger Mayne (Kensal Town)

Southam Street, W10

Southern Row, W10 Southern Row was originally South Row to match the other streets in the neighbourhood (North Kensington)

Southern Row, W10

St Charles Place, W10 St Charles Place is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)

St Charles Place, W10

St Charles Square, W10 St Charles Square is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)

St Charles Square, W10

St Columbs House, W10 St Columbs House is situated at 9-39 Blagrove Road (North Kensington)

St Columbs House, W10

St Ervans Road, W10 St Ervans Road is named after the home town of the Rev. Samuel Walker (North Kensington)

St Ervans Road, W10

St Johns Terrace, W10 St Johns Terrace is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Kensal Town)

St Johns Terrace, W10

St Joseph’s Close, W10 St Joseph’s Close is a cul-de-sac off of Bevington Road (North Kensington)

St Joseph’s Close, W10

St Lawrence Terrace, W10 St Lawrence Terrace runs parallel with Ladbroke Grove, one block east (North Kensington)

St Lawrence Terrace, W10

St Michael’s Gardens, W10 St Michael’s Gardens lies to the south of St Michael’s Church (North Kensington)

St Michael’s Gardens, W10

Steve Biko Court, W10 Steve Biko Court is a block on St John’s Terrace (North Kensington)

Steve Biko Court, W10

Sycamore Walk, W10 Queen's Park Estate (Kensal Town)

Sycamore Walk, W10

Tavistock Crescent, W11 Tavistock Crescent was where the first Notting Hill Carnival procession began on 18 September 1966. (Notting Hill)

Tavistock Crescent, W11

Telford Road, W10 Telford Road is one of the local streets named after prominent nineteenth century scientists (North Kensington)

Telford Road, W10

Tollbridge Close, W10 This is a street in the W10 postcode area (Kensal Town)

Tollbridge Close, W10

Trellick Tower, W10 Trellick Tower is a 31-storey block of flats designed in the Brutalist style by architect Ernő Goldfinger, completed in 1972 (Kensal Town)

Trellick Tower, W10

Treverton Street, W10 Treverton Street, a street which survived post war redevelopment (North Kensington)

Treverton Street, W10

Walterton Road, W9 Walterton Road was the central road of a suburb which was originally proposed to called St. Peter’s Park (Maida Hill)

Walterton Road, W9

Wedlake Street, W10 Wedlake Street arrived as the second wave of building in Kensal Town was completed (Kensal Town)

Wedlake Street, W10

West Row, W10 West Row, W10 began its life in the early 1840s (Kensal Town)

West Row, W10

Western Dwellings Western Dwellings were a row of houses, opposite the Western Gas Works, housing some of the workers (Kensal Town)

Western Dwellings

Western Mews, W9 Western Mews is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)

Western Mews, W9

Westgate Mews, W10 Westgate Mews ran west from West Row to the Deco Works (Kensal Town)

Westgate Mews, W10

Westway, W10 Westway is the A40(M) motorway which runs on an elevated section along the W10/W11 border (Notting Hill)

Westway, W10

Wheatstone Road, W10 Wheatstone Road was the former name of the eastern section of Bonchurch Road (North Kensington)

Wheatstone Road, W10

Woodfield Place, W9 Woodfield Place is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)

Woodfield Place, W9

Woodfield Road, W9 The first section of Woodfield Road seems to date from the 1830s (Maida Hill)

Woodfield Road, W9

Wornington Road, W10 Wornington Road connected Golborne Road with Ladbroke Grove, though the Ladbroke end is now closed to through traffic (North Kensington)

Wornington Road, W10

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