North Circular Road, NW10

North Circular Road is one of the main arterial roads of London.

Opening day of North Circular Road, NW10 (1934)
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This was the final section of the North Circular Road - from Hanger Lane to Harrow Road - to be built.

It was opened on 2 July 1934 by Oliver Stanley, Minister of Transport. It involved burrowing under the embankments of 15 railway lines at Stonebridge Park and through the 25 foot embankment of the Grand Junction Canal, building the bridges and aqueduct whilst rail and canal traffic continued. The cost was £95 000. This completed the 20 mile North Circular Road from the A4 near Kew Bridge clockwise to near the Southend Road at Wanstead which had first been thought out in 1912.

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Sylvia guiver Blandford Square, NW1 Added: 4 Jul 2024 14:52 GMT	Grandparents 1937 lived 37 Blandford Square Y mother and all her sisters and brother lived there, before this date , my parent wedding photographers were take in the square, I use to visit with my mother I remember the barge ballon in the square in the war. Reply
Roy Mathieson Southwark Added: 27 Jun 2024 16:25 GMT	St Saviours My great grandmother was born in Bowling Green Lane in 1848. The family moved from there to Earl Terrace, Bermondsey in 1849. I have never been able to locate Earl Terrace on maps. Reply
Buckhurst Street, E1 Added: 26 Jun 2024 13:10 GMT	Buckhurst Street, E1 Mt grandfather, Thomas Walton Ward had a musical instrument workshop in Buckhurst Street from 1934 until the street was bombed during the war. Grandfather was a partner in the musical instrument firm of R.J. Ward and Sons of Liverpool. He died in 1945 and is buried in a common grave at Abney Park Cemetery. Reply
Mike Dowling Undercliff Road, SE13 Added: 15 Jun 2024 15:51 GMT	Family ties (1936 - 1963) The Dowling family lived at number 13 Undercliffe Road for Nearly 26 years. Next door was the Harris family Reply
Evie Helen Erith Added: 13 Jun 2024 00:03 GMT	Vickers Road The road ’Vickers Road’ is numbered rather differently to other roads in the area as it was originally built as housing for the "Vickers" arms factory in the late 1800’s and early 1900s. Most of the houses still retain the original 19th century tiling and drainage outside of the front doors. Reply
Paul Harris Ellen Place, E1 Added: 12 Jun 2024 12:54 GMT	Ellen Place, E1 My mother’s father and his family lived at 31 Ellen Place London E1 have a copy of the 1911 census showing this Reply
Wedlake Street, W10 Added: 10 Jun 2024 19:31 GMT	Toll gate Close Did anyone live at Toll Gate Close, which was built in the area where the baths had been? Reply
Charles Black Middle Row, W10 Added: 24 May 2024 12:54 GMT	Middle Row, W10 Middle Row was notable for its bus garage, home of the number 7. Reply

NEARBY STREETS

Abbey Farm Cottages, NW10 Abbey Farm Cottages were associated with Twyford Abbey Farm (West Twyford)

Abbey Farm Cottages, NW10

Abbey Parade, NW10 Abbey Parade is situated beside the Hangar Lane Gyratory (West Twyford)

Abbey Parade, NW10

Abbey Road, NW10 Abbey Road is a major road connecting the North Circular Road to Acton Lane (Stonebridge)

Abbey Road, NW10

Abbey Terrace, NW10 Abbey Terrace was a named terrace on the North Circular Road (West Twyford)

Abbey Terrace, NW10

Abbeydale Road, NW10 Abbeydale Road was built around 1938 (West Twyford)

Abbeydale Road, NW10

Abbeyfields Close, NW10 Abbeyfields Close is a street in Willesden (West Twyford)

Abbeyfields Close, NW10

Amna Court, NW10 Amna Court is a building on Twyford Abbey Road (Park Royal)

Amna Court, NW10

Aqua House, NW10 Aqua House is a block on Agate Close (Park Royal)

Aqua House, NW10

Bamford Avenue, HA0 Bamford Avenue is a road in the HA0 postcode area (Alperton)

Bamford Avenue, HA0

Bispham Road, NW10 Bispham Road is a street in Willesden (West Twyford)

Bispham Road, NW10

Bodiam Court, NW10 Bodiam Court is a block on Lakeside Drive (Park Royal)

Bodiam Court, NW10

Brent Crescent, NW10 Brent Crescent is a street in Willesden (West Twyford)

Brent Crescent, NW10

Brentmead Gardens, NW10 Brentmead Gardens is a street in Willesden (West Twyford)

Brentmead Gardens, NW10

Brentmead Place, NW10 This is a street in the NW11 postcode area (West Twyford)

Brentmead Place, NW10

Brentvale Avenue, HA0 Brentvale Avenue is a road in the HA0 postcode area (Alperton)

Brentvale Avenue, HA0

Crystal House, NW10 Crystal House is a block on Agate Close (Park Royal)

Crystal House, NW10

Dan Court, NW10 Dan Court is a block on Lakeside Drive (Park Royal)

Dan Court, NW10

Elixir House, NW10 Elixir House is a block on Whitby Avenue (Park Royal)

Elixir House, NW10

Elveden Place, NW10 Elveden Place is a road in the NW10 postcode area (West Twyford)

Elveden Place, NW10

Elveden Road, NW10 Elveden Road is a street in Willesden (West Twyford)

Elveden Road, NW10

Falcondale Court, NW10 Falcondale Court is a block on Lakeside Drive (Park Royal)

Falcondale Court, NW10

Friarsgate, NW10 Friarsgate is a location in London (Park Royal)

Friarsgate, NW10

Fulwood Avenue, HA0 Fulwood Avenue is a road in the HA0 postcode area (Alperton)

Fulwood Avenue, HA0

Genesis Business Park, NW10 Genesis Business Park is a location in London (Park Royal)

Genesis Business Park, NW10

Grand Union Industrial Estate, NW10 Commercial area (Stonebridge)

Grand Union Industrial Estate, NW10

Huxley Gardens, NW10 Huxley Gardens is a road in the NW10 postcode area (West Twyford)

Huxley Gardens, NW10

Iveagh Avenue, NW10 Iveagh Avenue was built around 1938 (West Twyford)

Iveagh Avenue, NW10

Iveagh Close, NW10 Iveagh Close is a road in the NW10 postcode area (West Twyford)

Iveagh Close, NW10

Lakeside Drive, NW10 Lakeside Drive is a road in the NW10 postcode area (Park Royal)

Lakeside Drive, NW10

Lapis Close, NW10 Lapis Close is a road in the NW10 postcode area (Park Royal)

Lapis Close, NW10

Longley Avenue, HA0 Longley Avenue is one of the streets in the Harrow postal district of Middlesex (Alperton)

Longley Avenue, HA0

Moyne Place, NW10 Moyne Place is a road in the NW10 postcode area (West Twyford)

Moyne Place, NW10

North Circular Road, NW10 North Circular Road is one of the main arterial roads of London (West Twyford)

North Circular Road, NW10

Norwood Avenue, HA0 Norwood Avenue is one of the streets in the Harrow postal district of Middlesex (Alperton)

Norwood Avenue, HA0

Opal House, NW10 Opal House can be found on Agate Close (Park Royal)

Opal House, NW10

Park Avenue, NW10 Park Avenue is a street in Willesden (West Twyford)

Park Avenue, NW10

Queensbury Road, HA0 Queensbury Road is one of the streets in the Harrow postal district of Middlesex (West Twyford)

Queensbury Road, HA0

Rainsford Road, NW10 Rainsford Road is a street in Willesden (Park Royal)

Rainsford Road, NW10

Rossall Crescent, NW10 Rossall Crescent is a street in Willesden (West Twyford)

Rossall Crescent, NW10

Spencer Close, NW10 Spencer Close is a road in the NW10 postcode area (West Twyford)

Spencer Close, NW10

St Anne’s Gardens, NW10 St Anne’s Gardens is a road in the NW10 postcode area (West Twyford)

St Anne’s Gardens, NW10

Toucan Close, NW10 Toucan Close is a road in the NW10 postcode area (Park Royal)

Toucan Close, NW10

Tudor Estate, NW10 Tudor Estate is an industrial area and access road (Stonebridge)

Tudor Estate, NW10

Twyford Abbey Road, NW10 The name of Twyford Abbey Road was adopted from the nearby Twyford Abbey. (West Twyford)

Twyford Abbey Road, NW10

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