Orient Street, SE11

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Linda Webb   
Added: 27 Sep 2021 05:51 GMT   

Hungerford Stairs
In 1794 my ancestor, George Webb, Clay Pipe Maker, lived in Hungerford Stairs, Strand. Source: Wakefields Merchant & Tradesmens General Directory London Westminster 1794

Source: Hungerford Stairs

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Roy Batham   
Added: 7 Jan 2022 07:17 GMT   

Smithy in Longacre
John Burris 1802-1848 Listed 1841 census as Burroughs was a blacksmith, address just given as Longacre.

Source: Batham/Wiseman - Family Tree

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Scott Hatton   
Added: 11 Sep 2020 19:47 GMT   

Millions Of Rats In Busy London
The Daily Mail on 14 April 1903 reported "MILLIONS OF RATS IN BUSY LONDON"

A rat plague, unprecedented in the annals of London, has broken out on the north side of the Strand. The streets principally infested are Catherine street, Drury lane, Blackmore street, Clare Market and Russell street. Something akin to a reign of terror prevails among the inhabitants after nightfall. Women refuse to pass along Blackmore street and the lower parts of Stanhope street after dusk, for droves of rats perambulate the roadways and pavements, and may be seen running along the window ledges of the empty houses awaiting demolition by the County Council in the Strand to Holborn improvement scheme.

The rats, indeed, have appeared in almost-incredible numbers. "There are millions of them," said one shopkeeper, and his statement was supported by other residents. The unwelcome visitors have been evicted from their old haunts by the County Council housebreakers, and are now busily in search of new homes. The Gaiety Restaurant has been the greatest sufferer. Rats have invaded the premises in such force that the managers have had to close the large dining room on the first floor and the grill rooms on the ground floor and in the basement. Those three spacious halls which have witnessed many as semblages of theatre-goers are now qui:e deserted. Behind the wainscot of the bandstand in the grillroom is a large mound of linen shreds. This represents 1728 serviettes carried theee by the rats.

In the bar the removal of a panel disclosed the astonishing fact that the rats have dragged for a distance of seven or eight yards some thirty or forty beer and wine bottles and stacked them in such a fashion as to make comfortable sleeping places. Mr Williams. the manager of the restaurant, estimates that the rats have destroyed L200 worth of linen. Formerly the Gaiety Restaurant dined 2000 persons daily; no business whatever is now done in this direction.

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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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MCNALLY    
Added: 17 May 2021 09:42 GMT   

Blackfriars (1959 - 1965)
I lived in Upper Ground from 1959 to 1964 I was 6 years old my parents Vince and Kitty run the Pub The Angel on the corner of Upper Ground and Bodies Bridge. I remember the ceiling of the cellar was very low and almost stretched the length of Bodies Bridge. The underground trains run directly underneath the pub. If you were down in the cellar when a train was coming it was quite frightening

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Johna216   
Added: 9 Aug 2017 16:26 GMT   

Thanks!
I have recently started a web site, the info you provide on this site has helped me greatly. Thank you for all of your time & work. There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail. by Erich Fromm. eeggefeceefb

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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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Tom   
Added: 21 May 2021 23:07 GMT   

Blackfriars
What is, or was, Bodies Bridge?

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Lived here
Richard Roques   
Added: 21 Jan 2021 16:53 GMT   

Buckingham Street residents
Here in Buckingham Street lived Samuel Pepys the diarist, Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling

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Comment
   
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: 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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Jean Deane   
Added: 2 Oct 2023 16:43 GMT   

Advertisement for a laundry in Mill Lane, Brixton Hill, SW2 from early 1900’s
The New Imperial Laundry

Source: From a Ladies glance guide for Mistress and Maid

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Sue   
Added: 24 Sep 2023 19:09 GMT   

Meyrick Rd
My family - Roe - lived in poverty at 158 Meyrick Rd in the 1920s, moving to 18 Lavender Terrace in 1935. They also lived in York Rd at one point. Alf, Nell (Ellen), plus children John, Ellen (Did), Gladys, Joyce & various lodgers. Alf worked for the railway (LMS).

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Michael   
Added: 20 Sep 2023 21:10 GMT   

Momentous Birth!
I was born in the upstairs front room of 28 Tyrrell Avenue in August 1938. I was a breach birth and quite heavy ( poor Mum!). My parents moved to that end of terrace house from another rental in St Mary Cray where my three year older brother had been born in 1935. The estate was quite new in 1938 and all the properties were rented. My Father was a Postman. I grew up at no 28 all through WWII and later went to Little Dansington School

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Mike Levy   
Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT   

Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz
On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action"

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Lady Townshend   
Added: 8 Sep 2023 16:02 GMT   

Tenant at Westbourne (1807 - 1811)
I think that the 3rd Marquess Townshend - at that time Lord Chartley - was a tenant living either at Westbourne Manor or at Bridge House. He undertook considerable building work there as well as creating gardens. I am trying to trace which house it was. Any ideas gratefully received

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Alex Britton   
Added: 30 Aug 2023 10:43 GMT   

Late opening
The tracks through Roding Valley were opened on 1 May 1903 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Woodford to Ilford line (the Fairlop Loop).

But the station was not opened until 3 February 1936 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER, successor to the GER).

Source: Roding Valley tube station - Wikipedia

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:52 GMT   

Shhh....
Roding Valley is the quietest tube station, each year transporting the same number of passengers as Waterloo does in one day.

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:47 GMT   

The connection with Bletchley Park
The code-breaking computer used at Bletchley Park was built in Dollis Hill.

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St George’s Cathedral The Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St George, usually known as St George’s Cathedral, Southwark is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark.

NEARBY STREETS
360-London, SE11 360-London is a 44-storey tower featuring 470 residential units
Adam Court, SE11 Adam Court can be found on Kennington Lane.
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.
Austral Street, SE11 Austral Street runs from West Square to Brook Drive.
Avonmouth House, SE1 Avonmouth House can be found on Avonmouth Street.
Barbel Street, SE1 Barbel Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area
Barkham Terrace, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode
Bishops Terrace, SE11 Bishops Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
Bricklayers Street, SE11 Bricklayers Street is a location in London.
Brook Drive, SE11 Brook Drive - Brook Street until 1937 - runs along the boundary between the London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.
Brutus Court, SE11 Brutus Court is located on Kennington Lane.
Castle Square, SE17 Castle Square is a location in London.
Castlebrook Close, SE11 Castlebrook Close is a road in the SE11 postcode area
China Walk, SE11 China Walk and its estate dates from 1928-34.
Churchyard Row, SE11 Churchyard Row runs along the west side of St Mary’s Churchyard.
Coalpit House, SE11 Coalpit House is located on Walnut Tree Walk.
Colnbrook Street, SE1 Colnbrook Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Cosser Street, SE1 Cosser Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Crampton Street, SE17 Crampton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Culpeper Court, SE11 Culpeper Court is sited on Walnut Tree Walk.
Dante Place, SE11 Dante Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
Dante Road, SE11 Commemorates the Italian poet Dante Alighieri (died 1321), author of The Divine Comedy.
Davenport House, SE11 Davenport House is a block on China Walk.
Deacon Street, SE17 Deacon Street is a location in London.
Derby House, SE11 Derby House is a block on Walnut Tree Walk.
Distin Street, SE11 Distin Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area
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.
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
Emmanuel House, SE11 Emmanuel House is a block on Distin 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.
Garden Row, SE1 Garden Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Gaunt Street, SE1 Gaunt Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Gaysley House, SE11 Gaysley House is a block on Hotspur Street.
Gaywood Street, SE1 Gaywood Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area
George Mathers Road, SE11 George Mathers Road runs west from Dante Road.
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.
Gladstone Street, SE1 Gladstone Street was built in the 1840s.
Gundulf Street, SE11 Gundulf Street is a location in London.
Hamlet Court, SE11 Hamlet Court is a building on Hamlet Court.
Hampton Street, SE17 Hampton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
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.
Hercules Road, SE1 Hercules Road runs north from Lambeth Road near Lambeth Palace, on the site of Penlington Place.
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.
Kell Street, SE1 Kell Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area
Kempsford Road, SE11 Kempsford Road is a road in the SE11 postcode area
Kennington Road, SE1 A small section of Kennington Road lies in the SE1 postal area.
Keyworth Street, SE1 Keyworth Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
King Edward Walk, SE1 King Edward Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Knight’s Walk, SE11 Knight’s Walk is a pedestrian-only street linking Kennington Lane to Kempsford Road .
Lambeth Road, SE1 Lambeth Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Lamlash Street, SE11 Lamlash Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area
Laurie House, SE1 Laurie House is sited on Gaywood Street.
London Road, SE1 London Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Marlborough Close, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
McAuley Close, SE1 McAuley Close runs north from Cosser Street.
Mead Row, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode
Minton House, SE11 Minton House is a block on Walnut Tree Walk.
Monkton Street, SE11 Monkton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
Montgomery House, SE11 Montgomery House is a block on Fitzalan Street.
Needham House, SE11 Needham House can be found on Lollard Street.
Newington Butts, SE1 Newington Butts, once a hamlet, now forms part of the London Borough of Southwark.
Newington Butts, SE11 Newington Butts is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
Newington Causeway, SE1 Newington Causeway appears to have been so named in the middle of the 18th century.
Newington Court, SE1 Newington Court is a block on Newington Court.
Newington Industrial Estate, SE17 Newington Industrial Estate lies in SE17.
Newman House, SE1 Newman House is a block on Garden Row.
Nightingale Mews, SE11 Nightingale Mews is a road in the SE11 postcode area
Oakden Street, SE11 Oakden Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
Oakey Lane, SE1 This is a street in the SE1 postcode area
Ontario Street, SE1 Ontario Street is a road in the SE1 postcode 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
Peacock Yard, SE17 Peacock Yard is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Perronet House, SE1 Perronet House is a block on Princess Street.
Pioneer/Signal Building, SE1 Pioneer/Signal Building is a block on Newington Causeway.
Princess Street, SE1 Princess Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Prospect House, SE1 Prospect House is a block on Gaywood Street.
Rankine House, SE1 Rankine House is a block on Bath Terrace.
Reedworth Street, SE11 Reedworth Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
Renfrew Road, SE11 Renfrew Road is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
Richmond Street, SE11 Richmond Street ran east from Walnut Tree Walk.
Robert Dashwood Way, SE17 Robert Dashwood Way is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Sambrook House, SE11 Sambrook House is a block on Hotspur Street.
Skipton House, SE1 Skipton House is a block on London Road.
Smeaton Court, SE1 Smeaton Court is a block on Rockingham Street.
South Bank Technopark, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode
Spare Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Spode House, SE11 Spode House is sited on Lambeth Walk.
St Alban’s Street, SE11 St Alban’s Street was swept away by the China Walk Estate,
St Gabriel Walk, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode
St George’s Court, SE1 St George’s Court is a block on Garden Row.
St Georges Road, SE1 St Georges Road is one of the main thoroughfares of south London.
St Marys Gardens, SE11 St Marys Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
St Marys Walk, SE11 St Marys Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
St. Georges Mews, SE1 St George’s Mews lies off of Westminster Bridge Road.
Steam Pump Lane, SE1 Steam Pump Lane is a road in the W4 postcode area
Steedman Street, SE17 Steedman Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Tarn Street, SE1 Tarn Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Telford House, SE1 Telford House is located on Tiverton Street.
Territorial House, SE11 Territorial House is a block on Reedworth Street.
Thobal Place, SE1 Thomas Place became Thobal Place in 1892.
Thomas Doyle Street, SE1 Thomas Doyle Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area
Tiverton Street, SE1 Tiverton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Tomkyns House, SE11 Tomkyns House can be found on Distin Street.
Two Eagles House, SE11 Two Eagles House is located on Brooke Drive.
Walcot Square, SE11 Walcot Square’s late Georgian terraced houses surround a private triangular garden owned and maintained by the Walcot Foundation.
Walnut Tree Place, SE11 Walnut Tree Place was a minor street replaced by the China Walk Estate.
Walnut Tree Walk, SE11 At the beginning of the 18th century Walnut Tree Walk was a lane leading out into the fields from Lambeth.
Walworth Road, SE1 The northernmost section of Walworth Road, nearest to the Elephant and Castle lies in the SE1 postal area.
Wardroper House, SE1 Wardroper House is a block on St George’s Road.
Wedgwood House, SE11 Wedgwood House is a block on Lambeth Walk.
Wellesley Court, SE1 Wellesley Court is a block on Rockingham Street.
Wesley Close, SE11 A street within the SE17 postcode
West Combe Apartments, SE1 West Combe Apartments is a block on Newington Causeway.
West Square, SE11 West Square was developed from 1794 onwards.
Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 Westminster Bridge Road runs on an east-west axis and passes through the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.
Whitehorse Mews, SE1 Whitehorse Mews is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Winchester Close, SE11 A street within the SE17 postcode
Wincott Parade, SE11 Wincott Parade is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
Wincott Street, SE11 Wincott Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.
Wollaston Close, SE17 A street within the SE1 postcode
Worcester House, SE11 Worcester House is sited on Kennington Road.

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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.


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Shop on the corner of Brook Drive and Hayles Street (2013) This unobtrusive corner shop near Elephant and Castle was the filming location for ’Come On Eileen’ by Dexys Midnight Runners. It’s no longer a shop and - to my horror - my walk from Elephant & Castle to Lambeth North passes it at 7:24 and doesn’t note it as I found out only afterwards. Grrr https://youtu.be/R-e GEXb4M4
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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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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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"The old man, seen Lambeth Walking at the top of one of the side-streets is a Lambeth institution. He is popular in the Walk, and there are usually a few to give him pennies." Taken from ’Life in the Lambeth Walk’, Picture Post, 31 December 1938
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Adam West as ’Batman’ filming road safety in Denny Crescent, Kennington (1967)
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The Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens in Kennington (existed 1831-1877)
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Peabody Square, Blackfriars Road, Bankside, c.1872
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