Portobello Arms

Pub in/near Kensal Town, existed between 1842 and the 1970s

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2015
The Portobello Arms was a former pub in Kensal Town, established in 1842.

The 1911 census lists it as the licensee being called "Marshall" and situated at 248 Kensal Road. It was also listed as the headquarters of the Jubilee Angling Society.

The members of the Court Pleasant union regularly met there in the nineteenth century.

The Paddingion Mercury publishes the following correspondence in 1884:

Sir, I forwarded a petition to the Registrar General in October last drawing his attention to what we considered the nuisance of having to attend at a public house in Kensal Town known as the Portobello Arms for the purposes of registering the births and deaths of any of our children or relations and asking that the Registrar for the sub district might be removed to the new Vestry Offices in Kensal Road.

Not receiving an answer I wrote again on the 22nd of this month and received the following letter which I shall be glad if you will kindly publish.


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Hudson’s the chemist (1906) Hudson’s, a chemist shop, stood on the corner of Ilbert Street and Third Avenue in the Queen’s Park estate.
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.
Kensal House There are two Kensal Houses in London W10 - this was the original
Ladbroke Grove looking north (1900) This early 1900s image was taken just south of the junction of Ladbroke Grove and Treverton Street.
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Lads of the Village One of the signature public houses along Kensal Road.
Lothrop Street (1907) Postcard of a "street on the Queen’s Park Estate".
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NEARBY STREETS
Absalom Road, W10 Absalom Road was the former name for the western section of Golborne Gardens (Kensal Town)
Adair Road, W10 Adair Road is a street on the Kensal Town/North Kensington borders (Kensal Town)
Adair Tower, W10 Adair Tower is a post-war tower block on the corner of Adair Road and Appleford Road, W10 (Kensal Town)
Adela Street, W10 Adela Street is a small cul-de-sac in Kensal Town (Kensal Town)
Admiral Mews, W10 Admiral Mews is a small road off Barlby Road, W10 (North Kensington)
Alderson Street, W10 Alderson Street is a side street north of Kensal Road (Kensal Town)
Alperton Street, W10 Alperton Street is the first alphabetically named street in the Queen’s Park Estate, W10 (Kensal Town)
Appleford House, W10 Appleford House is a residential block along Appleford Road (Kensal Town)
Appleford Road, W10 Appleford Road was transformed post-war from a Victorian street to one dominated by housing blocks (Kensal Town)
Ash House, W10 Ash House is a block on Heather Walk (Kensal Town)
Ashmore Road, W9 Ashmore Road is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)
Athlone Place, W10 Athlone Place runs between Faraday Road and Bonchurch Road (North Kensington)
Banister House, W10 Banister House is a block on Bruckner Street (Queens Park Estate)
Bantock House, W10 Bantock House is located on Third Avenue (Queens Park Estate)
Barfett Street, W10 Barfett Street is a street on the Queen’s Park Estate, W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Barlby Gardens, W10 Barlby Gardens is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)
Birch House, W10 Birch House is a block on Droop Street (Queens Park Estate)
Bosworth Road, W10 Bosworth Road was the first street built as Kensal New Town started to expand to the east (Kensal Town)
Boyce House, W10 Boyce House is located on Bruckner Street (West Kilburn)
Bransford Street, W10 Bransford Street became Porlock Street before vanishing altogether (North Kensington)
Branstone Street, W10 Branstone Street, originally Bramston Street, disappeared in 1960s developments (North Kensington)
Bravington Road, W9 Bravington Road is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)
Briar Walk, W10 Briar Walk lies on the Queen's Park Estate (Kensal Town)
Bruce Close, W10 Bruce Close replaced the earlier Rackham Street in this part of W10 (North Kensington)
Bruckner Street, W10 Bruckner Street is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Buller Road, W10 Buller Road is a small residential road on the west side of Kilburn Lane (Queens Park Estate)
Caird Street, W10 Caird Street is the ’C’ street on the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Canal Close, W10 Canal Close was built over the former gas works site at the top of Ladbroke Grove (Kensal Town)
Cherry Tree House, W10 Cherry Tree House is a block on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
Clayton Yard, Clayton Yard ran off the west side of West Row (Kensal Town)
Clifford House, W10 Clifford House is a block on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
Compton Road, NW10 Compton Road is a street in Willesden (Kensal Green)
Conlan Street, W10 Conlan Street is one of the newer roads of Kensal Town (Kensal Town)
Coomassie Road, W9 Coomassie Road is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)
Courtville House, W10 Courtville House is a block on Parry Road (Queens Park Estate)
Croft House, W10 Croft House is a block on Parry Road (Queens Park Estate)
Danby House, W10 Danby House is a block on Bruckner Street (Queens Park Estate)
Drayford Close, W9 Drayford Close is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)
Droop House, W10 Droop House is a block on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
Droop Street, W10 Droop Street is one of the main east-west streets of the Queen’s Park Estate (Kensal Town)
East Row, W10 East Row is a road with a long history within Kensal Town (Kensal Town)
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 Street, W10 Edenham Street was swept away in 1969 (Kensal Town)
Edenham Way, W10 Edenham Way is a 1970s street (North Kensington)
Elkstone Road, W10 Elkstone Road replaced Southam Street around 1970 (North Kensington)
Elm House, W10 Elm House can be found on Briar Walk (Kensal Town)
Enbrook Street, W10 Enbrook Street is another street north of Harrow Road, W10 without a pub (Queens Park Estate)
Exmoor Street, W10 Exmoor Street runs from Barlby Road to St Charles Square, W10 (North Kensington)
Farnaby House, W10 Farnaby House is a block on Lancefield Street (Queens Park Estate)
Farrant Street, W10 Farrant Street is the missing link in the alphabetti spaghetti of the streetnames of the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Fermoy House, W9 Fermoy House can be found on Fermoy Road (West Kilburn)
Fermoy Road, W9 Fermoy Road was named in 1883 and partly built up by 1884 (West Kilburn)
Fifth Avenue, W10 Fifth Avenue is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Fir House, W10 Fir House can be found on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
First Avenue, W10 First Avenue is street number one in the Queen's Park Estate (West Kilburn)
Fourth Avenue, W10 Fourth Avenue runs south from Ilbert Street (Queens Park Estate)
Galton Street, W10 Galton Street lies within the Queen’s Park Estate, W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Golborne Gardens, W10 Golborne Gardens may date from the 1880s (Kensal Town)
Harrow Road, NW10 Harrow Road is a location in London (Queens Park Estate)
Harrow Road, W10 Harrow Road is a main road through London W10 (Kensal Town)
Hawthorn Walk, W10 Queen's Park Estate (Kensal Town)
Hazlewood Crescent, W10 Hazlewood Crescent, much altered by 1970s redevelopment, is an original road of the area (Kensal Town)
Hazlewood Tower, W10 Hazlewood Tower is a skyscraper in North Kensington, London W10 (Kensal Town)
Heather Walk, W10 Heather Walk lies in the Queen’s Park Estate (Kensal Town)
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)
Holly House, W10 Holly House is a block on Hawthorn Walk (Kensal Town)
Hormead Road, W9 Hormead Road was named in 1885 although its site was still a nursery ground until 1891 (Kensal Town)
Huxley Street, W10 Huxley Street is the only street beginning with an H on the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Ilbert Street, W10 Ilbert Street is the ’I’ street on the Queen’s Park Estate, W10 (Queens Park Estate)
James Collins Close, W9 James Collins Close is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)
James House, W10 James House is a residential block in Appleford Road (Kensal Town)
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 Place, W10 Kensal Place ran from Southam Street to Kensal Road (Kensal Town)
Kensal Road, W10 Kensal Road, originally called Albert Road, is the heart of Kensal Town (Kensal Town)
Kilravock Street, W10 Kilravock Street is a street on the Queen’s Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Kingisholt Court, NW10 Kingisholt Court is sited on Harrow Road (North Kensington)
Lancefield Street, W10 Lancefield Street runs from Caird Street to Bruckner Street (West Kilburn)
Larch House, W10 Larch House is a block on Rowan Walk (Kensal Town)
Lavie Mews, W10 Lavie Mews, W10 was a mews connecting Portobello Road and Murchison Road (North Kensington)
Lawes House, W10 Lawes House is a block on Bruckner Street (Queens Park Estate)
Lionel Mews, W10 Lionel Mews was built around 1882 and probably disappeared in the 1970s (North Kensington)
Lothrop Street, W10 Lothrop Street is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Manchester Drive, W10 Manchester Drive is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (North Kensington)
Maple Walk, W10 Post war development on the Queen’s Park Estate created some plant-based street names (Kensal Town)
Maxilla Walk, W10 Maxilla Walk is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)
Middle Row, W10 Middle Row is one of the original streets laid out as Kensal New Town (Kensal Town)
Modena Street, W9 Modena Street was swept away in the late 1960s (North Kensington)
Mounsey House, W10 Mounsey House is a block on Parry Road (Queens Park Estate)
Mozart Street, W10 Mozart Street was part of the second wave of development of the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Murchison Road, W10 Murchison Road existed for just under 100 years (North Kensington)
Nautilus House, W10 Nautilus House is a block on West Row (Kensal Town)
Oak House, W10 Oak House is sited on Sycamore Walk (Kensal Town)
Octavia House, W10 Octavia House on Southern Row was built in the late 1930s (North Kensington)
Parry Road, W10 Parry Road is on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Peach Road, W10 Peach Road is one of the newer streets of the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Pember House, NW10 Pember House is a block on Pember Road (Queens Park Estate)
Pember Road, NW10 Pember Road is one of the side streets to the west of Kilburn Lane, NW10 (Kensal Green)
Pennymore Walk, W9 Pennymore Walk is a close which lies off of Ashmore Road (West Kilburn)
Pine House, W10 Pine House is a block on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
Portnall House, W9 Portnall House is located on Portnall Road (West Kilburn)
Portnall Road, W9 Portnall Road is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)
Pressland Street, W10 Pressland Street ran from Kensal Road to the canal (North Kensington)
Purday House, W10 Purday House is a block on Bruckner Street (Queens Park Estate)
Queen’s Park Court, W10 Queen’s Park Court is a block on Ilbert Street (Queens Park Estate)
Rackham Street, W10 Rackham Street is a road that disappeared from the streetscape of London W10 in 1951 (North Kensington)
Raymede Street, W10 Raymede Street, after severe bomb damage in the area, disappeared after 1950 (North Kensington)
Regent Street, NW10 Regent Street, otherwise an obscure side street is one of the oldest roads in Kensal Green (Queens Park Estate)
Rendle Street, W10 Rendle Street ran from Murchison Road to Telford Road (North Kensington)
Riverton Close, W9 Riverton Close is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)
Ronan Walk, W10 Ronan Walk was one of the streets constructed in a 1970s build parallel to the Harrow Road (Kensal Town)
Second Avenue, W10 Second Avenue is one of the streets of the Queen's Park Estate, W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Sixth Avenue, W10 Sixth Avenue is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Southam House, W10 Southam House is situated on Adair Road (Kensal Town)
Southam Street, W10 Southam Street was made world-famous in the photographs of Roger Mayne (Kensal Town)
Southern Row, W10 Southern Row was originally South Row to match the other streets in the neighbourhood (North Kensington)
St Johns Terrace, W10 St Johns Terrace is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Kensal Town)
Steve Biko Court, W10 Steve Biko Court is a block on St John’s Terrace (North Kensington)
Sycamore Walk, W10 Queen's Park Estate (Kensal Town)
The Quadrant, W10 The Quadrant is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Third Avenue, W10 Third Avenue is a street on the Queen's Park Estate, London W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Tollbridge Close, W10 This is a street in the W10 postcode area (Kensal Town)
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)
Treverton Street, W10 Treverton Street, a street which survived post war redevelopment (North Kensington)
Tropical Court, W10 Tropical Court is a block on Kilburn Lane (Queens Park Estate)
Warfield Road, NW10 Warfield Road is a street in Willesden (Kensal Green)
Wedlake Street, W10 Wedlake Street arrived as the second wave of building in Kensal Town was completed (Kensal Town)
Wellington Road, NW10 Wellington Road commemorates the Duke of Wellington (North Kensington)
West Row, W10 West Row, W10 began its life in the early 1840s (Kensal Town)
Western Dwellings Western Dwellings were a row of houses, opposite the Western Gas Works, housing some of the workers (Kensal Town)
Westfield Court, NW10 Westfield Court is a block on Chamberlayne Road (Queens Park Estate)
Westgate Mews, W10 Westgate Mews ran west from West Row to the Deco Works (Kensal Town)
Willow House, W10 Willow House can be found on Maple Walk (Kensal Town)
Wornington Road, W10 Wornington Road connected Golborne Road with Ladbroke Grove, though the Ladbroke end is now closed to through traffic (North Kensington)


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