Metropolitan Borough of Paddington

The Metropolitan Borough of Paddington was a former Metropolitan Borough of the London County Council.

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The Metropolitan Borough of Paddington was a former Metropolitan Borough of the London County Council.

Its area covered that part of the current City of Westminster west of Edgware Road and Maida Vale, and north of Bayswater Road. Places in the borough included Paddington, Westbourne Green, Bayswater, Maida Hill, West Kilburn, Maida Vale. To the south it bordered the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster, to the east, the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone.

The borough was abolished on 1 April 1965 by the London Government Act 1963 and its former area merged with that of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster and the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone to form the present-day City of Westminster.


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Added: 26 Aug 2022 12:44 GMT   

The world’s first underground train
The very first underground train left Paddington on the new Metropolitan Railway bound for Farringdon Street.

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Lived here
Brenda Jackson   
Added: 13 Aug 2017 21:39 GMT   

83 Pembroke Road
My Gt Gt grandparents lived at 83 Pembroke Road before it became Granville Road, They were married in 1874, John Tarrant and Maryann Tarrant nee Williamson.

Her brother George Samuel Williamson lived at 95 Pembroke Road with his wife Emily and children in the 1881 Census

Apparently the extended family also lived for many years in Alpha Place, Canterbury Road, Peel Road,

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The Underground Map   
Added: 8 Mar 2021 14:30 GMT   

Kilburn Park - opened 1915
Kilburn Park station was opened at the height of the First World War

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PETER FAIRCLOUGH   
Added: 10 May 2021 14:46 GMT   

We once lived here
My family resided at number 53 Brindley Street Paddington.
My grandparents George and Elizabeth Jenkinson (ne Fowler) had four children with my Mother Olive Fairclough (ne Jenkinson) being born in the house on 30/09/1935.
She died on 29/04/2021 aged 85 being the last surviving of the four siblings

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Robert Burns   
Added: 5 Jan 2023 17:46 GMT   

1 Abourne Street
My mother, and my Aunt and my Aunt’s family lived at number 1 Abourne Street.
I remember visitingn my aunt Win Housego, and the Housego family there. If I remember correctly virtually opposite number 1, onthe corner was the Lord Amberley pub.

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Added: 8 Mar 2021 14:49 GMT   

A bit of a lift....
Kilburn Park was the first station to be designed around escalators, rather than lifts.

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Fumblina   
Added: 26 Dec 2022 18:59 GMT   

Detailed history of Red Lion
I’m not the author but this blog by Dick Weindling and Marianne Colloms has loads of really clear information about the history of the Red Lion which people might appreciate.


Source: ‘Professor Morris’ and the Red Lion, Kilburn

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Albert Mews
It is not a gargoyle over the entrance arch to Albert Mews, it is a likeness of Prince Albert himself.

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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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Added: 19 May 2023 08:57 GMT   

43 MELLITUS STREET
43 MELLITUS STREET

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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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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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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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Sue Germain   
Added: 10 Apr 2023 08:35 GMT   

Southwood Road, SE9
My great great grandfather lived in Time Villa, Southwood Rd around 1901. He owned several coffee houses in Whitechapel and in South London, including New Time Coffee House so either his house was named after the coffee house or vice versa.

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David Gleeson   
Added: 7 Apr 2023 22:19 GMT   

MBE from Campbell Bunk (1897 - 1971)
Walter Smith born at 43 Campbell Bunk was awarded the MBE in january honours list in 1971. A local councillor for services to the public.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Bishop’s Bridge Bishop’s Bridge, sometimes known as Paddington Bridge, is a road bridge which carries Bishop’s Bridge Road across the rail approaches to Paddington station
Bishop’s Bridge
Fountains Abbey The Fountains Abbey was opened in 1824 and quickly became a popular meeting place for locals.
Fountains Abbey
Paddington The first underground railway station in the world ran from Paddington on 10 January 1863 as the terminus of the Metropolitan Railway’s route from Farringdon.
Paddington
Paddington Green Children’s Hospital The Paddington Green Children’s Hospital opened in August 1883.
Paddington Green Children’s Hospital
Red Lion Bridge Harrow Road once spanned the River Westbourne at this point.
Red Lion Bridge
River Westbourne The Westbourne is one of the lost rivers of London.
River Westbourne
St Mary’s Hospital, London St Mary’s Hospital is a hospital in Paddington, founded in 1845.
St Mary’s Hospital, London

NEARBY STREETS
Africa House, W2 Africa House is a block on Blomfield Villas.
Africa House, W2
Alleyn Court, W2 Alleyn Court is a block on Alleyn Court.
Alleyn Court, W2
Bathurst Mews, W2 Bathurst Mews is a street in Paddington.
Bathurst Mews, W2
Belvedere Strand, W2 Belvedere Strand is a road in the NW9 postcode area
Belvedere Strand, W2
Bishop’s Bridge Road, W2 Bishop’s Bridge Road, now a main thoroughfare, began life as a footpath.
Bishop’s Bridge Road, W2
Blomfield Mews, W2 Blomfield Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area
Blomfield Mews, W2
Blomfield Villas, W2 Blomfield Villas is a road in the W2 postcode area
Blomfield Villas, W2
Brecon House, W2 Brecon House is a block on Cleveland Terrace.
Brecon House, W2
Brewers Court, W2 Brewers’ Court was finished in 1976.
Brewers Court, W2
Bridgewater House, W2 Bridgewater House is a building on Cleveland Terrace.
Bridgewater House, W2
Brunel House, W2 Brunel House is a block on Westbourne Terrace.
Brunel House, W2
Caernarvon House, W2 The 1955-built Caernarvon House is on the Hallfield Estate.
Caernarvon House, W2
Canalside Walk, W2 Canalside Walk is a location in London.
Canalside Walk, W2
Capital House, W2 Capital House is located on Craven Road.
Capital House, W2
Cervantes Court, W2 Cervantes Court is sited on Inverness Terrace.
Cervantes Court, W2
Chichester Road, W2 Chichester Road is a road in the W2 postcode area
Chichester Road, W2
Chilworth Court, W2 Chilworth Court is a block on Gloucester Terrace.
Chilworth Court, W2
Chilworth Mews, W2 Chilworth Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area
Chilworth Mews, W2
Chilworth Street, W2 Chilworth Street, originally called Charles Street, is an east-west street in W2.
Chilworth Street, W2
Cleveland Court, W2 Cleveland Court is a block on Leinster Gardens.
Cleveland Court, W2
Cleveland Gardens, W2 Cleveland Gardens is a short stretch of road behind Cleveland Square.
Cleveland Gardens, W2
Cleveland Square, W2 Cleveland Square is a notable square in Paddington.
Cleveland Square, W2
Cleveland Terrace, W2 Cleveland Terrace is a street in Paddington.
Cleveland Terrace, W2
Clifton Place, W2 Clifton Place is a road in the W2 postcode area
Clifton Place, W2
Cloucester Mews West, W2 Cloucester Mews West is a road in the W2 postcode area
Cloucester Mews West, W2
Conduit Mews, W2 Conduit Mews is a street in Paddington.
Conduit Mews, W2
Conduit Passage, W2 Conduit Passage is a street in Paddington.
Conduit Passage, W2
Conduit Place, W2 Conduit Place is a street in Paddington.
Conduit Place, W2
Craven Court, W2 Craven Court is a block on Craven Road.
Craven Court, W2
Craven Road, W2 The Earl of Craven owned the land on which the road was later built.
Craven Road, W2
Devonshire Court, W2 Devonshire Court is a building on Gloucester Terrace.
Devonshire Court, W2
Devonshire Terrace, W2 Devonshire Terrace is a street in Paddington.
Devonshire Terrace, W2
Diamond House, W2 Diamond House is a block on Praed Street.
Diamond House, W2
Dudley Street, W2 Dudley Street is a road in the W2 postcode area
Dudley Street, W2
Eastbourne Mews, W2 Eastbourne Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area
Eastbourne Mews, W2
Eastbourne Terrace, W2 Eastbourne Terrace is a street in Paddington.
Eastbourne Terrace, W2
Edna House, W2 Edna House is a building on Norfolk Square.
Edna House, W2
Enterprise House, W2 Enterprise House is located on Westbourne Terrace.
Enterprise House, W2
Gloucester Gardens, W2 Gloucester Gardens is a road in the W2 postcode area
Gloucester Gardens, W2
Gloucester Mews, W2 Gloucester Mews is a street in Paddington.
Gloucester Mews, W2
Gloucester Terrace, W2 Gloucester Terrace is an 1850s development.
Gloucester Terrace, W2
Harrow Road, W2 Harrow Road is one of the main arterial roads of London, leading northwest out of the capital.
Harrow Road, W2
Hermitage Street, W2 Hermitage Street is a road in the W2 postcode area
Hermitage Street, W2
Holy Trinity House, W2 Holy Trinity House is a building on Orsett Terrace.
Holy Trinity House, W2
Howards Way, W2 Howards Way is a road in the W2 postcode area
Howards Way, W2
Hurlingham House, W2 Hurlingham House is sited on Westbourne Terrace Road.
Hurlingham House, W2
Inver Court, W2 Inver Court can be found on Inver Court.
Inver Court, W2
John Aird Court, W2 John Aird Court can be found on John Aird Court.
John Aird Court, W2
Kingdom Street, W2 Kingdom Street is a road in the W2 postcode area
Kingdom Street, W2
Leinster Gardens, W2 Leinster Gardens began its life in the early 1840s.
Leinster Gardens, W2
Leo Court, W2 Leo Court is a block on St Mary’s Terrace.
Leo Court, W2
London Mews, W2 London Mews is a street in Paddington.
London Mews, W2
London Street, W2 London Street is a street in Paddington.
London Street, W2
Macmillan House, W2 Residential block
Macmillan House, W2
Mara House, W2 Mara House is located on Sussex Gardens.
Mara House, W2
Marshall Building, W2 Marshall Building can be found on Hermitage Street.
Marshall Building, W2
Marylebone Flyover, W2 Marylebone Flyover is a road in the W2 postcode area
Marylebone Flyover, W2
Merchant Square, W2 Merchant Square is a road in the W2 postcode area
Merchant Square, W2
Montgomery House, W2 Montgomery House is a block on Harrow Road.
Montgomery House, W2
Munkenbeck Building, W2 Munkenbeck Building is a block on Hermitage Street.
Munkenbeck Building, W2
Newcastle Mews, W2 Newcastle Mews lay off the Edgware Road.
Newcastle Mews, W2
Newcastle Place, W2 Newcastle Place is a location in London.
Newcastle Place, W2
Norfolk Place, W2 Norfolk Place is a street in Paddington.
Norfolk Place, W2
Norfolk Square, W2 Norfolk Square is a street in Paddington.
Norfolk Square, W2
North Wharf Road, W2 North Wharf Road is a street in Paddington.
North Wharf Road, W2
Orsett Mews, W2 Orsett Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area
Orsett Mews, W2
Orsett Terrace, W2 Orsett Terrace combined with Orsett Place to form one street in Paddington.
Orsett Terrace, W2
Paddington Green, W2 Paddington Green is a surviving fragment of the original rural fabric of the area.
Paddington Green, W2
Pembroke House, W2 Pembroke House can be found on Hallfield Estate.
Pembroke House, W2
Pickering House, W2 Pickering House is a block on Hallfield Estate.
Pickering House, W2
Porchester Gardens Mews, W2 Porchester Gardens Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area
Porchester Gardens Mews, W2
Porchester Gardens, W2 Porchester Gardens is a street in Paddington.
Porchester Gardens, W2
Porchester Square, W2 Begun in 1850 and completed between 1855 and 1858, Porchester Square was one of the last areas of Bayswater to be built.
Porchester Square, W2
Porchester Terrace North, W2 Porchester Terrace North is a road in the W2 postcode area
Porchester Terrace North, W2
Porteus Road, W2 Porteus Road is a road in the W2 postcode area
Porteus Road, W2
Praed Mews, W2 Praed Mews is a street in Paddington.
Praed Mews, W2
Praed Street, W2 Praed Street was named after William Praed, chairman of the company which built the canal basin which lies just to its north.
Praed Street, W2
Princess Louise Close, W2 Princess Louise Close is a street in Paddington.
Princess Louise Close, W2
Queen’s Gardens, W2 This is a street in the W2 postcode area
Queen’s Gardens, W2
Queens Gardens, W2 Queens Gardens is a street in Paddington.
Queens Gardens, W2
Radnor Lodge, W2 Radnor Lodge is a street in Paddington.
Radnor Lodge, W2
Radnor Mews, W2 Radnor Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area
Radnor Mews, W2
Ranelagh Bridge, W2 Ranelagh Bridge is a road in the W2 postcode area
Ranelagh Bridge, W2
Reading House, W2 Reading House is a building on Hallfield Estate.
Reading House, W2
Robert Crosbie House, W2 Robert Crosbie House is sited on Queen’s Gardens.
Robert Crosbie House, W2
Rosewood Walk, W2 Rosewood Walk is a location in London.
Rosewood Walk, W2
Sheldon Square, W2 Sheldon Square is a street in Paddington.
Sheldon Square, W2
Sitia House, W2 Sitia House is a block on Devonshire Terrace.
Sitia House, W2
Smallbrook Mews, W2 Smallbrook Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area
Smallbrook Mews, W2
South Wharf Road, W2 South Wharf Road is a street in Paddington.
South Wharf Road, W2
Spring Street, W2 Spring Street is a street in Paddington.
Spring Street, W2
St James’s Court, W2 St James’s Court is a block on Gloucester Terrace.
St James’s Court, W2
St Marys Terrace, W2 St Marys Terrace is a street in Paddington.
St Marys Terrace, W2
St Mary’s Square, W2 Saint Mary’s Square is a square in the W2 postcode area
St Mary’s Square, W2
St Mellons House, W2 St Mellons House is a building on Sussex Place.
St Mellons House, W2
Sussex Court, W2 Sussex Court is a building on Spring Street.
Sussex Court, W2
Sussex Gardens, W2 Sussex Gardens is a street in Paddington.
Sussex Gardens, W2
Sussex Place, W2 Sussex Place is a street in Paddington.
Sussex Place, W2
Swinton House, W2 Swinton House is a block on Gloucester Terrace.
Swinton House, W2
Talbot Square, W2 Talbot Square was laid out in 1842 on the site of the former Lower Reservoir of the Grand Junction Canal Company.
Talbot Square, W2
Tenby House, W2 Tenby House is a block on Cleveland Gardens.
Tenby House, W2
The Battleship Building, W2 The Battleship Building is a block on Harrow Road.
The Battleship Building, W2
The Colonnades, W2 The Colonnades is in Porchester Square.
The Colonnades, W2
The Toll House, W2 The Toll House is a block on Delamere Terrace.
The Toll House, W2
Tournament House, W2 Tournament House is a block on Praed Street.
Tournament House, W2
Trinity Court, W2 Trinity Court is a block on Gloucester Terrace.
Trinity Court, W2
Upbrook Mews, W2 Upbrook Mews is built on top of the former Westbourne River.
Upbrook Mews, W2
Warwick Avenue, W2 Warwick Avenue is split between the W2 and W9 postcodes.
Warwick Avenue, W2
Warwick Crescent, W2 Warwick Crescent lies along a southern edge of the Little Venice Pool.
Warwick Crescent, W2
Waterside House, W2 Waterside House is sited on North Wharf Road.
Waterside House, W2
Westbourne Court, W2 Westbourne Court stood at the corner of Orsett Terrace and Westbourne Terrace by 1938.
Westbourne Court, W2
Westbourne Terrace Mews, W2 Westbourne Terrace Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area
Westbourne Terrace Mews, W2
Westbourne Terrace Road, W2 Westbourne Terrace Road is a street in Paddington.
Westbourne Terrace Road, W2
Westbourne Terrace, W2 Westbourne Terrace was an idea of George Gutch the builder.
Westbourne Terrace, W2
Westcliffe Apartments, W2 Westcliffe Apartments is located on South Wharf Road.
Westcliffe Apartments, W2
Westway, W2 At its opening, Westway was the largest continuous concrete structure in Britain.
Westway, W2
Winsland Street, W2 Winsland Street is a road in the W2 postcode area
Winsland Street, W2
Worcester House, W2 Worcester House is a block on Unnamed Road.
Worcester House, W2

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Fountains Abbey The Fountains Abbey was opened in 1824 and quickly became a popular meeting place for locals.
Fountains Abbey


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Paddington

The first underground railway station in the world ran from Paddington on 10 January 1863 as the terminus of the Metropolitan Railway’s route from Farringdon.

The first Metropolitan station opened as Paddington (Bishop’s Road) but Paddington station, designed by the celebrated engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel had long been the London end of the Great Western Railway.

Paddington had been an important town west of London before it was engulfed by the metropolis. It was first a medieval parish, then a metropolitan borough and finally integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965. Also found in Paddington are St Mary’s Hospital (where penicillin was first discovered) and the former Paddington Green Police Station - once the most important high-security police station in the United Kingdom.

Alan Turing, the pioneer mathematician was born in Warrington Crescent.

Fictionally, Paddington Station has a display case showing Paddington Bear, a character of children’s fiction who, in the book, is first discovered at this station and hence named after it.

Paddington mainline railway station has a commuter service serving stations west of London, a mainline service to Oxford, Bristol, Bath, Taunton, Devon, Cornwall and South Wales. The Elizabeth Line now runs through, inheriting the express rail line to Heathrow Airport.


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The Bayswater Conduit in 1798.
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Bayswater Road
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Chilworth Street, W2
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The 1807 Hyatt map
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The Bayswater Conduit in 1798.
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A GWR 4073 Class locomotive waits to depart Paddington Station, adjacent to Brunel’s cast-iron Bishop’s Bridge road bridge, in April 1962.
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Bayswater Road
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Chilworth Street, W2
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Going Greek, Colindale
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Little Venice (1952) This is one of a large series of London views that Stephen Bone executed from the 1930s to the 1950s. Bone liked to paint water and its reflections, and often combined this with compositions showing people going about their daily business, a combination which is the subject of this picture. A barge, hung with its owner’s washing, travels along the canal. Two children play along the banks, and a man sits on the railings overhead, enjoying the view.
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Westbourne Terrace Road bridge - the northern end of Westbourne Terrace Road Through the bridge, and some 13 miles (but no locks) later, you will arrive at Bulls Bridge Junction on the Grand Union main line.
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Westway construction making its way along the Harrow Road (1960s)
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Bayswater Road sign
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