Wilsham Street, W11

Road in/near Notting Hill, existing between the 1860s and now

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Wilsham Street was formerly known as St Katherine’s Road.

Charles Booth’s poverty map placed the Kensington Potteries among the "criminal and irreclaimable areas", largely on account of the overcrowded condition of its unsuitable and derelict houses.

Five short streets in the district became known as the "Special Area.": Bangor Street, Crescent Street and three roads that have been renamed. St. Clement’s, now called Sirdar Road, St. Katherine’s Road, now Wilsham Street, and William, now Kenley Street.

In 1899 an enquiry was undertaken at the instance of the London County Council, and it was found that nearly half the babies born in this area died before they were a year old.

In 1904 there was a public-house to every twenty-five dwellings in these streets, and about twenty-three common lodging-houses provided accommodation for over seven hundred persons, at a nightly charge of fourpence or sixpence.

Greater however than the evil of these licensed lodging-houses, was that of the furnished rooms let from the evening until ten o’clock the next morning at tenpence or a shilling a night.

There was a total of fifteen hundred families in the most congested portion, at least one thousand occupied one-roomed tenements furnished or unfurnished.

When Wilsham Street was known as St. Katherine’s Road, back in the nineteenth century, a small stream ran along the north side.




Citation information: Notting Hill In Bygone Days by Florence Gladstone
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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Bangor Street (1911) Bangor Street was a street in Notting Dale which disappeared after the Second World War.
Bangor Street (turn of 20th century) The St Agnes soup kitchen was situated on the corner of Bangor Street that this photo was taken from.
Corner of Bangor Street and Sirdar Road The location became the Dolphin Pub.
Counters Creek sewer The effluent society
Earl of Zetland The Earl of Zetland - a pub in the Potteries
Kenilworth Castle The Kenilworth Castle was a post-war pub in Notting Dale.
Mary Place Workhouse Notting Dale Workhouse stood on the site of what is now Avondale Park Gardens,
Shepherds Bush Shepherd’s Bush is an area of west London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
The Brittania The Brittania was situated on the corner of Clarendon Road and Portland Road, W11.
The Crown The Crown was situated at 57 Princedale Road.

NEARBY STREETS
Addison Avenue, W11 Addison Avenue runs north from Holland Park Avenue and was originally called Addison Road North (Holland Park)
Addison Place, W11 In the nineteenth century, Addison Place was known by two names - Crescent Mews East and Phoenix Place (Holland Park)
Ansleigh Place, W11 Ansleigh Place is an ex mews to the west of Notting Dale (Notting Dale)
Avondale Park Gardens, W11 Avondale Park Gardens, unlike other roads in the area, was developed in the 1920s when it was laid out on the former workhouse site (Notting Dale)
Avondale Park Road, W11 Avondale Park Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)
Bangor Street, W11 Bangor Street was situated on the site of the modern Henry Dickens Court (Notting Hill)
Bard Road, W10 Bard Road lies in the area of London W10 near to Latimer Road station (Notting Dale)
Bourbon Lane, W12 Bourbon Lane is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Boxmoor House, W11 Boxmoor House is a block on Queensdale Crescent (Notting Hill)
Boxmoor Street, W11 Boxmoor Street was also known as Henry Place and Beaumont Street during its brief life (Holland Park)
Caxton Road, W12 Caxton Road is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Clarendon Cross, W11 Clarendon Cross is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)
Clarendon Road, W11 Clarendon Road is one of the W11’s longest streets, running from Holland Park Avenue in the south to Dulford Street in the north (Notting Hill)
Darnley Terrace, W11 Darnley Terrace is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Evesham Street, W11 Evesham Street now runs west from Freston Road (Notting Hill)
Fountain Park Way, W12 Fountain Park Way is a location in London (Shepherds Bush)
Frederick Dobson House, W11 Frederick Dobson House is a block on Cowling Close (Notting Hill)
Freston Road, W11 The southern end of Freston Road stretches over into the W11 postcode (Notting Hill)
Frog Island, W12 Frog Island was the name of a lane leading north from the Uxbridge Road (Shepherds Bush)
Gorham Place, W11 Gorham Place is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)
Heathfield Street, W11 Heathfield Street was a side turning off of Portland Road (Notting Hill)
Hesketh Place, W11 Hesketh Place runs between Walmer Road and Avondale Park Road (Notting Dale)
Hippodrome Mews, W11 Hippodrome Mews is a turning off Portland Road, commemorating a lost racecourse (Notting Dale)
Hippodrome Place, W11 Hippodrome Place was named after a lost racecourse of London (Notting Dale)
Holland Park Avenue, W11 Holland Park Avenue is one of London’s most ancient thoroughfares (Holland Park)
Holland Park Gardens, W14 Holland Park Gardens is a street in West Kensington (Holland Park)
Holland Park Terrace, W11 Holland Park Terrace is a street in Notting Hill (Holland Park)
Holland Park, W11 Holland Park is a road in the W14 postcode area (Holland Park)
Hume Road, W11 Hume Road ran from Norland Gardens to Norland Road (Notting Hill)
Hunt Close, W11 Hunt Close is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Kenilworth Street, W11 Kenilworth Street was demolished just after the Second World War (Notting Dale)
Kenley Street, W11 Kenley Street, W11 was originally William Street before it disappeared (Notting Hill)
Kenley Walk, W11 Kenley Walk is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Kingsdale Gardens, W11 Kingsdale Gardens is a street in Notting Hill (Shepherds Bush)
Ladbroke Mews, W11 Ladbroke Mews runs off Ladbroke Road (Holland Park)
Lansdowne Crescent, W11 Lansdowne Crescent has some of the most interesting and varied houses on the Ladbroke estate, as architects and builders experimented with different styles (Notting Hill)
Lansdowne Mews, W11 Lansdowne Mews is a cul-de-sac in Notting Hill (Holland Park)
Lansdowne Rise, W11 Lansdowne Rise, W11 was originally called Montpelier Road (Notting Hill)
Lansdowne Road, W11 Lansdowne Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Latimer Road, W10 Latimer Road was named after Edward Latymer who endowed land for the funding of Hammersmith’s Latymer school in the early 17th century (Notting Dale)
Mary Place, W11 Mary Place connects Walmer Road with Sirdar Road (Notting Dale)
Mortimer House, W11 Mortimer House is located on Rifle Place (Notting Hill)
Mortimer Square, W11 Mortimer Square is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)
Nicholas Road, W11 This is a street in the W11 postcode area (Notting Hill)
Norland Place, W11 Norland Place began its life as Norland Stables (Holland Park)
Norland Road, W11 Norland Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Norland Square, W11 Norland Square is a street in Notting Hill (Holland Park)
Olaf Street, W11 Olaf Street was once part of ’Frestonia’ (Notting Hill)
Penzance Place, W11 Penzance Place is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Pickwick House, W11 Pickwick House can be found on St Anns Road (Notting Hill)
Portland Road, W11 Portland Road is a street in Notting Hill, rich at one end and poor at the other (Notting Hill)
Pottery Lane, W11 Pottery Lane takes its name from the brickfields which were situated at the northern end of the street (Notting Hill)
Poynter House, W11 Poynter House is sited on Swanscombe Road (Notting Hill)
Prince’s Yard, W11 This is a small cul-de-sac off of Princes Road (Holland Park)
Princedale Road, W11 Princedale Road was formerly Princes Road (Notting Hill)
Princes Place, W11 Princes Place is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Queensdale Crescent, W11 Queensdale Crescent is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Queensdale Place, W11 Queensdale Place is a cul-de-sac which runs just off Queensdale Road (Notting Hill)
Queensdale Road, W11 Queensdale Road is a long road stretching from west to east, containing terraces of Victorian houses (Holland Park)
Queensdale Walk, W11 Queensdale Walk is a small cul-de-sac with 2-storey cottages running south off Queensdale Road (Holland Park)
Rifle Place, W11 Rifle Place is a road in the W11 postcode area (Notting Hill)
Romilly House, W11 Romilly House is located on Wilsham Street (Notting Hill)
Rosmead Road, W11 Rosmead Road, W11 was originally called Chichester Road (Notting Hill)
Royal Crescent Mews, W11 Royal Crescent Mews is a street in Notting Hill (Holland Park)
Royal Crescent, W11 The Royal Crescent is a Grade II* listed street in Holland Park (Holland Park)
Runcorn Place, W11 Runcorn Place was once Thomas Place, and before even that ’The Mews’ (Notting Hill)
Saunders Grove, W11 Saunders Grove ran east from Norland Gardens (Notting Hill)
Shepherd’s Bush Place, W12 Shepherd’s Bush Place was formerly known as Providence Place (Shepherds Bush)
Silver Road, W12 Silver Road is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Sirdar Road, W11 Sirdar Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)
St Ann’s Road, W11 St Ann’s Road, along with St Ann’s Villas, runs north from Royal Crescent (Notting Hill)
St Ann’s Villas, W11 St Ann’s Villas, a tree-lined if busy road, leads into Royal Crescent from St Ann’s Road (Notting Hill)
St James’s Gardens, W11 St James’s Gardens is an attractive garden square with St James Church in the middle of the communal garden (Notting Hill)
St John’s Gardens, W11 St John’s Gardens runs around St John’s church (Notting Hill)
Stebbing House, W11 Stebbing House is sited on Queensdale Crescent (Notting Hill)
Sterne Street, W12 Sterne Street is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Stoneleigh Place, W11 Stoneleigh Place, formerly called Abbey Road, was built across a brickfield in Notting Dale (Notting Dale)
Stoneleigh Street, W11 Stoneleigh Street runs between Treadgold Street and Stoneleigh Place (Notting Dale)
Swanscombe House, W11 Residential block (Notting Hill)
Swanscombe Road, W11 Swanscombe Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Tadmor Street, W12 Tadmor Street is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Testerton Walk, W11 Testerton Walk is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
The Little House, W11 The Little House is a block on Holland Park (Holland Park)
The White Building, W11 The White Building is sited on Evesham Street (Notting Hill)
The Yellow Building, W11 The Yellow Building is sited on Nicholas Road (Notting Hill)
Threshers Place, W11 Threshers Place is a quiet street with a long story (Notting Hill)
Treadgold Street, W11 Treadgold Street is part of the Avondale Park Gardens Conservation Area (Notting Dale)
Walmer Road, W11 Walmer Road is the oldest street in the area, dating from the eighteenth century or before (Notting Hill)
Waterden Court, W11 Waterden Court is located on Waterden Court (Notting Hill)
West Cross Route, W11 The West Cross Route is a 1.21 km-long dual carriageway running north-south between the northern elevated roundabout junction with the western end of Westway (A40) and the southern Holland Park Roundabout (Notting Hill)
Westfield Way, W12 Westfield Way is a road in the W12 postcode area (Notting Hill)
Whitchurch Road, W11 Whitchurch Road connects Bramley Road with Treadgold Street (Notting Dale)
Wilsham Street, W11 Wilsham Street was formerly known as St Katherine’s Road (Notting Hill)
Wilton Yard, W11 Wilton Yard once ran off Latimer Road (Notting Hill)


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