Gaysley House, SE11

Gaysley House is a block on Hotspur Street.

Deuragon Arms, Shepherd’s Lane off Homerton High Street (1957)

According to the excellent Spitalfields Life blog, the Deuragon was "well known for its drag acts. The poster on the wall advertises Gaye Travers, who was famous in the East End."
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The Underground Map Whitehall, SW1A Added: 8 Dec 2020 00:24 GMT	Othello takes a bow On 1 November 1604, William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello was presented for the first time, at The Palace of Whitehall. The palace was the main residence of the English monarchs in London from 1530 until 1698. Seven years to the day, Shakespeare’s romantic comedy The Tempest was also presented for the first time, and also at the Palace of Whitehall. Reply
Linda Webb Hungerford Stairs 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 Reply
Bruce McTavish Lambeth North 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. Reply
Richard Lake De Laune Street, SE17 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. Reply
Pauline jones Bessborough Place, SW1V Added: 16 Oct 2017 19:04 GMT	Bessborough Place, SW1V I grew up in bessborough place at the back of our house and Grosvenor road and bessborough gardens was a fantastic playground called trinity mews it had a paddling pool sandpit football area and various things to climb on, such as a train , slide also as Wendy house. There were plants surrounding this wonderful play area, two playground attendants ,also a shelter for when it rained. The children were constantly told off by the playground keepers for touching the plants or kicking the ball out of the permitted area, there was hopscotch as well, all these play items were brick apart from the slide. Pollock was the centre of my universe and I felt sorry and still do for anyone not being born there. To this day I miss it and constantly look for images of the streets around there, my sister and me often go back to take a clumped of our beloved London. The stucco houses were a feature and the backs of the houses enabled parents to see thier children playing. Reply
Johna216 Fielding Street, SE17 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 Reply
Johnshort Hurley Road, SE11 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. Reply
Robert smitherman Saunders Street, SE11 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. Reply
Richard Roques Hungerford Stairs Added: 21 Jan 2021 16:53 GMT	Buckingham Street residents Here in Buckingham Street lived Samuel Pepys the diarist, Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling Reply
Jude Allen Orange Street, WC2H Added: 29 Jul 2021 07:53 GMT	Bra top I jave a jewelled item of clothong worn by a revie girl. It is red with diamante straps. Inside it jas a label Bermans Revue 16 Orange Street but I cannot find any info online about the revue only that 16 Orange Street used to be a theatre. Does any one know about the revue. I would be intesrested to imagine the wearer of the article and her London life. Reply
sam Burdett Street, SE1 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 Reply
Linda WEBB Craven Street, WC2N 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) Reply
Peter Gambia Street, SE1 Added: 4 Dec 2023 07:05 GMT	Gambia Street, SE1 Gambia Street was previously known as William Street. Reply

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Matthew Proctor Blackheath Grove, SE3 Added: 7 Dec 2023 17:36 GMT	Blackheath Grove, SE3 Road was originally known as The Avenue, then became "The Grove" in 1942. From 1864 there was Blackheath Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on this street until it was destroyed by a V2 in 1944 Reply
Eileen Brecknock Road, N7 Added: 10 Nov 2023 09:42 GMT	Brecknock Road Pleating Company My great grandparents ran the Brecknock Road pleating Company around 1910 to 1920 and my Grandmother worked there as a pleater until she was 16. I should like to know more about this. I know they had a beautiful Victorian house in Islington as I have photos of it & of them in their garden. Source: Family history Reply
Squirrel’s Lane, IG9 Added: 6 Nov 2023 16:59 GMT	061123 Why do Thames Water not collect the 15 . Three meter lengths of blue plastic fencing, and old pipes etc. They left here for the last TWO Years, these cause an obstruction,as they halfway lying in the road,as no footpath down this road, and the cars going and exiting the park are getting damaged, also the public are in Grave Danger when trying to avoid your rubbish and the danger of your fences. Source: Squirrels Lane. Buckhurst Hill, Essex. IG9. I want some action ,now, not Excuses.MK. Reply
Christian Cornwall Road, W11 Added: 31 Oct 2023 10:34 GMT	Cornwall Road, W11 Photo shows William Richard Hoare’s chemist shop at 121 Cornwall Road. Reply
Vik Oaks Road, TW6 Added: 30 Oct 2023 18:48 GMT	Old pub sign from the Rising Sun Hi I have no connection to the area except that for the last 30+ years we’ve had an old pub sign hanging on our kitchen wall from the Rising Sun, Stanwell, which I believe was / is on the Oaks Rd. Happy to upload a photo if anyone can tell me how or where to do that! Reply
Phillip Martin Ashburnham Place, SE10 Added: 16 Oct 2023 06:25 GMT	16 Ashburnham Road On 15 October 1874 George Frederick Martin was born in 16 Ashburnham Road Greenwich to George Henry Martin, a painter, and Mary Martin, formerly Southern. Reply
Christine Bithrey Holly Park, N4 Added: 15 Oct 2023 15:20 GMT	The Hollies (1860 - 1900) I lived in Holly Park Estate from 1969 I was 8 years old when we moved in until I left to get married, my mother still lives there now 84. I am wondering if there was ever a cemetery within The Hollies? And if so where? Was it near to the Blythwood Road end or much nearer to the old Methodist Church which is still standing although rather old looking. We spent most of our childhood playing along the old dis-used railway that run directly along Blythwood Road and opposite Holly Park Estate - top end which is where we live/ed. We now walk my mothers dog there twice a day. An elderly gentleman once told me when I was a child that there used to be a cemetery but I am not sure if he was trying to scare us children! I only thought about this recently when walking past the old Methodist Church and seeing the flag stone in the side of the wall with the inscription of when it was built late 1880 If anyone has any answers please email me [email protected] Reply
Chris hutchison Broadhurst Gardens, NW6 Added: 15 Oct 2023 03:04 GMT	35 broadhurst gardens. 35 Broadhurst gardens was owned by famous opera singer Mr Herman “Simmy”Simberg. He had transformed it into a film and recording complex. There was a film and animation studio on the ground floor. The recording facilities were on the next two floors. I arrived in London from Australia in 1966 and worked in the studio as the tea boy and trainee recording engineer from Christmas 1966 for one year. The facility was leased by an American advertising company called Moreno Films. Mr Simbergs company Vox Humana used the studio for their own projects as well. I worked for both of them. I was so lucky. The manager was another wonderful gentleman called Jack Price who went on to create numerous songs for many famous singers of the day and also assisted the careers of Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff. “Simmy” let me live in the bedsit,upper right hand window. Jack was also busy with projects with The Troggs,Bill Wyman,Peter Frampton. We did some great sessions with Manfred Mann and Alan Price. The Cream did some demos but that was before my time. We did lots of voice over work. Warren Mitchell and Ronnie Corbett were favourites. I went back in 1978 and “Simmy “ had removed all of the studio and it was now his home. His lounge room was still our studio in my minds eye!! Reply

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Adam Court, SE11 Adam Court can be found on Kennington Lane.

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Ado Place, SE11

Arden House, SE11 Residential block

Arden House, SE11

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Ashton House, SE11

Auckland Street, SE11 Auckland Street is a continuation of Glyn Street.

Auckland Street, SE11

Austral Street, SE11 Austral Street runs from West Square to Brook Drive.

Austral Street, SE11

Aveline Street, SE11 Aveline Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Aveline Street, SE11

Averline House, SE11 Averline House is a building on Aveline Street.

Averline House, SE11

Baltimore House, SE11 Baltimore House is a block on Hotspur Street.

Baltimore House, SE11

Beaufoy Walk, SE11 Beaufoy Walk is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Beaufoy Walk, SE11

Bedlam Mews, SE11 Bedlam Mews is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Bedlam Mews, SE11

Bishops Terrace, SE11 Bishops Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Bishops Terrace, SE11

Black Prince Road, SE1 Black Prince Road is named after Edward, the Black Prince, the son of King Edward III

Black Prince Road, SE1

Black Prince Road, SE11 Black Prince Road’s origin is derived from Edward of Woodstock (Edward the Black Prince) who lived in Lambeth during the 1300.

Black Prince Road, SE11

Bowden Street, SE11 Bowden Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Bowden Street, SE11

Bricklayers Street, SE11 Bricklayers Street is a location in London.

Bricklayers Street, SE11

Brook Drive, SE11 Brook Drive - Brook Street until 1937 - runs along the boundary between the London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.

Brook Drive, SE11

Brutus Court, SE11 Brutus Court is located on Kennington Lane.

Brutus Court, SE11

Cabanel Place, SE11 Cabanel Place is a location in London.

Cabanel Place, SE11

Calstock House, SE11 Calstock House is a block on Cleaver Street.

Calstock House, SE11

Cannon House, SE11 Cannon House is a block on Beaufoy Walk.

Cannon House, SE11

Cardigan Street, SE11 Cardigan Street formed part of the Duchy of Cornwall’s local estate.

Cardigan Street, SE11

Carrick Court, SE11 Carrick Court is a block on Kennington Park Road.

Carrick Court, SE11

Castlebrook Close, SE11 Castlebrook Close is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Castlebrook Close, SE11

Chester Way, SE11 Chester Way is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Chester Way, SE11

China Works, SE1 China Works is a block on Black Prince Road.

China Works, SE1

Citadel Place, SE11 Citadel Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Citadel Place, SE11

Cleaver Square, SE11 Cleaver Square is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Cleaver Square, SE11

Cleaver Street, SE11 Cleaver Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Cleaver Street, SE11

Cornwall Square, SE11 Cornwall Square is in Kennings Way.

Cornwall Square, SE11

Courtenay Square, SE11 Courtenay Square is one of a number of local streets with houses built in a neo-Georgian style.

Courtenay Square, SE11

Courtenay Street, SE11 Courtenay Street was built in 1925 as part of the Duchy of Cornwall’s estate.

Courtenay Street, SE11

Culpeper Court, SE11 Culpeper Court is sited on Walnut Tree Walk.

Culpeper Court, SE11

De Laune Street, SE17 De Laune Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

De Laune Street, SE17

Denny Crescent, SE11 Denny Crescent was built as part of a small estate by the Duchy of Cornwall in 1925.

Denny Crescent, SE11

Denny Street, SE11 Denny Street is a neo-Georgian development.

Denny Street, SE11

Derby House, SE11 Derby House is a block on Walnut Tree Walk.

Derby House, SE11

Distin Street, SE11 Distin Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Distin Street, SE11

Dolland House, SE11 Dolland House is a block on Newburn Street.

Dolland House, SE11

Dryden Court, SE11 Dryden Court is a block in Newington.

Dryden Court, SE11

Duffell House, SE11 Duffell House is a block on Brangton Road.

Duffell House, SE11

Dugard Way, SE11 Dugard Way is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Dugard Way, SE11

Dunmow House, SE11 Dunmow House is a block on Newburn Street.

Dunmow House, SE11

Ebenezer House, SE11 Ebenezer House can be found on Kennington Lane.

Ebenezer House, SE11

Edinburgh House, SE11 Edinburgh House is located on Kennington Lane.

Edinburgh House, SE11

Emmanuel House, SE11 Emmanuel House is a block on Distin Street.

Emmanuel House, SE11

Fairford House, SE11 Fairford House is a block on Kennington Lane.

Fairford House, SE11

Falmouth House, SE11 Falmouth House is a block on White Hart Street.

Falmouth House, SE11

Fitzalan Street, SE11 Fitzalan Street connects Lambeth Walk and Kennington Road.

Fitzalan Street, SE11

Fortune House, SE11 Fortune House is sited on Marylee Way.

Fortune House, SE11

Fowey House, SE11 Fowey House is a block on White Hart Street.

Fowey House, SE11

Gateway House, SE11 Gateway House can be found on Milverton Street.

Gateway House, SE11

Gibson Road, SE11 Gibson Road is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Gibson Road, SE11

Gilbert Road, SE11 Gilbert Road is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Gilbert Road, SE11

Gilmour Section House, SE11 Gilmour Section House is a block on Renfrew Road.

Gilmour Section House, SE11

Glasshouse Walk, SE11 Glasshouse Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Glasshouse Walk, SE11

Graphite Square, SE11 Graphite Square is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Graphite Square, SE11

Groome House, SE11 Groome House is a building on Black Prince Road.

Groome House, SE11

Grover House, SE11 Grover House is located on Vauxhall Street.

Grover House, SE11

Gundulf Street, SE11 Gundulf Street is a location in London.

Gundulf Street, SE11

Hamlet Court, SE11 Hamlet Court is a building on Hamlet Court.

Hamlet Court, SE11

Hansom Mews, SE11 Hansom Mews is a location in London.

Hansom Mews, SE11

Helston House, SE11 Helston House is a building on White Hart Street.

Helston House, SE11

Heralds Place, SE11 Heralds Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Heralds Place, SE11

Horead’s Cottages, SE1 Horeads Cottages appear on the 1900 era map.

Horead’s Cottages, SE1

Hornbeam Close, SE11 Hornbeam Close is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Hornbeam Close, SE11

Hotspur Street, SE11 Hotspur Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Hotspur Street, SE11

Hurley House, SE11 Hurley House is a block on Kennington Lane.

Hurley House, SE11

Hurley Road, SE11 Hurley Road ran north from Lower Kennington Lane.

Hurley Road, SE11

Jameson House, SE11 Jameson House is a block on Worgan Street.

Jameson House, SE11

Jonathan Street, SE11 Jonathan Street commemorates Jonathan Tyers who was the owner of the Vauxhall Gardens during the 1700s.

Jonathan Street, SE11

Juxon Street, SE11 Juxon Street runs west from Lambeth Walk and under the railway line.

Juxon Street, SE11

Kempsford Road, SE11 Kempsford Road is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Kempsford Road, SE11

Kennedy House, SE11 Kennedy House is a block on Vauxhall Walk.

Kennedy House, SE11

Kennings Way, SE11 Kennings Way is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Kennings Way, SE11

Kennington Lane, SE11 Kennington Lane is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Kennington Lane, SE11

Kennington Road, SE11 Kennington Road was a turnpike road created in 1751.

Kennington Road, SE11

Kerris House, SE11 Kerris House is a block on Chester Way.

Kerris House, SE11

Knight’s Walk, SE11 Knight’s Walk is a pedestrian-only street linking Kennington Lane to Kempsford Road .

Knight’s Walk, SE11

Lambeth High Street, SE1 Lambeth High Street runs southwards from St Mary’s church, Lambeth to join Black Prince Road.

Lambeth High Street, SE1

Lambeth Walk, SE11 Lambeth Walk was the site of two wells, the road to which slowly became lined with houses.

Lambeth Walk, SE11

Landulph House, SE11 Landulph House is a block on Kennings Way.

Landulph House, SE11

Laud Street, SE11 Laud Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Laud Street, SE11

Lilac Place, SE11 Lilac Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Lilac Place, SE11

Liskeard House, SE11 Liskeard House is a block on White Hart Street.

Liskeard House, SE11

Lollard Street, SE11 Lollard Street runs off Lambeth Walk.

Lollard Street, SE11

Loughborough Street, SE11 Loughborough Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Loughborough Street, SE11

Lupino Court, SE11 Lupino Court is a block on Lambeth Walk.

Lupino Court, SE11

Malam Court, SE11 Malam Court is sited on John Street.

Malam Court, SE11

Malmsey House, SE11 Malmsey House is a block on Vauxhall Street.

Malmsey House, SE11

Manley House, SE11 Manley House is a block on Black Prince Road.

Manley House, SE11

Manning Place, SE11 Manning Place appears on 1860s mapping.

Manning Place, SE11

Marylee Way, SE11 Marylee Way is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Marylee Way, SE11

Methley Street, SE11 Methley Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Methley Street, SE11

Michelson House, SE11 Michelson House is a block on Black Prince Road.

Michelson House, SE11

Milverton Street, SE11 Milverton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Milverton Street, SE11

Minton House, SE11 Minton House is a block on Walnut Tree Walk.

Minton House, SE11

Monkton Street, SE11 Monkton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Monkton Street, SE11

Montgomery House, SE11 Montgomery House is a block on Fitzalan Street.

Montgomery House, SE11

Mountain House, SE11 Mountain House is sited on Tyers Street.

Mountain House, SE11

Muscovy House, SE11 Muscovy House is sited on Auckland Street.

Muscovy House, SE11

Nainby House, SE11 Nainby House is a block on Hotspur Street.

Nainby House, SE11

Needham House, SE11 Needham House can be found on Lollard Street.

Needham House, SE11

Newburn Street, SE11 Newburn Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Newburn Street, SE11

Newport Street, SE11 Newport Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Newport Street, SE11

Nightingale Mews, SE11 Nightingale Mews is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Nightingale Mews, SE11

Oakden Street, SE11 Oakden Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Oakden Street, SE11

Old Paradise Street, SE1 Old Paradise Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Old Paradise Street, SE1

Opal Street, SE11 Opal Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Opal Street, SE11

Orient Street, SE11 Orient Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Orient Street, SE11

Orsett Street, SE11 Orsett Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Orsett Street, SE11

Palm/Malt House, SE11 Palm/Malt House is a block on Sancroft Street.

Palm/Malt House, SE11

Parliament View Apartments, SE1 Parliament View Apartments is a block on Albert Embankment.

Parliament View Apartments, SE1

Pearson’s Place, SE1 Pearson’s Place appears on 1900 mapping.

Pearson’s Place, SE1

Penmayne House, SE11 Penmayne House is a block on Kennings Way.

Penmayne House, SE11

Portia Court, SE11 Portia Court is a block on Opal Street.

Portia Court, SE11

Pory House, SE11 Pory House is located on Lambeth Walk.

Pory House, SE11

Pratt Walk, SE1 Pratt Walk is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Pratt Walk, SE1

Radcot Street, SE11 Radcot Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Radcot Street, SE11

Randall Road, SE1 Randall Road is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Randall Road, SE1

Reedworth Street, SE11 Reedworth Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Reedworth Street, SE11

Renfrew Road, SE11 Renfrew Road is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Renfrew Road, SE11

Richmond Street, SE11 Richmond Street ran east from Walnut Tree Walk.

Richmond Street, SE11

Salamanca Place, SE1 Salamanca Place is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Salamanca Place, SE1

Salamanca Street, SE1 Salamanca Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Salamanca Street, SE1

Sambrook House, SE11 Sambrook House is a block on Hotspur Street.

Sambrook House, SE11

Sancroft Street, SE11 Sancroft Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Sancroft Street, SE11

Saunders Street, SE11 Saunders Street used to run from Fitzalan Street to Lollard Street.

Saunders Street, SE11

Scotson House, SE11 Scotson House is a block on Marylee Way.

Scotson House, SE11

Sedley House, SE11 Residential block

Sedley House, SE11

Sharsted Street, SE17 This is a street in the SE17 postcode area

Sharsted Street, SE17

Silk Mews, SE11 Silk Mews is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Silk Mews, SE11

Simpson House, SE11 Residential block

Simpson House, SE11

South Street, SE11 South Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

South Street, SE11

Southbank House, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Southbank House, SE1

St Marys Gardens, SE11 St Marys Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

St Marys Gardens, SE11

St Marys Walk, SE11 St Marys Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

St Marys Walk, SE11

St Oswalds Place, SE11 St Oswalds Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

St Oswalds Place, SE11

St. Oswalds Place, SE11 St. Oswalds Place is a location in London.

St. Oswalds Place, SE11

Territorial House, SE11 Territorial House is a block on Reedworth Street.

Territorial House, SE11

The Dog House, SE11 The Dog House is a block on Kennington Road.

The Dog House, SE11

Tolpaide House, SE11 Tolpaide House is located on Hotspur Street.

Tolpaide House, SE11

Tomkyns House, SE11 Tomkyns House can be found on Distin Street.

Tomkyns House, SE11

Topaz Street, SE11 Topaz Street, once ’New Street’ disappeared under a modern park in the 1950s.

Topaz Street, SE11

Trematon House, SE11 Trematon House can be found on Kennings Way.

Trematon House, SE11

Two Eagles House, SE11 Two Eagles House is located on Brooke Drive.

Two Eagles House, SE11

Tyers Street, SE11 Tyers Street is named for Jonathan Tyers who was the eighteenth century owner of the Vauxhall Gardens.

Tyers Street, SE11

Tyers Terrace, SE11 Tyers Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Tyers Terrace, SE11

Vantrey House, SE11 Vantrey House is a block on Marylee Way.

Vantrey House, SE11

Vauxhall Street, SE11 Vauxhall Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Vauxhall Street, SE11

Vauxhall Walk, SE11 Vauxhall Walk lies to the north of the Vauxhall area.

Vauxhall Walk, SE11

Walcot Square, SE11 Walcot Square’s late Georgian terraced houses surround a private triangular garden owned and maintained by the Walcot Foundation.

Walcot Square, SE11

Walcott Square, SE11 Walcott Square is a location in London.

Walcott Square, SE11

Walnut Tree Walk, SE11 At the beginning of the 18th century Walnut Tree Walk was a lane leading out into the fields from Lambeth.

Walnut Tree Walk, SE11

Waylett House, SE11 Waylett House is a block on Loughborough Street.

Waylett House, SE11

Wedgwood House, SE11 Wedgwood House is a block on Lambeth Walk.

Wedgwood House, SE11

Westminster Tower, SE1 Westminster Tower is a block on Albert Embankment.

Westminster Tower, SE1

White Hart Street, SE11 White Hart Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

White Hart Street, SE11

Whitgift House, SE11 Residential block

Whitgift House, SE11

Whitgift Street, SE1 Whitgift Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Whitgift Street, SE1

Whitgift Street, SE11 John Whitgift, resident of Lambeth Palace, was Archbishop of Canterbury between 1583 and 1604.

Whitgift Street, SE11

Wickham Street, SE11 Wickham Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Wickham Street, SE11

Wincott Parade, SE11 Wincott Parade is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Wincott Parade, SE11

Wincott Street, SE11 Wincott Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Wincott Street, SE11

Windmill Row, SE11 Windmill Row is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area.

Windmill Row, SE11

Worgan Street, SE11 Worgan Street is the new name for the former Catherine Street in the Vauxhall Gardens Estate area.

Worgan Street, SE11

Wren Mews, SE11 Wren Mews is a location in London.

Wren Mews, SE11

Wynyard Terrace, SE11 Wynyard Terrace is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Wynyard Terrace, SE11

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Lambeth

The ’Lamb’ in Lambeth really means just that.

The name is recorded in 1062 as Lambehitha, meaning ’landing place for lambs’, and in 1255 as Lambeth. The name refers to a harbour where lambs were either shipped from or to. It is formed from the Old English ’lamb’ and ’hythe.

South Lambeth is recorded as Sutlamehethe in 1241 and North Lambeth is recorded in 1319 as North Lamhuth. The marshland in the area, known as Lambeth Marshe, was drained in the 18th century but is remembered in the Lower Marsh street name. Sometime after the opening of Waterloo railway station in 1848 the locality around the station and Lower Marsh became known as Waterloo.

Lambeth Palace is located opposite the Palace of Westminster. The two were linked by a horse ferry across the Thames.

Until the mid-18th Century the north of Lambeth was marshland, crossed by a number of roads raised against floods.

With the opening of Westminster Bridge in 1750, followed by the Blackfriars Bridge and Vauxhall Bridge, a number of major thoroughfares were developed through Lambeth, such as Westminster Bridge Road, Kennington Road and Camberwell New Road.

In William Blake’s epic Milton a Poem, the poet John Milton leaves Heaven and travels to Lambeth, in the form of a falling comet, and enters Blake’s foot. This allows Blake to treat the ordinary world as perceived by the five senses as a sandal formed of "precious stones and gold" that he can now wear. Blake ties the sandal and, guided by Los, walks with it into the City of Art, inspired by the spirit of poetic creativity. The poem was written between 1804 and 1810.

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The Brandon Estate, Kennington. Built for the LCC in 1957-8 Credit: Flickr/Reading Tom TUM image id: 1683033112 Licence:	Overflow of the Thames at Lambeth Stairs on Tuesday 29 January 1850. Lambeth Stairs was near to Lambeth Palace. Poor river wall maintenance meant that the area was flooded whenever there was an unusually high tide. Credit: Illustrated London News TUM image id: 1623706174 Licence:	1893 programme cover - Canterbury Theatre Credit: London Borough of Lambeth TUM image id: 1513437589 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Chartist meeting, Kennington Common. Widely thought to be the earliest London photograph depicting a crowd (1848) More info: www.wcml.org.uk/about-us/timeline/kennington-common-chartist-meeting/ Credit: William Kilburn TUM image id: 1556887885 Licence:	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 Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1689771844 Licence:
Fentiman Road, SW8 (2017) The road is named after local mid-19th century Vauxhall developer John Fentiman. TUM image id: 1544889021 Licence:	Gladstone Street showing Albert Terrace in the background (1977) Credit: Ideal Homes TUM image id: 1513443941 Licence:	Children among the rubble of a bombsite playground at Lollard Street, Lambeth (1957) Children’s rights campaigner Lady Allen of Hurtwood formed a movement for the building of playgrounds. Originally known as ‘junk’ playgrounds, they were renamed adventure playgrounds in 1953 and the movement grew. Credit: London Borough of Lambeth TUM image id: 1625154491 Licence:	Vauxhall Mansion and Vauxhall Walk in Lambeth about to be redeveloped, September 1953. Credit: Mirrorpix TUM image id: 1691059432 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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 Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1680371586 Licence:
Catherine Street, Vauxhall looking South (1930) Catherine Street, as Worgan Street, became part of the Vauxhall Gardens Estate. Credit: London Metropolitan Archives TUM image id: 1643826581 Licence: CC BY 2.0	"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 Credit: Picture Post TUM image id: 1688482346 Licence:	Pelham Mission Hall, Lambeth Walk (2005). A curious building with an outside pulpit. It closed as a church sometime around 1970. Credit: Wiki Commons/Stephen Craven TUM image id: 1674229859 Licence:	An unnamed side street off of Fitzalan Street, Lambeth (1921) TUM image id: 1608039577 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Adam West as ’Batman’ filming road safety in Denny Crescent, Kennington (1967) TUM image id: 1630068983 Licence:

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Chartist meeting, Kennington Common. Widely thought to be the earliest London photograph depicting a crowd (1848) More info: www.wcml.org.uk/about-us/timeline/kennington-common-chartist-meeting/
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Children among the rubble of a bombsite playground at Lollard Street, Lambeth (1957) Children’s rights campaigner Lady Allen of Hurtwood formed a movement for the building of playgrounds. Originally known as ‘junk’ playgrounds, they were renamed adventure playgrounds in 1953 and the movement grew.
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Catherine Street, Vauxhall looking South (1930) Catherine Street, as Worgan Street, became part of the Vauxhall Gardens Estate.
Credit: London Metropolitan Archives
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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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Pelham Mission Hall, Lambeth Walk (2005). A curious building with an outside pulpit. It closed as a church sometime around 1970.
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An unnamed side street off of Fitzalan Street, Lambeth (1921)
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Adam West as ’Batman’ filming road safety in Denny Crescent, Kennington (1967)
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Church Street, Lambeth (1866) A very early photo of Londoners - dating from the 1860s. Church Street is an old name for the street leading to Lambeth Bridge.
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"A View of London taken off Lambeth Church", hand-coloured engraving by John Boydell. On the right is Lambeth Marsh, possibly somewhat idealised, with Lambeth Palace in the foreground. Much of Lambeth continued to be marsh until the beginning of the 19th century. On the left is Westminster and Westminster Bridge across the Thames. In the distance is St Paul’s Cathedral.
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Beer in the evening
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