Aegis Grove, SW8

Aegis Grove was a street in Battersea New Town.

Map of Battersea New Town (1829)
Credit: C& J Greenwood

From the 1790s, the "New Town" of Battersea started to emerge just west of Nine Elms, with the aim of developing an urban but middle-class district here, amidst the fields. But progress was fragmented due to the various landowners and builders. Working-class terraces gradually filled the gaps between industrial sites.

In the Victorian era, major railway stations and works were constructed in Nine Elms by companies like the London & Southampton Railway. This stimulated some residential expansion, but also led to increasing degradation of the environment and living conditions.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Sleaford Street School Sleaford Street School opened in 1874 and closed during the 1970s..

Sleaford Street School

NEARBY STREETS

Aegis Grove, SW8 Aegis Grove was a street in Battersea New Town (Battersea Power Station)

Aegis Grove, SW8

Aegis House, SW8 Aegis House was a short-lived tower block on the Savona Estate (Battersea Power Station)

Aegis House, SW8

Aragon Court, SW8 Aragon Court is a modern block along Ascalon Street (Nine Elms)

Aragon Court, SW8

Ascalon House, SW8 Ascalon House was built as part of the Savona Estate in 1938 (Battersea Power Station)

Ascalon House, SW8

Ceylon Street, SW8 Ceylon Street was built between 1862 and 1870 (Battersea Power Station)

Ceylon Street, SW8

Cherwell Street, SW8 Cherwell Street was built by Frederick Haynes in the mid-Victoria era (Nine Elms)

Cherwell Street, SW8

Edward Foster Court, SW8 Edward Foster Court is a block on Stewarts Road (Battersea Power Station)

Edward Foster Court, SW8

Foote’s Row, SW8 Foote’s Row - also Foot’s Row - existed from the original layout of Battersea New Town, until the 1960s (Battersea Power Station)

Foote’s Row, SW8

Savona Street, SW8 Savona Street is a road in the Battersea Power Station area (Battersea Power Station)

Savona Street, SW8

Sleaford Industrial Estate, SW8 Commercial area (Battersea Power Station)

Sleaford Industrial Estate, SW8

Sleaford Street, SW8 Sleaford Street is virtually the last of the surviving streets of Battersea New Town (Battersea Power Station)

Sleaford Street, SW8

Thessaly House, SW8 Thessaly House is a block on Thessaly Road - built in 1938 (Battersea Power Station)

Thessaly House, SW8

Thessaly Road, SW8 Starting life as simply "New Street", Thessaly Road dates from the 1860s or before (Battersea Power Station)

Thessaly Road, SW8

Tidemore Street, SW8 Sheldrake Street was renamed Tidemore Street in 1891 (Battersea Power Station)

Tidemore Street, SW8

Tweed Street, SW8 Tweed Street now lies under New Covent Garden Market (Nine Elms)

Tweed Street, SW8

Viridian Buildings, SW8 Viridian Buildings is a location in London (Battersea Power Station)

Viridian Buildings, SW8

Wenham House, SW8 Wenham House - built in 1938 - was formerly known as Tideway House (Battersea Power Station)

Wenham House, SW8

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