Gladwin Tower, SW8

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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
Sir Walter Besant Wirtemberg Street, SW4 Added: 11 Nov 2021 18:47 GMT	Sir Walter adds.... All the ground facing Wirtemberg Street at Chip and Cross Streets is being levelled for building and the old houses are disappearing fast. The small streets leading through into little Manor Street are very clean and tenanted by poor though respectable people, but little Manor Street is dirty, small, and narrow. Manor Street to Larkhall Rise is a wide fairly clean thoroughfare of mixed shops and houses which improves towards the north. The same may be said of Wirtemberg Street, which commences poorly, but from the Board School north is far better than at the Clapham end. Source: London: South of the Thames - Chapter XX by Sir Walter Besant (1912) Reply
Brian J MacIntyre Dolphin Square Added: 8 Jan 2023 17:27 GMT	Malcolm Davey at Raleigh House, Dolphin Square My former partner, actor Malcolm Davey, lived at Raleigh House, Dolphin Square, for many years until his death. He was a wonderful human being and an even better friend. A somewhat underrated actor, but loved by many, including myself. I miss you terribly, Malcolm. Here’s to you and to History, our favourite subject. Love Always - Brian J MacIntyre Minnesota, USA 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
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
tom Electric Avenue, SW9 Added: 3 Nov 2021 05:16 GMT	I met someone here 6 years ago 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

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Nower Hill, HA5 Added: 27 Mar 2023 18:28 GMT	Nower Hill, HA5 lo Reply
Albert Mews, SW7 Added: 26 Mar 2023 14:50 GMT	Albert Mews It is not a gargoyle over the entrance arch to Albert Mews, it is a likeness of Prince Albert himself. Reply
Christine D Elliott Blockhouse Street, SE15 Added: 20 Mar 2023 15:52 GMT	The Blute Family My grandparents, Frederick William Blute & Alice Elizabeth Blute nee: Warnham lived at 89 Blockhouse Street Deptford from around 1917.They had six children. 1. Alice Maragret Blute (my mother) 2. Frederick William Blute 3. Charles Adrian Blute 4. Violet Lillian Blute 5. Donald Blute 6. Stanley Vincent Blute (Lived 15 months). I lived there with my family from 1954 (Birth) until 1965 when we were re-housed for regeneration to the area. I attended Ilderton Road School. Very happy memories of that time. Reply
Pearl Foster Dukes Place, EC3A Added: 20 Mar 2023 12:22 GMT	Dukes Place, EC3A Until his death in 1767, Daniel Nunes de Lara worked from his home in Dukes Street as a Pastry Cook. It was not until much later the street was renamed Dukes Place. Daniel and his family attended the nearby Bevis Marks synagogue for Sephardic Jews. The Ashkenazi Great Synagogue was established in Duke Street, which meant Daniel’s business perfectly situated for his occupation as it allowed him to cater for both congregations. Reply
Dr Paul Flewers Hawthorne Close, N1 Added: 9 Mar 2023 18:12 GMT	Some Brief Notes on Hawthorne Close / Hawthorne Street My great-grandparents lived in the last house on the south side of Hawthorne Street, no 13, and my grandmother Alice Knopp and her brothers and sisters grew up there. Alice Knopp married Charles Flewers, from nearby Hayling Road, and moved to Richmond, Surrey, where I was born. Leonard Knopp married Esther Gutenberg and lived there until the street was demolished in the mid-1960s, moving on to Tottenham. Uncle Len worked in the fur trade, then ran a pet shop in, I think, the Kingsland Road. From the back garden, one could see the almshouses in the Balls Pond Road. There was an ink factory at the end of the street, which I recall as rather malodorous. Reply
KJH Andover Road, N7 Added: 7 Mar 2023 17:14 GMT	Andover Road, N7 (1939 - 1957) My aunt, Doris nee Curtis (aka Jo) and her husband John Hawkins (aka Jack) ran a small general stores at 92 Andover Road (N7). I have found details in the 1939 register but don’t know how long before that it was opened.He died in 1957. In the 1939 register he is noted as being an ARP warden for Islington warden Reply
The Queens Head Added: 2 Mar 2023 13:50 GMT	The Queens Head Queens Head demolished and a NISA supermarket and flats built in its place. Reply
Mike Elia Street, N1 Added: 28 Feb 2023 18:09 GMT	6 Elia Street When I was young I lived in 6 Elia Street. At the end of the garden there was a garage owned by Initial Laundries which ran from an access in Quick Street all the way up to the back of our garden. The fire exit to the garage was a window leading into our garden. 6 Elia Street was owned by Initial Laundry. Reply

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Nine Elms Nine Elms is an area within Battersea in the far north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Wandsworth.

Nine Elms

NEARBY STREETS

Abbot Court, SW8 Abbot Court is a block south of Thorncroft Street.

Abbot Court, SW8

Bannerman House, SW8 Bannerman House is a block on Ebbisham Drive.

Bannerman House, SW8

Beaminster House, SW8 Beaminster House is a block on Dorset Road.

Beaminster House, SW8

Beaufoy House, SW8 Beaufoy House is a block on Regents Bridge Gardens.

Beaufoy House, SW8

Bishop Brown Memorial Building, SE11 Bishop Brown Memorial Building is sited on Harleyford Road.

Bishop Brown Memorial Building, SE11

Bolney Street, SW8 Bolney Street is a location in London.

Bolney Street, SW8

Bondway, SW8 Bondway is named after the late 18th century developers of the street, John and Sarah Bond.

Bondway, SW8

Bramley Crescent, SW8 Bramley Crescent is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

Bramley Crescent, SW8

Branksome House, SW8 Branksome House is a block on Meadow Road.

Branksome House, SW8

Brough Close, SW8 Brough Close is a road in the SW8 postcode area

Brough Close, SW8

Brunswick House, SW8 Brunswick House is a block on Wandsworth Road.

Brunswick House, SW8

Cellini Street, SW8 Cellini Street is a location in London.

Cellini Street, SW8

Charles Clowes Walk, SW11 Charles Clowes Walk is a location in London.

Charles Clowes Walk, SW11

Charles Clowes Walk, SW8 A street within the SW11 postcode

Charles Clowes Walk, SW8

Crimsworth Road, SW8 Crimsworth Road is a road in the SW8 postcode area

Crimsworth Road, SW8

Crozier House, SW8 Crozier House is a block on Wilkinson Street.

Crozier House, SW8

Darlington House, SW8 Darlington House is sited on Fount Street.

Darlington House, SW8

Davidson Gardens, SW8 Davidson Gardens is a road in the SW8 postcode area

Davidson Gardens, SW8

Dean Court, SW8 Dean Court is a block on Thorncroft Street.

Dean Court, SW8

East Bridge, SW8 East Bridge is a location in London.

East Bridge, SW8

Elm Lane, SW8 Elm Lane is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

Elm Lane, SW8

Exchange Gardens, SW8 Exchange Gardens is a location in London.

Exchange Gardens, SW8

Fentiman Road, SW8 Fentiman Road is named after local mid-19th century developer John Fentiman.

Fentiman Road, SW8

Fount Street, SW8 Fount Street is a road in the SW8 postcode area

Fount Street, SW8

Glacier House, SW11 Glacier House is a building on Ponton Road.

Glacier House, SW11

Haines House, SW11 Haines House is a block on Ponton Road.

Haines House, SW11

Hanbury House, SW8 Hanbury House is a block on Regents Bridge Gardens.

Hanbury House, SW8

Hartington Road, SW8 The area where Hartington Road was eventually built was part of an area of Vauxhall called "The Nine Acres".

Hartington Road, SW8

Haydn Tower, SW8 Haydn Tower is a block on Pascal Street.

Haydn Tower, SW8

Hebden Place, SW8 Hebden Place is just north of Nine Elms station and runs parallel with Pascal Street.

Hebden Place, SW8

Hemans Street, SW8 Hemans Street is the name of two streets in Vauxhall, the modern version being slightly south of the original.

Hemans Street, SW8

Heyford Avenue, SW8 Heyford Avenue is a road in the SW8 postcode area

Heyford Avenue, SW8

Heyforoad Avenue, SW8 Heyforoad Avenue is a location in London.

Heyforoad Avenue, SW8

Horton House, SW8 Horton House is a block on Meadow Road.

Horton House, SW8

Hunter House, SW8 Hunter House is a block on Fount Street.

Hunter House, SW8

Kenchester Close, SW8 Kenchester Close is a road in the SW8 postcode area

Kenchester Close, SW8

Kings House, SW8 Residential block

Kings House, SW8

Langley Lane, SW8 Langley Lane is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

Langley Lane, SW8

Lawn Lane, SW8 Lawn Lane is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

Lawn Lane, SW8

Lawrence Mews, SW8 A street within the SW8 postcode

Lawrence Mews, SW8

Lowe House, SW8 Lowe House is a block on Pascal Street.

Lowe House, SW8

Madeira Tower, SW11 Madeira Tower is a block on Ponton Road.

Madeira Tower, SW11

Malthouse Road, SW11 Malthouse Road is a location in London.

Malthouse Road, SW11

Malthouse Road, SW8 A street within the postcode

Malthouse Road, SW8

Market Towers, SW8 Market Towers is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

Market Towers, SW8

Mawbey Street, SW8 Mawbey Street is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

Mawbey Street, SW8

Meadow Road, SW8 Meadow Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

Meadow Road, SW8

Miles Street, SW8 Miles Street was developed from 1778 onwards by the Sarah and John Bond.

Miles Street, SW8

Minton Apartments, SW8 Minton Apartments can be found on Wandsworth Road.

Minton Apartments, SW8

New Covent Garden Market, SW8 New Covent Garden Market is a location in London.

New Covent Garden Market, SW8

New Mill Road, SW8 A street within the SW11 postcode

New Mill Road, SW8

New Union Square, SW8 A street within the SW11 postcode

New Union Square, SW8

Nine Elms Lane, SW11 Nine Elms Lane is a location in London.

Nine Elms Lane, SW11

Nine Elms Lane, SW8 Nine Elms Lane was named around 1645, from a row of elm trees bordering the road.

Nine Elms Lane, SW8

Old South Lambeth Road, SW8 Old South Lambeth Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

Old South Lambeth Road, SW8

Park Place, SW8 Park Place is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

Park Place, SW8

Parry Street, SW8 Parry Street was laid out by John and Sarah Bond.

Parry Street, SW8

Pascal Street, SW8 Pascal Street is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

Pascal Street, SW8

Pinto Tower, SW8 Pinto Tower is a block on Wandsworth Road.

Pinto Tower, SW8

Ponton Road, SW8 Ponton Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

Ponton Road, SW8

Purbeck House, SW8 Purbeck House is a block on Bolney Street.

Purbeck House, SW8

Rita Road, SW8 Rita Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

Rita Road, SW8

Riverside Court, SW8 Riverside Court is located on Nine Elms Lane.

Riverside Court, SW8

Riverside Walk, SW8 Riverside Walk is part of the Thames Path long-distance footpath.

Riverside Walk, SW8

Sheldon Court, SW8 Sheldon Court is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

Sheldon Court, SW8

Sherborne House, SW8 Sherborne House is sited on Bolney Street.

Sherborne House, SW8

South Lambeth Place, SW8 South Lambeth Place links South Lambeth Road to Bondway.

South Lambeth Place, SW8

South Lambeth Road, SW8 South Lambeth Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

South Lambeth Road, SW8

St George Wharf Tower, SW8 St George Wharf Tower is a block on Nine Elms Lane.

St George Wharf Tower, SW8

St George Wharf, SW8 St George Wharf is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

St George Wharf, SW8

St Stephens Terrace, SW8 St Stephen’s Terrace is in the back streets of South Lambeth.

St Stephens Terrace, SW8

Stanley Close, SW8 Stanley Close is a road in the SW8 postcode area

Stanley Close, SW8

The Pavilion/New Covent Garden Market, SW8 The Pavilion/New Covent Garden Market is a location in London.

The Pavilion/New Covent Garden Market, SW8

Thorne House, SW11 Thorne House is a block on Ponton Road.

Thorne House, SW11

Tradescant Road, SW8 Tradescant Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

Tradescant Road, SW8

Trenchold Street, SW8 Trenchold Street is a road in the SW8 postcode area

Trenchold Street, SW8

Vat House, SW8 Vat House is a block on Regents Bridge Gardens.

Vat House, SW8

Vauxhall Grove, SW8 Vauxhall Grove is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

Vauxhall Grove, SW8

Viaduct Gardens, SW8 Viaduct Gardens runs beside the United States Embassy building in Nine Elms.

Viaduct Gardens, SW8

Victoria House, SW8 Residential block

Victoria House, SW8

Victoria Mansions, SW8 Victoria Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

Victoria Mansions, SW8

Walton Close, SW8 Walton Close is a road in the SW8 postcode area

Walton Close, SW8

Watts Apartments, SW8 Watts Apartments is located on Wandsworth Road.

Watts Apartments, SW8

Wedgewood Apartments, SW8 Wedgewood Apartments is a block on Wandsworth Road.

Wedgewood Apartments, SW8

Weymouth House, SW8 Weymouth House can be found on Bolney Street.

Weymouth House, SW8

Wheatsheaf Lane, SW8 Wheatsheaf Lane is a road in the SW8 postcode area

Wheatsheaf Lane, SW8

Wilcox Close, SW8 Wilcox Close is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

Wilcox Close, SW8

Wilcox Road, SW8 Wilcox Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

Wilcox Road, SW8

Wilkinson Street, SW8 Wilkinson Street is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area.

Wilkinson Street, SW8

Wyvil Road, SW8 Wyvil Road is a short street running west from South Lambeth Road.

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Nine Elms

Nine Elms is an area within Battersea in the far north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Wandsworth.

Nine Elms was formerly mainly industrial but is now becoming more residential and commercial in character. In the area is the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.

Nine Elms Lane was named around the year 1645, from a row of elm trees bordering the road, though a path probably existed between York House and Vauxhall from the 1200s. In 1838, at the time of construction of the London and Southampton Railway, the area was described as "a low swampy district occasionally overflowed by the River Thames [whose] osier beds, pollards and windmille and the river give it a Dutch effect".

Nine Elms railway station opened on 21 May 1838 as the first London terminus of the London & South Western Railway. The neo-classical building was designed by Sir William Tite. The station was connected to points between Vauxhall and London Bridge by Thames steam boats. It closed in 1848 when the railway was extended via the Nine Elms to Waterloo Viaduct to a new terminus at Waterloo. The redundant station and the adjacent area, to the north of the new main line, became the LSWR’s carriage and wagon works and main locomotive works until their relocation to Eastleigh in 1909.

The company’s largest locomotive depot was located on the south side of the main line. The buildings were damaged by bombs in World War II, and closed in 1967. They were demolished in 1968 and replaced by the flower section of the New Covent Garden Market.

Gasworks were established in 1853, close to the existing waterworks of the Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company. Later Battersea Power Station was built on the site.

Vauxhall Motors was formed in 1857 by Scottish engineer Alexander Wilson at Nine Elms, originally as Alex Wilson and Company, before moving to Luton in 1907. There was a plaque commemorating the site of the original factory at the Sainsbury’s Nine Elms petrol station on Wandsworth Road which has now been demolished and replaced with a new Sainsbury’s superstore and high rise apartments as part of the current Nine Elms regeneration.

Nine Elms is to be served by the Northern line as part of a two-station extension from Kennington to serve the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station. It will serve as the intermediate for the new branch. The station will be the nearest station to the New Covent Garden Market.

The station was given the final approval by the Secretary of State for Transport in November 2014 with it projected to open along with Battersea Power Station tube station and the whole extension by 2020.

Construction began in 2015. In mid-February 2017 the two large tunnel boring machines were delivered to the Battersea construction site, and lowered to tunnel level by a large crane. The boring machines have been named Helen and Amy following a competition amongst local school children.

Battersea Power Station and Nine Elms tube stations will be located in Zone 1. Trains from Battersea will only run via Charing Cross as the branch will be extended off the Kennington Loop.

The station will be designed and built by Ferrovial Agroman Laing O’Rourke.

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Nine Elms station opened during 2021 on the new Battersea extension of the Northern Line Credit: Transport for London TUM image id: 1488201136 Licence:	The Lillington Gardens estate Credit: Ewan Munro TUM image id: 1516208904 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Victoria coach station’s temporary base, 1929, where the Tachbrook Estate is now. The King’s Scholar Pond sewer is on the left. TUM image id: 1545177549 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Fentiman Road, SW8 (2017) The road is named after local mid-19th century Vauxhall developer John Fentiman. TUM image id: 1544889021 Licence:	Most of the left side of Hartington Road depicted here - the area between Hartington Road and Wandsworth Road - was demolished in 1950s slum clearance. TUM image id: 1503224152 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Nine Elms Station map in the 1850s with the new line to Waterloo on right. TUM image id: 1488210142 Licence: CC BY 2.0	South Lambeth Place Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1575382850 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Vauxhall Cross (1930s) In this view only the railway bridgework remains the same. Everything else is gone, even the road layout. TUM image id: 1605010188 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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	Over 197 festivals take place in London every year including the largest free festival - the Mayor’s Thames Festival - and Europe’s biggest street festival, the Notting Hill Carnival which attracts near one million people Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1630946766 Licence:
Hemans Street circa 1935 showing Portland Cottages on the right. TUM image id: 1575397043 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Pulford Street being demolished Credit: Peabody Trust TUM image id: 1545176771 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Upper Fore Street, Lambeth (1860s) Credit: William Strudwick (1834-1910) TUM image id: 1590945094 Licence: CC BY 2.0	"A Sunset with a View of Nine Elms" (c.1755) Credit: Samuel Scott/Tate Britain TUM image id: 1623706678 Licence:	"The Thames from Millbank", oil on canvas, Richard Redgrave (1804-1888), created around 1836. The scene depicted is around the year 1815. Credit: Richard Redgrave/Victoria and Albert Museum TUM image id: 1623707137 Licence:

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Nine Elms station opened during 2021 on the new Battersea extension of the Northern Line
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Victoria coach station’s temporary base, 1929, where the Tachbrook Estate is now. The King’s Scholar Pond sewer is on the left.
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Most of the left side of Hartington Road depicted here - the area between Hartington Road and Wandsworth Road - was demolished in 1950s slum clearance.
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Nine Elms Station map in the 1850s with the new line to Waterloo on right.
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South Lambeth Place
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Vauxhall Cross (1930s) In this view only the railway bridgework remains the same. Everything else is gone, even the road layout.
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Over 197 festivals take place in London every year including the largest free festival - the Mayor’s Thames Festival - and Europe’s biggest street festival, the Notting Hill Carnival which attracts near one million people
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Hemans Street circa 1935 showing Portland Cottages on the right.
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Pulford Street being demolished
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"A Sunset with a View of Nine Elms" (c.1755)
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