Harrow Road once spanned the River Westbourne at this point.

Now an extremely urban area, with the Westway running on a flyover directly above the rerouted Harrow Road, this was once a very rural spot in Westbourne Green.

The Red Lion pub, a country pub on the bridge was moved 100 yards to the east when the first major change to the area came - the building of the Great Western Railway.

The railway caused many roads to be built and rerouted - for instance a proposed "Westbourne Street" by property developers became "Westbourne Bridge" over the railway tracks in the 1840s.

The rural spot was no longer and urbanisation proceeded rapidly.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Admin Paddington 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. Reply
Brenda Jackson Granville Road, NW6 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, Reply
Fumblina Lancefield Street, W10 Added: 27 Mar 2021 11:13 GMT	St Jude’s Church, Lancefield Street Saint Jude’s was constructed in 1878, while the parish was assigned in 1879 from the parish of Saint John, Kensal Green (P87/JNE2). The parish was united with the parishes of Saint Luke (P87/LUK1) and Saint Simon (P87/SIM) in 1952. The church was used as a chapel of ease for a few years, but in 1959 it was closed and later demolished. The church is visible on the 1900 map for the street on the right hand side above the junction with Mozart Street. Source: SAINT JUDE, KENSAL GREEN: LANCEFIELD STREET, WESTMINSTER \| Londo Reply
Fumblina Lancefield Street, W10 Added: 27 Mar 2021 11:08 GMT	Wedding at St Jude’s Church On 9th November 1884 Charles Selby and Johanna Hanlon got married in St Jude’s Church on Lancefield Street. They lived together close by at 103 Lancefield Street. Charles was a Lather, so worked in construction. He was only 21 but was already a widower. Johanna is not shown as having a profession but this is common in the records and elsewhere she is shown as being an Ironer or a Laundress. It is possible that she worked at the large laundry shown at the top of Lancefield Road on the 1900 map. She was also 21. She was not literate as her signature on the record is a cross. The ceremony was carried out by William Hugh Wood and was witnessed by Charles H Hudson and Caroline Hudson. Source: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1623/images/31280_197456-00100?pId=6694792 Reply
The Underground Map Kilburn Park Added: 8 Mar 2021 14:30 GMT	Kilburn Park - opened 1915 Kilburn Park station was opened at the height of the First World War Reply
PETER FAIRCLOUGH Brindley Street, W2 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 Reply
David Jones-Parry McGregor Road, W11 Added: 7 Sep 2017 12:13 GMT	Mcgregor Road, W11 (1938 - 1957) I was born n bred at 25 Mc Gregor Rd in 1938 and lived there until I joined the Royal Navy in 1957. It was a very interesting time what with air raid shelters,bombed houses,water tanks all sorts of areas for little boys to collect scrap and sell them on.no questions asked.A very happy boyhood -from there we could visit most areas of London by bus and tube and we did. Reply
Robert Burns Abourne Street, W9 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. Reply
The Underground Map Kilburn Park 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. Reply
charlie evans The Apollo Added: 10 Apr 2021 18:51 GMT	apollo pub 1950s Ted Lengthorne was the landlord of the apollo in the 1950s. A local called darkie broom who lived at number 5 lancaster road used to be the potman,I remember being in the appollo at a street party that was moved inside the pub because of rain for the queens coronation . Not sure how long the lengthornes had the pub but remember teds daughter julie being landlady in the early 1970,s Reply
Ron Shepherd 91 Fernhead Road, W9 Added: 18 Sep 2021 17:28 GMT	More Wisdom Norman Joseph Wisdom was born in St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, West London. Reply
Fumblina Red Lion 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 Reply
ANON Lydford Road, W9 Added: 20 Jul 2022 13:36 GMT	The Square & Ashmore park The Square and Ashmore park was the place to be 2000-2005. Those were the greatest times on the estate. everyday people were playing out. the park was full of kids just being kids and having fun, now everyone is grown up and only bump into eachother when heading to the shops or work. I miss the good days( Im 25yrs old as im writing this) 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

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Loraine Brocklehurst Holcombe Road, N17 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. Reply
Jen Williams Corfield Street, E2 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. Reply
sofia East Acton Added: 19 May 2023 08:57 GMT	43 MELLITUS STREET 43 MELLITUS STREET Reply
Milson Road, W14 Added: 17 May 2023 11:50 GMT	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. Reply
Rendlesham Road, E5 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. Reply
Sandra Field Masons Place, EC1V 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. Source: Sign up Reply
Sue Germain Southwood Road, SE9 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. Reply
David Gleeson Campbell Road, N4 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. Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

The Westbourne is one of the lost rivers of London.

Harrow Road once spanned the River Westbourne at this point.

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

Bridge House Canal side house in Westbourne Park

Bridge House

Desborough Lodge Desborough Lodge was a house which was one of five grand houses in the village of Westbourne Green.

Desborough Lodge

Kilburn Aqueduct Some way from the area now called Kilburn, the Kilburn Aqueduct of the Grand Union Canal spanned the River Westbourne.

Kilburn Aqueduct

Queen’s Cinema This cinema was situated at the top of Queensway, on the corner of Bishop’s Bridge Road.

Queen’s Cinema

Royal Oak Royal Oak is a station on the Hammersmith and City Line, between Westbourne Park and Paddington stations, and is the least used station on the Hammersmith and City line.

Royal Oak

Spotted Dog The Spotted Dog public house was one of the earliest buildings in Westbourne Green.

Spotted Dog

Warwick Avenue Warwick Avenue is an area, street and a Bakerloo Line tube station near Little Venice.

Warwick Avenue

Westbourne Farm Westbourne Farm - an old farm with a theatrical connection.

Westbourne Farm

Westbourne Green The story of the building of a suburb.

Westbourne Green

Westbourne House Two hundred years ago, the biggest house hereabouts...

Westbourne House

Westbourne Lodge Westbourne Lodge appeared in one of the earliest photographs in London.

Westbourne Lodge

Westbourne Manor The Manor of Westbourne

Westbourne Manor

NEARBY STREETS

Africa House, W2 Africa House is a block on Blomfield Villas.

Africa House, W2

Alexander Mews, W2 Alexander Mews is a street in Paddington.

Alexander Mews, W2

Alexander Street, W2 Alexander Street was built in 1853 by Alexander Hall of Watergate House, Sussex.

Alexander Street, W2

Amberley Road, W9 Amberley Road was formerly lined by canalside wharves.

Amberley Road, W9

Arthur Court, W2 Arthur Court is at the north-west end of Queensway.

Arthur Court, W2

Barnwood Close, W9 Barnwood Close replaced a set of canal-side industrial buildings.

Barnwood Close, W9

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 Road, W2 Blomfield Road is the road running beside the canal on the Little Venice side.

Blomfield Road, W2

Blomfield Villas, W2 Blomfield Villas is a road in the W2 postcode area

Blomfield Villas, W2

Bourne Terrace, W2 Bourne Terrace is part of the Warwick Estate in Paddington and has 38 properties.

Bourne Terrace, 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

Brinklow House, W2 Brinklow House is a block on Torquay Street.

Brinklow House, W2

Bristol Gardens, W9 Bristol Gardens is an extension southeastwards of Shirland Road.

Bristol Gardens, W9

Brunel House, W2 Brunel House is a block on Westbourne Terrace.

Brunel House, W2

Burdett Mews, W2 Burdett Mews is a street in Paddington.

Burdett Mews, W2

Caernarvon House, W2 The 1955-built Caernarvon House is on the Hallfield Estate.

Caernarvon House, W2

Celbridge Mews, W2 Celbridge Mews is a street in Paddington.

Celbridge Mews, W2

Chichester Road, W2 Chichester Road is a road in the W2 postcode area

Chichester Road, W2

Chilworth Street, W2 Chilworth Street, originally called Charles Street, is an east-west street in W2.

Chilworth Street, W2

Cirencester Street, W2 Cirencester Street came about in the 1860s but was shortened when the Warwick Estate was built.

Cirencester Street, W2

Clarendon Crescent, W2 Clarendon Crescent was said to be the longest road in London without a turning.

Clarendon Crescent, W2

Cleveland Gardens, W2 Cleveland Gardens is a short stretch of road behind Cleveland Square.

Cleveland Gardens, W2

Cleveland Terrace, W2 Cleveland Terrace is a street in Paddington.

Cleveland Terrace, W2

Clifton Villas, W9 Clifton Villas is a street in Maida Vale.

Clifton Villas, W9

Cloucester Mews West, W2 Cloucester Mews West is a road in the W2 postcode area

Cloucester Mews West, W2

Delamere Terrace, W2 Delamere Terrace runs beside the Grand Union Canal towpath.

Delamere Terrace, W2

Desborough Close, W2 Desborough Close was named after Desborough House which was demolished in the 19th century.

Desborough Close, W2

Eastbourne Mews, W2 Eastbourne Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area

Eastbourne Mews, W2

Elsie Lane Court, W2 Elsie Lane Court is a block on Elsie Lane Court.

Elsie Lane Court, W2

Enterprise House, W2 Enterprise House is located on Westbourne Terrace.

Enterprise House, W2

Foscote Mews, W9 This is a street in the W9 postcode area

Foscote Mews, W9

Gaydon House, W2 Gaydon House is a 21-storey block containing 125 dwellings.

Gaydon House, W2

George Lowe Court, W2 George Lowe Court is a block on George Lowe Court.

George Lowe Court, W2

Gloucester Gardens, W2 Gloucester Gardens is a road in the W2 postcode area

Gloucester Gardens, W2

Gloucester Terrace, W2 Gloucester Terrace is an 1850s development.

Gloucester Terrace, W2

Hampden Street, W2 Hampden Street is a now demolished street.

Hampden Street, W2

Harrow Road, W2 Harrow Road is one of the main arterial roads of London, leading northwest out of the capital.

Harrow Road, W2

Hatherley Court, W2 Hatherley Court is a 1930s block.

Hatherley Court, W2

Hatherley Grove, W2 Hatherley Grove is a street in Paddington.

Hatherley Grove, W2

Holy Trinity House, W2 Holy Trinity House is a building on Orsett Terrace.

Holy Trinity House, W2

Howley Place, W2 Howley Place is a road in the W2 postcode area

Howley Place, 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

Kildare Terrace, W2 Kildare Terrace is a street in Paddington.

Kildare Terrace, W2

Kingdom Street, W2 Kingdom Street is a road in the W2 postcode area

Kingdom Street, W2

Leo Court, W2 Leo Court is a block on St Mary’s Terrace.

Leo Court, W2

Lord Hills Road, W2 Lord Hill’s Road was at first called Ranelagh Road.

Lord Hills Road, W2

Newton Mews, W2 Newton Mews is shown on the 1900 map.

Newton Mews, W2

Newton Road, W2 William Kinnaird Jenkins laid out Newton Road in 1846.

Newton Road, W2

Oldbury House, W2 Oldbury House is a shopping parade along the Harrow Road with accommodation above, part of the Warwick Estate development.

Oldbury House, 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

Park Place Villas, W2 Park Place Villas is a street in Paddington.

Park Place Villas, 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

Pickering Mews, W2 Pickering Mews is a street in Paddington.

Pickering Mews, W2

Pickering Place, W2 Pickering Place eventually became the northern section of Queensway.

Pickering Place, W2

Pickering Terrace, W2 Pickering Terrace was later part of Porchester Road.

Pickering Terrace, W2

Polesworth House, W2 Polesworth House is a block on Alfred Road.

Polesworth House, W2

Porchester Road, W2 Porchester Road has existed under a series of names since at least the 1750s.

Porchester Road, 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

Princethorpe House, W2 Princethorpe House is a block on Woodchester Square.

Princethorpe House, W2

Ralph Court, W2 Ralph Court backed Peter’s Court in Porchester Road.

Ralph Court, W2

Ranelagh Bridge, W2 Ranelagh Bridge is a road in the W2 postcode area

Ranelagh Bridge, W2

Redan House, W2 Residential block

Redan House, W2

Rowington Close, W2 Rowington Close probably dates from 1962.

Rowington Close, W2

Senior Street, W2 Senior Street has a long history of over 150 years.

Senior Street, W2

Sheldon Square, W2 Sheldon Square is a street in Paddington.

Sheldon Square, W2

Swanleys, W2 Swanleys was built east of St Stephen’s Church in 1978.

Swanleys, 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

Torquay Street, W2 Torquay Street underwent name changes and building changes.

Torquay Street, W2

Trinity Court, W2 Trinity Court is a block on Gloucester Terrace.

Trinity Court, 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

Warwick Place, W9 Warwick Place is a street in Maida Vale.

Warwick Place, W9

Waverley Road, W2 Waverley Road, now gone, lasted just over a hundred years.

Waverley Road, W2

Westbourne Court, W2 Westbourne Court stood at the corner of Orsett Terrace and Westbourne Terrace by 1938.

Westbourne Court, W2

Westbourne Gardens, W2 Westbourne Gardens is a street in Paddington.

Westbourne Gardens, W2

Westbourne Grove Terrace, W2 Runs north from Westbourne Grove.

Westbourne Grove Terrace, W2

Westbourne Grove, W2 Westbourne Grove began its existence as a footpath.

Westbourne Grove, W2

Westbourne Park Road, W2 Houses at the Paddington end of Westbourne Park Road date from the 1850s.

Westbourne Park Road, W2

Westbourne Park Villas, W2 Westbourne Park Villas is a street in Paddington.

Westbourne Park Villas, 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 located in Little Venice that connects Blomfield Road in the north and Westbourne Bridge in the south.

Westbourne Terrace Road, W2

Westbourne Terrace, W2 Westbourne Terrace was an idea of George Gutch the builder.

Westbourne Terrace, W2

Westway, W2 At its opening, Westway was the largest continuous concrete structure in Britain.

Westway, W2

Wilmcote House, W2 Wilmcote House is sited on Woodchester Square.

Wilmcote House, W2

Woodchester Square, W2 Woodchester Square is a street in Paddington.

Woodchester Square, W2

Woodchester Street, W2 Woodchester Street disappeared from the map in 1961.

Woodchester Street, W2

Worcester House, W2 Worcester House is a block on Unnamed Road.

Worcester House, W2

NEARBY PUBS

Great Western The Great Western was a pub in Hampden Street.

Great Western

Royal Oak The Royal Oak pub gave its name to the nearby station.

Royal Oak

Spotted Dog The Spotted Dog public house was one of the earliest buildings in Westbourne Green.

Spotted Dog

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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.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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Notting Hill TUM image id: 1510169244 Licence: CC BY 2.0	This photo from 6 August 1857 shows guests at the wedding at Westbourne Lodge, Paddington (Royal Oak) The wedding was of Florence Augusta Saunders, daughter of Charles Saunders, first general secretary of the Great Western Railway, with the Reverend Frederick Manners Stopford. Isambard Kingdom Brunel was amongst the guests. During the wedding, both Brunel and Saunders were able to experience trains running beside the wedding party along the railway which they had built. TUM image id: 1556886976 Licence:	Mrs Siddons’ house at Westbourne Green c. 1800 TUM image id: 1557227342 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Bayswater Conduit in 1798. TUM image id: 1490459429 Licence: CC BY 2.0	A GWR 4073 Class locomotive waits to depart Paddington Station, adjacent to Brunel’s cast-iron Bishop’s Bridge road bridge, in April 1962. Credit: Wiki Commons/Ben Brooksbank TUM image id: 1611679064 Licence:
The Royal Oak pub in Bayswater gave its name to the nearby station TUM image id: 1621895594 Licence:	Bayswater Road TUM image id: 1552860722 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Bourne Terrace - taken from Torquay Street. On the corner of Bourne Terrace is Saws Ltd at number 264 along with various blocks which no longer exist. Credit: Bernard Selwwyn TUM image id: 1483796732 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Chilworth Street, W2 TUM image id: 1483806751 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Junction of Cirencester Street, W2 Cirencester Street was curtailed when the post-war Warwick Estate was built TUM image id: 1620671975 Licence:
Lord Hills Road at the junction with Senior Street Credit: Historic England TUM image id: 1588433441 Licence:	Ossington Street, W2 (2012) Credit: Geograph/Jaggery TUM image id: 1683720228 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Sutherland Avenue, W9 TUM image id: 1453139016 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Waiting for the number 6 bus in Shirland Road, Maida Vale, W9 #stpeterspark TUM image id: 1635591800 Licence:	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. Credit: Stephen Bone TUM image id: 1678891129 Licence:

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This photo from 6 August 1857 shows guests at the wedding at Westbourne Lodge, Paddington (Royal Oak) The wedding was of Florence Augusta Saunders, daughter of Charles Saunders, first general secretary of the Great Western Railway, with the Reverend Frederick Manners Stopford. Isambard Kingdom Brunel was amongst the guests. During the wedding, both Brunel and Saunders were able to experience trains running beside the wedding party along the railway which they had built.
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Mrs Siddons’ house at Westbourne Green c. 1800
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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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The Royal Oak pub in Bayswater gave its name to the nearby station
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Bourne Terrace - taken from Torquay Street. On the corner of Bourne Terrace is Saws Ltd at number 264 along with various blocks which no longer exist.
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Chilworth Street, W2
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Junction of Cirencester Street, W2 Cirencester Street was curtailed when the post-war Warwick Estate was built
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Lord Hills Road at the junction with Senior Street
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Sutherland Avenue, W9
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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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