Gloucester Gardens, W2

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Road · Paddington · W2 ·
July
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2017

Gloucester Gardens is a road in the W2 postcode area





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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.

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Lived here
Brenda Jackson   
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,

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The Underground Map   
Added: 8 Mar 2021 14:30 GMT   

Kilburn Park - opened 1915
Kilburn Park station was opened at the height of the First World War

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PETER FAIRCLOUGH   
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

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David Jones-Parry   
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.

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Robert Burns   
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.

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The Underground Map   
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.

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charlie evans   
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

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Ron Shepherd   
Added: 18 Sep 2021 17:28 GMT   

More Wisdom
Norman Joseph Wisdom was born in St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, West London.

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ANON   
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)

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Albert Mews
It is not a gargoyle over the entrance arch to Albert Mews, it is a likeness of Prince Albert himself.

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Loraine Brocklehurst    
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.

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Jen Williams   
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.

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sofia   
Added: 19 May 2023 08:57 GMT   

43 MELLITUS STREET
43 MELLITUS STREET

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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.

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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.

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Sandra Field   
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.

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Sue Germain   
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.

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David Gleeson   
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.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
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
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.
Paddington
Queen’s Cinema This cinema was situated at the top of Queensway, on the corner of Bishop’s Bridge Road.
Queen’s Cinema
Red Lion Bridge Harrow Road once spanned the River Westbourne at this point.
Red Lion Bridge
River Westbourne The Westbourne is one of the lost rivers of London.
River Westbourne
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
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
Whiteley’s Whiteley’s, pictured here in the 1920s, was designated a Grade II Listed Building in 1970.
Whiteley’s

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
Arthur Court, W2 Arthur Court is at the north-west end of Queensway.
Arthur Court, W2
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 Villas, W2 Blomfield Villas is a road in the W2 postcode area
Blomfield Villas, 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
Brook Mews North, W2 Brook Mews North is a through road between Craven Terrace and Craven Hill.
Brook Mews North, W2
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
Canalside Walk, W2 Canalside Walk is a location in London.
Canalside Walk, W2
Capital House, W2 Capital House is located on Craven Road.
Capital House, W2
Celbridge Mews, W2 Celbridge Mews is a street in Paddington.
Celbridge Mews, W2
Cervantes Court, W2 Cervantes Court is sited on Inverness Terrace.
Cervantes Court, W2
Chilworth Court, W2 Chilworth Court is a block on Gloucester Terrace.
Chilworth Court, W2
Chilworth Mews, W2 Chilworth Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area
Chilworth Mews, W2
Chilworth Street, W2 Chilworth Street, originally called Charles Street, is an east-west street in W2.
Chilworth Street, W2
Cleveland Court, W2 Cleveland Court is a block on Leinster Gardens.
Cleveland Court, W2
Cleveland Gardens, W2 Cleveland Gardens is a short stretch of road behind Cleveland Square.
Cleveland Gardens, W2
Cleveland Square, W2 Cleveland Square is a notable square in Paddington.
Cleveland Square, W2
Cleveland Terrace, W2 Cleveland Terrace is a street in Paddington.
Cleveland Terrace, W2
Cloucester Mews West, W2 Cloucester Mews West is a road in the W2 postcode area
Cloucester Mews West, W2
Compass House, W2 Compass House is a block on Redan Place.
Compass House, W2
Craven Court, W2 Craven Court is a block on Craven Road.
Craven Court, W2
Craven Road, W2 The Earl of Craven owned the land on which the road was later built.
Craven Road, W2
Devonshire Court, W2 Devonshire Court is a building on Gloucester Terrace.
Devonshire Court, W2
Devonshire Terrace, W2 Devonshire Terrace is a street in Paddington.
Devonshire Terrace, W2
Dudley Street, W2 Dudley Street is a road in the W2 postcode area
Dudley Street, W2
Eastbourne Mews, W2 Eastbourne Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area
Eastbourne Mews, W2
Eastbourne Terrace, W2 Eastbourne Terrace is a street in Paddington.
Eastbourne Terrace, 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
Garway Road, W2 Garway Road is a street in Paddington.
Garway Road, W2
Gaydon House, W2 Gaydon House is a 21-storey block containing 125 dwellings.
Gaydon House, W2
Gloucester Mews, W2 Gloucester Mews is a street in Paddington.
Gloucester Mews, W2
Gloucester Terrace, W2 Gloucester Terrace is an 1850s development.
Gloucester Terrace, 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
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
Inverness Terrace, W2 Inverness Terrace is a street in Paddington.
Inverness Terrace, W2
John Aird Court, W2 John Aird Court can be found on John Aird Court.
John Aird Court, W2
Kensington Gardens Square, W2 Kensington Gardens Square is a street in Paddington.
Kensington Gardens Square, W2
Kingdom Street, W2 Kingdom Street is a road in the W2 postcode area
Kingdom Street, W2
Leinster Gardens, W2 Leinster Gardens began its life in the early 1840s.
Leinster Gardens, W2
Leinster Square, W2 Leinster Square, along with Prince’s Square, was begun in 1856 and finished in 1864
Leinster Square, W2
Macmillan House, W2 Residential block
Macmillan House, 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
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
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
Porchester Gardens Mews, W2 Porchester Gardens Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area
Porchester Gardens Mews, W2
Porchester Gardens, W2 Porchester Gardens is a street in Paddington.
Porchester Gardens, 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
Princes Square, W2 Princes Square is a street in Paddington.
Princes Square, W2
Queen’s Gardens, W2 This is a street in the W2 postcode area
Queen’s Gardens, W2
Queens Gardens, W2 Queens Gardens is a street in Paddington.
Queens Gardens, W2
Queens Mews, W2 Queens Mews is a street in Paddington.
Queens Mews, W2
Queensborough Studios, W2 Queensborough Studios is a road in the W2 postcode area
Queensborough Studios, 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
Reading House, W2 Reading House is a building on Hallfield Estate.
Reading House, W2
Redan House, W2 Residential block
Redan House, W2
Redan Place, W2 Redan Place is a street in Paddington.
Redan Place, W2
Robert Crosbie House, W2 Robert Crosbie House is sited on Queen’s Gardens.
Robert Crosbie House, W2
Sheldon Square, W2 Sheldon Square is a street in Paddington.
Sheldon Square, W2
Sitia House, W2 Sitia House is a block on Devonshire Terrace.
Sitia House, W2
Smallbrook Mews, W2 Smallbrook Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area
Smallbrook Mews, W2
St James’s Court, W2 St James’s Court is a block on Gloucester Terrace.
St James’s Court, W2
Swanleys, W2 Swanleys was built east of St Stephen’s Church in 1978.
Swanleys, W2
Swinton House, W2 Swinton House is a block on Gloucester Terrace.
Swinton House, 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 Whiteleys Centre, W2 The Whiteleys Centre is the former site of the Whiteleys department store.
The Whiteleys Centre, W2
Thyateira House, W2 Thyateira House is a block on Craven Hill.
Thyateira 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
Upbrook Mews, W2 Upbrook Mews is built on top of the former Westbourne River.
Upbrook Mews, W2
Warwick Crescent, W2 Warwick Crescent lies along a southern edge of the Little Venice Pool.
Warwick Crescent, 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 in Paddington.
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
Worcester House, W2 Worcester House is a block on Unnamed Road.
Worcester House, W2

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


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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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The Bayswater Conduit in 1798.
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Bayswater Road
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Chilworth Street, W2
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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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The Bayswater Conduit in 1798.
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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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Bayswater Road
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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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Lord Hills Road at the junction with Senior Street
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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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