Playford Road, N4

Playford Road was built in 1869/1870.

Playford Road (1950)
Credit: Hulton-Deutsch Collection

Playford Road was originally Palmerston Road and name after Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, (1784-1865), Prime Minister, February 1855 to February 1858 and from 1859 to November 1865.

However Playford Road itself commemorates John Playford (1623-86) who had a 20 roomed house in Islington High Street. His wife kept a
boarding school for young ladies, opposite to the parish church. His son was baptised there on 6 October 1665. In 1650-1 appeared his ’The English Dancing Master, or Plaine and Easie Rules for the Dancing of Country Dances, with the Time to Each Dance’. This work ran to no less than 18 editions up to 1725.

Clifton Court was built in Playford Road during 1968.

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NEARBY STREETS

Alexandra Buildings, N4 Alexandra Buildings is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Alexandra Buildings, N4

Allerton Walk, N7 Allerton Walk is a 1970s development (Finsbury Park)

Allerton Walk, N7

Almington Street, N4 Almington Street is a road in the N4 postcode area (Finsbury Park)

Almington Street, N4

Alsen Cottages, N7 Alsen Cottages was situated on Alsen Road (Finsbury Park)

Alsen Cottages, N7

Alsen Place, N7 Alsen Place existed between 1851 and 1972 (Finsbury Park)

Alsen Place, N7

Alsen Road, N7 Alsen Road, which existed between 1851 and 1972 crossed the still-extant Andover Road (Finsbury Park)

Alsen Road, N7

Andover Gardens, N7 Andover Gardens was originally a side street of Andover Road (Finsbury Park)

Andover Gardens, N7

Andover House, N7 Andover House dates from 1938 (Finsbury Park)

Andover House, N7

Andover Road, N7 Andover Road is a street with history (Finsbury Park)

Andover Road, N7

Andover Street, N7 Until the 1970s, Andover Street was a cul-de-sac off Andover Road (Finsbury Park)

Andover Street, N7

Athelstane Mews, N4 Athelstane Mews is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Stroud Green)

Athelstane Mews, N4

Barmouth House, N7 Barmouth House is a residential block along Andover Road (Finsbury Park)

Barmouth House, N7

Berkeley Walk, N7 Berkeley Walk is the northernmost walkway on the Andover Estate (Finsbury Park)

Berkeley Walk, N7

Besant Walk, N7 Besant Walk leads up to Didbin House (Finsbury Park)

Besant Walk, N7

Biggerstaff Street, N4 Biggerstaff Street is a road in the N4 postcode area (Finsbury Park)

Biggerstaff Street, N4

Birnam Road, N7 Birnam Road is a crescent off of Tollington Park (Finsbury Park)

Birnam Road, N7

Bolton Walk, N7 Bolton Walk skirts Thistlewood Close and Durham Road (Finsbury Park)

Bolton Walk, N7

Briset Way, N7 Briset Way was a road constructed as part of the Andover Estate (Finsbury Park)

Briset Way, N7

Campbell Road, N4 Campbell Road, or "The Bunk" - was known as the worst street in London (Finsbury Park)

Campbell Road, N4

Carew Close, N7 Carew Close runs off Durham Road (Finsbury Park)

Carew Close, N7

Carville Street, N4 Carville Street is a 1970s incarnation of a demolished street of the same name (Finsbury Park)

Carville Street, N4

Carville Street, N7 Carville Street (Marylebone Street) was a short cul-de-sac, built in the 1850s (Finsbury Park)

Carville Street, N7

Chard House, N7 Chard House is one of a series of 1930s residential blocks (Finsbury Park)

Chard House, N7

Charter Court Stroud Green Road, N4 Charter Court Stroud Green Road is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Stroud Green)

Charter Court Stroud Green Road, N4

Charteris Road, N4 Charteris Road is a road in the N4 postcode area (Finsbury Park)

Charteris Road, N4

City North Place, N4 City North Place is a location in London (Finsbury Park)

City North Place, N4

Clifton Court, N4 Clifton Court can be found on Biggerstaff Street (Finsbury Park)

Clifton Court, N4

Clifton House, N4 Clifton House is a location in London (Finsbury Park)

Clifton House, N4

Clifton Terrace, N4 Clifton Terrace is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Clifton Terrace, N4

Clyro Court, N4 Clyro Court is a block on Tollington Park (Finsbury Park)

Clyro Court, N4

Coleridge Road, N7 Coleridge Road is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Coleridge Road, N7

Corbyn Street, N4 Corbyn Street is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Corbyn Street, N4

Corker Walk, N7 Corker Walk runs between blocks of the Andover Estate (Finsbury Park)

Corker Walk, N7

Cotman House, N4 Cotman House is a block on Hanley Road (Finsbury Park)

Cotman House, N4

Dibdin House, N7 Dibdin House is a block on Briset Way (Finsbury Park)

Dibdin House, N7

Didbin House, N7 The 10-storey Didbin House contains 61 flats (Finsbury Park)

Didbin House, N7

Docura House, N7 Docura House is on the Andover Estate (Finsbury Park)

Docura House, N7

Dulas Street, N4 Dulas Street is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Dulas Street, N4

Durham Road, N7 Durham Road, dating from the 1850s, is the eastern edge of the modern Andover Estate (Finsbury Park)

Durham Road, N7

Eagle House, N7 Eagle House is located on Windsor Road (Finsbury Park)

Eagle House, N7

Elaine House, N4 Elaine House can be found on Thorpedale Road (Finsbury Park)

Elaine House, N4

Ennis Road, N4 Ennis Road is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Stroud Green)

Ennis Road, N4

Evershot Road, N4 Evershot Road is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Evershot Road, N4

Falconer Walk, N7 Falconer Walk is a 1972-built pathway (Finsbury Park)

Falconer Walk, N7

Fonthill Mews, N4 Fonthill Mews is a location in London (Finsbury Park)

Fonthill Mews, N4

Fonthill Road, N4 Fonthill Road is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Fonthill Road, N4

Gainsborough House, N4 Gainsborough House is a block on Thorpedale Road (Finsbury Park)

Gainsborough House, N4

Goodwin Street, N4 Goodwin Street is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Goodwin Street, N4

Haden Court, N4 Haden Court is a block on Haden Court (Finsbury Park)

Haden Court, N4

Hamner Walk, N7 Hamner Walk leads off Newington Barrow Way (Finsbury Park)

Hamner Walk, N7

Hanley Road, N4 Hanley Road is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Hanley Road, N4

Hatley Road, N4 Hatley Road is a road in the N7 postcode area (Finsbury Park)

Hatley Road, N4

Heather Close, N7 Heather Close may date from 2009 (Finsbury Park)

Heather Close, N7

Honeyfield, N4 Honeyfield is one of eight blocks on the 1960s estate known as Six Acres (Finsbury Park)

Honeyfield, N4

Lazar Walk, N7 Lazar Walk runs off Briset Way (Finsbury Park)

Lazar Walk, N7

Leeds Place, N4 Leeds Place is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Leeds Place, N4

Lennox Road, N4 Lennox Road is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Lennox Road, N4

Lenton Terrace, N4 Lenton Terrace is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Lenton Terrace, N4

Marriott Road, N4 Marriott Road is a road in the N4 postcode area (Finsbury Park)

Marriott Road, N4

Medina Grove, N7 Medina Grove (Market Yard Mews) is off Medina Road (Finsbury Park)

Medina Grove, N7

Methley House, N7 Methley House is a late 1930s block of flats on Andover Road (Finsbury Park)

Methley House, N7

Mingard Walk, N7 Mingard Walk is a major walkway through the Andover Estate (Finsbury Park)

Mingard Walk, N7

Montem Street, N4 Montem Street is a road in the N4 postcode area (Finsbury Park)

Montem Street, N4

Moray Mews, N7 Moray Mews is one of the streets of London in the N7 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Moray Mews, N7

Moray Road, N7 Moray Road dates from the 1860s (Finsbury Park)

Moray Road, N7

Morris Place, N4 Morris Place is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Morris Place, N4

Mountview House, N4 Mountview House is a block on Lennox Mews (Finsbury Park)

Mountview House, N4

Newington Barrow Way, N7 Newington Barrow Way curves through the Andover Estate (Finsbury Park)

Newington Barrow Way, N7

Noll House, N7 Noll House was named after an architect. (Finsbury Park)

Noll House, N7

Perth Road, N4 Perth Road is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Stroud Green)

Perth Road, N4

Pine Grove, N4 Pine Grove is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Upper Holloway)

Pine Grove, N4

Playford Road, N4 Playford Road was built in 1869/1870 (Finsbury Park)

Playford Road, N4

Pooles Park, N4 Pooles Park is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Pooles Park, N4

Prah Road, N4 This is a street in the N4 postcode area (Finsbury Park)

Prah Road, N4

Rainford House, N7 Rainford House is situated on Andover Road (Finsbury Park)

Rainford House, N7

Ray Walk, N7 Ray Walk runs off Andover Road (Finsbury Park)

Ray Walk, N7

Roads Place, N4 Roads Place is one of the streets of London in the N19 postal area (Upper Holloway)

Roads Place, N4

Rock Street, N4 Rock Street is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Rock Street, N4

Searle Place, N4 Searle Place is a location in London (Finsbury Park)

Searle Place, N4

Selden Walk, N7 Selden Walk is a named walkway on the Andover Estate (Finsbury Park)

Selden Walk, N7

Sonderburg Road, N7 Sonderburg Road, dating from 1851, is one of the few local roads to survive the arrival of the Andover Estate (Finsbury Park)

Sonderburg Road, N7

St Marks Villas, N7 St Marks Villas is on Moray Road (Finsbury Park)

St Marks Villas, N7

St Thomas’s Road, N4 Saint Thomas’s Road runs between Highbury and Finsbury Park (Finsbury Park)

St Thomas’s Road, N4

Station Place, N4 Station Place is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Station Place, N4

Stonenest Street, N4 This is a street in the N4 postcode area (Finsbury Park)

Stonenest Street, N4

Stroud Green Road, N4 Stroud Green Road is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Stroud Green Road, N4

Stubbs House, N19 Stubbs House can be found on Corbyn Street (Finsbury Park)

Stubbs House, N19

Thistlewood Close, N7 Thistlewood Close, off Durham Road, leads to a pathway to Andover Road (Finsbury Park)

Thistlewood Close, N7

Thorpedale Road, N4 Thorpedale Road is a road in the N4 postcode area (Finsbury Park)

Thorpedale Road, N4

Tiltman Place, N7 The Tiltman Place name appears to be a 2009 coining (Finsbury Park)

Tiltman Place, N7

Todds Walk, N7 Todds Walk dates from the early 1970s (Finsbury Park)

Todds Walk, N7

Tollington Court, N4 Tollington Court can be found on Tollington Place (Finsbury Park)

Tollington Court, N4

Tollington Park, N7 Tollington Park is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Tollington Park, N7

Tollington Place, N4 Tollington Place is a road in the N4 postcode area (Finsbury Park)

Tollington Place, N4

Tomlins Walk, N7 Tomlins Walk lies off Briset Way (Finsbury Park)

Tomlins Walk, N7

Turle Road, N4 Turle Road is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Turle Road, N4

Turlewray Close, N4 Turlewray Close is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Turlewray Close, N4

Victor Road, N7 Victor Road was laid out by the St Pancras, Marylebone and Paddington Freehold Land Society in the early 1860s (Finsbury Park)

Victor Road, N7

Vista House, N4 Vista House is located on Stroud Green Road (Finsbury Park)

Vista House, N4

Wells Terrace, N4 Wells Terrace is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Wells Terrace, N4

Wesley Close, N7 Wesley Close is a cul-de-sac leading to Docura House (Finsbury Park)

Wesley Close, N7

Whadcoat Street, N4 Campbell Road was renamed Whadcoat Street in 1938 (Finsbury Park)

Whadcoat Street, N4

Woodbridge Close, N7 Woodbridge Close leads off Durham Road (Finsbury Park)

Woodbridge Close, N7

Woodfall Road, N4 Woodfall Road is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Woodfall Road, N4

Woodstock Road, N4 Woodstock Road is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Stroud Green)

Woodstock Road, N4

Wray Court, N4 Wray Court is a block on Tollington Place (Finsbury Park)

Wray Court, N4

Wray Crescent, N4 Wray Crescent is one of the streets of London in the N4 postal area (Finsbury Park)

Wray Crescent, N4

Yeovil House, N7 Yeovil House is the westernmost of six 1930s blocks named after railway junctions (Finsbury Park)

Yeovil House, N7

Yonge Park, N7 Roth Walk is a meandering walkway skirting Durham Road and Carew Close (Finsbury Park)

Yonge Park, N7

Yonge Park, N7 Yonge Park is a road in the N7 postcode area (Finsbury Park)

Yonge Park, N7

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