Carter Place, SE17

Carter Place is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Much of Dickens’ Great Expections was set in Walworth.
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

DavidA Grange Court, SE5 Added: 11 Aug 2023 13:03 GMT	Grange Court, SE5 A conveyance from The British Land Company to (sisters?) Emma and Mary Anne Crawley ... presumably the first development on this site. Reply
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
Richard Lake De Laune Street, SE17 Added: 28 Sep 2022 09:37 GMT	Trade Union Official John William Lake snr moved with his family to 22 De Laune Street in 1936. He was the London Branch Secretary for the Street Masons, Paviours and Road Makers Union. He had previously lived in Orange St now Copperfield St Southwark but had been forced to move because the landlord didn’t like him working from home and said it broke his lease. John William snr died in 1940. His son John William Lake jnr also became a stone mason and at the end of World War two he was responsible for the engraving of the dates of WW2 onto the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Reply
Admin Tower Bridge, SE1 Added: 26 Aug 2022 15:19 GMT	Bus makes a leap A number 78 double-decker bus driven by Albert Gunter was forced to jump an accidentally opening Tower Bridge. He was awarded a £10 bonus. Reply
DavidA Grange Court, SE5 Added: 11 Aug 2023 11:31 GMT	Grange Court, SE5 A 1960s redevelopment of the spacious 101 Talfourd Road (there doesn’t seem to have been a 103 in spite of title deeds) Reply
Johna216 Fielding Street, SE17 Added: 9 Aug 2017 16:26 GMT	Thanks! I have recently started a web site, the info you provide on this site has helped me greatly. Thank you for all of your time & work. There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail. by Erich Fromm. eeggefeceefb Reply
Johnshort Hurley Road, SE11 Added: 7 Oct 2017 21:07 GMT	Hurley Road, SE11 There were stables in the road mid way - also Danny reading had a coal delivery lorry. 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
Talbot Yard, SE1 Added: 27 Jul 2021 14:31 GMT	correction Chaucer did not write Pilgrims Progress. His stories were called the Canterbury Tales 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
[email protected] Wren Road, SE5 Added: 6 Jul 2021 05:38 GMT	Wren Road in the 1950s and 60s Living in Grove Lane I knew Wren Road; my grandfather’s bank, Lloyds, was on the corner; the Scout District had their office in the Congregational Church and the entrance to the back of the Police station with the stables and horses was off it. Now very changed - smile. Reply
All bar one Added: 3 Jun 2021 15:50 GMT	All Bar One The capitalisation is wrong Reply
Jonathan Cocking Tower Bridge, SE1 Added: 30 Aug 2022 13:38 GMT	Tower Bridge, SE1 The driver subsequently married his clippie (conductress). Reply
Peter Gambia Street, SE1 Added: 4 Dec 2023 07:05 GMT	Gambia Street, SE1 Gambia Street was previously known as William Street. Reply
DavidA Grange Court, SE5 Added: 11 Aug 2023 11:27 GMT	Grange Court, SE5 Actually SE15 (SE15 5PB) as marker is across the road. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Matthew Proctor Blackheath Grove, SE3 Added: 7 Dec 2023 17:36 GMT	Blackheath Grove, SE3 Road was originally known as The Avenue, then became "The Grove" in 1942. From 1864 there was Blackheath Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on this street until it was destroyed by a V2 in 1944 Reply
Peter Gambia Street, SE1 Added: 4 Dec 2023 07:05 GMT	Gambia Street, SE1 Gambia Street was previously known as William Street. Reply
Eileen Brecknock Road, N7 Added: 10 Nov 2023 09:42 GMT	Brecknock Road Pleating Company My great grandparents ran the Brecknock Road pleating Company around 1910 to 1920 and my Grandmother worked there as a pleater until she was 16. I should like to know more about this. I know they had a beautiful Victorian house in Islington as I have photos of it & of them in their garden. Source: Family history Reply
Squirrel’s Lane, IG9 Added: 6 Nov 2023 16:59 GMT	061123 Why do Thames Water not collect the 15 . Three meter lengths of blue plastic fencing, and old pipes etc. They left here for the last TWO Years, these cause an obstruction,as they halfway lying in the road,as no footpath down this road, and the cars going and exiting the park are getting damaged, also the public are in Grave Danger when trying to avoid your rubbish and the danger of your fences. Source: Squirrels Lane. Buckhurst Hill, Essex. IG9. I want some action ,now, not Excuses.MK. Reply
Christian Cornwall Road, W11 Added: 31 Oct 2023 10:34 GMT	Cornwall Road, W11 Photo shows William Richard Hoare’s chemist shop at 121 Cornwall Road. Reply
Vik Oaks Road, TW6 Added: 30 Oct 2023 18:48 GMT	Old pub sign from the Rising Sun Hi I have no connection to the area except that for the last 30+ years we’ve had an old pub sign hanging on our kitchen wall from the Rising Sun, Stanwell, which I believe was / is on the Oaks Rd. Happy to upload a photo if anyone can tell me how or where to do that! Reply
Phillip Martin Ashburnham Place, SE10 Added: 16 Oct 2023 06:25 GMT	16 Ashburnham Road On 15 October 1874 George Frederick Martin was born in 16 Ashburnham Road Greenwich to George Henry Martin, a painter, and Mary Martin, formerly Southern. Reply
Christine Bithrey Holly Park, N4 Added: 15 Oct 2023 15:20 GMT	The Hollies (1860 - 1900) I lived in Holly Park Estate from 1969 I was 8 years old when we moved in until I left to get married, my mother still lives there now 84. I am wondering if there was ever a cemetery within The Hollies? And if so where? Was it near to the Blythwood Road end or much nearer to the old Methodist Church which is still standing although rather old looking. We spent most of our childhood playing along the old dis-used railway that run directly along Blythwood Road and opposite Holly Park Estate - top end which is where we live/ed. We now walk my mothers dog there twice a day. An elderly gentleman once told me when I was a child that there used to be a cemetery but I am not sure if he was trying to scare us children! I only thought about this recently when walking past the old Methodist Church and seeing the flag stone in the side of the wall with the inscription of when it was built late 1880 If anyone has any answers please email me [email protected] Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Aylesbury Estate, SE17 The Aylesbury Estate is a vast housing development in Walworth.

Aylesbury Estate, SE17

East Street Market East Street Market (sometimes known locally as ’The Lane’ or ’East Lane’) is a street market in Walworth.

East Street Market

NEARBY STREETS

Alberta Street, SE17 Alberta Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Alberta Street, SE17

Alpha Square, SE17 Part of Alpha Street was given the name Alpha Square in 1939.

Alpha Square, SE17

Alpha Street, SE17 Alpha Street is an old Walworth Street.

Alpha Street, SE17

Ambergate Street, SE17 Ambergate Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Ambergate Street, SE17

Amelia Street, SE17 Amelia Street originally consisted of late 19th century tenement blocks built by James Pullen, a local builder, between 1886 and 1901.

Amelia Street, SE17

Angle Street, SE17 The former Cross Street was given the name Angle Street in 1868.

Angle Street, SE17

Arklow House, SE5 Arklow House can be found on Albany Road.

Arklow House, SE5

Arnside Street, SE17 Arnside Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Arnside Street, SE17

Ashenden House, SE17 Residential block

Ashenden House, SE17

Asolando Drive, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Asolando Drive, SE17

Aycliffe House, SE17 Aycliffe House is a block on Portland Street.

Aycliffe House, SE17

Baillie House, SE17 Baillie House is a block on Horsley Street.

Baillie House, SE17

Balmoral Court, SE17 Balmoral Court is a building on Merrow Street.

Balmoral Court, SE17

Barrett House, SE17 Barrett House is a block on Browning Street.

Barrett House, SE17

Ben Ezra Court, SE17 Ben Ezra Court is a block on Asolando Drive.

Ben Ezra Court, SE17

Berryfield Road, SE17 Berryfield Road was created in 1877 but was Sturge Road for a couple of years until 1879.

Berryfield Road, SE17

Blackwood Avenue, SE17 Blackwood Avenue is a road in the N18 postcode area

Blackwood Avenue, SE17

Blackwood Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Blackwood Street, SE17

Borrett Close, SE17 Borrett Close is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Borrett Close, SE17

Boundary Lane, SE5 Boundary Lane is a road in the SE5 postcode area

Boundary Lane, SE5

Boyson Road, SE17 Boyson Road is a location in London.

Boyson Road, SE17

Boyson Road, SE5 Boyson Road is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Boyson Road, SE5

Bradenham Close, SE17 Bradenham Close is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Bradenham Close, SE17

Braganza Street, SE17 Braganza Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Braganza Street, SE17

Brettell Street, SE17 Brettell Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Brettell Street, SE17

Bronti Close, SE17 Bronti Close is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Bronti Close, SE17

Browning Street, SE17 Browning Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Browning Street, SE17

Burton Grove, SE17 Burton Grove is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Burton Grove, SE17

Cadiz Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Cadiz Street, SE17

Camberwell Road, SE17 Camberwell Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Camberwell Road, SE17

Canterbury Place, SE17 Canterbury Place is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Canterbury Place, SE17

Carter Street, SE17 Carter Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Carter Street, SE17

Castle Industrial Estate, SE17 Commercial area

Castle Industrial Estate, SE17

Chapter Road, SE17 Chapter Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Chapter Road, SE17

Clarence House, SE17 Clarence House is sited on Merrow Street.

Clarence House, SE17

Coleridge House, SE17 Coleridge House is a block on Browning Street.

Coleridge House, SE17

Colworth Grove, SE17 Colworth Grove is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Colworth Grove, SE17

Cook’s Road, SE17 Cook’s Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Cook’s Road, SE17

Cotham Street, SE17 Cotham Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Cotham Street, SE17

Cowper House, SE17 Cowper House is a block on Browning Street.

Cowper House, SE17

Crampton Street, SE17 Crampton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Crampton Street, SE17

Curtis House, SE17 Curtis House is a block on Morecambe Street.

Curtis House, SE17

Dartford Street, SE17 Dartford Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Dartford Street, SE17

Date Street, SE17 Date Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Date Street, SE17

Dawes House, SE17 Dawes House can be found on Rodney Road.

Dawes House, SE17

Dawes Street, SE17 James Arthur Dawes was the first Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark.

Dawes Street, SE17

Dean’s Buildings, SE17 Dean’s Buildings is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Dean’s Buildings, SE17

Delverton House, SE17 Delverton House is sited on Delverton Road.

Delverton House, SE17

Delverton Road, SE17 Delverton Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Delverton Road, SE17

Doddington Grove, SE17 Doddington Grove is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Doddington Grove, SE17

Draco Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Draco Street, SE17

East Street, SE17 East Street, famous for its market, is likely to have been the birthplace of Charlie Chaplin, although no birth certificate exists.

East Street, SE17

Ellis House, SE17 Ellis House is a block on Brandon Street.

Ellis House, SE17

Eltham Street, SE17 Eltham Street was once part of the most densely populated part of London with no open space at all and counting 249 people per acre in St Johns Ward.

Eltham Street, SE17

Empress Street, SE17 Empress Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Empress Street, SE17

Ethel Street, SE17 Ethel Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Ethel Street, SE17

Everett House, SE17 Everett House is a block on East Street.

Everett House, SE17

Fielding Street, SE17 Fielding Street runs west from Walworth Road.

Fielding Street, SE17

Fleming Road, SE17 Fleming Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Fleming Road, SE17

Forsyth Gardens, SE17 Forsyth Gardens is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Forsyth Gardens, SE17

Frederick Road, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Frederick Road, SE17

Gateway, SE17 Gateway is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Gateway, SE17

Gower House, SE17 Gower House is a block on Morecambe Street.

Gower House, SE17

Gray House, SE17 Gray House is located on King and Queen Street.

Gray House, SE17

Greig Terrace, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Greig Terrace, SE17

Harding Close, SE5 Harding Close is in Camberwell

Harding Close, SE5

Harrison House, SE17 Harrison House is a block on Brandon Street.

Harrison House, SE17

Horsley Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Horsley Street, SE17

Iliffe Street, SE17 Iliffe Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Iliffe Street, SE17

Iliffe Yard, SE17 Iliffe Yard is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Iliffe Yard, SE17

John Crane Street, SE5 A street within the SE17 postcode

John Crane Street, SE5

Kiebs Way, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Kiebs Way, SE17

King & Queen Street, SE17 King & Queen Street is a location in London.

King & Queen Street, SE17

King and Queen Street, SE17 King and Queen Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

King and Queen Street, SE17

King George IV Court, SE17 King George IV Court is a block on Dawes Street.

King George IV Court, SE17

King Queen Street, SE17 King Queen Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

King Queen Street, SE17

Langdale Close, SE17 Langdale Close is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Langdale Close, SE17

Laugan Walk, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Laugan Walk, SE17

Lees House, SE17 Lees House is located on Inville Road.

Lees House, SE17

Liverpool Grove, SE17 Liverpool Grove was an idea of the Eccleciastical Commissioners of England.

Liverpool Grove, SE17

Lorrimore Road, SE17 Lorrimore Road is a very old Walworth road.

Lorrimore Road, SE17

Lorrimore Square, SE17 Lorrimore Square is a 1.5-acre garden square.

Lorrimore Square, SE17

Lytham Street, SE17 Lytham Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Lytham Street, SE17

Macleod Street, SE17 Macleod Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Macleod Street, SE17

Manor Place, SE17 Manor Place is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Manor Place, SE17

Manor Place, SE17 Manor Place is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Manor Place, SE17

Marble House, SE5 Marble House is a block on Grosvenor Terrace.

Marble House, SE5

Marnock House, SE17 Marnock House is a block on Brandon Street.

Marnock House, SE17

Marshall House, SE17 Marshall House is a block on East Street.

Marshall House, SE17

Marsland Close, SE17 Marsland Close is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Marsland Close, SE17

Martara Mews, SE17 Martara Mews is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Martara Mews, SE17

Matara Mews, SE17 Matara Mews is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Matara Mews, SE17

Merrow Street, SE17 Merrow Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Merrow Street, SE17

Missenden, SE17 Missenden is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Missenden, SE17

Morecambe Street, SE17 Morecambe Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Morecambe Street, SE17

Newbolt House, SE17 Newbolt House is a block on Brandon Street.

Newbolt House, SE17

Newington Industrial Estate, SE17 Newington Industrial Estate lies in SE17.

Newington Industrial Estate, SE17

Nicholson House, SE17 Nicholson House was built as one of the first blocks of the Browning Estate.

Nicholson House, SE17

Northchurch, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Northchurch, SE17

Occupation Road, SE17 Occupation Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Occupation Road, SE17

Olney Road, SE17 The original line of Olney Road now runs from Draco Street to Heiron Street.

Olney Road, SE17

Olney Road, SE17 There are both old and new versions of Olney Road in the area.

Olney Road, SE17

Olney Street, SE17 Olney Street formerly ran along part of the line of Fielding Street.

Olney Street, SE17

Orb Street, SE17 Orb Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Orb Street, SE17

Pasley Close, SE17 Pasley Close is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Pasley Close, SE17

Paxton House, SE17 Paxton House is a block on Morecambe Street.

Paxton House, SE17

Peacock Street, SE17 Peacock Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Peacock Street, SE17

Peacock Yard, SE17 Peacock Yard is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Peacock Yard, SE17

Pelier Street, SE17 Pelier Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Pelier Street, SE17

Penrose Grove, SE17 Penrose Grove is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Penrose Grove, SE17

Penrose Street, SE17 Penrose Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Penrose Street, SE17

Penton Place, SE11 Penton Place is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Penton Place, SE11

Penton Place, SE17 Penton Place is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Penton Place, SE17

Phelp Street, SE17 Phelp Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Phelp Street, SE17

Phelps Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Phelps Street, SE17

Pilton Place, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Pilton Place, SE17

Portland Street, SE17 Portland Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Portland Street, SE17

Pullens Buildings, SE17 Pullens Buildings is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Pullens Buildings, SE17

Queens House, SE17 Queens House is a block on Merrow Street.

Queens House, SE17

Queens Row, SE17 Queens Row is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Queens Row, SE17

Red Lion Close, SE17 Red Lion Close is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Red Lion Close, SE17

Red Lion Row, SE17 A street within the SE5 postcode

Red Lion Row, SE17

Richmond House, SE17 Richmond House is a block on East Street.

Richmond House, SE17

Robert Dashwood Way, SE17 Robert Dashwood Way is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Robert Dashwood Way, SE17

Roland Way, SE17 Roland Way is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Roland Way, SE17

Saltwood Grove, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Saltwood Grove, SE17

Shelley House, SE17 Shelley House is a building on Browning Street.

Shelley House, SE17

Slade Walk, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Slade Walk, SE17

Soane House, SE17 Soane House is a block on Roland Way.

Soane House, SE17

Sondes Street, SE17 Sondes Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Sondes Street, SE17

Southey House, SE17 Southey House is a block on the Browning Estate.

Southey House, SE17

St Marks House, SE17 St Marks House is a block on Phelp Street.

St Marks House, SE17

St Matthews House, SE17 St Matthews House is a block on Phelp Street.

St Matthews House, SE17

St Pauls Church, SE17 St Pauls Church is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

St Pauls Church, SE17

St Peters House, SE17 St Peters House is a block on Queen’s Row.

St Peters House, SE17

St Stephens House, SE17 St Stephens House is a building on Phelp Street.

St Stephens House, SE17

Stopford Road, SE17 Stopford Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Stopford Road, SE17

Strathcona House, SE17 Strathcona House is a block on Queen’s Row.

Strathcona House, SE17

Sturgeon Road, SE17 Sturgeon Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Sturgeon Road, SE17

Suffield House, SE17 Suffield House is a block on Ambergate Street.

Suffield House, SE17

Suffield Road, SE17 Suffield Road was laid out after the demise of the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens.

Suffield Road, SE17

Sutherland Square, SE17 Sutherland Square is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Sutherland Square, SE17

Sutherland Walk, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Sutherland Walk, SE17

Tarver Road, SE17 Tarver Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Tarver Road, SE17

Tennyson House, SE17 Tennyson House can be found on Browning Street.

Tennyson House, SE17

Thrush Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Thrush Street, SE17

Townley Street, SE17 Townley Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Townley Street, SE17

Trafalgar House, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Trafalgar House, SE17

Trafalgar Street, SE17 Trafalgar Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Trafalgar Street, SE17

Turquand Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Turquand Street, SE17

Walcorde Avenue, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Walcorde Avenue, SE17

Walsham House, SE17 Walsham House is sited on Bronti Close.

Walsham House, SE17

Walworth Place, SE17 Walworth Place is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Walworth Place, SE17

Walworth Road, SE17 Walworth Road runs from the Elephant and Castle towards Camberwell.

Walworth Road, SE17

Wesley Close, SE11 A street within the SE17 postcode

Wesley Close, SE11

Westcott Road, SE17 Westcott Road is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Westcott Road, SE17

Westmoreland Road, SE17 Westmoreland Road is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Westmoreland Road, SE17

Wooler Street, SE17 Wooler Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Wooler Street, SE17

Worth Grove, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

NEARBY PUBS

Temple Bar The Temple Bar was situated at 286 Walworth Road.

The Good Intent The Good Intent has been the final remaining out of nine pubs to still be serving customers in East Street Market.

The Good Intent

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Walworth

Walworth is an inner-city district in the London Borough of Southwark. Walworth probably derives its name from the Old English Wealhworth, meaning 'farm'. It is located 2 miles south east of Charing Cross and near to Camberwell and Elephant and Castle.

The major streets in Walworth are the Old Kent Road and Walworth Road. It once had a common surrounded by streets with houses on one side, the Common on the other. This whole area is now covered by housing.

St. Peter's Church, Walworth's altar
St. Peter's Church, Walworth, built circa 1825, is an excellent example of the neo-classical style of church built by Sir John Soane. It is an indication of the wealth of the middle-class merchants who then lived in the vicinity that they could afford an architect of such prominence. Charles Upfold was born at Walworth Common and baptised at St. Peters. The church is home to the Monkey Park - which was once home to a menagerie kept by a past Reverend of the Church, but is now a garden.

Walworth is also home to the Pullens buildings - a mixture of Victorian live/work spaces and yards. Many of the flats are 1 bedroom, and some of the flats still connect to the Workshops of any of the three yards (Illife Yard, Peacock Yard and one other). They all share communal roof terraces with extensive views over to the West End.
Walworth also used to have a Zoo, in Royal Surrey Gardens, which was visited by Queen Victoria.

East Street market is a major street market.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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View from the roof of the Elephant and Castle pub. The pub gave its name to the area TUM image id: 1702056494 Licence:	The Brandon Estate, Kennington. Built for the LCC in 1957-8 Credit: Flickr/Reading Tom TUM image id: 1683033112 Licence:	Trocadero, Elephant and Castle. Opened in 1930 and demolished in 1963. TUM image id: 1702054270 Licence:	Demolition of the Heygate Estate and the construction of Elephant Central, May 2014. The Heygate Estate had been completed in 1974. The estate was used extensively as a filming location, due in part to its brutalist architecture. Credit: Wiki Commons/Zefrog TUM image id: 1637796469 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Metropolitan Tabernacle (1890) The Metropolitan Tabernacle is a large independent Reformed Baptist church in Elephant and Castle. It was the largest non-conformist church of its day in 1861. TUM image id: 1702062866 Licence:
East Street market, Walworth in 1908 The market, in operation since the 1880s, featured in the title sequence for Only Fools and Horses Old London postcard TUM image id: 1669906466 Licence:	Amelia Street, SE11 This originally consisted of late 19th century tenement blocks built by James Pullen between 1886 and 1901. During the 1980s the buildings between Manor Place and the south side of Amelia Street were demolished. The demolition of the rest of the Pullens Estate was prevented when squatters, intent on preserving the remainder of an individual late Victorian estate, occupied some of the blocks. The south side of Amelia Street is now an open space - Pullens Gardens - created following the demolition of a tenement block. Credit: Ideal Homes TUM image id: 1536959890 Licence:	Shop on the corner of Brook Drive and Hayles Street (2013) This unobtrusive corner shop near Elephant and Castle was the filming location for ’Come On Eileen’ by Dexys Midnight Runners. It’s no longer a shop and - to my horror - my walk from Elephant & Castle to Lambeth North passes it at 7:24 and doesn’t note it as I found out only afterwards. Grrr https://youtu.be/R-e GEXb4M4 Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1689771844 Licence:	East Street, Walworth is likely to have been the birthplace of Charlie Chaplin, although no birth certificate exists. It could therefore also have been the inspiration for his similarly named 1917 seminal short film Easy Street, a suggestion made as early as 1928 in the film ’The Life Story of Charlie Chaplin’ by Harry B. Parkinson. The famous trousers and boots of Chaplin’s trademark tramp costume may have been inspired by the every-day clothes Chaplin saw worn in what he called East Lane market. East Street Market also features in the title sequence to the television programme Only Fools and Horses. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1638107581 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Elephant Road TUM image id: 1702056801 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Elephant & Castle TUM image id: 1683196643 Licence:	View looking down Princes Street, Lambeth (1864) The photo shows a mixture of business premises and residential houses. The wall on the extreme right is the boundary of the Phoenix Gas Works. The central building decorated with large pots belonged to John Cliff’s Imperial Potteries, and directly opposite was the site of ’old Delft Lambeth Pottery’ Credit: William Strudwick TUM image id: 1562929776 Licence:	Walworth Road (1930) This view looks north along the Walworth Road towards the ornate Elephant and Castle public house. Most of the buildings here were demolished as part of the London County Council redevelopment between 1958 and 1965. TUM image id: 1620670227 Licence:	Postcard depicting Walworth Road and "The King’s First Visit To South London May 1911". The king in question was George V Old London postcard TUM image id: 1621246974 Licence:	Lambeth Telegraph Tower in 1810. At a short distance west of the Fishmongers’ Almshouses, near to West Square, on the south side of St George’s Road, formerly stood this tall boarded structure. It served for some time the purposes of a semaphore telegraph tower Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1680371586 Licence:

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Demolition of the Heygate Estate and the construction of Elephant Central, May 2014. The Heygate Estate had been completed in 1974. The estate was used extensively as a filming location, due in part to its brutalist architecture.
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East Street market, Walworth in 1908 The market, in operation since the 1880s, featured in the title sequence for Only Fools and Horses
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Amelia Street, SE11 This originally consisted of late 19th century tenement blocks built by James Pullen between 1886 and 1901. During the 1980s the buildings between Manor Place and the south side of Amelia Street were demolished. The demolition of the rest of the Pullens Estate was prevented when squatters, intent on preserving the remainder of an individual late Victorian estate, occupied some of the blocks. The south side of Amelia Street is now an open space - Pullens Gardens - created following the demolition of a tenement block.
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Elephant Road
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Walworth Road (1930) This view looks north along the Walworth Road towards the ornate Elephant and Castle public house. Most of the buildings here were demolished as part of the London County Council redevelopment between 1958 and 1965.
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Postcard depicting Walworth Road and "The King’s First Visit To South London May 1911". The king in question was George V
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Harrison House on the Browning Estate, Walworth (1974)
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The Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens in Kennington (existed 1831-1877)
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Eltham Street, Walworth before demolition
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The Good Intent - the last pub of East Street Market
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