Notting Hill in Bygone Days

Notting Hill in Bygone Days by Florence Gladstone, was originally published in 1924 by T. Fisher Unwin.

Notting Hill in Bygone Days
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"Notting Hill in Bygone Days", though published in the 1920s, is still one of the best histories of the Notting Hill area, even if subsequent research has thrown doubt on some of the details.

Florence Gladstone defines Notting Hill "as the whole of that part of Kensington which is north of the road known as Notting Hill Gate".

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Coach and Horses The Coach & Horses was situated at 108 Notting Hill Gate.

Coach and Horses

Horbury Chapel (Kensington Temple) In September 1849, the Horbury Chapel, Notting Hill was officially opened.

Horbury Chapel (Kensington Temple)

Ladbroke Square Garden Ladbroke Square communal garden lies in Notting Hill.

Ladbroke Square Garden

Mercury Theatre The Mercury Theatre was situated at 2a Ladbroke Road, next to the Kensington Temple.

Mercury Theatre

Notting Hill in Bygone Days Notting Hill in Bygone Days by Florence Gladstone, was originally published in 1924 by T. Fisher Unwin.

Notting Hill in Bygone Days

St John’s Notting Hill St John’s Notting Hill is a Victorian Anglican church built in 1845 in Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill.

St John’s Notting Hill

St John’s Hill St John’s Hill is the highest point in the area.

St John’s Hill

NEARBY STREETS

Agauana House, W11 Agauana House is located on Westbourne Grove (Notting Hill)

Agauana House, W11

Archer Street, W11 Archer Street was renamed Westbourne Grove in 1938 (Notting Hill)

Archer Street, W11

Arundel Gardens, W11 Arundel Gardens was built towards the end of the development of the Ladbroke Estate, in the early 1860s (Notting Hill)

Arundel Gardens, W11

Astley House, W8 Astley House is a block on Notting Hill Gate (Notting Hill Gate)

Astley House, W8

Aston House, W11 Aston House is a building on Portobello Road (Notting Hill)

Aston House, W11

Beaumont House, W2 Beaumont House is a block on Prince’s Square

Beaumont House, W2

Berrington House, W2 Berrington House is a block on Hereford Road

Berrington House, W2

Bolton Road, W11 Bolton Road was eventually replaced by the 1949-built Portobello Court Estate (Notting Hill)

Bolton Road, W11

Boyne Terrace Mews, W11 Boyne Terrace Mews is a mews in Notting Hill, London W11 (Holland Park)

Boyne Terrace Mews, W11

Buckingham Court, W11 Buckingham Court is a block on Kensington Park Road (Notting Hill)

Buckingham Court, W11

Bulmer Mews, W11 Bulmer Mews is a tiny mews behind Notting Hill Gate (Notting Hill Gate)

Bulmer Mews, W11

Callcott Street, W8 Callcott Street is a small street between Uxbridge Street and Hillgate Place (Notting Hill Gate)

Callcott Street, W8

Camelford Road, W11 Archer House is a block on Westbourne Grove (Notting Hill)

Camelford Road, W11

Campden Hill Gardens, W8 Campden Hill Gardens runs northwards from Aubrey Walk (Kensington)

Campden Hill Gardens, W8

Campden Hill Place, W11 Campden Hill Place is a road in the W11 postcode area (Notting Hill Gate)

Campden Hill Place, W11

Campden Hill Towers, W11 Campden Hill Towers is a block (Notting Hill Gate)

Campden Hill Towers, W11

Chepstow Corner, W2 Chepstow Corner is a street in Paddington

Chepstow Corner, W2

Chepstow Court, W11 Chepstow Court is a block on Chepstow Villas (Notting Hill)

Chepstow Court, W11

Chepstow Crescent, W11 Chepstow Crescent is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Chepstow Crescent, W11

Chepstow Place, W2 Chepstow Place runs from the junction of Westbourne Grove and Pembridge Villas in the north to Pembridge Square in the south.

Chepstow Place, W2

Chepstow Villas, W11 Chepstow Villas is a road in W11 with a chequered history (Notting Hill)

Chepstow Villas, W11

Clanricarde Gardens, W2 Clanricarde Gardens is a street of very tall, narrow houses built between 1869 and 1873 by a pair of West London builders, Thomas Good and William White. (Bayswater)

Clanricarde Gardens, W2

Colville Road, W11 Colville Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Colville Road, W11

David Game House, W11 David Game House is a block on Notting Hill Gate (Notting Hill Gate)

David Game House, W11

Dawson Place, W2 Dawson Place is a street in Paddington

Dawson Place, W2

Denbigh Close, W11 Denbigh Close is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Denbigh Close, W11

Denbigh Road, W11 Denbigh Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Denbigh Road, W11

Denbigh Terrace, W11 Denbigh Terrace is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Denbigh Terrace, W11

Edge Street, W8 Edge Street, laid out in the 1820s, developed with small cottages around courtyards. (Kensington)

Edge Street, W8

Evesham House, W2 Evesham House is a building on Hereford Road

Evesham House, W2

Farm Place, W8 Farm Place was formerly called Earnest Street (Kensington)

Farm Place, W8

Farmer Street, W8 Farmer Street was formerly Farm Street (Notting Hill Gate)

Farmer Street, W8

Garway Road, W2 Garway Road is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)

Garway Road, W2

Gate Hill Court, W11 Gate Hill Court is a block on Notting Hill Gate (Notting Hill Gate)

Gate Hill Court, W11

Hereford Road, W2 Hereford Road was planned as a road of detached villas (Bayswater)

Hereford Road, W2

Hillgate House, W8 Hillgate House is a block on Hillgate Street (Notting Hill Gate)

Hillgate House, W8

Hillgate Place, W8 Hillgate Place was formerly Dartmoor Street (Kensington)

Hillgate Place, W8

Hillgate Street, W8 Hillgate Street was formerly Johnson Street (Notting Hill Gate)

Hillgate Street, W8

Hillsleigh Road, W8 Hillsleigh Road is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Hillsleigh Road, W8

Horbury Crescent, W11 Horbury Crescent is a short half-moon shaped street between Ladbroke Road and Kensington Park Road (Notting Hill)

Horbury Crescent, W11

Horbury Mews, W11 Horbury Mews is a T-shaped mews in Notting Hill (Notting Hill Gate)

Horbury Mews, W11

Ilchester Gardens, W2 Ilchester Gardens was constructed during the mid-19th century

Ilchester Gardens, W2

Jameson Street, W8 Jameson Street was formerly St James or James Street (Notting Hill Gate)

Jameson Street, W8

Kensington Mall, W8 Kensington Mall is a street in Kensington (Notting Hill Gate)

Kensington Mall, W8

Kensington Park Gardens, W11 Kensington Park Gardens is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Kensington Park Gardens, W11

Kensington Park Road, W11 Kensington Park Road is one of the main streets in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Kensington Park Road, W11

Kensington Place, W8 Kensington Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Kensington Place, W8

Ladbroke Gardens, W11 Ladbroke Gardens runs between Ladbroke Grove and Kensington Park Road (Notting Hill)

Ladbroke Gardens, W11

Ladbroke Grove, W11 Ladbroke Grove is the main street in London W11 (Notting Hill)

Ladbroke Grove, W11

Ladbroke Road, W11 Ladbroke Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Ladbroke Road, W11

Ladbroke Square, W11 The huge Ladbroke Square communal garden is part communal garden accessed from the backs of the houses lining it and part traditional London Square with roads between the houses and the square. (Notting Hill)

Ladbroke Square, W11

Ladbroke Terrace, W11 Ladbroke Terrace was one of the first streets to be created on the Ladbroke estate (Notting Hill)

Ladbroke Terrace, W11

Ladbroke Walk, W11 Ladbroke Walk, W11 is part of the Ladbroke Conversation Area (Notting Hill)

Ladbroke Walk, W11

Lambton Place, W11 Lambton Place is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Lambton Place, W11

Lansdowne Mews, W11 Lansdowne Mews is a cul-de-sac in Notting Hill (Holland Park)

Lansdowne Mews, W11

Lansdowne Walk, W11 Lansdowne Walk was named after the Lansdowne area of Cheltenham (Notting Hill)

Lansdowne Walk, W11

Ledbury Mews North, W11 Ledbury Mews North is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Ledbury Mews North, W11

Ledbury Mews West, W11 This is a street in the W11 postcode area (Notting Hill)

Ledbury Mews West, W11

Leinster Square, W2 Leinster Square, along with Prince’s Square, was begun in 1856 and finished in 1864 (Bayswater)

Leinster Square, W2

Linden Gardens, W11 Linden Gardens is a cul-de-sac and the first of James Ladbroke’s plots to be developed. (Notting Hill Gate)

Linden Gardens, W11

Linden Mews, W2 Linden Mews lies off Linden Gardens (Notting Hill Gate)

Linden Mews, W2

Lonsdale Road, W11 Lonsdale Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Lonsdale Road, W11

Lucerne Mews, W8 Lucerne Mews is a street in Kensington (Notting Hill Gate)

Lucerne Mews, W8

Matlock Court, W11 Matlock Court can be found on Kensington Park Road (Notting Hill)

Matlock Court, W11

Monmouth Road, W2 Monmouth Road contained cottages and semi-detached villas by 1846 (Bayswater)

Monmouth Road, W2

Newcombe House, W11 Newcombe House is a block on Notting Hill Gate (Notting Hill Gate)

Newcombe House, W11

Newcombe House, W2 Residential block (Notting Hill Gate)

Newcombe House, W2

Newcombe House, W8 Newcombe House is a building on Notting Hill Gate (Notting Hill Gate)

Newcombe House, W8

Notting Hill Gate, W8 Notting Hill Gate is a main shopping and retail street (Notting Hill Gate)

Notting Hill Gate, W8

Ossington Street, W8 Ossington Street leads from Moscow Road at its north end to the Bayswater Road at its south end (Bayswater)

Ossington Street, W8

Palace Court, W2 Palace Court was built in the 1880s to connect the Bayswater Road to Moscow Road (Bayswater)

Palace Court, W2

Palace Gardens Mews, W8 Palace Gardens Mews is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Palace Gardens Mews, W8

Pembridge Crescent, W11 Pembridge Crescent is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Pembridge Crescent, W11

Pembridge Gardens, W2 Pembridge Gardens dates from the 1850s (Notting Hill Gate)

Pembridge Gardens, W2

Pembridge Mews, W11 Pembridge Mews is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Pembridge Mews, W11

Pembridge Place, W2 Pembridge Place is a street in Notting Hill

Pembridge Place, W2

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

Pembridge Place, W2

Pembridge Road, W11 Pembridge Road is a street in London (Notting Hill Gate)

Pembridge Road, W11

Pembridge Road, W2 Pembridge Road is the former southern end of Portobello Lane. (Notting Hill)

Pembridge Road, W2

Pembridge Square, W2 Pembridge Square was developed between 1856 and 1864 (Bayswater)

Pembridge Square, W2

Pembridge Villas, W11 Pembridge Villas is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Pembridge Villas, W11

Pencombe Mews, W11 Pencombe Mews is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Pencombe Mews, W11

Portobello Court, W11 Portobello Court is a block on Portobello Court (Notting Hill)

Portobello Court, W11

Portobello Street, W11 Bolton Road became Portobello Street in 1938 (Notting Hill)

Portobello Street, W11

Prince’s Square, W2 Prince’s Square and Leinster Square are ’twin’ picturesque garden squares situated in the Bayswater area - the two squares share a street

Prince’s Square, W2

Princes House, W11 Princes House is a block on Kensington Park Road (Notting Hill)

Princes House, W11

Princes Mews, W2 Princes Mews was laid out to provide stabling accommodation for the houses of Prince’s Square

Princes Mews, W2

Rabbit Roe, W8 Rabbit Roe is an old street running north from Kensington Mall (Notting Hill Gate)

Rabbit Roe, W8

Rede Place, W2 Rede Place is a street in Paddington

Rede Place, W2

Rosehart Mews, W11 Rosehart Mews is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Rosehart Mews, W11

Sarum House, W11 Sarum House is a block on Portobello Road (Notting Hill)

Sarum House, W11

Silver Street, W8 Silver Street was the former name for the northernmost part of Kensington Church Street (Notting Hill Gate)

Silver Street, W8

Simon Close, W11 Simon Close is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Simon Close, W11

St John’s Mews, W11 St John’s Mews is a redeveloped mews off of Ledbury Road (Notting Hill)

St John’s Mews, W11

Stanley Crescent, W11 Stanley Crescent was named after the noted politician Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, who became Prime Minister in 1852 (Notting Hill)

Stanley Crescent, W11

Stanley Gardens Mews, W11 Stanley Gardens Mews existed between 1861 and the mid 1970s (Notting Hill)

Stanley Gardens Mews, W11

Stanley Gardens, W11 Stanley Gardens was built in the 1850s. (Notting Hill)

Stanley Gardens, W11

Thornbury Court, W11 Thornbury Court is a block on Chepstow Villas (Notting Hill)

Thornbury Court, W11

United House, W11 United House is a block on Pembridge Road (Notting Hill Gate)

United House, W11

Uxbridge Street, W8 Uxbridge Street is a street in Kensington (Notting Hill Gate)

Uxbridge Street, W8

Vernon Yard, W11 Vernon Yard is a mews off of Portobello Road (Notting Hill)

Vernon Yard, W11

Victoria Gardens, W11 Victoria Gardens is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill Gate)

Victoria Gardens, W11

Victoria Mews, W11 Victoria Mews is a location in London (Notting Hill Gate)

Victoria Mews, W11

Viscount Court, W11 Viscount Court is a block on Pembridge Villas

Viscount Court, W11

Westbourne Grove Mews, W11 Westbourne Grove Mews is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Westbourne Grove Mews, W11

Westbourne Grove, W11 Westbourne Grove is one of the main roads of Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Westbourne Grove, W11

Wilby Mews, W11 Wilby Mews was maybe named after Benjamin Wilby who was involved in several 19th century development schemes (Notting Hill)

Wilby Mews, W11

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