Diamond House, W2

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Admin Baker Street Added: 26 Aug 2022 12:41 GMT	Baker Street Baker Street station opened on the Metropolitan Railway - the world’s first underground line. Reply
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
www.violettrefusis.com Wilton Crescent, SW1X Added: 17 Feb 2021 15:05 GMT	Birth place Violet Trefusis, writer, cosmopolitan intellectual and patron of the Arts was born at 2 Wilton Crescent SW1X. Source: www.violettrefusis.com 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
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
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

St George’s Fields are a former burial ground of St George’s, Hanover Square, lying between Connaught Street and Bayswater Road.

The Paddington Green Children’s Hospital opened in August 1883.

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

Edgware Road Edgware Road station was a station on the world’s first underground railway.

Edgware Road

Fountains Abbey The Fountains Abbey was opened in 1824 and quickly became a popular meeting place for locals.

Fountains Abbey

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

St Mary’s Hospital, London St Mary’s Hospital is a hospital in Paddington, founded in 1845.

St Mary’s Hospital, London

Yorkshire Stingo The Yorkshire Stingo was a pub in Marylebone between the 17th to 20th centuries, notable as the terminus for the first bus in London.

Yorkshire Stingo

NEARBY STREETS

102474, W2 Norfolk Square is a street in Paddington.

102474, W2

Albion Mews, W2 Albion Mews is a cobbled cul-de-sac that is approached through an entrance under a building on Albion Street.

Albion Mews, W2

Albion Street, W2 Albion Street was laid out over the Pightle field in the late 1820s.

Albion Street, W2

Alleyn Court, W2 Alleyn Court is a block on Alleyn Court.

Alleyn Court, W2

Archery Close, W2 Archery Close is a street in Paddington.

Archery Close, W2

Balmoral Apartments, W2 Balmoral Apartments is a building on Praed Street.

Balmoral Apartments, W2

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

Bathurst Mews, W2

Belvedere Strand, W2 Belvedere Strand is a road in the NW9 postcode area

Belvedere Strand, W2

Bouverie Place, W2 Bouverie Place is a street in Paddington.

Bouverie Place, W2

Bradbury House, NW1 Bradbury House can be found on Cosway Street.

Bradbury House, NW1

Brendon Street, W1H Brendon Street is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.

Brendon Street, W1H

Brook Mews North, W2 Brook Mews North is a through road between Craven Terrace and Craven Hill.

Brook Mews North, W2

Burwood Place, W2 Burwood Place is a street in Paddington.

Burwood Place, W2

Cabbell Street, NW1 Cabbell Street is a street in Camden Town.

Cabbell Street, NW1

Cambridge Court, W2 Cambridge Court is a block on Edgware Road.

Cambridge Court, W2

Cambridge Square, W2 Cambridge Square is a road in the W2 postcode area

Cambridge Square, W2

Canalside Walk, W2 Canalside Walk is a location in London.

Canalside Walk, W2

Capital House, NW1 Capital House is a block on Chapel Street.

Capital House, NW1

Capital House, W2 Capital House is located on Craven Road.

Capital House, W2

Cato Street, W1H Cato Street is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.

Cato Street, W1H

Chapel Street, NW1 Chapel Street is a street in Camden Town.

Chapel Street, NW1

Chelwood House, W2 Chelwood House is a block on Gloucester Square.

Chelwood House, 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

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

Clifton Place, W2

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

Conduit Mews, W2

Conduit Passage, W2 Conduit Passage is a street in Paddington.

Conduit Passage, W2

Conduit Place, W2 Conduit Place is a street in Paddington.

Conduit Place, W2

Connaught Close, W2 Connaught Close is a cul-de-sac off Connaught Street.

Connaught Close, W2

Connaught Street, W2 Connaught Street is a street in Paddington.

Connaught Street, W2

Corlett Street, NW1 Corlett Street is a road in the NW1 postcode area

Corlett Street, NW1

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

Crawford Place, W1H Crawford Place is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.

Crawford Place, W1H

Davidson House, NW1 Davidson House can be found on Daventry Street.

Davidson House, NW1

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

Edgware Road, W2 Edgware Road is part of one of London’s oldest roads.

Edgware Road, W2

Edna House, W2 Edna House is a building on Norfolk Square.

Edna House, W2

Forset Court, W2 Forset Court is a block on Edgware Road.

Forset Court, W2

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

Gloucester Mews, W2

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

Gloucester Square, W2

Griffith House, W1H Griffith House is a block on Old Marylebone Road.

Griffith House, W1H

Harbet Road, W2 Harbet Road is a street in Paddington.

Harbet Road, W2

Harcourt Street, W1H Harcourt Street is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.

Harcourt Street, W1H

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

Hermitage Street, W2

Homer Row, W1H Homer Row is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.

Homer Row, W1H

Homer Street, W1H Homer Street is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.

Homer Street, W1H

Howards Way, W2 Howards Way is a road in the W2 postcode area

Howards Way, W2

Hunstanton House, NW1 Hunstanton House is a block on Marylebone Road.

Hunstanton House, NW1

Hyde Park Crescent, W2 Hyde Park Crescent is a street in Paddington.

Hyde Park Crescent, W2

Hyde Park Gardens Mews, W2 Hyde Park Gardens Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area

Hyde Park Gardens Mews, W2

Hyde Park Square, W2 Hyde Park Square was part of ’Tyburnia’ - planned in 1827 by Samuel Pepys Cockerell for the Bishop of London’s Estate

Hyde Park Square, W2

Hyde Park Street, W2 Hyde Park Street is a street in Paddington.

Hyde Park Street, W2

Joe Strummer Subway, W2 Joe Strummer Subway is a road in the W2 postcode area

Joe Strummer Subway, W2

John Aird Court, W2 John Aird Court can be found on John Aird Court.

John Aird Court, W2

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

Junction Mews, W2

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

Junction Place, W2

Kendal Street, W2 Kendal Street is a street in Paddington.

Kendal Street, W2

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

London Mews, W2

London Street, W2 London Street is a street in Paddington.

London Street, W2

Macmillan House, W2 Residential block

Macmillan House, W2

Mara House, W2 Mara House is located on Sussex Gardens.

Mara House, W2

Marshall Building, W2 Marshall Building can be found on Hermitage Street.

Marshall Building, W2

Marylebone Flyover, NW1 Marylebone Flyover is a road in the NW1 postcode area

Marylebone Flyover, NW1

Marylebone Flyover, W2 Marylebone Flyover is a road in the W2 postcode area

Marylebone Flyover, W2

Merchant Square, W2 Merchant Square is a road in the W2 postcode area

Merchant Square, W2

Mimet House, W2 Mimet House is a block on Praed Street.

Mimet House, W2

Molyneux Street, W1H Molyneux Street is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.

Molyneux Street, W1H

Montgomery House, W2 Montgomery House is a block on Harrow Road.

Montgomery House, W2

Munkenbeck Building, W2 Munkenbeck Building is a block on Hermitage Street.

Munkenbeck Building, W2

Newcastle Mews, W2 Newcastle Mews lay off the Edgware Road.

Newcastle Mews, W2

Newcastle Place, W2 Newcastle Place is a location in London.

Newcastle Place, W2

Norfolk Crescent, W2 Norfolk Crescent is a street in Paddington.

Norfolk Crescent, W2

Norfolk Place, W2 Norfolk Place is a street in Paddington.

Norfolk Place, W2

North Wharf Road, W2 North Wharf Road is a street in Paddington.

North Wharf Road, W2

Old Marylebone Road, NW1 Old Marylebone Road is a street in Camden Town.

Old Marylebone Road, NW1

Oxford Square, W2 Oxford Square is a road in the W2 postcode area

Oxford Square, W2

Paddington Green, W2 Paddington Green is a surviving fragment of the original rural fabric of the area.

Paddington Green, W2

Park Steps, W2 Park Steps is a street in Paddington.

Park Steps, W2

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

Park West Place, W2

Park West, W2 Park West is a street in Paddington.

Park West, W2

Penfold Place, NW1 Penfold Place is a road in the NW1 postcode area

Penfold Place, NW1

Peninsula Apartments, W2 Peninsula Apartments is a block on Praed Street.

Peninsula Apartments, W2

Porchester Place, W2 Porchester Place is a street in Paddington.

Porchester Place, W2

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

Porteus Road, W2

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

Portsea Mews, W2

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

Praed Mews, W2

Praed Street, W2 Praed Street was named after William Praed, chairman of the company which built the canal basin which lies just to its north.

Praed Street, W2

Princess Louise Close, W2 Princess Louise Close is a street in Paddington.

Princess Louise Close, W2

Quadrangle Tower, W2 Quadrangle Tower is a street in Paddington.

Quadrangle Tower, W2

Radnor Lodge, W2 Radnor Lodge is a street in Paddington.

Radnor Lodge, W2

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

Radnor Mews, W2

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

Radnor Place, W2

Rainsford Street, W2 Rainsford Street is a street in Paddington.

Rainsford Street, W2

Rosewood Walk, W2 Rosewood Walk is a location in London.

Rosewood Walk, W2

Sale Place, W2 Sale Place is a street in Paddington.

Sale Place, W2

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

Sheldon Square, W2

Sinclair Court, W2 Sinclair Court is a block on St Michael’s Street.

Sinclair Court, 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

South Wharf Road, W2 South Wharf Road is a street in Paddington.

South Wharf Road, W2

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

Southwick Mews, W2

Southwick Place, W2 Southwick Place is a street in Paddington.

Southwick Place, W2

Southwick Street, W2 Southwick Street is a street in Paddington.

Southwick Street, W2

Spring Street, W2 Spring Street is a street in Paddington.

Spring Street, W2

St James’s Court, W2 St James’s Court is a block on Gloucester Terrace.

St James’s Court, W2

St Johns Church, W2 St Johns Church is a street in Paddington.

St Johns Church, W2

St Marks Church, W1H St Marks Church is a street in Camden Town.

St Marks Church, W1H

St Mary’s Square, W2 Saint Mary’s Square is a square in the W2 postcode area

St Mary’s Square, W2

St Mellons House, W2 St Mellons House is a building on Sussex Place.

St Mellons House, W2

St Michael’s Street, W2 Saint Michael’s Street is a road in the W2 postcode area

St Michael’s Street, W2

Star Street, W2 Star Street is a street in Paddington.

Star Street, W2

Strathearn Place, W2 Strathearn Place is a street in Paddington.

Strathearn Place, W2

Sussex Court, W2 Sussex Court is a building on Spring Street.

Sussex Court, W2

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

Sussex Gardens, W2

Sussex Place, W2 Sussex Place is a street in Paddington.

Sussex Place, W2

Sussex Square, W2 Sussex Square is a road in the W2 postcode area

Sussex Square, W2

Swinton House, W2 Swinton House is a block on Gloucester Terrace.

Swinton House, W2

Talbot Square, W2 Talbot Square was laid out in 1842 on the site of the former Lower Reservoir of the Grand Junction Canal Company.

Talbot Square, W2

The Quadrangle Tower, W2 The Quadrangle Tower can be found on Cambridge Square.

The Quadrangle Tower, W2

The Water Gardens, W2 The Water Gardens is a street in Paddington.

The Water Gardens, W2

Tournament House, W2 Tournament House is a block on Praed Street.

Tournament House, W2

Transept Street, NW1 Transept Street is a street in Camden Town.

Transept Street, NW1

Upbrook Mews, W2 Upbrook Mews is built on top of the former Westbourne River.

Upbrook Mews, W2

Varsity Court, W1H Varsity Court is located on Homer Street.

Varsity Court, W1H

Wallace Court, NW1 Wallace Court is a block on Old Marylebone Road.

Wallace Court, NW1

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

Water Gardens, W2

Waterside House, W2 Waterside House is sited on North Wharf Road.

Waterside House, W2

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

Westbourne Terrace, W2

Westcliffe Apartments, W2 Westcliffe Apartments is located on South Wharf Road.

Westcliffe Apartments, W2

Westminster Magistrates’ Court, NW1 Westminster Magistrates’ Court is a block on Marylebone Ro.

Westminster Magistrates’ Court, NW1

Winchester House, W2 Winchester House can be found on Edgware Road.

Winchester House, W2

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

Winsland Street, W2

NEARBY PUBS

Fountains Abbey The Fountains Abbey was opened in 1824 and quickly became a popular meeting place for locals.

Yorkshire Stingo The Yorkshire Stingo was a pub in Marylebone between the 17th to 20th centuries, notable as the terminus for the first bus in London.

Yorkshire Stingo

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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 1807 Hyatt map Credit: British Library TUM image id: 1485272957 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Going Greek, Colindale Credit: IG/@going.greek TUM image id: 1583775118 Licence:	Illustration of the ’Yorkshire Stingo’ Inn, Marylebone (1770) This pub was notable for being the starting point for the first omnibus in London. TUM image id: 1661766476 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:	Bayswater Road sign TUM image id: 1682605971 Licence:
Paddington Fire Station (c.1900) Credit: London Metropolitan Archives TUM image id: 1590751430 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Bayswater Road TUM image id: 1552860722 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Chilworth Street, W2 TUM image id: 1483806751 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Connaught Square, 2004 Credit: Andrew Dunn, TUM image id: 1510185099 Licence: CC BY 2.0	8 Blandford Square, NW1 - date unknown. Credit: Brian Girling TUM image id: 1645807872 Licence:
Edgware Road TUM image id: 1683195989 Licence:	Lisson Green TUM image id: 1593182694 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Shillibeer Place sign Credit: London Transport Museum TUM image id: 1491316677 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Westway construction making its way along the Harrow Road (1960s) TUM image id: 1660664649 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Paddington Station at Night (1992) Since Doreen Fletcher (born 1952) was a teenager, she has been committed to drawing and painting what might be termed, ‘the almost gone’ - her immediate external environment and the traces left by people on the surface of things, in city and landscape, urban and rural Credit: Doreen Fletcher TUM image id: 9532603 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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