Pickering House, W2

Pickering House is a block on Hallfield Estate.

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Lady Townshend Bridge House Added: 8 Sep 2023 16:02 GMT	Tenant at Westbourne (1807 - 1811) I think that the 3rd Marquess Townshend - at that time Lord Chartley - was a tenant living either at Westbourne Manor or at Bridge House. He undertook considerable building work there as well as creating gardens. I am trying to trace which house it was. Any ideas gratefully received 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
EMC Ossington Street, W8 Added: 10 Jul 2023 22:35 GMT	Ossington Street, W8 correcting the date on my existing comment Source: Paddington: Bayswater \| British History Online Reply
Brenda Jackson Granville Road, NW6 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, Reply
PETER FAIRCLOUGH Brindley Street, W2 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 Reply
David Jones-Parry McGregor Road, W11 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. 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
charlie evans The Apollo 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 Reply
Ron Shepherd 91 Fernhead Road, W9 Added: 18 Sep 2021 17:28 GMT	More Wisdom Norman Joseph Wisdom was born in St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, West London. Reply
ANON Lydford Road, W9 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) Reply
EMC Ossington Street, W8 Added: 10 Jul 2023 22:31 GMT	Correction re Ossington Street In the Wikipedia date of 1837 for the renaming of Victoria Grove as Ossington Street, the two last figures appear to have been transposed from the likely source, London County Council, Names of Streets (1905) quoted in T F T Baker, Diane K Bolton and Patricia E C Croot, ’Paddington: Bayswater’, in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9, Hampstead, Paddington, ed. C R Elrington (London, 1989), pp. 204-212. British History Online ptth;:’www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol9/pp204-212 [accessed 10 July 2023]. "During the 1830s Victoria Grove (renamed Ossington Street in 1873) (fn. 48) was laid out from the Uxbridge road close to the boundary, on part of Gravel Pit field." This makes sense, as John Evelyn Denison, a former Speaker of the House of Commons, was created 1st Viscount Ossington in 1873. Source: Paddington: Bayswater \| British History Online 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
Hampden Street, W2 Added: 22 Aug 2023 12:31 GMT	Hampden Street, W2 My great great grandparents William and Hannah Playford lived at 60 Hampden Street from the mid 1880s when they moved from rural poverty in Norfolk to inner city hardship in Paddington and where all their children were born. My great grandfather was a road sweeper and sold cat meat. They had seven children in all, of whom five survived infancy: three boys who all volunteered for the army at the outbreak of WW1 and miraculously returned via Salonika, France and a German POW camp; and two daughters, the eldest of whom was my great grandmother, Annie Playford b 1888. She had an illegitimate daughter in 1910, my grandmother Hilda Sarah Catherine. She brought her up singlehandedly and assumed a false married name to conceal her (then socially unacceptable) status as a single mother. In fact she never married and would never tell my grandmother anything about her father. Because of her longevity (she died in 1986) I remember Annie very well. As a child I perceived her as grumpy, uncommunicative, unsocial and a voracious eater. Of course as an adult I realised this was borne from pride loneliness, ill health, a grim determination to survive, and hunger. Somehow she did survive on her own as a single parent, despite lack of family support and serious deprivation. She worked three back breaking menial cleaning jobs over many years to make ends meet. With the advent of DNA I now know the identity of my grandmother’s father which she always dearly wished to know herself. She used to ask her mother if she loved her. The answer: "I kept you, didn’t I?" In the context of the times, I think that says it all. I only wish nanny was still here so that I could tell her all about her father. Reply

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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

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

Harrow Road bridge Harrow Road once spanned the River Westbourne at this point.

Harrow Road bridge

Queen’s Cinema This cinema was situated at the top of Queensway, on the corner of Bishop’s Bridge Road.

Queen’s Cinema

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

Upton Farm Upton Farm began in 1725 and was gone by 1839.

Upton Farm

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

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

Bark Place, W2 This is a street in the W2 postcode area

Bark Place, W2

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

Bishop’s Bridge Road, W2 Bishop’s Bridge Road, now a main thoroughfare, began life as a footpath.

Bishop’s Bridge Road, 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

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

Burnham Court, W2 Burnham Court is a block on Moscow Road.

Burnham Court, W2

Caernarvon House, W2 The 1955-built Caernarvon House is on the Hallfield Estate.

Caernarvon House, W2

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

Caroline Place, W2

Carroll House, W2 Carroll House is a block on Elms Mews.

Carroll 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 Hill Gardens, W2 Craven Hill Gardens is a residential garden estate which has two small garden squares.

Craven Hill Gardens, W2

Craven Hill, W2 Craven Hill is a street in Paddington.

Craven Hill, W2

Craven Terrace, W2 Craven Terrace is a street in Paddington.

Craven Terrace, 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

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

Elms Lane, W2 Elms Lane in Bayswater was situated on the west bank of the Westbourne stream.

Elms Lane, 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

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

Evesham House, W2

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

Garway Road, W2

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

Gloucester Gardens, 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

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

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

Ilchester Gardens, W2

Inver Court, W2 Inver Court can be found on Inver Court.

Inver Court, W2

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

Inverness Mews, W2

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

Inverness Place, W2

Inverness Terrace, W2 Inverness Terrace is a street in Paddington.

Inverness Terrace, W2

Joanne House, W2 Joanne House is a building on Queensborough Mews.

Joanne House, 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

Lancaster Court, W2 Lancaster Court is a block on Lancaster Gate.

Lancaster Court, W2

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

Lancaster Mews, W2

Lancaster Walk, W2 Lancaster Walk is a road in the W2 postcode area

Lancaster Walk, W2

Lanchester Mews, W2 Lanchester Mews is a road in the SE14 postcode area

Lanchester Mews, W2

Leinster Gardens, W2 Leinster Gardens began its life in the early 1840s.

Leinster Gardens, W2

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

Leinster Mews, 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

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

Monmouth Road, W2

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

Moscow Place, W2

Moscow Road, W2 Moscow Road, situated in the Bayswater area, is a notable street that stretches from Queensway to Pembridge Square.

Moscow Road, 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

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

Olympia Mews, 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 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

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

Poplar Place, 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

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

Porchester Terrace, W2

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

Princes Mews, W2

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

Princes Square, W2

Princess Court, W2 Princess Court is a street in Paddington.

Princess Court, W2

Queen’s Gardens, W2 This is a street in the W2 postcode area

Queen’s Gardens, W2

Queens Court, W2 Queens Court is a street in Paddington.

Queens Court, 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 Passage, W2 Queensborough Passage is a road in the W2 postcode area

Queensborough Passage, W2

Queensborough Studios, W2 Queensborough Studios is a road in the W2 postcode area

Queensborough Studios, W2

Queensborough Terrace, W2 Queensborough Terrace was built by the grandson of John Aldridge in the 1860s on part of the Aldridge lands.

Queensborough Terrace, W2

Queensway, W2 Queensway was home to the first department store in London, opened by William Whiteley in 1867.

Queensway, 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

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

Salem Road, 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

Spire House, W2 Spire House is a block on Lancaster Gate.

Spire House, W2

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

St James’s Court, W2

St Petersburgh Mews, W2 St Petersburgh Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area

St Petersburgh Mews, 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 Colonnades, W2 The Colonnades is in Porchester Square.

The Colonnades, W2

The Corner House, W2 The Corner House is a block on Porchester Terrace.

The Corner House, 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

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

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

Westbourne Terrace, W2

Westmont Court, W2 Westmont Court is located on Monmouth Road.

Westmont Court, W2

Windsor Court, W2 Windsor Court is a block on Moscow Road.

Windsor Court, 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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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. TUM image id: 1556886976 Licence:	Mrs Siddons’ house at Westbourne Green c. 1800 TUM image id: 1557227342 Licence:	The Bayswater Conduit in 1798. TUM image id: 1490459429 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:	The Churchill Arms, Kensington Credit: IG/lililondoner TUM image id: 1653837477 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The Royal Oak pub in Bayswater gave its name to the nearby station TUM image id: 1621895594 Licence:	Bayswater Road TUM image id: 1552860722 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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. Credit: Bernard Selwwyn TUM image id: 1483796732 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Chilworth Street, W2 TUM image id: 1483806751 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Junction of Cirencester Street, W2 Cirencester Street was curtailed when the post-war Warwick Estate was built TUM image id: 1620671975 Licence:
Lord Hills Road at the junction with Senior Street Credit: Historic England TUM image id: 1588433441 Licence:	Ossington Street, W2 (2012) Credit: Geograph/Jaggery TUM image id: 1683720228 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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. Credit: Stephen Bone TUM image id: 1678891129 Licence:	Westbourne Terrace Road bridge - the northern end of Westbourne Terrace Road Through the bridge, and some 13 miles (but no locks) later, you will arrive at Bulls Bridge Junction on the Grand Union main line. Credit: IG/NeilClifton TUM image id: 1680174057 Licence:	Paddington Public Baths on Queens Road (now Queensway) in 1909. Paddington’s first public baths which were built in 1874 but demolished in 1911 to be replaced by Whiteley’s new building when the store relocated from Westbourne Grove. TUM image id: 1660657538 Licence:

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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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Junction of Cirencester Street, W2 Cirencester Street was curtailed when the post-war Warwick Estate was built
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Lord Hills Road at the junction with Senior Street
Credit: Historic England
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