Brindley Street, W2

Road in/near Westbourne Green, existed between 1855 and 1962

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2013
Brindley Street was once one of the poorest streets in Paddington.

Brindley Street, Alfred Road, and their neighbours were built as densely-packed terraces around 1855.

The commercial prosperity of Westbourne Grove contrasted with a rapid social decline in these streets between the railway and the canal. Subletting to weekly lodgers had made Brindley Street the most overcrowded in Paddington, with three and a half persons to a room by 1865. By 1894-5, nearby Waverley Road was ’among the eleven worst in the parish’. A few street further south Marlborough Street (later Torquay Street), was singled out as one of six poor patches amid the general affluence of north-west London.

Subletting had gone so far that a room might have different tenants by day and by night. This was controlled only by declaring buildings to be lodging houses. This was attributed in 1899 to the canal isolating the area against through traffic and to the density of building.

The worst slums, between the railway and the canal, were transformed by the LCC. In 1957 it had bought 206 properties from the borough council and 266 from the Church Commissioners. Under a 1958 scheme, half of the land was to be used for 1,127 dwellings, of which 946 were to be in new blocks and the others in renovated houses. The Warwick estate, as it came to be called, was opened in 1962 and soon extended west of Harrow Road over the site of Brindley Street.

Most of the old street names have disappeared, including Brindley Street - a few names were reassigned to rebuilt roads or cul-de-sacs.


Main source: A History of the County of Middlesex | British History Online
Further citations and sources



NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Bridge House Canal side house in Westbourne Park
Desborough Lodge Desborough Lodge was a house which was one of five grand houses in the village of Westbourne Green.
Kilburn Aqueduct Some way from the area now called Kilburn, the Kilburn Aqueduct of the Grand Union Canal spanned the River Westbourne.
Orme’s Green Ormes Green was the former name for this part of Westbourne Park.
River Westbourne The Westbourne is one of the lost rivers of London.
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.
Spotted Dog The Spotted Dog public house was one of the earliest buildings in Westbourne Green.
St Mary’s Harrow Road St Mary’s Harrow Road was built as the infirmary for the Paddington Workhouse.
The Prince of Wales Cinema The Prince of Wales Cinema was located at 331 Harrow Road.
Westbourne Farm Westbourne Farm - an old farm with a theatrical connection.
Westbourne Green The story of the building of a suburb.
Westbourne House Two hundred years ago, the biggest house hereabouts...
Westbourne Lodge Westbourne Lodge appeared in one of the earliest photographs in London.
Westbourne Manor The Manor of Westbourne
Weston’s Cider House In 1930 Weston’s opened their first and only cider mill on the Harrow Road.
Windsor Castle The Windsor Castle dates from the 1820s but its main incarnation was as a classic Victorian public house, seminal in 1970s musical history.

NEARBY STREETS
Abourne Street, W9 Before the Second World War, Abourne Street had been called Netley Street (Maida Hill)
Admiral Walk, W9 Admiral Walk is a street in Maida Vale (Westbourne Green)
Aldridge Court, W11 Aldridge Court is in Aldridge Road Villas (Westbourne Park)
Aldridge Road Villas, W11 Aldridge Road Villas is a surviving fragment of mid-Victorian residential development (Westbourne Park)
Aldsworth Close, W9 Aldsworth Close is a pale buff brick terrace (Westbourne Green)
Alfred Road, W2 Alfred Road is the last survivor of a set of Victorian streets (Westbourne Green)
Amberley Mews, W9 Amberley Mews starred as Tom Riley’s home in the 1950 movie "The Blue Lamp" (Little Venice)
Amberley Road, W9 Amberley Road was formerly lined by canalside wharves (Maida Hill)
Ascot House, W9 Ascot House was built as part of the GLC’s small Windsor estate (Maida Hill)
Barnard Lodge, W9 Barnard Lodge is a street in Maida Vale (Westbourne Green)
Barnwood Close, W9 Barnwood Close replaced a set of canal-side industrial buildings (Little Venice)
Bourne Terrace, W2 Bourne Terrace is part of the Warwick Estate in Paddington and has 38 properties. (Westbourne Green)
Brindley Street, W2 Brindley Street was once one of the poorest streets in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Brinklow House, W2 Brinklow House is a block on Torquay Street (Westbourne Green)
Buckshead House, W2 Buckshead House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Caradoc Close, W2 Caradoc Close is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Celbridge Mews, W2 Celbridge Mews is a street in Paddington (Royal Oak)
Charfield Court, W9 Charfield Court is part of the 1972 Amberley Estate (Little Venice)
Chippenham Mews, W9 Chippenham Mews lies behind Harrow Road running from Chippenham Road to Marylands Road (Maida Hill)
Cirencester Street, W2 Cirencester Street came about in the 1860s but was shortened when the Warwick Estate was built (Westbourne Green)
Clarendon Crescent, W2 Clarendon Crescent was said to be the longest road in London without a turning (Westbourne Green)
Clearwell Drive, W9 Clearwell Drive is a newer street, roughly built over the line of the former Amberley Mews (Little Venice)
Combe House, W2 Combe House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Culham House, W2 Culham House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Dainton House, W2 Dainton House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Dartmouth Close, W11 Dartmouth Close is a street in Notting Hill (Westbourne Green)
Derrycombe House, W2 Derrycombe House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Desborough Close, W2 Desborough Close was named after Desborough House which was demolished in the 19th century (Westbourne Green)
Devonport House, W2 Devonport House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Downfield Close, W9 Downfield Close is a street in Maida Vale (Westbourne Green)
Edbrooke Road, W9 Edbrooke Road is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Ellwood Court, W9 Ellwood Court is a two-storey block (Little Venice)
Elmfield Way, W9 Elmfield Way is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Elnathan Mews, W9 Elnathan Mews is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Vale)
Elsie Lane Court, W2 Elsie Lane Court is a block on Elsie Lane Court (Westbourne Green)
Fermoy House, W9 Fermoy House can be found on Fermoy Road (West Kilburn)
Foscote Mews, W9 This is a street in the W9 postcode area (Westbourne Green)
Gaydon House, W2 Gaydon House is a 21-storey block containing 125 dwellings (Royal Oak)
George Lowe Court, W2 George Lowe Court is a block on George Lowe Court (Westbourne Green)
Goldney Road, W9 Goldney Road was built around 1860 on land which was once the property of Westminster Abbey (Maida Hill)
Great Western Road, W11 The name of the Great Western Road dates from the 1850s (Westbourne Park)
Great Western Road, W9 Great Western Road’s northernmost section was created after a bridge was constructed over the canal (Maida Hill)
Hampden Street, W2 Hampden Street is a now demolished street (Westbourne Green)
Hanwell House, W2 Hanwell House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Harrow Road, W9 Harrow Road is a main road running through Paddington, Willesden and beyond (Maida Hill)
Hermes Close, W9 Hermes Close is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Hunter Lodge, W9 Hunter Lodge is a street in Maida Vale (Westbourne Green)
Keyham House, W2 The twenty-storey Keyham House is on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Landor House, W2 Landor House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Leamington House, W11 Leamington House was built by 1962 (Westbourne Park)
Leamington Road Villas, W11 Leamington Road Villas is a street in Notting Hill (Westbourne Park)
Lister Lodge, W9 Lister Lodge is a street in Maida Vale (Westbourne Green)
Lockbridge Court, W9 Lockbridge Court can be found on Elmfield Way (Westbourne Green)
Lord Hills Road, W2 Lord Hill’s Road was at first called Ranelagh Road (Westbourne Green)
Marylands Road, W9 Marylands Road was built by the Neeld family during the 1860s (Maida Hill)
Mickletone House, W2 Mickletone House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Modena Street, W9 Modena Street was swept away in the late 1960s (North Kensington)
Moulsford House, W2 Moulsford House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Oakington Road, W9 Oakington Road is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Oldbury House, W2 Oldbury House is a shopping parade along the Harrow Road with accommodation above, part of the Warwick Estate development (Westbourne Green)
Polesworth House, W2 Polesworth House is a block on Alfred Road (Westbourne Green)
Polperro House, W2 Polperro House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Portishead House, W2 Portishead House is part of the Brunel Estate (Westbourne Green)
Princethorpe House, W2 Princethorpe House is a block on Woodchester Square (Westbourne Green)
Riverford House, W2 Riverford House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Rowington Close, W2 Rowington Close probably dates from 1962 (Westbourne Green)
Sappertone House, W2 Sappertone House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Senior Street, W2 Senior Street has a long history of over 150 years (Westbourne Green)
Sevington Street, W9 Sevington Street is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Shrewsbury Road, W2 Shrewsbury Road is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
St Lukes Mews, W11 St Lukes Mews is a mews off of All Saints Road, W11 (Notting Hill)
St Luke’s Road, W11 St Luke’s Road is a street in Notting Hill (Westbourne Park)
St Stephens Mews, W2 St Stephens Mews is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
St Stephen’s Gardens, W2 St Stephen’s Gardens is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Stonehouse House, W2 Stonehouse House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Sunderland House, W2 Sunderland House is sited on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Surrendale Place, W9 Surrendale Place is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Sutherland Court, W9 Sutherland Court is located on Marylands Road (Maida Hill)
Swanleys, W2 Swanleys was built east of St Stephen’s Church in 1978 (Westbourne Green)
The Greene House, W9 The Greene House is a block on Goldney Road (Maida Hill)
Thorngate Road, W9 This is a street in the W9 postcode area (Maida Hill)
Torquay Street, W2 Torquay Street underwent name changes and building changes (Westbourne Green)
Truro House, W2 Truro House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Waverley Road, W2 Waverley Road, now gone, lasted just over a hundred years (Westbourne Green)
Westbourne Park Road, W11 Westbourne Park Road runs between Notting Hill and the Paddington area (Westbourne Park)
Westbourne Park Road, W2 Houses at the Paddington end of Westbourne Park Road date from the 1850s (Westbourne Green)
Westbourne Park Villas, W2 Westbourne Park Villas is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Westbury House, W11 Westbury House was built on the corner of Westbourne Park Road and Aldridge Road Villas in 1965 (Westbourne Park)
Western Mews, W9 Western Mews is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Wilmcote House, W2 Wilmcote House is sited on Woodchester Square (Westbourne Green)
Windsor Gardens, W9 Windsor Gardens is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Woodchester Square, W2 Woodchester Square is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Woodchester Street, W2 Woodchester Street disappeared from the map in 1961 (Westbourne Green)
Woodfield Crescent, W9 Woodfield Crescent was a former street in London W9 (Maida Hill)
Woodfield Place, W9 Woodfield Place is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Woodfield Road, W9 The first section of Woodfield Road seems to date from the 1830s (Maida Hill)


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