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Road · Walworth · SE5 ·
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2019
A street within the SE17 postcode





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Graham O’Connell   
Added: 10 Apr 2021 10:24 GMT   

Lloyd & Sons, Tin Box Manufacturers (1859 - 1982)
A Lloyd & Sons occupied the wharf (now known as Lloyds Wharf, Mill Street) from the mid 19th Century to the late 20th Century. Best known for making tin boxes they also produced a range of things from petrol canisters to collecting tins. They won a notorious libel case in 1915 when a local councillor criticised the working conditions which, in fairness, weren’t great. There was a major fire here in 1929 but the company survived at least until 1982 and probably a year or two after that.

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DavidA   
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.

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Richard Lake   
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.

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DavidA   
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)

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Johna216   
Added: 9 Aug 2017 16:26 GMT   

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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

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Johnshort   
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.

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Born here
sam   
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

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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.

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DavidA   
Added: 11 Aug 2023 11:27 GMT   

Grange Court, SE5
Actually SE15 (SE15 5PB) as marker is across the road.

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DavidA   
Added: 11 Aug 2023 11:34 GMT   

Grange Court, SE5
Proud of being in Peckham....

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DavidA   
Added: 11 Aug 2023 13:59 GMT   

The British Land Co.
...was set up in 1858 by the National Building Society to own land and split it into plots so the new freeholder could get a vote in elections. So it seems some individual houses were built like in 1869 and maybe the terraces came a bit later, with mortgages from the building society. Maybe the road names were already there ... after judges Sir Thomas Talfourd, Lord Denman and Lord Lyndhurst ... which each got a (former) pub name too

Source: British Land - Wikipedia

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Peter   
Added: 4 Dec 2023 07:05 GMT   

Gambia Street, SE1
Gambia Street was previously known as William Street.

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Eileen   
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

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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.

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Christian   
Added: 31 Oct 2023 10:34 GMT   

Cornwall Road, W11
Photo shows William Richard Hoare’s chemist shop at 121 Cornwall Road.

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Vik   
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!

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Phillip Martin   
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.

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Lived here
Christine Bithrey   
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]

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Chris hutchison   
Added: 15 Oct 2023 03:04 GMT   

35 broadhurst gardens.
35 Broadhurst gardens was owned by famous opera singer Mr Herman “Simmy”Simberg. He had transformed it into a film and recording complex.
There was a film and animation studio on the ground floor. The recording facilities were on the next two floors.
I arrived in London from Australia in 1966 and worked in the studio as the tea boy and trainee recording engineer from Christmas 1966 for one year. The facility was leased by an American advertising company called Moreno Films. Mr Simbergs company Vox Humana used the studio for their own projects as well. I worked for both of them. I was so lucky. The manager was another wonderful gentleman called Jack Price who went on to create numerous songs for many famous singers of the day and also assisted the careers of Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff. “Simmy” let me live in the bedsit,upper right hand window. Jack was also busy with projects with The Troggs,Bill Wyman,Peter Frampton. We did some great sessions with Manfred Mann and Alan Price. The Cream did some demos but that was before my time. We did lots of voice over work. Warren Mitchell and Ronnie Corbett were favourites. I went back in 1978 and “Simmy “ had removed all of the studio and it was now his home. His lounge room was still our studio in my minds eye!!


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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Aylesbury Estate, SE17 The Aylesbury Estate is a vast housing development in Walworth.

NEARBY STREETS
Addington Square, SE5 Addington Square is a Georgian and Regency garden square which was named after Henry Addington, prime minister in the early 19th century.
Albany Mews, SE17 A street within the SE5 postcode
Alpha Square, SE17 Part of Alpha Street was given the name Alpha Square in 1939.
Alpha Street, SE17 Alpha Street is an old Walworth Street.
Arklow House, SE5 Arklow House can be found on Albany Road.
Arments Court, SE5 Arments Court is a block on Albany Road.
Arnside Street, SE17 Arnside Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Aycliffe House, SE17 Aycliffe House is a block on Portland Street.
Ayres Court, SE5 Ayres Court is a block on New Church Road.
Baillie House, SE17 Baillie House is a block on Horsley Street.
Balmoral Court, SE17 Balmoral Court is a building on Merrow Street.
Barrett Court, SE5 Barrett Court lies on Dobson’s Walk.
Beaconsfield Road, SE5 Beaconsfield Road is part of the Aylesbury Estate.
Bethwin Road, SE5 Bethwin Road was called Windmill Road in the 1830s and Avenue Road by the 1860s.
Boundary Lane, SE5 Boundary Lane is a road in the SE5 postcode area
Bowyer Place, SE5 Bowyer Place is in an area of Camberwell
Bowyer Plaza, SE5 Bowyer Plaza lies in Camberwell
Bowyer Street, SE5 Bowyer Street is a location in Camberwell
Boyson Road, SE17 Boyson Road is a location in London.
Boyson Road, SE5 Boyson Road is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Bradenham Close, SE17 Bradenham Close is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Burgess Business Park, SE5 Burgess Business Park is part of Camberwell
Burgess House, SE5 Burgess House is a block on Sir John Kirk Close.
Cadiz Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Camberwell Road, SE17 Camberwell Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Camberwell Road, SE5 Camberwell Road was laid out in 1818 after the opening of Vauxhall Bridge.
Canal Street, SE5 Canal Street is a road in the SE5 postcode area
Carlyle House, SE5 Carlyle House is a block on Sir John Kirk Close.
Carter Place, SE17 Carter Place is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Carter Street, SE17 Carter Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Churchyard Passage, SE5 Churchyard Passage is a road in the SE5 postcode area
Clarence House, SE17 Clarence House is sited on Merrow Street.
Cottage Green, SE5 Cottage Green is in Camberwell
Crown Street, SE5 Crown Street is in an area of Camberwell
Dartford Street, SE17 Dartford Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Darvell House, SE17 Darvell House is sited on Inville Road.
Depot Street, SE5 Depot Street is a road in the SE5 postcode area
Dobson Walk, SE5 Dobson Walk is a location in London.
Donato Drive, SE15 Donato Drive is the western section of Tower Mill Road.
Draco Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Edmund Street, SE5 Edmund Street is in an area of Camberwell
Ellison House, SE5 Ellison House is located on Albany Road.
Empress Street, SE17 Empress Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Fielding Street, SE17 Fielding Street runs west from Walworth Road.
Gateway, SE17 Gateway is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Grosvenor Park, SE5 Grosvenor Park is in the Camberwell area
Grosvenor Terrace, SE5 Grosvenor Terrace is in an area of Camberwell
Hambling Court, SE5 Hambling Court is a block on Southampton Way.
Harding Close, SE5 Harding Close is in Camberwell
Hodgkin Court, SE5 Hodgkin Court is a block on Dobson Walk.
Hogan Court, SE5 Hogan Court is a building on Edmund Street.
Hopwood Road, SE17 Hopwood Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Horsley Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Horsman Street, SE5 Chatham Road became Horsman Street in 1898.
Inville Road, SE17 Inville Road serves the Aylesbury Estate.
Jewell Street, SE5 Jewell Street, forms part of the London suburb of Camberwell
John Ruskin Street, SE5 John Ruskin Street is part of Camberwell
Kenyon House, SE5 Kenyon House is a building on New Church Road.
Kiebs Way, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Kitaj Court, SE5 Kitaj Court is located on Edmund Street.
Kitson Road, SE5 Kitson Road is a road in the SE5 postcode area
Langdale Close, SE17 Langdale Close is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Lees House, SE17 Lees House is located on Inville Road.
Leigh Court, BS8 Leigh Court is a location in London.
Leigh Court, SE5 Leigh Court is a block on Sam King Walk.
Liverpool Grove, SE17 Liverpool Grove was an idea of the Eccleciastical Commissioners of England.
Lytham Street, SE17 Lytham Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Macleod Street, SE17 Macleod Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Marble House, SE5 Marble House is a block on Grosvenor Terrace.
Martha Street, SE5 Martha Street, now disappeared, started off in two sections.
Merrow Street, SE17 Merrow Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Michael Faraday House, SE17 Michael Faraday House is a block on Beaconsfield Road.
New Church Road, SE5 New Church Road is one of the streets of London in the SE5 postal area.
Notley Street, SE5 Notley Street is in an area of Camberwell
Olney Road, SE17 The original line of Olney Road now runs from Draco Street to Heiron Street.
Olney Road, SE17 There are both old and new versions of Olney Road in the area.
Olney Street, SE17 Olney Street formerly ran along part of the line of Fielding Street.
Palfrey Court, SE5 Palfrey Court is located on Edmund Street.
Parkhouse Street, SE5 Parkhouse Street lies within the SE5 postal area
Pelier Street, SE17 Pelier Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Penrose Grove, SE17 Penrose Grove is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Penrose Street, SE17 Penrose Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Phelp Street, SE17 Phelp Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Phelps Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Pitman Street, SE5 Pitman Street is in Camberwell
Portland Street, SE17 Portland Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Queens House, SE17 Queens House is a block on Merrow Street.
Queens Row, SE17 Queens Row is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Red Lion Close, SE17 Red Lion Close is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Red Lion Row, SE17 A street within the SE5 postcode
Roland Way, SE17 Roland Way is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Saltwood Grove, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Sam King Walk, BS8 Sam King Walk is a location in London.
Sears Street, SE5 This is a street in the SE5 postcode area
Sir John Kirk Close, SE5 Sir John Kirk Close lies within the SE5 postal area
Slade Walk, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Soane House, SE17 Soane House is a block on Roland Way.
Sondes Street, SE17 Sondes Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area
St Georges Way, SE5 St Georges Way is a road in the SE5 postcode area
St Marks House, SE17 St Marks House is a block on Phelp Street.
St Matthews House, SE17 St Matthews House is a block on Phelp Street.
St Peters House, SE17 St Peters House is a block on Queen’s Row.
St Stephens House, SE17 St Stephens House is a building on Phelp Street.
Strathcona House, SE17 Strathcona House is a block on Queen’s Row.
Sturgeon Road, SE17 Sturgeon Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area
Sultan Street, SE5 Sultan Street, forms part of the London suburb of Camberwell
Sutherland Square, SE17 Sutherland Square is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Sutherland Walk, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode
Urlwin Street, SE5 Urlwin Street is in the Camberwell area
Villa Street, SE17 Villa Street has been in existence since the turn of the nineteenth century.
Wells Way, SE5 Wells Way is a through road that cuts across Burgess Park.
Westmoreland Road, SE17 Westmoreland Road is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.
Worth Grove, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

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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.


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Villa Street Walworth c.1907.
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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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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.
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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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Harrison House on the Browning Estate, Walworth (1974)
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Villa Street Walworth c.1907.
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The Good Intent - the last pub of East Street Market
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The Aylesbury Estate, Walworth, as viewed from Chiltern (2009)
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