Cressfield Close, NW5

Cressfield Close is a street in Kentish Town.

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Parkers Row, SE1 Added: 9 Jan 2025 18:51 GMT	Parkers Row, SE1 My great great grandmother, and her soon to be husband, lived in Parker’s Row before their marriage in St James in June 1839. Thier names were - Jane Elizabeth Turner and Charles Frederick Dean. She was a hat trimmer and he was a tailor. Reply
Lindsay Trott Lockside, E14 Added: 1 Jan 2025 17:55 GMT	Lockside not on 1939 Register I have the Denby family living in Lockside in 1938 but it does not appear on the 1939 Register. Reply
Janelle Robbins Blossom Place, E1 Added: 27 Dec 2024 18:47 GMT	Harriet Robbins Please get in touch re Harriet Robbins Reply
Dave Hinves Bacon Street, E1 Added: 27 Nov 2024 03:55 GMT	he was a School Teacher Henry sailed from Graves End 1849 on ’The Woodbridge’ arrived South Australia 1850. In 1858 he married Julia Ann Walsh at Burra, South Australia, they had 3 children, and 36 grand children. Died 24 June 1896 at Wilmington, South Australia. He is my 1st cousin 3x removed. Reply
Kevin Pont St George’s Square, SW1V Added: 23 Nov 2024 17:03 GMT	St Georges Square This is rather lovely and well worth a visit! Reply
Simon Chapman Blossom Place, E1 Added: 22 Nov 2024 17:47 GMT	Blossom Place My Great Great Grandmother, Harriett Robbins lived in 2 Blossom Place in 1865 before marrying my Great Great Grandfather. They moved to 23 Spitall Square. Reply
Mark G Skidmore Street, E1 Added: 26 Oct 2024 21:54 GMT	Skidmore Street, E1 Skidmore Street was located where present day Ernest Street and Solebay Street now stand. They are both located above Shandy Street and Commodore Street. Reply
Alan Russell Cheshire Street, E1 Added: 26 Oct 2024 14:36 GMT	Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969 Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969 Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Queen’s Crescent Market Queen’s Crescent Market is one of London’s oldest street markets, and is still held every Thursday and Saturday.

Queen’s Crescent Market

NEARBY STREETS

Aland Road, NW5 Aland Road was named after the Åland archipelago in the Baltic (Kentish Town West)

Aland Road, NW5

Allcroft Passage, NW5 Allcroft Passage was situated off of Allcroft Road

Allcroft Passage, NW5

Allcroft Road, NW5 Allcroft Road was built between 1862 and 1870 to links Queen’s Crescent with roads to the south.

Allcroft Road, NW5

Alpha Court, NW5 Alpha Court is a block on Raglan Street (Kentish Town)

Alpha Court, NW5

Alpha House, NW5 Alpha House is a block on Holmes Road (Kentish Town)

Alpha House, NW5

Appleford, NW5 Appleford is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Appleford, NW5

Arctic Street, NW5 Arctic Street was Franklin Street until 1937

Arctic Street, NW5

Ashdown Crescent, NW5 Ashdown Crescent commemorates its former landowner

Ashdown Crescent, NW5

Ashdown Street, NW5 Ashdown Street, now demolished, was named after Edwin Ashdown

Ashdown Street, NW5

Athlone Street, NW5 Athlone Street is named for Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (Kentish Town West)

Athlone Street, NW5

Azania Mews, NW5 Azania Mews is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Kentish Town)

Azania Mews, NW5

Barrington Close, NW5 Barrington Close is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Gospel Oak)

Barrington Close, NW5

Bassett Street, NW5 Bassett Street is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town West)

Bassett Street, NW5

Browns Lane, NW5 Browns Lane is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Browns Lane, NW5

Burghley Road, NW5 Burghley Road is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Burghley Road, NW5

Carker’s Lane, NW5 Carker’s Lane is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Kentish Town)

Carker’s Lane, NW5

Cathcart Hill, NW5 Cathcart Hill is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Kentish Town)

Cathcart Hill, NW5

Cathcart Street, NW5 Cathcart Street dates from 1856 (Kentish Town)

Cathcart Street, NW5

Chaston Place, NW5 Chaston Place is a street in Kentish Town (Gospel Oak)

Chaston Place, NW5

Cheriton, NW5 Cheriton is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Cheriton, NW5

Chester Court, NW5 Chester Court is a block on Lissenden Gardens (Gospel Oak)

Chester Court, NW5

Coity Road, NW5 This is a street in the NW5 postcode area (Kentish Town West)

Coity Road, NW5

College Lane, NW5 College Lane is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

College Lane, NW5

College Yard, NW5 College Yard is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

College Yard, NW5

Courthope Road, NW3 Courthope Road is a street in Hampstead (Gospel Oak)

Courthope Road, NW3

Cressfield Close, NW5 Cressfield Close is a street in Kentish Town (Gospel Oak)

Cressfield Close, NW5

Deane House, NW5 Residential block (Kentish Town)

Deane House, NW5

Elaine Grove, NW5 Elaine Grove is a street in the Gospel Oak area (Gospel Oak)

Elaine Grove, NW5

Estell Road, NW3 Estell Road is a location in London (Gospel Oak)

Estell Road, NW3

Estelle Road, NW3 Estelle Road is a street in Hampstead (Hampstead Heath)

Estelle Road, NW3

Evangelist Road, NW5 Evangelist Road is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Kentish Town)

Evangelist Road, NW5

Gilden Crescent, NW5 Gilden Crescent is a road in the NW5 postcode area

Gilden Crescent, NW5

Gordon House Road, NW3 Gordon House Road is a street in Hampstead (Gospel Oak)

Gordon House Road, NW3

Gordon House Road, NW5 Gordon House Road is a street in Kentish Town (Gospel Oak)

Gordon House Road, NW5

Grafton Road, NW5 Grafton Road leaves Prince of Wales Road and takes a northwesterly trajectory to Kentish Town West and beyond

Grafton Road, NW5

Grafton Terrace, NW5 Grafton Terrace is a street in Kentish Town (Gospel Oak)

Grafton Terrace, NW5

Greenwood Place, NW5 Greenwood Place is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Greenwood Place, NW5

Haverstock Road, NW5 Haverstock Road is a street in Kentish Town (Gospel Oak)

Haverstock Road, NW5

Hemingway Close, NW5 Hemingway Close is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Gospel Oak)

Hemingway Close, NW5

Herbert Street, NW5 Herbert Street is a street in Kentish Town (Gospel Oak)

Herbert Street, NW5

Highgate Road, NW5 Highgate Road is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Highgate Road, NW5

Highgate Studios, NW5 Highgate Studios is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Highgate Studios, NW5

Holmes Road, NW5 Holmes Road is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Holmes Road, NW5

Inkerman Road, NW5 Inkerman Road is one of the ’Crimean’ streets of Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Inkerman Road, NW5

Kiln Place, NW5 Kiln Place is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Gospel Oak)

Kiln Place, NW5

Lady Somerset Road, NW5 Lady Somerset Road is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Lady Somerset Road, NW5

Lamble Street, NW3 Lamble Street is a street in Kentish Town (Gospel Oak)

Lamble Street, NW3

Lismore Circus, NW5 Lismore Circus was a former Victorian circus with six streets radiating from it (Gospel Oak)

Lismore Circus, NW5

Little Green Street, NW5 Little Green Street was built in the 1780s and is one of the few intact Georgian streets in London (Kentish Town)

Little Green Street, NW5

Malden Place, NW5 Malden Place is a street in Kentish Town (Gospel Oak)

Malden Place, NW5

Malden Road, NW5 Malden Road is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town West)

Malden Road, NW5

Mansfield Place, NW3 Mansfield Place is a road in the NW3 postcode area (Gospel Oak)

Mansfield Place, NW3

Mansfield Road, NW3 Mansfield Road is a street in Hampstead (Gospel Oak)

Mansfield Road, NW3

Mary Brancker House, NW5 Mary Brancker House is sited on Holmes Road (Kentish Town)

Mary Brancker House, NW5

Meru Close, NW5 Meru Close is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Gospel Oak)

Meru Close, NW5

Oak Village, NW5 Oak Village is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Gospel Oak)

Oak Village, NW5

Quadrant Grove, NW5 Quadrant Grove is a street in Kentish Town (Gospel Oak)

Quadrant Grove, NW5

Queen’s Crescent, NW5 Queen’s Crescent played a seminal role in the story of the Sainsbury’s supermarket chain

Queen’s Crescent, NW5

Raglan Street, NW5 Raglan Street is part of the Kentish Town ’Crimea’ estate (Kentish Town)

Raglan Street, NW5

Regis Road, NW5 Regis Road is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Regis Road, NW5

Rona Road, NW3 Rona Road is a street in Hampstead (Gospel Oak)

Rona Road, NW3

Rowan House, NW3 Rowan House is a block on Maitland Park Road (Kentish Town West)

Rowan House, NW3

Sanderson Close, NW5 Sanderson Close is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Kentish Town)

Sanderson Close, NW5

Savernake Road, NW3 Savernake Road, with Constantine Road, forms a huge crescent from Fleet Road to Mansfield Road (Hampstead Heath)

Savernake Road, NW3

Savernake Road, NW3 Savernake Road is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Hampstead Heath)

Savernake Road, NW3

Shirlock Road, NW3 Shirlock Road is a street in Hampstead (Hampstead Heath)

Shirlock Road, NW3

Southampton Road, NW5 Southampton Road is a street in Kentish Town

Southampton Road, NW5

Spring House, NW5 Spring House is a block on Spring Place

Spring House, NW5

Spring Place, NW5 Spring Place is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Spring Place, NW5

St Mary Brookfield Hall, NW5 St Mary Brookfield Hall is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

St Mary Brookfield Hall, NW5

Stonegate, NW5 Stonegate is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Stonegate, NW5

Thurlow Terrace, NW5 Thurlow Terrace is a street in Kentish Town (Gospel Oak)

Thurlow Terrace, NW5

Vicars Road, NW5 Vicars Road is a street in Kentish Town (Gospel Oak)

Vicars Road, NW5

Wandsworth Place, NW5 Wandsworth Place is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Kentish Town)

Wandsworth Place, NW5

Warden Road, NW5 Warden Road is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town West)

Warden Road, NW5

Weedington Road, NW5 Weedington Road is a street in Kentish Town

Weedington Road, NW5

Wellesley Road, NW5 Wellesley Road is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town West)

Wellesley Road, NW5

Wendling, NW5 Wendling is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Wendling, NW5

Wesleyan Place, NW5 Wesleyan Place is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Gospel Oak)

Wesleyan Place, NW5

Whitebeam House, NW3 Whitebeam House is a block on Maitland Park Villas (Belsize Park)

Whitebeam House, NW3

Wiblin Mews, NW5 Wiblin Mews is a location in London (Kentish Town)

Wiblin Mews, NW5

Woodyard Close, NW5 Woodyard Close is a road in the NW5 postcode area

Woodyard Close, NW5

Wordsworth Place, NW5 Wordsworth Place runs off Southampton Road

Wordsworth Place, NW5

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London bus ticket issued from a Gibson ticket machine which were in use from 1953-1993 TUM image id: 1630631225 Licence:	Entrance to the Fleet River, c. 1750 Credit: Samuel Scott TUM image id: 1529237151 Licence:	'The Benevolent Institution for the Relief of Aged and Infirm Journeymen' was founded in Kentish Town on 10 February 1837. The asylum consisted of the chapel and ten houses; the dwelling at the south end being appropriated for the chaplain. Each house consisted of eight rooms, two being allotted to each pensioner. As reported in 1843, there were thirty-six male pensioners and their wives in the asylum. In addition to the apartments, each pensioner received 8 shillings a week plus coal. TUM image id: 1449310458 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Sainsbury’s Allcroft Road depot This was built in what is now NW5 in the 1880s Credit: J. Sainsbury TUM image id: 1592125010 Licence:	Children in Tufnell Park walk to school (1922) The junction of Fortess Roadd, looking up Dartmouth Park Hill, with The Boston pub out of shot on the right. Credit: Press Association TUM image id: 1660568106 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Two women walking past the graffiti ’No Evictions!’ on a railway bridge on Grafton Road, NW5. Much of the area was bulldozed and redeveloped in the 1960s and early 1970s. TUM image id: 1607643107 Licence:	Haverstock Hill station in 1905 with its entrance on Lismore Circus. TUM image id: 1450611692 Licence:	Spotted playing games with London Borough of Camden traffic wardens. Probably not recommended. TUM image id: 1628262655 Licence:	Many of the roads around NW3 and NW5 were built with a particular lack of naming imagination. Many an x Mews North matches a near-identical x Mews South TUM image id: 1628262161 Licence:	Sainsbury’s opened its first depot in Langford Mews, Kentish Town around 1880. This was where Sainsbury’s smoked bacon and had stabling and warehouses to supply the growing chain of Sainsbury stores until the Company’s headquarters moved to Blackfriars in 1891. Credit: https://www.locallocalhistory.co.uk/ TUM image id: 1628247918 Licence:
Little Green Street sign Credit: Wikimedia/IMS TUM image id: 1552945858 Licence:	Hetty Scott at her greengrocer stall outside 159 Queen’s Crescent, Kentish Town (1914) TUM image id: 1628259583 Licence: