Redcliffe Gardens, SW10

Redcliffe Gardens began life as Walnut Tree Walk, a pathway running through nurseries and market gardens.

The street, built between 1865 and 1873, is characterised by a wide street, mature trees, ample front gardens and large gault brick houses arranged as detached houses, pairs, groups of three and terraces.

Redcliffe Gardens is home to Redcliffe School’s prep school.

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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

Coleherne House Coleherne House once stood on the corner of Brompton Lane (later Brompton Road) and Walnut Tree Lane (now Redcliffe Gardens).

Coleherne House

Goodwins Field Goodwins Field - a field with a story.

Goodwins Field

Kensington Canal The Kensington Canal was a canal, about two miles long, opened in 1828 in London from the River Thames at Chelsea, along the line of Counter’s Creek, to a basin near Warwick Road in Kensington.

Kensington Canal

NEARBY STREETS

Adrian Mews, SW10 Adrian Mews is a small mews off of Ifield Road (Chelsea)

Adrian Mews, SW10

Ashberg House, SW10 Ashberg House is located on Cathcart Road (Chelsea)

Ashberg House, SW10

Bolton Gardens Mews, SW10 Bolton Gardens Mews is a road in the SW10 postcode area (Chelsea)

Bolton Gardens Mews, SW10

Boltons Court, SW5 Boltons Court is a block on Old Brompton Road (Earl’s Court)

Boltons Court, SW5

Boltons Place, SW5 Boltons Place is a road in the SW5 postcode area (Brompton)

Boltons Place, SW5

Brockhurst House, SW10 Brockhurst House is a block on Fulham Road (Chelsea)

Brockhurst House, SW10

Brompton Park Crescent, SW6 Brompton Park Crescent is in the Fulham area (Fulham)

Brompton Park Crescent, SW6

Carmichael Close, SW10 A street within the SW10 postcode (Chelsea)

Carmichael Close, SW10

Cathcart Road, SW10 Cathcart Road is a road in the SW10 postcode area (Chelsea)

Cathcart Road, SW10

Coleherne Mews, SW10 Coleherne Mews is a road in the SW10 postcode area (Chelsea)

Coleherne Mews, SW10

Coleherne Road, SW10 Coleherne Road is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

Coleherne Road, SW10

Cranley Mews, SW7 Cranley Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Brompton)

Cranley Mews, SW7

Cresswell Gardens, SW10 Cresswell Gardens is a road in the SW10 postcode area (Chelsea)

Cresswell Gardens, SW10

Cresswell Place, SW10 Cresswell Place is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

Cresswell Place, SW10

Drayton Gardens, SW10 Drayton Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

Drayton Gardens, SW10

Eagle Place, SW7 This is a street in the SW7 postcode area (Brompton)

Eagle Place, SW7

Earls Court Square, SW5 Earls Court Square is a residential square (Earl’s Court)

Earls Court Square, SW5

East House, SW10 East House is a block on Cresswell Place (Brompton)

East House, SW10

East House, SW5 East House is a block on The Boltons (Brompton)

East House, SW5

East Terrace, SW10 East Terrace is a road in the SW10 postcode area (Chelsea)

East Terrace, SW10

Edith Yard Edith Grove, SW10 Edith Yard Edith Grove is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

Edith Yard Edith Grove, SW10

Esher House, SW10 Residential block (Chelsea)

Esher House, SW10

Euro House, SW5 Euro House is a block on Warwick Road

Euro House, SW5

Farnell Mews, SW5 Farnell Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)

Farnell Mews, SW5

Farrier Walk, SW10 Farrier Walk is a road in the SW10 postcode area (Chelsea)

Farrier Walk, SW10

Fawcett Street, SW10 Fawcett Street is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

Fawcett Street, SW10

Fernshaw Close, SW10 Fernshaw Close is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

Fernshaw Close, SW10

Finborough Road, SW10 Finborough Road derives its name from the country seat in Suffolk of the local landowning Pettiward family (Chelsea)

Finborough Road, SW10

Fulham Road, SW10 Fulham Road is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

Fulham Road, SW10

Gertrude Street, SW10 Gertrude Street is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

Gertrude Street, SW10

Gilston Road, SW10 Gilston Road is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

Gilston Road, SW10

Grove Court, SW10 Grove Court is a block on Drayton Gardens (Chelsea)

Grove Court, SW10

Harcourt Terrace, SW10 Harcourt Terrace is a road in the SW10 postcode area (Chelsea)

Harcourt Terrace, SW10

Harley Gardens, SW10 Harley Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

Harley Gardens, SW10

Holly Mews, SW10 Holly Mews is a road in the SW10 postcode area (Chelsea)

Holly Mews, SW10

Hollywood Mews, SW10 Hollywood Mews is a road in the SW10 postcode area (Chelsea)

Hollywood Mews, SW10

Hollywood Road, SW10 Hollywood Road is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

Hollywood Road, SW10

Hunter House, SW5 Hunter House is sited on Old Brompton Road (West Brompton)

Hunter House, SW5

Ifield Road, SW10 Ifield Road is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

Ifield Road, SW10

Kempsford Gardens, SW5 Kempsford Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (West Brompton)

Kempsford Gardens, SW5

Kramer Mews, SW5 Kramer Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Chelsea)

Kramer Mews, SW5

Langham Mansions, SW5 Langham Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)

Langham Mansions, SW5

Lee House, SW10 Lee House is a block on Drayton Gardens (Chelsea)

Lee House, SW10

Lille Square, SW6 Lille Square is part of Fulham (Fulham)

Lille Square, SW6

London House, SW10 Residential block (Chelsea)

London House, SW10

Milborne Grove, SW10 Milborne Grove was built between 1851 and 1862 (Chelsea)

Milborne Grove, SW10

Munro Terrace, SW10 Munro Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

Munro Terrace, SW10

Netherton Grove, SW10 Netherton Grove is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

Netherton Grove, SW10

Nightingale Place, SW10 Nightingale Place is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

Nightingale Place, SW10

Old Brompton Road, SW5 Old Brompton Road is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Chelsea)

Old Brompton Road, SW5

Owen Close, SW10 Owen Close is a road in the UB4 postcode area (Chelsea)

Owen Close, SW10

Penywern Road, SW5 Penywern Road is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area

Penywern Road, SW5

Priory Walk, SW10 Priory Walk and Milborne Grove both have development on one side of the road only and together they book-end Harley Gardens (Chelsea)

Priory Walk, SW10

Pullman Court, SW10 Pullman Court is a block on Drayton Gardens (Chelsea)

Pullman Court, SW10

Redcliffe Close, SW5 Redcliffe Close is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)

Redcliffe Close, SW5

Redcliffe Gardens, SW10 Redcliffe Gardens began life as Walnut Tree Walk, a pathway running through nurseries and market gardens (Chelsea)

Redcliffe Gardens, SW10

Redcliffe Mews, SW10 Redcliffe Mews runs behind Harcourt Terrace (Chelsea)

Redcliffe Mews, SW10

Redcliffe Place, SW10 Redcliffe Place is named after its architect’s recent brief to design a church in the Redcliffe area of Bristol (Chelsea)

Redcliffe Place, SW10

Redcliffe Road, SW10 Redcliffe Road is a road in the SW10 postcode area (Chelsea)

Redcliffe Road, SW10

Redcliffe Square, SW10 Redcliffe Square was built as part of the Gunter estate in the 1860s (Chelsea)

Redcliffe Square, SW10

Redcliffe Street, SW10 Redcliffe Street is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

Redcliffe Street, SW10

Roland Gardens, SW7 Roland Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Brompton)

Roland Gardens, SW7

Roland Way, SW7 Roland Way is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Brompton)

Roland Way, SW7

Seagrave Road, SW6 Seagrave Road is a location in Fulham (Fulham)

Seagrave Road, SW6

Seymour Walk, SW10 Seymour Walk was almost entirely built between the 1790s-1820s in an area then known as Little Chelsea (Chelsea)

Seymour Walk, SW10

Shalcomb Street, SW10 Shalcomb Street is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

Shalcomb Street, SW10

Sibyl Thorndike Casson House, SW5 Sibyl Thorndike Casson House is a block on Kramer Mews (West Brompton)

Sibyl Thorndike Casson House, SW5

South Bolton Gardens, SW5 South Bolton Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Brompton)

South Bolton Gardens, SW5

South Walk, SW10 South Walk is a road in the SW10 postcode area (Chelsea)

South Walk, SW10

St Lukes Church Hall, SW10 St Lukes Church Hall is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

St Lukes Church Hall, SW10

The Boltons, SW10 The Boltons is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

The Boltons, SW10

The Little Boltons, SW10 The Little Boltons - originally called "The Grove" - connects Old Brompton Road with Tregunter Road (Chelsea)

The Little Boltons, SW10

The Mansions, SW5 The Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)

The Mansions, SW5

Thistle Grove, SW7 Thistle Grove was a rural track before the area was urbanised in the 1860s (Brompton)

Thistle Grove, SW7

Tregunter Road, SW10 Development began at the east end of Tregunter Road in 1851 and was complete by 1866 at the west end (Chelsea)

Tregunter Road, SW10

Warner House, SW10 Warner House is a block on Priory Walk (Chelsea)

Warner House, SW10

Weir Road, SW5 Weir Road is a road in the SW17 postcode area (Earl’s Court)

Weir Road, SW5

Westgate Terrace, SW10 Westgate Terrace is a road in the SW10 postcode area (Chelsea)

Westgate Terrace, SW10

Wetherby Mansions, SW5 Wetherby Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Chelsea)

Wetherby Mansions, SW5

Wetherby Mews, SW5 Wetherby Mews is a road in the SW5 postcode area (Earl’s Court)

Wetherby Mews, SW5

Wharfedale Street, SW10 This is a street in the SW10 postcode area (Chelsea)

Wharfedale Street, SW10

Whistler Walk, SW10 Whistler Walk is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

Whistler Walk, SW10

Yale House, SW5 Yale House is a block on Old Brompton Road (Chelsea)

Yale House, SW5

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Map of the Kensington Canal area. Credit: John Greenwood TUM image id: 1556881759 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Lots Road Power Station (2005). Credit: Adrian Pingstone TUM image id: 1526051282 Licence:	Chelsea Farm was constructed in the 17th century and was used for market gardening, supplying central London. The Earl of Huntingdon, in the middle of the eighteenth century, rebuilt Chelsea Farm as a house rather than a farm. It became the residence of the Countess of Huntington, a pious Methodist. Chelsea Farm was bought in 1778 by Thomas Dawson, who was created Viscount Cremorne in 1785. Cremorne House was then built along with Ashburnham House and Ashburnham Cottage. By the early 1800s the grounds extended north from the river Thames up to the King’s Road. The estate was famous for its elegant gardens, laid out by Nathaniel Richmond. After Lady Cremorne’s death (his second wife, who was the grand-daughter of William Penn, who founded Pennsylvania) there were no direct male heirs. In 1825 the ‘Lammas’ rights of common grazing were abolished and in 1831 it was sold to Charles Random who established a ’National Sporting Club’, called the Stadium, in the grounds for ’the cultivation of skilful and manly exercise’ which included shooting, sailing, bathing, archery and fencing. The name lives on in Stadium Street. The venture failed and he was forced to surrender the property to his creditors. Credit: Kensington and Chelsea Libraries TUM image id: 1526048909 Licence:	Salve Volpe - known locally as "Jacko" - selling chestnuts from an ice cream barrow outside the World’s End pub, Chelsea (1951) "Jacko", who lived in Fulham, branched out to selling ice cream in the summer. Selling chestnuts on London streets seems to have largely died out. Credit: Mirrorpix TUM image id: 1684934610 Licence:	The Dancing Platform at Cremorne Gardens (1864) In the 17th century, Chelsea Farm was formed and the area was used for market gardening plots, supplying central London. In 1778, Lord Cremorne bought Chelsea Farm and Cremorne House was built. In 1830 Charles Random de Berenger, a colourful character implicated in financial fraud during the Napoleonic War, purchased Cremorne House. He was a keen sportsman and opened a sports club know as Cremorne Stadium for ‘skilful and manly exercise’ including shooting, sailing, archery and fencing. In 1846, De Berenger’s Cremorne Stadium was transformed into a pleasure garden which became a popular and noisy place of entertainment. The entertainment included a diverse range of activities including concerts, fireworks, balloon ascents, galas and theatre. Credit: Phoebus Levin TUM image id: 1526047056 Licence:
Early 20th century view looking south towards the railway. Credit: London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham TUM image id: 1562593848 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Springtime, Earl’s Court Credit: IG/MrLondon TUM image id: 1679253309 Licence:	Finborough Road, Chelsea Credit: Nancy Weir Huntly (1890-1963) TUM image id: 1671293275 Licence:	Kenway Road (1970) Credit: British History Online TUM image id: 1678986487 Licence:	24-hour potato service on the King’s Road, Chelsea (1962) TUM image id: 1660647630 Licence:
Boys and girls kick a ball around a quiet Uverdale Road, Chelsea (early 1960s). The road is now filled with parked cars and a gated playground. Just down the road from major bomb sites, this was one of a cluster of streets that became a ghost town in the wake of the Blitz Credit: John Bignell TUM image id: 1633096670 Licence:	The original Warwick Road Earl’s Court station entrance TUM image id: 1681222601 Licence:	Plan of the Redcliffe Estate, developed by Corbett and McClymont, 1860s. Until the development in the 1860s, the area was entirely rural, with villages at Earl’s Court and Little Chelsea, and the intervening land occupied by market gardens, grassland and paddocks. TUM image id: 1671294160 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Graffiti, Raasay Street, Chelsea (1969). Credit: Roger Perry TUM image id: 1565109451 Licence:	Walham Green Station (1907) This later became Fulham Broadway station. TUM image id: 1668003463 Licence: CC BY 2.0