Wolseley Gardens, W4

Wolseley Gardens is named after Sir Garnet Wolseley who led a British expedition to Egypt which failed to rescue General Gordon at Khartoum in 1884.

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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

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The mosaic house of Fairlawn Grove Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1721553484 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Cunnington Street in Acton Green has some fine preserved ’Acton Council’ street signs Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1721552385 Licence:	Fairlawn Court, Acton Lane (2021) Credit: Wiki Commons/Ian Alexander TUM image id: 1721553189 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Engraving of Kew Bridge and Strand-on-the-Green by the Bell & Crown Inn (1832) TUM image id: 1731584551 Licence:	Silver Crescent, Gunnersbury (1920s) The road was for a while an isolated crescent of houses was backed onto notable market gardens with few houses. This arrangement didn’t survive the First World War with the remaining plots being filled in along with new surrounding roads. TUM image id: 1466547824 Licence:
Memorial on the site of the first V-2 rocket to land on London during the Second World War, located in Staveley Road, W4. Credit: Patche99z TUM image id: 1558868604 Licence:	Waiting Credit: Norman McCaskill/Rook Gallery TUM image id: 1660313526 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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Silver Crescent, Gunnersbury (1920s) The road was for a while an isolated crescent of houses was backed onto notable market gardens with few houses. This arrangement didn’t survive the First World War with the remaining plots being filled in along with new surrounding roads.
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