Kingsnorth House, W10

Kingsnorth House is a block on Silchester Road.

The old brewery on Walmer Road where Nottingwood House now stands. Photo dates from 1937.
Credit: Kensington Borough Archive

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Roy Batham Notting Dale Added: 7 Jan 2022 05:50 GMT	Batham Family (1851 - 1921) I start with William Batham 1786-1852 born in St.Martins Middlesex. From various sources I have found snippets of information concerning his early life. A soldier in 1814 he married Mary Champelovier of Huguenot descent By 1819 they were in Kensington where they raised 10 children. Apart from soldier his other occupations include whitesmith, bell hanger and pig breeder. I find my first record in the 1851 English sensus. No street address is given, just ’The Potteries’. He died 1853. Only one child at home then George Batham 1839-1923, my great grandfather. By 1861 he is living in Thomas St. Kensington with his mother. A bricklayer by trade 1871, married and still in Thomas St. 1881 finds him in 5,Martin St. Kensington. 1891 10,Manchester St. 1911, 44 Hunt St Hammersmith. Lastly 1921 Census 7, Mersey St. which has since been demolished. Source: Batham/Wiseman - Family Tree Reply
Susan Wright Bramley Mews Added: 16 Sep 2017 22:42 GMT	Ada Crowe, 9 Bramley Mews My Great Grandmother Ada Crowe was born in 9 Bramley Mews in 1876. Reply
Joan Clarke Mary Place Workhouse Added: 2 Feb 2021 10:54 GMT	Avondale Park Gardens My late aunt Ivy Clarke (nee Burridge) lived with her whole family at 19 Avondale Park Gardens, according to the 1911 census and she was still there in 1937.What was it like in those days, I wonder, if the housing was only built in 1920? Reply
ken gaston Avondale Park Gardens, W11 Added: 16 Jan 2021 11:04 GMT	Avondale Park Gardens My grandmother Hilda Baker and a large family lived in number 18 . It was a close community and that reflected in the coronation celebration held on the central green . I grew up in that square and went to school at Sirdar Road then St. Clements it was a great place to grow up with a local park and we would also trek to Holland Park or Kensington Gardens .Even then the area was considered deprived and a kindergarden for criminals . My generation were the first to escape to the new towns and became the overspill from London to get decent housing and living standards . Reply
Norman Norrington Blechynden Street, W10 Added: 28 Dec 2020 08:31 GMT	Blechynden Street, W10 I was born in Hammersmith Hospital (Ducane Rd) I lived at 40 Blecynden Street from birth in 1942 to 1967 when I moved due to oncoming demolition for the West way flyover. A bomb fell locally during the war and cracked one of our windows, that crack was still there the day I left. It was a great street to have grown up in I have very fond memories of living there. Reply
john ormandy Mary Place Workhouse Added: 20 Mar 2021 17:48 GMT	Mary Place Workhouse There was a lady called Ivy who lived in the corner she use to come out an tell us kids off for climbing over the fence to play football on the green. Those were the days. Reply
john ormandy Blechynden Street, W10 Added: 20 Mar 2021 17:30 GMT	Blechynden Street, W10 Went to school St Johns with someone named Barry Green who lived in that St. Use to wait for him on the corner take a slow walk an end up being late most days. Reply
Norman Norrington Blechynden Street, W10 Added: 8 Jun 2021 08:08 GMT	Blechynden Street, W10 Lived here #40 1942-1967 Reply
john ormandy Avondale Park Gardens, W11 Added: 14 Mar 2021 18:59 GMT	Avondale Park Gardens, W11 We moved to number 6 in 1950 an family still live there now. I think i remember a family name of Larter living in the house you mention also living in the Gdns were names Prior, Cannon, Parsons Clives at number 26 who i went to school with. Reply
Brian Lucas Avondale Park Gardens, W11 Added: 15 Mar 2021 16:02 GMT	Avondale Park Gardens, W11 I also lived here at No. 15 1854 then move to No. 23 The Lucas Family Reply
john ormandy Avondale Park Gardens, W11 Added: 20 Mar 2021 17:21 GMT	Avondale Park Gardens, W11 Remember the Lucas family think the eldest was about same age as me cant remember his name though seem to rember had several younger sisters may have been twins!! Reply
john ormandy Avondale Park Gardens, W11 Added: 20 Mar 2021 18:02 GMT	Avondale Park Gardens, W11 Went to that coranation party with my two younger brothers who both went to St Clements along with Alan Mullery the footballer. I went to St James before moving on to St Johns along with Alan who lived in Mary Place where we were both in the same class. Reply
David James Bloomfield Hurstway Street, W10 Added: 13 Jul 2021 11:54 GMT	Hurstway Street, W10 Jimmy Bloomfield who played for Arsenal in the 1950s was brought up on this street. He was a QPR supporter as a child, as many locals would be at the time, as a teen he was rejected by them as being too small. They’d made a mistake Reply
Richard Elgin Crescent, W11 Added: 12 Jul 2022 21:36 GMT	Elgin Crescent, W11 Richard Laitner (1955-1983), a barrister training to be a doctor at UCL, lived here in 1983. He was murdered aged 28 with both his parents after attending his sister’s wedding in Sheffield in 1983. The Richard Laitner Memorial Fund maintains bursaries in his memory at UCL Medical School Source: Ancestry Library Edition Reply
Richard Elgin Crescent, W11 Added: 12 Jul 2022 21:39 GMT	Elgin Crescent, W11 Richard Laitner lived at 24 Elgin Crescent Source: Ancestry Library Edition Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

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

22 Maxilla Gardens, W10 22 Maxilla Gardens is a now-demolished property.

22 Maxilla Gardens, W10

24 Maxilla Gardens, W10 24 Maxilla Gardens was an address along Maxilla Gardens.

24 Maxilla Gardens, W10

Kensington Hippodrome The Kensington Hippodrome was a racecourse built in Notting Hill, London, in 1837, by entrepreneur John Whyte.

Kensington Hippodrome

Kensington Park Hotel The KPH is a landmark pub on Ladbroke Grove.

Kensington Park Hotel

Ladbroke Grove Ladbroke Grove is named after James Weller Ladbroke, who developed the Ladbroke Estate in the mid nineteenth century, until then a largely rural area on the western edges of London.

Ladbroke Grove

Mary Place Workhouse Notting Dale Workhouse stood on the site of what is now Avondale Park Gardens,

Mary Place Workhouse

North Kensington Library North Kensington Library opened in 1891 and was described as one of London’s finest public libraries.

North Kensington Library

Notting Dale From Pigs and bricks to Posh and Becks...

Notting Dale

Notting Hill Barn Farm Notting Barns Farm was one of two farms in the North Kensington area.

Notting Hill Barn Farm

Ridler’s Tyre Yard Ridler’s Tyres was situated in a part of Blechynden Street which no longer exists

Ridler’s Tyre Yard

The Brittania The Brittania was situated on the corner of Clarendon Road and Portland Road, W11.

The Brittania

Western Iron Works The Western Iron Works was the foundry business of James Bartle and Co.

Western Iron Works

NEARBY STREETS

Aldermaston Street, W10 Aldermaston Street is a lost street of North Kensington (Notting Dale)

Aldermaston Street, W10

Alestan House, W10 Alestan House is a block on Freston Road (Notting Dale)

Alestan House, W10

Arthur Court, W10 Arthur Court is a block on Silchester Road (Notting Dale)

Arthur Court, W10

Avondale Park Gardens, W11 Avondale Park Gardens, unlike other roads in the area, was developed in the 1920s when it was laid out on the former workhouse site (Notting Dale)

Avondale Park Gardens, W11

Avondale Park Road, W11 Avondale Park Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)

Avondale Park Road, W11

Balliol Road, W10 Balliol Road leads from Kelfield Gardens to Oxford Gardens (North Kensington)

Balliol Road, W10

Barandon Street, W11 Barandon Street connected Lancaster Road with Latimer Road station (Notting Dale)

Barandon Street, W11

Bard Road, W10 Bard Road lies in the area of London W10 near to Latimer Road station (Notting Dale)

Bard Road, W10

Bartle Road, W11 Bartle Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)

Bartle Road, W11

Bassett Road, W10 Bassett Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)

Bassett Road, W10

Blechynden Mews, W10 Blechynden Mews is a former side street in London W11 (Notting Dale)

Blechynden Mews, W10

Blechynden Street, W10 Blechynden Street is now a tiny street in the vicinity of Latimer Road station, W10 (Notting Dale)

Blechynden Street, W10

Bomore Road, W11 Bomore Road survived post-war redevelopment with a slight change in alignment (Notting Dale)

Bomore Road, W11

Bramley Mews, W10 Bramley Mews become part of a redelevopment of the area north of Latimer Road station in the 1960s (Notting Dale)

Bramley Mews, W10

Bramley Road, W11 Bramley Road is the street in which Latimer Road station is situated (Notting Dale)

Bramley Road, W11

Bramley Street, W10 Bramley Street is one of the lost streets of North Kensington (Notting Dale)

Bramley Street, W10

Bridge Close, W10 Bridge Close is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Dale)

Bridge Close, W10

Calverley Street, W10 Calverley Street, one of the lost streets of W10 is now underneath a motorway slip road (Notting Dale)

Calverley Street, W10

Cambridge Gardens, W10 Cambridge Gardens is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Dale)

Cambridge Gardens, W10

Camelford Road, W11 Lowerwood Court is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Notting Hill)

Camelford Road, W11

Camelford Road, W11 St George’s Road (St Georges Road) was renamed Camelford Road after 1911 (Notting Dale)

Camelford Road, W11

Camelford Walk, W11 Camelford Walk is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Camelford Walk, W11

Centre House, W12 Centre House is a block on Wood Lane (White City)

Centre House, W12

Charlotte Mews, W10 Charlotte Mews is one of London W10's newer thoroughfares. (Notting Dale)

Charlotte Mews, W10

Clarendon Walk, W11 Clarendon Walk is a walkway in a recent Notting Dale development (Notting Dale)

Clarendon Walk, W11

Cornwall Crescent, W11 Cornwall Crescent belongs to the third and final period of building on the Ladbroke estate (Notting Hill)

Cornwall Crescent, W11

Crosfield Court, W10 Crosfield Court is a block on Crosfield Court (North Kensington)

Crosfield Court, W10

Crowthorne Road, W10 Crowthorne Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Dale)

Crowthorne Road, W10

Dale Row, W11 Dale Row is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Dale Row, W11

Darfield Way, W10 Darfield Way, in the Latimer Road area, was built over a number of older streets as the Westway was built (Notting Dale)

Darfield Way, W10

Depot Road, W12 Depot Road is a road in the W12 postcode area (White City)

Depot Road, W12

Dixon House, W10 Dixon House is a block on Darfield Way (Notting Dale)

Dixon House, W10

Dulford Street, W11 Dulford Street survived the mass demolitions of the late 1960s (Notting Dale)

Dulford Street, W11

East Mews, W10 East Mews was lost when the Westway was built. It lies partially under the modern Darfield Way (Notting Dale)

East Mews, W10

Elgin Crescent, W11 Elgin Crescent runs from Portobello Road west across Ladbroke Grove and then curls round to the south to join Clarendon Road (Notting Hill)

Elgin Crescent, W11

Elgin Mews, W11 Elgin Mews lies in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Elgin Mews, W11

Finstock Road, W10 Finstock Road is a turning out of Oxford Gardens (North Kensington)

Finstock Road, W10

Fountain Park Way, W12 Fountain Park Way is a location in London (Shepherds Bush)

Fountain Park Way, W12

Fowell Street, W11 Fowell Street, W10 was redeveloped in the 1970s (Notting Dale)

Fowell Street, W11

Freston Road, W10 Freston Road is a street with quite a history (Notting Dale)

Freston Road, W10

Frinstead House, W10 Frinstead House is a block on Freston Road (Notting Dale)

Frinstead House, W10

Grenfell Road, W11 Grenfell Road follows the line of an old road: St Clement’s Road (Notting Dale)

Grenfell Road, W11

Grenfell Tower, W11 Grenfell Tower is a residential block in North Kensington (Notting Dale)

Grenfell Tower, W11

Heathfield Street, W11 Heathfield Street was a side turning off of Portland Road (Notting Hill)

Heathfield Street, W11

Hesketh Place, W11 Hesketh Place runs between Walmer Road and Avondale Park Road (Notting Dale)

Hesketh Place, W11

Hurstway Street, W10 Hurstway Street ran from Barandon Street to Blechynden Street (Notting Dale)

Hurstway Street, W10

Hurstway Walk, W11 This is a street in the W11 postcode area (Notting Dale)

Hurstway Walk, W11

Ivebury Court, W10 Ivebury Court is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)

Ivebury Court, W10

Kelfield Gardens, W10 Kelfield Gardens is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (North Kensington)

Kelfield Gardens, W10

Kelfield Mews, W10 Kelfield Mews is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)

Kelfield Mews, W10

Kingsbridge Road, W10 Kingsbridge Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)

Kingsbridge Road, W10

Kingsdown Close, W10 Kingsdown Close is one of a select number of roads in London W10 lying south of Westway (Notting Dale)

Kingsdown Close, W10

Kingsnorth House, W10 Kingsnorth House is a block on Silchester Road (Notting Dale)

Kingsnorth House, W10

Ladbroke Crescent, W11 Ladbroke Crescent belongs to the third and final great period of building on the Ladbroke estate and the houses were constructed in the 1860s. (Notting Hill)

Ladbroke Crescent, W11

Latimer Mews, W10 (Notting Dale)

Latimer Mews, W10

Latimer Place, W10 Latimer Place is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (North Kensington)

Latimer Place, W10

Latimer Road, W10 Latimer Road was named after Edward Latymer who endowed land for the funding of Hammersmith’s Latymer school in the early 17th century (Notting Dale)

Latimer Road, W10

Lockton Street, W11 Lockton Street, just south of Latimer Road station is so insignificant that nary a soul know’s it’s there (Notting Dale)

Lockton Street, W11

Malton Mews, W10 Malton Mews, formerly Oxford Mews, runs south off of Cambridge Gardens (Notting Dale)

Malton Mews, W10

Malton Road, W11 Malton Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Dale)

Malton Road, W11

Manchester Road, W10 Manchester Road is one of the lost streets of North Kensington, now buried beneath a roundabout (Notting Dale)

Manchester Road, W10

Markland House, W10 Markland House can be found on Darfield Way (Notting Dale)

Markland House, W10

Martin Street, W10 Martin Street disappeared as the Latimer Road area was redeveloped (Notting Dale)

Martin Street, W10

Mary Place, W11 Mary Place connects Walmer Road with Sirdar Road (Notting Dale)

Mary Place, W11

Maxilla Gardens, W10 Maxilla Gardens was a former street in London W10 (Notting Dale)

Maxilla Gardens, W10

Mersey Street, W10 Mersey Street - now demolished - was once Manchester Street (Notting Dale)

Mersey Street, W10

Oxford Gardens, W10 Oxford Gardens is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)

Oxford Gardens, W10

Pamber Street, W10 Pamber Street is a lost street of North Kensington (Notting Dale)

Pamber Street, W10

Pring Street, W10 The unusually-named Pring Street was situated between Bard Road and Latimer Road (Notting Dale)

Pring Street, W10

Rillington Place, W11 Rillington Place is a small street with an infamous history (Notting Dale)

Rillington Place, W11

Rosmead Road, W11 Rosmead Road, W11 was originally called Chichester Road (Notting Hill)

Rosmead Road, W11

Runcorn Place, W11 Runcorn Place was once Thomas Place, and before even that ’The Mews’ (Notting Hill)

Runcorn Place, W11

Ruston Close, W11 Due to its infamy, Rillington Place was renamed to Ruston Close in 1954 (Notting Dale)

Ruston Close, W11

Ruston Mews, W11 Ruston Mews, W11 was originally Crayford Mews (Notting Dale)

Ruston Mews, W11

Scampston Mews, W10 Scampston Mews is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Dale)

Scampston Mews, W10

Shalfleet Drive, W10 Shalfleet Drive is a newer road in the Latimer Road area of W10 (Notting Dale)

Shalfleet Drive, W10

Silchester Mews, W10 Silchester Mews, shaped like an H, disappeared in 1969 under the Westway (Notting Dale)

Silchester Mews, W10

Silchester Road, W10 Silchester Road crosses the border between London W10 and London W11 (Notting Dale)

Silchester Road, W10

Silchester Street, W10 Silchester Street is a lost street of North Kensington (North Kensington)

Silchester Street, W10

Silchester Terrace, W10 Silchester Terrace was lost to W10 in the 1960s (Notting Dale)

Silchester Terrace, W10

Soane House, W10 Soane House is a block on Latimer Road (Notting Dale)

Soane House, W10

St Andrews Square, W11 St Andrews Square is a street in Notting Dale, formed when the Rillington Place area was demolished (Notting Dale)

St Andrews Square, W11

St Georges Road, W11 St Georges Road possibly dated from the 1890s (Notting Dale)

St Georges Road, W11

St Helens Gardens, W10 St Helens Gardens seems to date from the 1860s (North Kensington)

St Helens Gardens, W10

St Mark’s Road, W10 St Mark’s Road extends beyond the Westway into the W10 area (North Kensington)

St Mark’s Road, W10

St Mark’s Road, W11 St Mark’s Road is a street in the Ladbroke conservation area (Notting Dale)

St Mark’s Road, W11

St Mark’s Close, W11 St Mark’s Close runs off St Mark’s Road (Notting Dale)

St Mark’s Close, W11

St Mark’s Place, W11 St Mark’s Place is situated on the site of the former Kensington Hippodrome (Notting Hill)

St Mark’s Place, W11

Stable Way, W10 Stable Way is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Dale)

Stable Way, W10

Station Walk, W10 Station Walk is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (Notting Dale)

Station Walk, W10

Stoneleigh Street, W11 Stoneleigh Street runs between Treadgold Street and Stoneleigh Place (Notting Dale)

Stoneleigh Street, W11

Talbot Mews, W11 Talbot Mews seems to have disappeared just after the Second Worid War (Notting Dale)

Talbot Mews, W11

Testerton Street, W11 Testerton Street did not survive the bulldozer in the late 1960s (Notting Dale)

Testerton Street, W11

Testerton Walk, W11 Testerton Walk is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Testerton Walk, W11

Thorpe Close, W10 Thorpe Close is a redevelopment of the former Thorpe Mews, laid waste by the building of the Westway (North Kensington)

Thorpe Close, W10

Threshers Place, W11 Threshers Place is a quiet street with a long story (Notting Hill)

Threshers Place, W11

Treadgold Street, W11 Treadgold Street is part of the Avondale Park Gardens Conservation Area (Notting Dale)

Treadgold Street, W11

Trinity Mews, W10 Trinity Mews lies off of Cambridge Gardens (Notting Dale)

Trinity Mews, W10

Verity Close, W11 Verity Close is a street in W11 (Notting Dale)

Verity Close, W11

Wallingford Avenue, W10 Wallingford Avenue is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (North Kensington)

Wallingford Avenue, W10

Walmer Road, W10 Walmer Road is the great lost road of North Kensington, obliterated under Westway (Notting Dale)

Walmer Road, W10

Walmer Road, W11 Walmer Road is the oldest street in the area, dating from the eighteenth century or before (Notting Hill)

Walmer Road, W11

Waynflete Square, W10 Waynflete Square is one of the newer roads in the vicinity of Latimer Road station (Notting Dale)

Waynflete Square, W10

Wesley Square, W11 Wesley Square lies behind Notting Hill Methodist Church (Notting Dale)

Wesley Square, W11

Whitchurch Road, W11 Whitchurch Road connects Bramley Road with Treadgold Street (Notting Dale)

Whitchurch Road, W11

Whitstable House, W10 Whitstable House is a block on Silchester Road (Notting Dale)

Whitstable House, W10

Wilton Yard, W11 Wilton Yard once ran off Latimer Road (Notting Hill)

Wilton Yard, W11

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Coronation street party, 1953. TUM image id: 1545250697 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Adair Road junction with Southam Street (1932) TUM image id: 1452770443 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Wood Lane station, c.1914 TUM image id: 1502717800 Licence:	Corner of Bangor Street and Sirdar Road, W11 (1911) This became the Dolphin Pub. The location was demolished to make way for the Henry Dickens Estate. Credit: London City Mission magazine TUM image id: 1456741533 Licence:	This photo pf Bangor Street was featured in the London City Mission magazine from 1911 TUM image id: 1456741847 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Adair Road street sign. TUM image id: 1489944498 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Ladbroke Grove (1866) The future Kensington Park Hotel is the corner building on the left. The area beyond the railway bridge (now the Hammersmith and City Line) was still green fields at this stage TUM image id: 1513618275 Licence:	The St Agnes soup kitchen was situated on the corner of Bangor Street, W11 that this photo was taken from. Bangor Street disappeared from the streetscene of Notting Dale after the Second World War. Credit: Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1456741743 Licence:	HM Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother, with Lady Petrie, opening Henry Dickens Court, W11 (1953) The Queen Mother is greeted by large crowds and is accompanied by Lady Petrie, Mayor of Kensington. Henry Dickens Court was built by the Council on a bomb site as part of the borough’s post war redevelopment plan. It was named after Henry Dickens, grandson of Charles Dickens, an Alderman on the Council and an active advocate of municipal housing. Credit: Kensington Libraries TUM image id: 1627908621 Licence:	The Tile Kiln, Notting Dale (1824) Credit: Florence Gladstone TUM image id: 1563720078 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The Earl Derby stood on the corner of Southern Row and Bosworth Road. The Earl Derby himself was Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby who fought at the battle of Bosworth. Bosworth Road was the first street built as Kensal New Town started to expand to the east and was the first street (apart from Middle Row) not named after a compass point: East Row, Southern Row, West Row) Once Bosworth Road was named, the pub came came along as an example of a back formation. TUM image id: 1453372511 Licence:	The Foresters TUM image id: 1453071112 Licence:	The Prince of Wales TUM image id: 1556874951 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Admiral Blake (The Cowshed) Adjacent Admiral Mews was occupied by a series of sheds for cows. Drovers bringing their cattle to the London markets would house them in these sheds for the night, whilst they themselves found shelter and refreshment in the neighbouring tavern, which received a nickname alongside its official one. The exterior of the pub was featured in the early 2000s pub-based sitcom, "Time Gentlemen Please", written by Richard Herring and Al Murray. TUM image id: 1556888887 Licence:	Photographed just after the Second World War, this is the bombed-out Rackham Street, London W10 looking down from the junction with Exmoor Street. Rackham Street ran off Ladbroke Grove, roughly along the line of the modern Bruce Close. Credit: Kensington and Chelsea library TUM image id: 1557403168 Licence: