Abbots Walk, W8

Walkway/path in/near Kensington, existing between 1994 and now

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Abbots Walk is one of a number of thoroughfares built over the site of St Mary Abbots Hospital.


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Added: 26 Mar 2023 14:50 GMT   

Albert Mews
It is not a gargoyle over the entrance arch to Albert Mews, it is a likeness of Prince Albert himself.

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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.

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Lindsay Trott   
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.

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Janelle Robbins   
Added: 27 Dec 2024 18:47 GMT   

Harriet Robbins
Please get in touch re Harriet Robbins


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Dave Hinves   
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.

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 23 Nov 2024 17:03 GMT   

St Georges Square
This is rather lovely and well worth a visit!

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Simon Chapman   
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.

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Mark G   
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.

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Alan Russell   
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Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969
Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Bailey’s Hotel The Bailey’s Hotel, 140 Gloucester Road, is a historic hotel in Kensington.
Biba Biba was a London fashion store of the 1960s and 1970s, started and primarily run by the Polish-born Barbara Hulanicki with help of her husband Stephen Fitz-Simon.
Cromwell Curve The Cromwell Curve was a short section of railway line between Gloucester Road and High Street Kensington stations.
Derry and Toms Derry & Toms was a London department store.
Gloucester Road Gloucester Road: Where Rumpole of the Bailey hung his hat.
High Street Kensington High Street Kensington is a London Underground station on Kensington High Street.
Kensington Roof Garden Kensington Roof Garden (formerly known as Derry and Toms Roof Gardens) covers 6000 square metres.
Kensington School The Kensington Proprietary Grammar School was an educational establishment founded in 1830 that is perhaps best remembered for being one of the founders of the Football Association in 1863.
Linley Sambourne House 18 Stafford Terrace, formerly known as Linley Sambourne House, was the home of the Punch illustrator Edward Linley Sambourne and open as a museum.
New Local Government Network Nokes Estate was an agricultural estate in the Earl’s Court area, formerly known as Wattsfield.
St Mary Abbots Hospital St Mary Abbot’s Hospital operated from 1871 to 1992. From 1846 to 1869 the site housed the Kensington Parish Workhouse.

NEARBY STREETS
Abbots Court, W8 Abbots Court is a block in Kensington (High Street Kensington)
Abbots Walk, W8 Abbots Walk is one of a number of thoroughfares built over the site of St Mary Abbots Hospital (Kensington)
Abingdon Court, W8 Abingdon Court is a block of flats on Abingdon Villas (Kensington)
Abingdon Gardens, W8 Abingdon Gardens is a block on Abingdon Villas (Kensington)
Abingdon Mansions, W8 The Abbots of Abingdon were once Lords of the Manor of Abbot’s Kensington (Kensington)
Abingdon Road, W8 Abingdon Road stretches between Stratford Road and Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Abingdon Villas, W8 Abingdon Villas runs between Earls Court Road and Marloes Road (Kensington)
Adam And Eve Mews, W8 Adam And Eve Mews is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Albert Mews, SW7 Albert Mews is a small cobbled mews, built in 1865 (Gloucester Road)
Albert Place, W8 Albert Place runs west off Victoria Road. (Kensington)
Allen Street, W8 Allen Street extends south from Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Alma Studios, W8 Alma Studios is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Ambassador’s Court, SW5 Ambassador’s Court is a block on the corner of Courtfield Gardens and Collingham Road (Earl’s Court)
Ansdell Street, W8 Ansdell Street (and Andsell Terrace) commemorate Richard Ansdell RA, whose animal paintings were highly popular with the Victorian public (Kensington)
Ansdell Terrace, W8 Ansdell Terrace is a cul-de-sac off of Ansdell Street and was previously known as St Albans Road North. (Kensington)
Argyll Road, W8 Argyll Road was built as part of the development of the Phillimore Estate (Kensington)
Ashburn Gardens, SW7 Ashburn Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Gloucester Road)
Astwood Mews, SW7 Astwood Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Earl’s Court)
Atlantic House, W8 Atlantic House is a block on St Alban’s Grove (Kensington)
Ball Street, W8 Ball Street was created by the Kensington Improvement Scheme of 1868-71, carried out by the Metropolitan Board of Works. (High Street Kensington)
Beatrice Place, W8 Beatrice Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Blithfield Street, W8 Blithfield Street is a quiet cul-de-sac running north from Stratford Road (Kensington)
BurtonWhite House, SW5 BurtonWhite House can be found on West Cromwell Road (Earl’s Court)
Cambridge Place, W8 Cambridge Place is a short cul-de-sac on the west side of Victoria Road (Kensington)
Cedar House, W8 Cedar House is sited on Marloes Road (Kensington)
Chantry Square, W8 Chantry Square is part of the Kensington Green Estate, built over the site of St Mary Abbots Hospital (Kensington)
Chatsworth Court, W8 Chatsworth Court is a block on Pembroke Road (Kensington)
Cheniston Gardens, W8 Cheniston Gardens is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Collingham Place, SW5 Collingham Place is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)
Como House, W8 Como House is a block on Wrights Lane (Kensington)
Cope Place, W8 Cope Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Cornwall Gardens Walk, SW7 Cornwall Gardens Walk is a road in the SW7 postcode area (Kensington)
Cornwall Gardens, SW7 Cornwall Gardens is a long, narrow garden square (Kensington)
Cottesmore Court, W8 Cottesmore Court is a block on South End Row (Kensington)
Cottesmore Gardens, W8 Cottesmore Gardens is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Cromwell Road, SW5 The road was named after one of Cromwell’s sons who lived here (Earl’s Court)
De Vere Gardens, W8 De Vere Gardens is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
De Vere Mews, W8 De Vere Mews is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Derry and Toms Building, W8 Derry and Toms Building is a block on Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Derry Street, W8 Derry Street formerly known as King Street and laid out in the mid-1730s (High Street Kensington)
Devonshire Place, W8 Devonshire Place lies off St Mary’s Place (Kensington)
Douro Place, W8 Douro Place is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
Earls Court Road, W8 Earls Court Road runs south from Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Eden Close, W8 Eden Close is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Eldon Road, SW7 Eldon Road runs between Stanford Road and Victoria Road (Kensington)
Emperiors Gate, SW7 Emperiors Gate is a location in London (Kensington)
Emperor’s Gate, SW7 This is a street in the SW7 postcode area (Kensington)
Emperors Gate, SW7 Emperors Gate is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Kensington)
Essex Villas, W8 Essex Villas is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
Falkland House, W8 Falkland House is a block on Marloes Road (Kensington)
Gaspar Close, SW5 Gaspar Mews was renamed to Gaspar Close in 1936 (Earl’s Court)
Gloucester Arcade, SW7 Gloucester Arcade is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Gloucester Road)
Gloucester Park Apartments, SW7 Gloucester Park Apartments is a location in London (Gloucester Road)
Gloucester Road, SW7 Gloucester Road is a main street in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (Gloucester Road)
Grenville Place, SW7 Grenville Place connects Cornwall Gardens and Launceston Place in the north with Cromwell Road in the south (Kensington)
Hornton Place, W8 Hornton Place is a street in Kensington (High Street Kensington)
Iverna Court, W8 Iverna Court was Iverna Gardens before 1935 (High Street Kensington)
Iverna Gardens, W8 Iverna Gardens is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Juniper Court, W8 Juniper Court is sited on St Mary’s Place (Kensington)
Kelso Place, W8 Kelso Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Kensington Apartment, W8 Kensington Apartment is a road in the W8 postcode area (High Street Kensington)
Kensington Arcade, W8 Kensington Arcade is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Kensington Court Gardens, W8 Kensington Court Gardens is a late Victorian mansion block, completed in 1889, near to Kensington Palace and Gardens (Kensington)
Kensington Court Place, W8 Kensington Court Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Kensington Court, W8 Kensington Court is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Kensington Gate, W8 Kensington Gate is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Kensington High Street, W8 Kensington High Street is one of western London’s most popular shopping streets, with upmarket shops serving a wealthy area. (High Street Kensington)
Kensington Road, W8 Kensington Road is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Kensington Square, W8 Kensington Square is a garden square in London, W8 (Kensington)
Knaresborough House, SW5 Knaresborough House is located on Knaresborough Place (Earl’s Court)
Knaresborough Place, SW5 Knaresborough Place is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)
Kynance Mews, SW7 Kynance Mews consists of 33 residential properties on a mews road which starts at Gloucester Road and ends in a cul-de-sac (Kensington)
Kynance Place, SW7 Kynance Place was originally called St Georges Place (Gloucester Road)
Launceston Place, SW7 Launceston Place was the last street to be developed on the Inderwick estate. (Kensington)
Launceston Place, W8 Launceston Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Lexham Gardens Mews, SW7 This mews runs off Lexham Gardens (Kensington)
Lexham Gardens, W8 Lexham Gardens is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Lexham House, W8 Lexham House is a block on Lexham Gardens (Kensington)
Lexham Mews, W8 Lexham Mews is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Logan Place, W8 Logan Place is a road in the W8 postcode area (Earl’s Court)
Macmillan House, W8 Residential block (High Street Kensington)
Marlborough Court, W8 Marlborough Court is a block on Logan Place (Earl’s Court)
Marloes Road, W8 Marloes Road runs north from the Cromwell Road (Kensington)
Marlogs Road, W8 Marlogs Road is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
McLeod’s Mews, SW7 McLeod’s Mews is a road in the SW7 postcode area (Kensington)
Osten Mews, SW7 Osten Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Kensington)
Palace Gate, W8 Palace Gate was previously part of Gloucester Road and developed in the 1860s (Kensington)
Palace Place Mansions, W8 Palace Place Mansions is a street in Kensington (High Street Kensington)
Pembroke Mews, W8 Pembroke Mews is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Pembroke Walk, W8 Pembroke Walk is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
Pennant Mews, SW5 Pennant Mews is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Petersham Lane, SW7 Petersham Lane runs between Queen’s Gate Terrace and Elvaston Place (South Kensington)
Petersham Mews, SW7 Petersham Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)
Phillimore Place, W8 Phillimore Place was part of the old Phillimore Estate and, at first, named Durham Villas (Kensington)
Phillimore Walk, W8 Phillimore Walk is a street in Kensington (High Street Kensington)
Prince Of Wales Terrace, W8 Prince Of Wales Terrace is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Radley Mews, W8 Radley Mews is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Redfield Lane, SW5 Redfield Lane is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Earl’s Court)
Reston Place, SW7 Reston Place is a road in the SW7 postcode area (South Kensington)
Rutland House, W8 Rutland House can be found on Marloes Road (Kensington)
Scarsdale Place, W8 Scarsdale Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Scarsdale Villas, W8 Scarsdale Villas was built between 1850 and 1864 (Kensington)
Sherborne Court, SW5 Sherborne Court is a block on the corner of Cromwell Road and Marloes Road (Earl’s Court)
South End Row, W8 South End Row is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
South End, W8 South End is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Southwell Gardens, SW7 Southwell Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Gloucester Road)
St Albans Grove, W8 St Albans Grove is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
St James House, W8 Residential block (Kensington)
St John’s Villas, W8 St John’s Villas is a 1990s development (Kensington)
St Margarets Lane, W8 St Margarets Lane runs along the northern boundary of the Kensington Green Estate (Kensington)
St Mary’s Gate, W8 St Mary’s Gate was laid out over the site of St Mary Abbots Hospital (Kensington)
St Mary’s Place, W8 St Mary’s Place is a road which was built over the site of St Mary Abbots Hospital (Kensington)
Stafford Court, W8 Stafford Court can be found on Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Stafford Terrace, W8 Stafford Terrace was built between 1868 and 1874 by builder Joseph Gordon Davis (Kensington)
Stanford Road, W8 Stanford Road is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
Stanhope Mews, SW7 Stanhope Mews is a location in London (Gloucester Road)
Stone Hall Place, W8 Stone Hall Place leads to Stone Hall Gardens (Kensington)
Stratford Road, W8 Stratford Road is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Sunningdale Gardens, W8 Sunningdale Gardens is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Sutherland House, W8 Sutherland House is a block on Marloes Road (Kensington)
Thackeray Street, W8 Thackeray Street is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
The Barkers Building, W8 The Barkers Building is located on Derry Street (High Street Kensington)
Thomas Place, W8 Thomas Place leads off St Mary’s Place (Kensington)
Victoria Grove, W8 Victoria Grove is a street in Kensington (Gloucester Road)
Victoria Road, W8 Victoria Road stretches north to Kensington Road (Kensington)
Warwick Chambers, W8 Warwick Chambers is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Wright’s Lane, W8 Wright’s Lane is a old lane of Kensington (Kensington)
Wynnstay Gardens, W8 Wynnstay Gardens is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
Young Street, W8 Young Street, named after the developer of Kensington Square, was in use as a road by 1685 (High Street Kensington)
Zetland House, W8 Zetland House can be found on Marloes Road (Kensington)


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Abingdon Arms Pub, Abingdon Road.
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St Mary Abbot’s Hospital operated from 1871 to 1992. From 1846 to 1869 the site housed the Kensington Parish Workhouse
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Abingdon Arms Pub, Abingdon Road.
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Allen Street
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Springtime, Earl’s Court
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Kenway Road (1970)
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Possibly the most Instagramable mews in London, leafy Kynance Mews is hidden away in South Kensington, not so far from Gloucester Road station.
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Marloes Road, W8
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St Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church, Allen Street (2008) Seen from the northwest at the junction with Scarsdale Villas
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The original Warwick Road Earl’s Court station entrance
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Safety First, Kensington High Street
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