Turner Close, NW11

Turner Close contains some of the the more grand detached buildings, overlooking a green and showcasing the work of several architects.

Hampstead Garden Suburb
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The buildings by Parker and Unwin were influenced by Lutyens’ Queen Anne style and are enlivened by the chequerboarding.

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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

Hampstead Garden Suburb Hampstead Garden Suburb is an example of early twentieth-century domestic architecture and town planning and is located in the London Borough of Barnet.

Hampstead Garden Suburb

NEARBY STREETS

Abington House, NW11 Abington House is a block of flats designed for housing ’working women’ (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Abington House, NW11

Beaufort House, NW11 Beaufort House is one of the 1928-built Emmott Close blocks (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Beaufort House, NW11

Bigwood Road, NW11 Bigwood Road leads up to Big Wood (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Bigwood Road, NW11

Bunkers Hill, NW11 Bunkers Hill leads off Wildwood Road, a main road running north-south within the southeast corner of Hampstead Garden Suburb (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Bunkers Hill, NW11

Carpenter House, NW11 Carpenter House is a 1928-built block on Emmott Close (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Carpenter House, NW11

Central Square, NW11 Central Square was the original centre of Hampstead Garden Suburb due to the further development of the Suburb in the 1920s and 1930s, it is now located towards the west (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Central Square, NW11

Constable Close, NW11 Constable Close runs southwest from Wildwood Road (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Constable Close, NW11

Corringham Road, NW11 Corringham Road is a manifestation of designer Raymond Unwin’s later ’Georgian’ phase (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Corringham Road, NW11

Cosway House, NW11 Cosway House is one of the blocks framing the entrance to Emmott Close (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Cosway House, NW11

Cotman Close, NW11 Cotman Close leads off Meadway (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Cotman Close, NW11

Emmott Close, NW11 The Emmott Close flats were ’aimed at working women’ (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Emmott Close, NW11

Green Close, NW11 Green Close is a 1930s addition to Hampstead Garden Suburb (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Green Close, NW11

Grey Close, NW11 Grey Close lies opposite Litchfield Way (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Grey Close, NW11

Hampstead Way, NW11 Hampstead Way was one of the major roads designed for Hampstead Garden Suburb (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Hampstead Way, NW11

Heathgate, NW11 Heathgate is part of Lutyen’s grand design for Central Square (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Heathgate, NW11

Hill Close, NW11 Hill Close forms an intimate cul de sac rising towards Central Square (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Hill Close, NW11

Hurst Close, NW11 Hurst Close extends west from Bigwood Road (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Hurst Close, NW11

Kingsley Way, N2 Kingsley Way is largely the work of Soutar and Butler, with some 1930s insertions by other architects that still fit the overall character (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Kingsley Way, N2

Linnell Close, NW11 Linnell Close, like nearby Linnell Drive, was named for a Victorian artist - it is accessed by a private road from Meadway. (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Linnell Close, NW11

Linnell Drive, NW11 Linnell Drive was named for the painter John Linnell (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Linnell Drive, NW11

Meadway Close, NW11 This is one of a number of Meadway-named road in the area (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Meadway Close, NW11

Meadway Court, NW11 Meadway Court was designed by G.L. Sutcliffe in 1913 (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Meadway Court, NW11

Meadway Gate, NW11 Meadway Gate marks the western end of Meadway as it joins Temple Fortune Lane (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Meadway Gate, NW11

Meadway, NW11 Meadway and the Great Wall form parallel axes running through the central area of Hampstead Garden Suburb. (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Meadway, NW11

Middleton Road, NW11 Middleton Road is a street in Golders Green (Golders Green)

Middleton Road, NW11

North Square, NW11 North Square part of the original central area of Hampstead Garden Suburb, forming a rectangle with Central Square and South Square (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

North Square, NW11

Raeburn Close, NW11 Raeburn Close leads off Wildwood Road (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Raeburn Close, NW11

Ruskin Close, NW11 Ruskin Close contains six houses (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Ruskin Close, NW11

South Square, NW11 South Square is the name of the southern part of Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

South Square, NW11

Southway, NW11 Southway is one of a series of three roads with geographical names: Southway, Middleway and Northway (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Southway, NW11

Temple Fortune Hill, NW11 Temple Fortune Hill is within the oldest part of Hampstead Garden Suburb (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Temple Fortune Hill, NW11

Thornton Way, NW11 Thornton Way is a visually diverse road with large detached and semi-detached homes from a range of 1920s architects (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Thornton Way, NW11

Turner Close, NW11 Turner Close contains some of the the more grand detached buildings, overlooking a green and showcasing the work of several architects. (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Turner Close, NW11

Turner Drive, NW11 Turner Drive is one of a number of Hampstead Garden Suburb roads named after artists (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Turner Drive, NW11

Wild Hatch, NW11 Wild Hatch, now a small road, is part of an ancient route (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Wild Hatch, NW11

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Constructing Golders Green station (c. 1904) This is a view from above the Northern Line tunnel entrance Credit: London Transport Museum TUM image id: 1660648864 Licence:	Golders Green crossroads (1905) Credit: London Transport Museum TUM image id: 1489497573 Licence:	Lyttelton Playing Fields A dispute between Finchley Urban District Council and Hampstead Garden Suburb as to whether the Lyttelton Playing Fields were to be exempt from building was settled by a Public Enquiry in 1931 and the lands conveyed to Finchley UDC in 1933. Credit: Wiki Commons/Memespring TUM image id: 1658403965 Licence: CC BY 2.0	View towards Central Square Credit: Hampstead Garden Suburb trust TUM image id: 1556568888 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Constructing Golders Green station (c. 1904) This is a view from above the Northern Line tunnel entrance Credit: London Transport Museum TUM image id: 1660648864 Licence:
Meadway Gate (c.1924) An album of watercolours depicting a variety of Hampstead Garden Suburb scenes was painted between 1923 and 1925 by William Isaac Aston. Credit: William Isaac Aston (1857-1939) TUM image id: 1674232869 Licence:	North End Road, NW11 TUM image id: 1492987726 Licence:	Hampstead Garden Suburb from Willifield Way (1914) Golders Green crematorium can be seen in the background Credit: William Whitehead Ratcliffe/Tate TUM image id: 1657883252 Licence:	Bute Mews Credit: Godfrey and Barr TUM image id: 1658403397 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Waterlow Court, a Grade II* listed building in Hampstead Garden Suburb Waterlow Court was designed for ’businesswomen’ by Baillie Scott and built by the Improved Industrial Dwellings Company - opening in 1909. Credit: Wiki Commons/Dudley Miles TUM image id: 1674151048 Licence:
Addison Way Credit: Raymond Lowe Collection TUM image id: 1712162222 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Excerpt from Unwin’s 1905 plan showing a more rounded treatment of the central area Credit: Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust TUM image id: 1712313860 Licence: CC BY 2.0	South Square Credit: Hampstead Garden Suburb Heritage TUM image id: 1556626310 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Turners Wood Credit: Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust TUM image id: 1556627244 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The corner of Corringway and Corringham Road in Hampstead Garden Suburb (2021) Credit: Instagram/@audsbitsnbobs TUM image id: 1630938723 Licence: