Finchley Road, NW8

Road in/near St John’s Wood, existing between 1829 and now

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Finchley Road was built in 1829 (as ’Finchley New Road’) to provide a new route to horse-drawn traffic from London to the north.

Finchley Road was redesigned over the years to accommodate the steady increase of traffic, transforming a lot of the road into three lanes of traffic in each direction.
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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   
Added: 26 Oct 2024 14:36 GMT   

Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969
Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
St John’s Wood St John’s Wood is an affluent district, north west of Regent’s Park.
Unknown as yet The Alexandra Road estate, often referred to as Rowley Way, is a housing estate in the London Borough of Camden.

NEARBY STREETS
Acacia Gardens, NW8 Acacia Gardens began as an estate of 14 prefabs, just east of St John’s Wood station (St John’s Wood)
Acacia Place, NW8 Acacia Place is a short cul-de-sac off Acacia Road (St John’s Wood)
Acacia Road, NW8 Acacia Road dates from the 1830s (St John’s Wood)
Ainsworth Way, NW8 Ainsworth Way lies at the heart of the Alexandra Road estate (St John’s Wood)
Alexandra Road, NW8 Alexandra Road was built after the marriage of the Prince of Wales (St John’s Wood)
Ambassador House, NW8 Ambassador House is a block on Carlton Hill (St John’s Wood)
Apsley House, NW8 Apsley House is a building on Marlborough Place (St John’s Wood)
Aquila Street, NW8 Aquila Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Avenue Road, NW8 Avenue Road was an important road on the Eyre estate (St John’s Wood)
Belsize Road, NW6 Belsize Road is a major road in NW6, parallel to the railway
Berkley House, NW6 Berkley House is a block on Belsize Road (St John’s Wood)
Blenheim Road, NW8 Blenheim Road is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Blenheim Terrace, NW8 Blenheim Terrace is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Boundary Road, NW8 Boundary Road marks the former boundary between the between the Parish of St Marylebone and the Parish of St John Hampstead (St John’s Wood)
Boydell Court, NW8 Boydell Court is a block on Boydell Court (St John’s Wood)
Brooke House, NW6 Brooke House is a block on Belsize Road
Buttermere Court, NW8 Buttermere Court is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)
Carlton Hill, NW8 Carlton Hill is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Carlton House, NW8 Carlton House is a block on Carlton Hill (St John’s Wood)
Clyde House, NW6 Clyde House is a block on Belsize Road
Coleridge Gardens, NW8 Street/road in London NW6 (St John’s Wood)
Coleridge House, NW6 Coleridge House is located on Coleridge Gardens
Court Close, NW8 Court Close is a location in London (St John’s Wood)
Craig House, NW6 Craig House is located on Belsize Road
Dale House, NW8 Dale House can be found on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)
Dinerman Court, NW8 Dinerman Court is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)
Dorman Way, NW8 Dorman Way is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Edgeworth House, NW8 Edgeworth House is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)
Eyre Court, NW8 Eyre Court can be found on Eyre Court (St John’s Wood)
Fielding House, NW8 Fielding House can be found on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)
Finchley Road, NW8 Finchley Road was built in 1829 (as ’Finchley New Road’) to provide a new route to horse-drawn traffic from London to the north (St John’s Wood)
Goldhurst Terrace, NW6 Goldhurst Terrace was laid out in the late 1870s
Greenaway House, NW8 Greenaway House is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)
Harley Road, NW3 Harley Road is a street in Hampstead (Swiss Cottage)
Henstridge Place, NW8 Henstridge Place (rather obscurely) refers to a ridge where stallions are kept (St John’s Wood)
Hilgrove Road, NW6 Hilgrove Road was previously the western section of Adelaide Road, called Adelaide Road North (South Hampstead)
Kingsmill Terrace, NW8 Kingsmill Terrace is named after a member of the Eyre family (St John’s Wood)
Langford House, NW8 Langford House is a block on Langford Place (St John’s Wood)
Langford Place, NW8 Langford Place is called after the owner of Lileston manor (Lisson Grove) in the 14th century (St John’s Wood)
Linnel House, NW8 Linnel House is sited on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)
Loudoun Road, NW8 Loudoun Road, dating from the 1850s, was originally known as Bridge Road (St John’s Wood)
Mancroft Court, NW8 Mancroft Court is located on Queensmead (St John’s Wood)
Marlborough Hill, NW8 Marlborough Hill dates from the 1830s in the first of the St John’s Wood developments (St John’s Wood)
Marlborough House, NW8 Marlborough House is a block on Marlborough Place (St John’s Wood)
Marlborough Place, NW8 Marlborough Place was previously split into two sections named Marlborough Place and Marlborough Road (St John’s Wood)
Matlock Court, NW8 Matlock Court can be found on Abbey Road (St John’s Wood)
Middle Field, NW8 Middle Field is part of a development just to the east of the Finchley Road (St John’s Wood)
Norfolk Road, NW8 Norfolk Road is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Oakley House, NW6 Oakley House is a block on Belsize Road (South Hampstead)
Ordnance Hill, NW8 Ordnance Hill is so-named because the Board of Ordnance was the original lessee of St John’s Wood Barracks (St John’s Wood)
Queen’s Terrace, NW8 Queen’s Terrace is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Queensmead, NW8 Queensmead is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Queen’s Grove, NW8 Queen’s Grove was named just after the marriage of Victoria and Albert in 1841 (St John’s Wood)
Radlett House, NW8 Radlett House is a block on Radlett Place (St John’s Wood)
Regency Parade, NW3 Regency Parade is a street in Hampstead (Swiss Cottage)
Robert Moreton House, NW8 Robert Moreton House is a block on Rowley Way (St John’s Wood)
Rossetti Mews, NW8 Rossetti Mews is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Rowley Way, NW8 Rowley Way was named after Llewellyn Rowley, Camden’s Director of Housing (St John’s Wood)
Rutherglen House, NW6 Rutherglen House is a building on Belsize Road (St John’s Wood)
Ryder’s Terrace, NW8 Ryder’s Terrace is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Sandown House, NW6 Sandown House can be found on Belsize Road (St John’s Wood)
Selby House, NW6 Selby House is located on Belsize Road (St John’s Wood)
Springfield Road, NW8 Springfield Road dates from the late 1850s (St John’s Wood)
St John’s Wood Park, NW8 St John’s Wood Park is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
St John’s Wood Terrace, NW8 St John’s Wood Terrace is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Stevenson House, NW8 Stevenson House is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)
Tatham Place, NW8 Tatham Place is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
The Marlowes, NW8 The Marlowes is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Waltham House, NW8 Waltham House is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)
Waverley Place, NW8 Waverley Place is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)
Woronzow Road, NW8 Woronzow Road was named after Count Woronzow, Russian ambassador from 1785-1806 (St John’s Wood)
Wymondham Court, NW8 Wymondham Court is a block on St John’s Wood Park (St John’s Wood)


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Swiss Cottage
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College Crescent
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Swiss Cottage
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Aerial view of Goldhurst Open Space
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The Winchester, Winchester Road, Swiss Cottage (1962)
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Tower block, Swiss Cottage On Winchester Road, taken from Fellows Road
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College Crescent
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Edwardian view of Marlborough Road station This gives an idea of the general arrangement; the building was directly over the railway cutting. The thoroughfare Marlborough Road was renamed Marlborough Place in the 1930s but the station retained the old name until closure.
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Alexandra Road, St John’s Wood (c. 1900) Most of Alexandra Road went under the bulldozer for the creation of the notable, eponymous 1970s housing estate.
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Cochrane Street, St John’s Wood (1958) From the episode ’Radioactive’ of the TV series ’Dial 999’,
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Derived from a somewhat famous cover work by Iain Macmillan. Behind the art, the view is Abbey Road, NW8 looking north. The gates of the Abbey Road Studios are behind the white VW Beetle on the left.
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St John’s Wood was once on the Bakerloo Line
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