Railey Mews, NW5

Railey Mews is a crescent off Leverton Street.

Kentish Town station in the 1950s
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The mews lane is still cobbled from the time when it was stables. During the 1890s, a giraffe was kept in one of these until its home in Regent’s Park Zoo was ready.

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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
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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Acland Burghley Secondary School Acland Burghley Secondary School is a mixed comprehensive secondary school in Tufnell Park.

Acland Burghley Secondary School

Kentish Town Kentish Town is first recorded during the reign of King John (1208) as Kentisston.

Kentish Town

Pub location The Junction Tavern is an imposing Victorian building between Kentish Town and Tufnell Park.

Pub location

NEARBY STREETS

Alpha House, NW5 Alpha House is a block on Holmes Road (Kentish Town)

Alpha House, NW5

Appleford, NW5 Appleford is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Appleford, NW5

Arctic Street, NW5 Arctic Street was Franklin Street until 1937

Arctic Street, NW5

Ascham Street, NW5 Ascham Street runs west from Lady Margaret Road (Kentish Town)

Ascham Street, NW5

Barn Close, NW5 Barn Close is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Barn Close, NW5

Bellina Mews, NW5 Bellina Mews is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Kentish Town)

Bellina Mews, NW5

Brecknock Road, N19 Brecknock Road is one of the streets of London in the N19 postal area (Tufnell Park)

Brecknock Road, N19

Browns Lane, NW5 Browns Lane is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Browns Lane, NW5

Burghley Road, NW5 Burghley Road is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Burghley Road, NW5

Carker’s Lane, NW5 Carker’s Lane is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Kentish Town)

Carker’s Lane, NW5

Carleton Gardens, N19 Carleton Gardens is a location in London (Kentish Town)

Carleton Gardens, N19

Carleton Gardens, NW5 Carleton Gardens is one of the streets of London in the N19 postal area (Kentish Town)

Carleton Gardens, NW5

Celia Road, N19 A street within the N19 postcode (Tufnell Park)

Celia Road, N19

Charlton King’s Road, NW5 This is a street in the NW5 postcode area (Kentish Town)

Charlton King’s Road, NW5

Charlton Kings Road, NW5 Charlton Kings Road is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Charlton Kings Road, NW5

Cheriton, NW5 Cheriton is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Cheriton, NW5

Chetwynd Villas, NW5 Chetwynd Villas is a street in Kentish Town (Gospel Oak)

Chetwynd Villas, NW5

College Lane, NW5 College Lane is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

College Lane, NW5

College Yard, NW5 College Yard is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

College Yard, NW5

Corinne Road, N19 Corinne Road is one of the streets of London in the N19 postal area (Tufnell Park)

Corinne Road, N19

Corrine Road, N19 Corrine Road is a location in London (Tufnell Park)

Corrine Road, N19

Countess Road, NW5 Countess Road is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Countess Road, NW5

Deane House, NW5 Residential block (Kentish Town)

Deane House, NW5

Dowdney Close, NW5 Dowdney Close is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Dowdney Close, NW5

Dunollie Place, NW5 Dunollie Place is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Dunollie Place, NW5

Evangelist Road, NW5 Evangelist Road is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Kentish Town)

Evangelist Road, NW5

Falkland Place, NW5 Falkland Place once led to the Assembly House pub (Kentish Town)

Falkland Place, NW5

Falkland Road, NW5 Falkland Road is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Falkland Road, NW5

Fortess Road, NW5 Fortess Road connects Kentish Town and Tufnell Park stations (Kentish Town)

Fortess Road, NW5

Fortress Road, NW5 Fortress Road is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Fortress Road, NW5

Frideswide Place, NW5 Frideswide Place is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Kentish Town)

Frideswide Place, NW5

Fulbrook Mews, N19 A street within the N19 postcode (Tufnell Park)

Fulbrook Mews, N19

Greenwood Place, NW5 Greenwood Place is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Greenwood Place, NW5

Grove View Apartments, NW5 Grove View Apartments is sited on Chetwynd Road (Gospel Oak)

Grove View Apartments, NW5

Highgate Road, NW5 Highgate Road is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Highgate Road, NW5

Highgate Studios, NW5 Highgate Studios is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Highgate Studios, NW5

Holmes Road, NW5 Holmes Road is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Holmes Road, NW5

Huddleston Road, N7 Huddleston Road is one of the streets of London in the N7 postal area (Tufnell Park)

Huddleston Road, N7

Huddleston Road, N7 Huddleston Road is a road in the N19 postcode area (Tufnell Park)

Huddleston Road, N7

Huddlestone Road, N7 Huddlestone Road is a location in London (Tufnell Park)

Huddlestone Road, N7

Hugo Road, N19 Hugo Road is a road in the N19 postcode area (Tufnell Park)

Hugo Road, N19

Ingestre Road, NW5 Ingestre Road is a street in Kentish Town (Tufnell Park)

Ingestre Road, NW5

Kennistoun House, NW5 Kennistoun House is sited on Lady Margaret Road (Kentish Town)

Kennistoun House, NW5

Lady Margaret Road, N19 Lady Margaret Road straddles the NW5 and N19 postal areas (Tufnell Park)

Lady Margaret Road, N19

Lady Margaret Road, NW5 Lady Margaret Road runs north to Ospringe Road with Leverton Street and Montpelier Grove running parallel to the east and west respectively (Kentish Town)

Lady Margaret Road, NW5

Lady Somerset Road, NW5 Lady Somerset Road is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Lady Somerset Road, NW5

Leighton Crescent, NW5 Leighton Crescent is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Leighton Crescent, NW5

Leighton Grove, NW5 Leighton Grove is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Kentish Town)

Leighton Grove, NW5

Leighton Place, NW5 Leighton Place is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Leighton Place, NW5

Leighton Road, NW5 The route of Leighton Road followed an original path from the Assembly House Inn on Kentish Town Road to Maiden Lane (Kentish Town)

Leighton Road, NW5

Leverton Street, NW5 Leverton Street is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Leverton Street, NW5

Little Green Street, NW5 Little Green Street was built in the 1780s and is one of the few intact Georgian streets in London (Kentish Town)

Little Green Street, NW5

Longley House, N19 Longley House is located on Tufnell Park Road (Tufnell Park)

Longley House, N19

Lupton Street, NW5 Lupton Street is a street in Kentish Town (Tufnell Park)

Lupton Street, NW5

Mary Brancker House, NW5 Mary Brancker House is sited on Holmes Road (Kentish Town)

Mary Brancker House, NW5

Montpelier Grove, NW5 Montpelier Grove is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Montpelier Grove, NW5

Oakford Road, NW5 Oakford Road is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Tufnell Park)

Oakford Road, NW5

Ospringe Road, NW5 Ospringe Road is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Kentish Town)

Ospringe Road, NW5

Ospringe Road, NW5 Ospringe Road is a road in the N19 postcode area (Kentish Town)

Ospringe Road, NW5

Otts Yard, N19 A street within the N19 postcode (Tufnell Park)

Otts Yard, N19

Peckwater Street, NW5 Peckwater Street was built in the late 1850s (Kentish Town)

Peckwater Street, NW5

Pleshey Road, N7 Pleshey Road is a road in the N7 postcode area (Holloway)

Pleshey Road, N7

Pleshy Road, N7 Pleshy Road is a location in London (Tufnell Park)

Pleshy Road, N7

Railey Mews, NW5 Railey Mews is a crescent off Leverton Street (Kentish Town)

Railey Mews, NW5

Raveley Street, NW5 Raveley Street is a street in Kentish Town (Tufnell Park)

Raveley Street, NW5

Regis Road, NW5 Regis Road is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Regis Road, NW5

Sanderson Close, NW5 Sanderson Close is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Kentish Town)

Sanderson Close, NW5

Southcote Road, N19 Southcote Road is one of the streets of London in the N19 postal area (Tufnell Park)

Southcote Road, N19

Spring Place, NW5 Spring Place is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Spring Place, NW5

St Mary Brookfield Hall, NW5 St Mary Brookfield Hall is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

St Mary Brookfield Hall, NW5

Stonegate, NW5 Stonegate is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Stonegate, NW5

Torriano Avenue, NW5 Torriano Avenue is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Torriano Avenue, NW5

Torriano Cottages, NW5 Torriano Cottages are a charming cluster of fifteen cottages dating back to the mid-Victorian era. (Kentish Town)

Torriano Cottages, NW5

Torriano Mews, NW5 Torriano Mews is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Torriano Mews, NW5

Tufnell Park Road, N19 Tufnell Park Road is a location in London (Tufnell Park)

Tufnell Park Road, N19

Tufnell Park Road, N7 Tufnell Park Road is one of the streets of London in the N19 postal area (Tufnell Park)

Tufnell Park Road, N7

Twisden Road, NW5 Twisden Road is a street in Kentish Town (Gospel Oak)

Twisden Road, NW5

Wandsworth Place, NW5 Wandsworth Place is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Kentish Town)

Wandsworth Place, NW5

Warrender Road, Warrender Road lies within the postcode (Tufnell Park)

Warrender Road,

Wendling, NW5 Wendling is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

Wendling, NW5

Wesleyan Place, NW5 Wesleyan Place is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Gospel Oak)

Wesleyan Place, NW5

Wiblin Mews, NW5 Wiblin Mews is a location in London (Kentish Town)

Wiblin Mews, NW5

Willingham Terrace, NW5 Willingham Terrace is a road in the NW5 postcode area (Kentish Town)

Willingham Terrace, NW5

Willow Walk, NW5 Willow Terrace became Willow Walk in 1882 (Kentish Town)

Willow Walk, NW5

York Mews, NW5 York Mews is a street in Kentish Town (Kentish Town)

York Mews, NW5

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London bus ticket issued from a Gibson ticket machine which were in use from 1953-1993 TUM image id: 1630631225 Licence:	Entrance to the Fleet River, c. 1750 Credit: Samuel Scott TUM image id: 1529237151 Licence:	Children in Tufnell Park walk to school (1922) The junction of Fortess Roadd, looking up Dartmouth Park Hill, with The Boston pub out of shot on the right. Credit: Press Association TUM image id: 1660568106 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Two women walking past the graffiti ’No Evictions!’ on a railway bridge on Grafton Road, NW5. Much of the area was bulldozed and redeveloped in the 1960s and early 1970s. TUM image id: 1607643107 Licence:	Lady Margaret Road (1905) TUM image id: 1523109961 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Little Green Street sign Credit: Wikimedia/IMS TUM image id: 1552945858 Licence:	St Paul’s Church, Camden Square, c.1848 Credit: C J Greenwood (lithograph) TUM image id: 1552943295 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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Children in Tufnell Park walk to school (1922) The junction of Fortess Roadd, looking up Dartmouth Park Hill, with The Boston pub out of shot on the right.
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Lady Margaret Road (1905)
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Little Green Street sign
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