Silk Mews, SE11

Silk Mews is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Trees in Kennington Park
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Richard Lake

De Laune Street, SE17

Added: 28 Sep 2022 09:37 GMT

Trade Union Official
John William Lake snr moved with his family to 22 De Laune Street in 1936. He was the London Branch Secretary for the Street Masons, Paviours and Road Makers Union. He had previously lived in Orange St now Copperfield St Southwark but had been forced to move because the landlord didn’t like him working from home and said it broke his lease.
John William snr died in 1940. His son John William Lake jnr also became a stone mason and at the end of World War two he was responsible for the engraving of the dates of WW2 onto the Cenotaph in Whitehall.

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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
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Brandon Estate Brandon Estate is a social housing estate in London Borough of Southwark.

Brandon Estate

Chartist meeting, Kennington Common (1848) On 10 April 1848, William Kilburn took daguerrotypes of the Great Chartist Meeting on Kennington Common – taken from the top of The Horns tavern were the first ever photos of a crowd scene.

Chartist meeting, Kennington Common (1848)

Kennington Park Kennington Park is a public park in Kennington, south London.

Kennington Park

Street cricket (1953) Street cricket has been played across London since the rules of the game were formulated.

Street cricket (1953)

NEARBY STREETS

Abel House, SE11 Abel House is a block on Bowling Green Street (Oval)

Abel House, SE11

Adam Court, SE11 Adam Court can be found on Kennington Lane (Kennington)

Adam Court, SE11

Alberta Street, SE17 Alberta Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area (Kennington)

Alberta Street, SE17

Arden House, SE11 Residential block (Lambeth)

Arden House, SE11

Ashton House, SE11 Ashton House is a block on Cornwall Square Kennings Way (Lambeth)

Ashton House, SE11

Aulton Place, SE11 This is a street in the SE11 postcode area (Kennington)

Aulton Place, SE11

Aveline Street, SE11 Aveline Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Kennington)

Aveline Street, SE11

Averline House, SE11 Averline House is a building on Aveline Street (Kennington)

Averline House, SE11

Babbage Court, SE17 Babbage Court is a block on the Brandon Estate (Kennington)

Babbage Court, SE17

Baltimore House, SE11 Baltimore House is a block on Hotspur Street (Lambeth)

Baltimore House, SE11

Beaufoy Walk, SE11 Beaufoy Walk is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Lambeth)

Beaufoy Walk, SE11

Bedser Close, SE11 Bedser Close is named for Alec Bedser, widely regarded as one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century, by association with the nearby Oval Cricket Ground (Oval)

Bedser Close, SE11

Black Prince Road, SE11 Black Prince Road’s origin is derived from Edward of Woodstock (Edward the Black Prince) who lived in Lambeth during the 1300 (Lambeth)

Black Prince Road, SE11

Blythe House, SE11 Blythe House is located on Kennington Park Road (Oval)

Blythe House, SE11

Bowden Street, SE11 Bowden Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Bowden Street, SE11

Bowling Green Street, SE11 Bowling Green Street formerly covered the grounds of a a bowling green leased to the owners of the nearby Horns Tavern (Oval)

Bowling Green Street, SE11

Braganza Street, SE17 Braganza Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area (Kennington)

Braganza Street, SE17

Bricklayers Street, SE11 Bricklayers Street is a location in London (Lambeth)

Bricklayers Street, SE11

Brutus Court, SE11 Brutus Court is located on Kennington Lane (Kennington)

Brutus Court, SE11

Calstock House, SE11 Calstock House is a block on Cleaver Street (Kennington)

Calstock House, SE11

Cannon House, SE11 Cannon House is a block on Beaufoy Walk (Lambeth)

Cannon House, SE11

Cardigan Street, SE11 Cardigan Street formed part of the Duchy of Cornwall’s local estate (Kennington)

Cardigan Street, SE11

Carrick Court, SE11 Carrick Court is a block on Kennington Park Road (Kennington)

Carrick Court, SE11

Chester Way, SE11 Chester Way is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Lambeth)

Chester Way, SE11

Clayton Street, SE11 Clayton Street was named for William Clayton (Oval)

Clayton Street, SE11

Cleaver Square, SE11 Cleaver Square is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Cleaver Square, SE11

Cleaver Street, SE11 Cleaver Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Cleaver Street, SE11

Conant House, SE17 Conant House is a building on Royal Road (Kennington)

Conant House, SE17

Cornwall Square, SE11 Cornwall Square is in Kennings Way (Kennington)

Cornwall Square, SE11

Courtenay Square, SE11 Courtenay Square is one of a number of local streets with houses built in a neo-Georgian style (Kennington)

Courtenay Square, SE11

Courtenay Street, SE11 Courtenay Street was built in 1925 as part of the Duchy of Cornwall’s estate (Kennington)

Courtenay Street, SE11

De Laune Street, SE17 De Laune Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area (Kennington)

De Laune Street, SE17

Denny Crescent, SE11 Denny Crescent was built as part of a small estate by the Duchy of Cornwall in 1925 (Lambeth)

Denny Crescent, SE11

Denny Street, SE11 Denny Street is a neo-Georgian development (Lambeth)

Denny Street, SE11

Doddington Grove, SE17 Doddington Grove is a road in the SE17 postcode area (Kennington)

Doddington Grove, SE17

Doddington Place, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode (Kennington)

Doddington Place, SE17

Dolland House, SE11 Dolland House is a block on Newburn Street (Vauxhall)

Dolland House, SE11

Dolland Street, SE11 Norfolk Street became Dolland Street in 1893 (Kennington)

Dolland Street, SE11

Duffell House, SE11 Duffell House is a block on Brangton Road (Kennington)

Duffell House, SE11

Dumain Court, SE11 Dumain Court is a block on Opal Street (Kennington)

Dumain Court, SE11

Dunmow House, SE11 Dunmow House is a block on Newburn Street (Vauxhall)

Dunmow House, SE11

Durham Street, SE11 Durham Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)

Durham Street, SE11

Ebenezer House, SE11 Ebenezer House can be found on Kennington Lane (Lambeth)

Ebenezer House, SE11

Edinburgh House, SE11 Edinburgh House is located on Kennington Lane (Kennington)

Edinburgh House, SE11

Edmund House, SE17 Edmund House is a block on Doddington Grove (Kennington)

Edmund House, SE17

Fairford House, SE11 Fairford House is a block on Kennington Lane (Lambeth)

Fairford House, SE11

Falmouth House, SE11 Falmouth House is a block on White Hart Street (Lambeth)

Falmouth House, SE11

Falstaff Court, SE11 Falstaff Court is sited on Falstaff Court (Kennington)

Falstaff Court, SE11

Farnham Royal, SE11 Farnham Royal is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)

Farnham Royal, SE11

Faunce Street, SE17 Faunce Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area (Kennington)

Faunce Street, SE17

Fontenoy House, SE11 Fontenoy House is a block on Kennington Lane (Kennington)

Fontenoy House, SE11

Fortune House, SE11 Fortune House is sited on Marylee Way (Lambeth)

Fortune House, SE11

Fowey House, SE11 Fowey House is a block on White Hart Street (Kennington)

Fowey House, SE11

Gateway House, SE11 Gateway House can be found on Milverton Street (Kennington)

Gateway House, SE11

Gaysley House, SE11 Gaysley House is a block on Hotspur Street (Lambeth)

Gaysley House, SE11

Gaza Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode (Kennington)

Gaza Street, SE17

Gilmour Section House, SE11 Gilmour Section House is a block on Renfrew Road (Newington)

Gilmour Section House, SE11

Groome House, SE11 Groome House is a building on Black Prince Road (Lambeth)

Groome House, SE11

Grover House, SE11 Grover House is located on Vauxhall Street (Vauxhall)

Grover House, SE11

Hamlet Court, SE11 Hamlet Court is a building on Hamlet Court (Kennington)

Hamlet Court, SE11

Hansom Mews, SE11 Hansom Mews is a location in London (Kennington)

Hansom Mews, SE11

Harleyford Court, SE11 Harleyford Court is a block on Bedser Close (Vauxhall)

Harleyford Court, SE11

Harmsworth Street, SE17 Harmsworth Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area (Kennington)

Harmsworth Street, SE17

Helston House, SE11 Helston House is a building on White Hart Street (Kennington)

Helston House, SE11

Hornby House, SE11 Hornby House is sited on Kennington Road (Oval)

Hornby House, SE11

Hotspur Street, SE11 Hotspur Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Lambeth)

Hotspur Street, SE11

Hurley House, SE11 Hurley House is a block on Kennington Lane (Lambeth)

Hurley House, SE11

Hurley Road, SE11 Hurley Road ran north from Lower Kennington Lane (Newington)

Hurley Road, SE11

Irving House, SE17 Irving House is a block on Doddington Grove (Kennington)

Irving House, SE17

Jephson House, SE17 Jephson House is a building on Westcott Road (Kennington)

Jephson House, SE17

Jonathan Street, SE11 Jonathan Street commemorates Jonathan Tyers who was the owner of the Vauxhall Gardens during the 1700s (Lambeth)

Jonathan Street, SE11

Kean House, SE11 Kean House is a block on Cooks Road (Kennington)

Kean House, SE11

Kempsford Road, SE11 Kempsford Road is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Lambeth)

Kempsford Road, SE11

Kennings Way, SE11 Kennings Way is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Kennington)

Kennings Way, SE11

Kennington Lane, SE11 Kennington Lane is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Kennington Lane, SE11

Kennington Park Place, SE17 Kennington Park Place is a road in the SE17 postcode area (Kennington)

Kennington Park Place, SE17

Kennington Park Road, SE11 Kennington Park Road is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Kennington Park Road, SE11

Kennington Park, SE11 Kennington Park is one of the streets of London in the SE5 postal area (Kennington)

Kennington Park, SE11

Kennington Road, SE11 Kennington Road was a turnpike road created in 1751 (Lambeth)

Kennington Road, SE11

Kerris House, SE11 Kerris House is a block on Chester Way (Lambeth)

Kerris House, SE11

Key House, SE11 Key House can be found on Magee Street (Oval)

Key House, SE11

Kilner House, SE11 Kilner House is a block on Clayton Street (Oval)

Kilner House, SE11

Knight’s Walk, SE11 Knight’s Walk is a pedestrian-only street linking Kennington Lane to Kempsford Road (Newington)

Knight’s Walk, SE11

Landulph House, SE11 Landulph House is a block on Kennings Way (Kennington)

Landulph House, SE11

Laune Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode (Kennington)

Laune Street, SE17

Lilac Place, SE11 Lilac Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Lambeth)

Lilac Place, SE11

Liskeard House, SE11 Liskeard House is a block on White Hart Street (Kennington)

Liskeard House, SE11

Lohmann House, SE11 Lohmann House is a block on Bowling Green Street (Oval)

Lohmann House, SE11

Loughborough Street, SE11 Loughborough Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Loughborough Street, SE11

Malam Court, SE11 Malam Court is sited on John Street (Lambeth)

Malam Court, SE11

Malmsey House, SE11 Malmsey House is a block on Vauxhall Street (Vauxhall)

Malmsey House, SE11

Manley House, SE11 Manley House is a block on Black Prince Road (Lambeth)

Manley House, SE11

Marylee Way, SE11 Marylee Way is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Lambeth)

Marylee Way, SE11

Methley Street, SE11 Methley Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Methley Street, SE11

Michelson House, SE11 Michelson House is a block on Black Prince Road (Lambeth)

Michelson House, SE11

Milverton Street, SE11 Milverton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Milverton Street, SE11

Montford Place, SE11 Montford Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Montford Place, SE11

Mountain House, SE11 Mountain House is sited on Tyers Street (Lambeth)

Mountain House, SE11

Nainby House, SE11 Nainby House is a block on Hotspur Street (Lambeth)

Nainby House, SE11

Needham House, SE11 Needham House can be found on Lollard Street (Lambeth)

Needham House, SE11

Newburn Street, SE11 Newburn Street is a street in the area west of Kennington Cross (Kennington)

Newburn Street, SE11

Opal Street, SE11 Opal Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Opal Street, SE11

Orsett Street, SE11 Orsett Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Lambeth)

Orsett Street, SE11

Oval Way, SE11 Oval Way is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Oval)

Oval Way, SE11

Palm/Malt House, SE11 Palm/Malt House is a block on Sancroft Street (Lambeth)

Palm/Malt House, SE11

Pegasus Place, SE11 Pegasus Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Oval)

Pegasus Place, SE11

Penmayne House, SE11 Penmayne House is a block on Kennings Way (Kennington)

Penmayne House, SE11

Penton Place, SE11 Penton Place is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Kennington)

Penton Place, SE11

Portia Court, SE11 Portia Court is a block on Opal Street (Kennington)

Portia Court, SE11

Radcot Street, SE11 Radcot Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Radcot Street, SE11

Ravensdon Street, SE11 Ravensdon Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Kennington)

Ravensdon Street, SE11

Reedworth Street, SE11 Reedworth Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Lambeth)

Reedworth Street, SE11

Sambrook House, SE11 Sambrook House is a block on Hotspur Street (Lambeth)

Sambrook House, SE11

Sancroft Street, SE11 Sancroft Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Lambeth)

Sancroft Street, SE11

Scotson House, SE11 Scotson House is a block on Marylee Way (Lambeth)

Scotson House, SE11

Sedley House, SE11 Residential block (Kennington)

Sedley House, SE11

Sharsted Street, SE17 This is a street in the SE17 postcode area (Kennington)

Sharsted Street, SE17

Sherwin House, SE11 Sherwin House is a building on Clayton Street (Oval)

Sherwin House, SE11

Silk Mews, SE11 Silk Mews is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Kennington)

Silk Mews, SE11

Simpson House, SE11 Residential block (Vauxhall)

Simpson House, SE11

South Street, SE11 South Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Lambeth)

South Street, SE11

St Oswalds Place, SE11 St Oswalds Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)

St Oswalds Place, SE11

Stannary Place, SE11 Stannary Place is a location in London

Stannary Place, SE11

Stannary Street, SE11 Stannary Street was first built as Kennington Place

Stannary Street, SE11

Studios, SE11 Studios is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Oval)

Studios, SE11

Territorial House, SE11 Territorial House is a block on Reedworth Street (Lambeth)

Territorial House, SE11

The Dog House, SE11 The Dog House is a block on Kennington Road (Lambeth)

The Dog House, SE11

Tolpaide House, SE11 Tolpaide House is located on Hotspur Street (Lambeth)

Tolpaide House, SE11

Trematon House, SE11 Trematon House can be found on Kennings Way (Kennington)

Trematon House, SE11

Tyers Street, SE11 Tyers Street is named for Jonathan Tyers who was the eighteenth century owner of the Vauxhall Gardens (Lambeth)

Tyers Street, SE11

Tyers Terrace, SE11 Tyers Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)

Tyers Terrace, SE11

Vantrey House, SE11 Vantrey House is a block on Marylee Way (Lambeth)

Vantrey House, SE11

Vauxhall Street, SE11 Vauxhall Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)

Vauxhall Street, SE11

Vox Studios 1-45, SE11 Vox Studios 1-45 is a location in London (Vauxhall)

Vox Studios 1-45, SE11

Waylett House, SE11 Waylett House is a block on Loughborough Street (Kennington)

Waylett House, SE11

Westcott Road, SE17 Westcott Road is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area (Kennington)

Westcott Road, SE17

Westminster Business Square, SE11 Westminster Business Square is a business centre (Vauxhall)

Westminster Business Square, SE11

White Hart Street, SE11 White Hart Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

White Hart Street, SE11

Wickham Street, SE11 Wickham Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Vauxhall)

Wickham Street, SE11

Windmill Row, SE11 Windmill Row is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Windmill Row, SE11

Wynyard Terrace, SE11 Wynyard Terrace is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Kennington)

Wynyard Terrace, SE11

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Chartist meeting, Kennington Common. Widely thought to be the earliest London photograph depicting a crowd (1848) More info: www.wcml.org.uk/about-us/timeline/kennington-common-chartist-meeting/ Credit: William Kilburn TUM image id: 1556887885 Licence:	The Brandon Estate, Kennington. Built for the LCC in 1957-8 Credit: Flickr/Reading Tom TUM image id: 1683033112 Licence:	Metropolitan Tabernacle (1890) The Metropolitan Tabernacle is a large independent Reformed Baptist church in Elephant and Castle. It was the largest non-conformist church of its day in 1861. TUM image id: 1702062866 Licence:	Shop on the corner of Brook Drive and Hayles Street (2013) This unobtrusive corner shop near Elephant and Castle was the filming location for ’Come On Eileen’ by Dexys Midnight Runners. It’s no longer a shop and - to my horror - my walk from Elephant & Castle to Lambeth North passes it at 7:24 and doesn’t note it as I found out only afterwards. Grrr https://youtu.be/R-e GEXb4M4 Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1689771844 Licence:	Fentiman Road, SW8 (2017) The road is named after local mid-19th century Vauxhall developer John Fentiman. TUM image id: 1544889021 Licence:
Gladstone Street showing Albert Terrace in the background (1977) Credit: Ideal Homes TUM image id: 1513443941 Licence:	Children among the rubble of a bombsite playground at Lollard Street, Lambeth (1957) Children’s rights campaigner Lady Allen of Hurtwood formed a movement for the building of playgrounds. Originally known as ‘junk’ playgrounds, they were renamed adventure playgrounds in 1953 and the movement grew. Credit: London Borough of Lambeth TUM image id: 1625154491 Licence:	View looking down Princes Street, Lambeth (1864) The photo shows a mixture of business premises and residential houses. The wall on the extreme right is the boundary of the Phoenix Gas Works. The central building decorated with large pots belonged to John Cliff’s Imperial Potteries, and directly opposite was the site of ’old Delft Lambeth Pottery’ Credit: William Strudwick TUM image id: 1562929776 Licence:	Vauxhall Mansion and Vauxhall Walk in Lambeth about to be redeveloped, September 1953. Credit: Mirrorpix TUM image id: 1691059432 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Lambeth Telegraph Tower in 1810. At a short distance west of the Fishmongers’ Almshouses, near to West Square, on the south side of St George’s Road, formerly stood this tall boarded structure. It served for some time the purposes of a semaphore telegraph tower Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1680371586 Licence:
Catherine Street, Vauxhall looking South (1930) Catherine Street, as Worgan Street, became part of the Vauxhall Gardens Estate. Credit: London Metropolitan Archives TUM image id: 1643826581 Licence: CC BY 2.0	"The old man, seen Lambeth Walking at the top of one of the side-streets is a Lambeth institution. He is popular in the Walk, and there are usually a few to give him pennies." Taken from ’Life in the Lambeth Walk’, Picture Post, 31 December 1938 Credit: Picture Post TUM image id: 1688482346 Licence:	Pelham Mission Hall, Lambeth Walk (2005). A curious building with an outside pulpit. It closed as a church sometime around 1970. Credit: Wiki Commons/Stephen Craven TUM image id: 1674229859 Licence:	An unnamed side street off of Fitzalan Street, Lambeth (1921) TUM image id: 1608039577 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Adam West as ’Batman’ filming road safety in Denny Crescent, Kennington (1967) TUM image id: 1630068983 Licence: