Chapter Road, SE17

Chapter Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area

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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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Fielding Street, SE17

Added: 9 Aug 2017 16:26 GMT

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Molesworth House, SE17

Morten House, SE17 Morten House is a block on Cook’s Road (Kennington)

Morten House, SE17

Napier House, SE17 Napier House is a block on Cooks Road (Kennington)

Napier House, SE17

Occupation Road, SE17 Occupation Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area (Walworth)

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Olney Road, SE17 The original line of Olney Road now runs from Draco Street to Heiron Street (Kennington)

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Olney Road, SE17 There are both old and new versions of Olney Road in the area (Kennington)

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Olney Street, SE17 Olney Street formerly ran along part of the line of Fielding Street (Kennington)

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

Otto Street, SE17

Pasley Close, SE17 Pasley Close is a road in the SE17 postcode area (Kennington)

Pasley Close, SE17

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

Pelier Street, SE17

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

Penmayne House, SE11

Penrose Grove, SE17 Penrose Grove is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area (Kennington)

Penrose Grove, SE17

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

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Penton Place, SE17 Penton Place is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area (Kennington)

Penton Place, SE17

Pilton Place, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode (Walworth)

Pilton Place, SE17

Pullens Buildings, SE17 The Pullens Estate boasts an intriguing past, owing to its innovative creator, James Pullen. (Kennington)

Pullens Buildings, SE17

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

Radcot Street, SE11

Red Lion Row, SE17 A street within the SE5 postcode (Walworth)

Red Lion Row, SE17

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

Royal Road, SE17

Rutley Close, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode (Kennington)

Rutley Close, SE17

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

Sharsted Street, SE17

Shelley House, SE17 Shelley House is a building on Browning Street (Walworth)

Shelley House, SE17

Slade Walk, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode (Kennington)

Slade Walk, SE17

Southey House, SE17 Southey House is a block on the Browning Estate (Walworth)

Southey House, SE17

St Agnes Place, SE11 St Agnes Place was once the most famous squatted street in London (Kennington)

St Agnes Place, SE11

St Pauls Church, SE17 St Pauls Church is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area (Kennington)

St Pauls Church, SE17

Stopford Road, SE17 Stopford Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area (Kennington)

Stopford Road, SE17

Sturgeon Road, SE17 Sturgeon Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area (Kennington)

Sturgeon Road, SE17

Suffield House, SE17 Suffield House is a block on Ambergate Street (Kennington)

Suffield House, SE17

Suffield Road, SE17 Suffield Road was laid out after the demise of the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens (Kennington)

Suffield Road, SE17

Sutherland Square, SE17 Sutherland Square is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area (Walworth)

Sutherland Square, SE17

Sutherland Walk, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode (Walworth)

Sutherland Walk, SE17

Tarver Road, SE17 Tarver Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area (Kennington)

Tarver Road, SE17

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

Thrush Street, SE17

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

Trematon House, SE11

Urlwin Street, SE5 Urlwin Street is in the Camberwell area (Camberwell)

Urlwin Street, SE5

Walters House, SE17 Walters House is a block on Meadcroft Road (Kennington)

Walters House, SE17

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

Walworth Place, SE17

Walworth Road, SE17 Walworth Road runs from the Elephant and Castle towards Camberwell (Walworth)

Walworth Road, SE17

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

Westcott Road, SE17

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

White Hart Street, SE11

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View from the roof of the Elephant and Castle pub. The pub gave its name to the area TUM image id: 1702056494 Licence:	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:	Demolition of the Heygate Estate and the construction of Elephant Central, May 2014. The Heygate Estate had been completed in 1974. The estate was used extensively as a filming location, due in part to its brutalist architecture. Credit: Wiki Commons/Zefrog TUM image id: 1637796469 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Good Intent - the last pub of East Street Market Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1669908269 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Temple Bar pub, Walworth Road (1919) TUM image id: 1702057550 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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:	Trocadero, Elephant and Castle. Opened in 1930 and demolished in 1963. TUM image id: 1702054270 Licence:	East Street market, Walworth in 1908 The market, in operation since the 1880s, featured in the title sequence for Only Fools and Horses Old London postcard TUM image id: 1669906466 Licence:	Amelia Street, SE11 This originally consisted of late 19th century tenement blocks built by James Pullen between 1886 and 1901. During the 1980s the buildings between Manor Place and the south side of Amelia Street were demolished. The demolition of the rest of the Pullens Estate was prevented when squatters, intent on preserving the remainder of an individual late Victorian estate, occupied some of the blocks. The south side of Amelia Street is now an open space - Pullens Gardens - created following the demolition of a tenement block. Credit: Ideal Homes TUM image id: 1536959890 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:	Elephant Road TUM image id: 1702056801 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Elephant & Castle TUM image id: 1683196643 Licence:	Walworth Road (1930) This view looks north along the Walworth Road towards the ornate Elephant and Castle public house. Most of the buildings here were demolished as part of the London County Council redevelopment between 1958 and 1965. TUM image id: 1620670227 Licence:	Postcard depicting Walworth Road and "The King’s First Visit To South London May 1911". The king in question was George V Old London postcard TUM image id: 1621246974 Licence: