Mills House, SW8

Mills House can be found on Thessaly Road.

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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

Battersea Power Station Battersea Power Station is a former power station and an Underground station on the Northern Line.

Battersea Power Station

Queenstown Road Queenstown Road is a station in Battersea between Vauxhall and Clapham Junction.

Queenstown Road

Sleaford Street School Sleaford Street School opened in 1874 and closed during the 1970s..

Sleaford Street School

NEARBY STREETS

Abbey Business Centre, SW8 Abbey Business Centre is in the SW8 postal area (Queenstown Road)

Abbey Business Centre, SW8

Acre Street, SW8 Acre Street led off Thessaly Road (Nine Elms)

Acre Street, SW8

Aegis Grove, SW8 Aegis Grove was a street in Battersea New Town (Battersea Power Station)

Aegis Grove, SW8

Aegis House, SW8 Aegis House was a short-lived tower block on the Savona Estate (Battersea Power Station)

Aegis House, SW8

Allan House, SW8 Allan House is a block on Deeley Road (Nine Elms)

Allan House, SW8

Andrew Place, SW8 Andrew Place is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Nine Elms)

Andrew Place, SW8

Aragon Court, SW8 Aragon Court is a modern block along Ascalon Street (Nine Elms)

Aragon Court, SW8

Arden Street, SW8 Arden Street disappeared as the New Covent Garden Market was built (Nine Elms)

Arden Street, SW8

Ascalon House, SW8 Ascalon House was built as part of the Savona Estate in 1938 (Battersea Power Station)

Ascalon House, SW8

Ascalon Street, SW8 Ascalon Street is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Nine Elms)

Ascalon Street, SW8

Ashcroft House, SW8 Ashcroft House is a block on Wadhurst Road (Nine Elms)

Ashcroft House, SW8

Aston House, SW8 Aston House is sited on Wandsworth Road (Wandsworth Road)

Aston House, SW8

Avro House, SW8 Avro House is a block on Havelock Terrace (Nine Elms)

Avro House, SW8

Bannister House, SW8 Bannister House is sited on Wadhurst Road (Nine Elms)

Bannister House, SW8

Battersea Park Road, SW8 A short section of Battersea Park Road is in the SW8 postal area (Battersea Power Station)

Battersea Park Road, SW8

Beames House, SW8 Beames House is a block on Deeley Road (Nine Elms)

Beames House, SW8

Beattie House, SW8 Beattie House is a block on Stewarts Road (Nine Elms)

Beattie House, SW8

Belgrave Court, SW8 Belgrave Court is a block on Ascalon Street (Nine Elms)

Belgrave Court, SW8

Belmore Place, SW8 Milton Place was renamed Belmore Place in 1937 (Wandsworth Road)

Belmore Place, SW8

Belmore Street, SW8 Belmore Street is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Nine Elms)

Belmore Street, SW8

Bilton House, SW8 Bilton House is a building on Minshull Street (Wandsworth Road)

Bilton House, SW8

Birkin Street, SW8 After 1937, the new name for Richmond Place was Birkin Street (Wandsworth Road)

Birkin Street, SW8

Blore Close, SW8 Blore Close is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Wandsworth Road)

Blore Close, SW8

Bognor Street, SW8 John Street became Bognor Street in 1909 (Nine Elms)

Bognor Street, SW8

Bonsor House, SW8 Bonsor House is a building on Stewarts Road (Nine Elms)

Bonsor House, SW8

Bradmead, SW8 Bradmead is a modern road near to the Battersea Power Station development (Battersea Power Station)

Bradmead, SW8

Brady House, SW8 Brady House is a block on Corunna Road (Nine Elms)

Brady House, SW8

Bridport Terrace, SW8 Howard Street was called Bridport Terrace after 1938 (Wandsworth Road)

Bridport Terrace, SW8

Brooklands Passage, SW8 Brooklands Passage is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Nine Elms)

Brooklands Passage, SW8

Brooklands Street, SW8 Charles Street was given the name Brooklands Street in 1897 (Nine Elms)

Brooklands Street, SW8

Brooks Court, SW8 Brooks Court is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Nine Elms)

Brooks Court, SW8

Carey Gardens, SW8 Carey Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Nine Elms)

Carey Gardens, SW8

Ceylon Street, SW8 Ceylon Street was built between 1862 and 1870 (Battersea Power Station)

Ceylon Street, SW8

Cherwell Street, SW8 Cherwell Street was built by Frederick Haynes in the mid-Victoria era (Nine Elms)

Cherwell Street, SW8

Christchurch Vicarage, SW8 Christchurch Vicarage is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Nine Elms)

Christchurch Vicarage, SW8

Clifton Cottages, SW8 Clifton Cottages were swept away post-war (Stockwell)

Clifton Cottages, SW8

Condell Road, SW8 Condell Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Nine Elms)

Condell Road, SW8

Corunna Road, SW8 Corunna Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Nine Elms)

Corunna Road, SW8

Corunna Terrace, SW8 Elizabeth Terrace became Corunna Terrace in 1892 (Nine Elms)

Corunna Terrace, SW8

Courland Street, SW8 Courland Street is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Wandsworth Road)

Courland Street, SW8

Cowthorpe Road, SW8 Cowthorpe Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Nine Elms)

Cowthorpe Road, SW8

Crampton House, SW8 Crampton House is a block on Patmore Street (Nine Elms)

Crampton House, SW8

Crimsworth Road, SW8 Crimsworth Road is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Nine Elms)

Crimsworth Road, SW8

Cudworth House, SW8 Cudworth House is sited on Stewarts Road (Nine Elms)

Cudworth House, SW8

Darlington House, SW8 Darlington House is sited on Fount Street (Nine Elms)

Darlington House, SW8

Deeley Road, SW8 Deeley Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Nine Elms)

Deeley Road, SW8

Distribution Block, SW8 Distribution Block is a location in London (Battersea Power Station)

Distribution Block, SW8

Driver Street, SW8 In 1937, Seymour Street became Driver Street (Nine Elms)

Driver Street, SW8

Drury House, SW8 Drury House is located on Wadhurst Road (Nine Elms)

Drury House, SW8

East Bridge, SW8 East Bridge is a location in London (Nine Elms)

East Bridge, SW8

Ebson Street, SW8 After 1929, the new name for Porson Street was Ebson Street (Nine Elms)

Ebson Street, SW8

Edward Foster Court, SW8 Edward Foster Court is a block on Stewarts Road (Battersea Power Station)

Edward Foster Court, SW8

Foote’s Row, SW8 Foote’s Row - also Foot’s Row - existed from the original layout of Battersea New Town, until the 1960s (Battersea Power Station)

Foote’s Row, SW8

Fowler House, SW8 Fowler House is a block on Courland Street (Wandsworth Road)

Fowler House, SW8

Gladstone Court Business Centre, SW8 Gladstone Court Business Centre is near Battersea (Nine Elms)

Gladstone Court Business Centre, SW8

Gladstone Terrace, SW8 Park Place was called Gladstone Terrace after 1892 (Queenstown Road)

Gladstone Terrace, SW8

Goldsboro Road, SW8 Goldsboro Road is situated in an area west of Wandsworth Road (Nine Elms)

Goldsboro Road, SW8

Goldsborough House, SW8 Residential block (Wandsworth Road)

Goldsborough House, SW8

Gresley House, SW8 Gresley House is a block on Deeley Road (Wandsworth Road)

Gresley House, SW8

Haines Street, SW8 Haines Street was named after the speculating solicitor, Frederick Haines, who built it (Nine Elms)

Haines Street, SW8

Havelock Terrace, SW8 Havelock Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Nine Elms)

Havelock Terrace, SW8

Hewlett House, SW8 Hewlett House is a block on Havelock Terrace (Nine Elms)

Hewlett House, SW8

Hindlip House, SW8 Hindlip House is a block on Wandsworth Road (Stockwell)

Hindlip House, SW8

Hookham Court, SW8 Hookham Court is sited on Deeley Road (Nine Elms)

Hookham Court, SW8

Hunter House, SW8 Hunter House is a block on Fount Street (Nine Elms)

Hunter House, SW8

Imex Business Centre, SW8 Imex Business Centre is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Nine Elms)

Imex Business Centre, SW8

Ingate Place, SW8 Ingate Place is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Queenstown Road)

Ingate Place, SW8

Jenkins House, SW8 Jenkins House is located on Thessaly Road (Nine Elms)

Jenkins House, SW8

Kirtley House, SW8 Kirtley House can be found on Thessaly Road (Nine Elms)

Kirtley House, SW8

Linford House, SW8 Linford House is a location in London (Nine Elms)

Linford House, SW8

Linford Street, SW8 Linford Street is the westernmost street of a part of SW8 (Nine Elms)

Linford Street, SW8

Link House, SW8 Link House is a building beside New Covent Garden Market (Nine Elms)

Link House, SW8

Locke House, SW8 Locke House is a block on Wadhurst Road (Nine Elms)

Locke House, SW8

Lockington Road, SW8 Lockington Road runs south from Battersea Park Road (Queenstown Road)

Lockington Road, SW8

Mansell House, SW8 Mansell House is a block on Patmore Street (Nine Elms)

Mansell House, SW8

Marsh House, SW8 Marsh House is a block on Thessaly Road (Nine Elms)

Marsh House, SW8

Martley House, SW8 Martley House is a block on Condell Road (Nine Elms)

Martley House, SW8

McConnell House, SW8 McConnell House is a block on Deeley Road (Wandsworth Road)

McConnell House, SW8

Mills House, SW8 Mills House can be found on Thessaly Road (Nine Elms)

Mills House, SW8

Minshull Street, SW8 Minshull Street is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Wandsworth Road)

Minshull Street, SW8

Morgan House, SW8 Morgan House is a block on Wadhurst Road (Nine Elms)

Morgan House, SW8

New Covent Garden Centre, SW8 New Covent Garden Centre is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Nine Elms)

New Covent Garden Centre, SW8

Pagden Street, SW8 Pagden Street was part of Battersea New Town (Nine Elms)

Pagden Street, SW8

Palmerston Court, SW8 Palmerston Court is a block on Palmerston Way (Battersea Power Station)

Palmerston Court, SW8

Palmerston Way, SW8 Palmerston Way is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Nine Elms)

Palmerston Way, SW8

Parvin Street, SW8 In 1935, William Street became Parvin Street (Nine Elms)

Parvin Street, SW8

Patmore Street, SW8 Patmore Street is part of the Patmore Estate (Nine Elms)

Patmore Street, SW8

Post Office Way, SW8 Post Office Way is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)

Post Office Way, SW8

Rudolf Place, SW8 Rudolf Place is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Nine Elms)

Rudolf Place, SW8

Savona Place, SW8 York Mews became Savona Place in 1880 (Battersea Power Station)

Savona Place, SW8

Savona Street, SW8 Savona Street is a road in the Battersea Power Station area (Battersea Power Station)

Savona Street, SW8

Seldon House, SW8 Seldon House was built as part of the Savona Estate in 1938 (Battersea Power Station)

Seldon House, SW8

Seldon Street, SW8 Seldon Street disappeared under the first blocks of the Savona Estate in the 1930s (Battersea Power Station)

Seldon Street, SW8

Seymour Street, SW8 Seymour Place was given the name Seymour Street in 1892 (Nine Elms)

Seymour Street, SW8

Sleaford Industrial Estate, SW8 Commercial area (Battersea Power Station)

Sleaford Industrial Estate, SW8

Sleaford Street, SW8 Sleaford Street is virtually the last of the surviving streets of Battersea New Town (Battersea Power Station)

Sleaford Street, SW8

Southville, SW8 Southville is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Wandsworth Road)

Southville, SW8

Spaces Business Centre, SW8 Spaces Business Centre is a location in London (Queenstown Road)

Spaces Business Centre, SW8

St Georges Close, SW8 St Georges Close leads off Patmore Street (Nine Elms)

St Georges Close, SW8

St Josephs Street, SW8 St Joseph’s Street runs alongside St Mary’s Primary School (Queenstown Road)

St Josephs Street, SW8

Statham House, SW8 Statham House is a block on Wadhurst Road (Nine Elms)

Statham House, SW8

Stewart’s Lane West, SW8 Stewart’s Lane West was absorbed into Stewart’s Lane in 1925 (Nine Elms)

Stewart’s Lane West, SW8

Stewarts Road, SW8 Stewarts Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Nine Elms)

Stewarts Road, SW8

Stroudley House, SW8 Stroudley House is a block on Patmore Street (Nine Elms)

Stroudley House, SW8

The Pavilion, SW8 The Pavilion is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Battersea Power Station)

The Pavilion, SW8

Thessaly House, SW8 Thessaly House is a block on Thessaly Road - built in 1938 (Battersea Power Station)

Thessaly House, SW8

Thessaly Road, SW8 Starting life as simply "New Street", Thessaly Road dates from the 1860s or before (Battersea Power Station)

Thessaly Road, SW8

Thorparch Place, SW8 George Place was renamed Thorparch Place in 1911 (Nine Elms)

Thorparch Place, SW8

Thorparch Road, SW8 Thorparch Road is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Nine Elms)

Thorparch Road, SW8

Tidbury Street, SW8 Tidbury Street once ran north from Ascalon Street (Nine Elms)

Tidbury Street, SW8

Tidemore Street, SW8 Sheldrake Street was renamed Tidemore Street in 1891 (Battersea Power Station)

Tidemore Street, SW8

Trevithick House, SW8 Trevithick House is a block on Deeley Road (Nine Elms)

Trevithick House, SW8

Tun Yard, SW8 Tun Yard is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Nine Elms)

Tun Yard, SW8

Tweed Street, SW8 Tweed Street now lies under New Covent Garden Market (Nine Elms)

Tweed Street, SW8

Viridian Buildings, SW8 Viridian Buildings is a location in London (Battersea Power Station)

Viridian Buildings, SW8

Wadhurst Road, SW8 Wadhurst Road is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Nine Elms)

Wadhurst Road, SW8

Wainwright House, SW8 Wainwright House is sited on Thessaly Road (Nine Elms)

Wainwright House, SW8

Wenham House, SW8 Wenham House - built in 1938 - was formerly known as Tideway House (Battersea Power Station)

Wenham House, SW8

Woods House, SW8 Woods House can be found on Wadhurst Road (Nine Elms)

Woods House, SW8

Yeovil Place, SW8 Yeovil Place, existing until after the Second World War, was previously part of Brandon Street until 1905 (Nine Elms)

Yeovil Place, SW8

Yeovil Street, SW8 Yeovil Street was once to be found in the back streets of Nine Elms (Nine Elms)

Yeovil Street, SW8

York Mews, SW8 York Mews became Savona Place in 1880 (Battersea Power Station)

York Mews, SW8

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Battersea Power Station from the River Thames (2012) Credit: Wiki Commons/Alberto Pascual TUM image id: 1635703402 Licence:	Battersea Park Road looking westwards from the junction with Queenstown Road Old London postcard TUM image id: 1622547700 Licence:	Nine Elms Station map in the 1850s with the new line to Waterloo on right. Before the Waterloo extension, Nine Elms was the main London terminus for the LSWR. TUM image id: 1488210142 Licence:	Queenstown Road looking north towards Battersea Power Station (2012) With the reconstruction of the power station and the demolition of the gasholder, this view has changed dramatically since. Credit: Historic England TUM image id: 1629459073 Licence:	Map of Battersea New Town (1829) From the 1790s, the "New Town" of Battersea started to emerge just west of Nine Elms, with the aim of developing an urban but middle-class district here, amidst the fields. But progress was fragmented due to the various landowners and builders. Working-class terraces gradually filled the gaps between industrial sites. Credit: C& J Greenwood TUM image id: 1705403768 Licence:
Over 197 festivals take place in London every year including the largest free festival - the Mayor’s Thames Festival - and Europe’s biggest street festival, the Notting Hill Carnival which attracts near one million people Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1630946766 Licence:	A place to teach directions to your kids TUM image id: 1705331128 Licence:	Hemans Street circa 1935 showing Portland Cottages on the right. TUM image id: 1575397043 Licence: CC BY 2.0	View of Aegis House (on left) with Battersea Power Station in background Credit: https://www.towerblock.eca.ed.ac.uk/ TUM image id: 1705328514 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Battersea Power Station Credit: Robert Lowry/Wandsworth Museum TUM image id: 1658235304 Licence:
"A Sunset with a View of Nine Elms" (c.1755) Credit: Samuel Scott/Tate Britain TUM image id: 1623706678 Licence:

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Battersea Power Station from the River Thames (2012)
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Battersea Park Road looking westwards from the junction with Queenstown Road
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Nine Elms Station map in the 1850s with the new line to Waterloo on right. Before the Waterloo extension, Nine Elms was the main London terminus for the LSWR.
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Map of Battersea New Town (1829) From the 1790s, the "New Town" of Battersea started to emerge just west of Nine Elms, with the aim of developing an urban but middle-class district here, amidst the fields. But progress was fragmented due to the various landowners and builders. Working-class terraces gradually filled the gaps between industrial sites.
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View of Aegis House (on left) with Battersea Power Station in background
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