Hornby House, SE11

Hornby House is sited on Kennington Road.

Oval station mural
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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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LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

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

Archbishop Tenison’s School Archbishop Tenison’s School moved to The Oval in 1928

Archbishop Tenison’s School

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)

City Racing City Racing was an artist-run space in Kennington, South London which was active between 1988 and 1998.

City Racing

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

Kennington Park

Kennington Tollgate The Kennington toll gate stood at the intersection of Kennington Park and Camberwell New Road/Brixton Road.

Kennington Tollgate

Ovalhouse Ovalhouse, formerly called Oval House Theatre, is an Off-West End theatre.

Ovalhouse

St Mark’s Church St Mark’s Church is an Anglican church in Kennington.

St Mark’s Church

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

Street cricket (1953)

The Oval The Oval is an international cricket ground in Kennington.

The Oval

NEARBY STREETS

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

Abel House, SE11

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

Alberta Street, SE17

Aldred Street, SE17 Until 1937, Aldred Street was Aldred Road (Kennington)

Aldred Street, SE17

Alverstone House, SE11 Alverstone House is a block on Magee Street (Oval)

Alverstone House, SE11

Ashmole Place, SW8 Ashmole Place is a street of the Oval area of Kennington (Oval)

Ashmole Place, SW8

Ashmole Street, SW8 Ashmole Street was named after Elias Ashmole, a noted 17th century antiquarian, who lived near here (Oval)

Ashmole Street, SW8

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

Bateman House, SE17 Bateman House can be found on Otto Street (Kennington)

Bateman House, SE17

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

Blades House, SE11 Blades House is a block on Harleyford Street (Oval)

Blades House, 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

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

Calstock House, SE11

Camberwell New Road, SE11 Camberwell New Road is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Oval)

Camberwell New Road, 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

Church Crescent, SW8 In 1879, Church Crescent became Church Street (Oval)

Church Crescent, SW8

Claylands Place, SW8 Claylands Place is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Oval)

Claylands Place, SW8

Claylands Road, SW8 Claylands Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Oval)

Claylands Road, SW8

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

Cook’s Road, SE17 Cook’s Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area (Kennington)

Cook’s Road, SE17

Cornish House, SE11 Cornish House is sited on Royal Road (Kennington)

Cornish House, SE11

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

Cornwall Square, SE11

Cottingham Road, SW8 Cottingham Road is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Oval)

Cottingham Road, SW8

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

Cruden House, SE17 Cruden House is a block on Hillingdon Street (Kennington)

Cruden House, SE17

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

De Laune Street, SE17

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

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

Ebbisham Drive, SW8 Ebbisham Drive is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Vauxhall)

Ebbisham Drive, SW8

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

Elias Place, SW8 Ashmole Street became Elias Place in 1961 (Oval)

Elias Place, SW8

Elis Terrace, SE5 Elis Terrace was formerly called Lucas Road (Oval)

Elis Terrace, SE5

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

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

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

Gaza Street, SE17

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

Grover House, SE11

Hanover Gardens, SE11 Hanover Gardens is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Oval)

Hanover Gardens, 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

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

Harleyford Street, 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

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

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

Kean House, 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 Oval, SE11 Kennington Oval is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Oval)

Kennington Oval, SE11

Kennington Oval, SW8 Kennington Oval is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Oval)

Kennington Oval, SW8

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

Kennington Park Gardens, SE17

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

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

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

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

Liskeard House, SE11

Lockwood House, SE11 Lockwood House is a building on Harleyford Street (Oval)

Lockwood 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

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

Magee Street, SE11

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

Malmsey House, SE11

Meadcroft Road, SE17 Meadcroft Road serves the Brandon Estate (Kennington)

Meadcroft Road, SE17

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

Methley Street, SE11

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

Milverton Street, SE11

Molesworth House, SE17 Molesworth House is located on Royal Road (Kennington)

Molesworth House, SE17

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

Montford Place, SE11

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

Newburn Street, SE11

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

Otto Street, SE17

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

Oval Way, 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

Prescott House, SE17 Prescott House is a block on Hillingdon Street (Denmark Hill)

Prescott House, SE17

Prima Road, SW9 Prima Road runs from Clapham Road to Brixton Road and faces St Mark’s Church (Oval)

Prima Road, SW9

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

Rothesay Court, SE11 Rothesay Court is a building on Harleyford Street (Oval)

Rothesay Court, SE11

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

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

Shrewsbury House, SW8 Shrewsbury House is sited on Kennington Oval (Oval)

Shrewsbury House, SW8

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

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

St Agnes Place, 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

Stoddart House, SE11 Stoddart House is a block on Kennington Oval (Oval)

Stoddart House, SE11

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

Studios, SE11

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

Trematon House, SE11

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

Tyers Terrace, 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

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

Walters House, SE17

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

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

Windmill Row, SE11

Wisden House, SW8 Wisden House is a large block on the Ashmole Estate (Oval)

Wisden House, SW8

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:	Caldwell Street (then Holland Street) in 1920 Credit: London Borough of Lambeth TUM image id: 1516657388 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Fentiman Road, SW8 (2017) The road is named after local mid-19th century Vauxhall developer John Fentiman. TUM image id: 1544889021 Licence:	Hackford Road in a Van Gogh style Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1559057488 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:	Vauxhall Mansion and Vauxhall Walk in Lambeth about to be redeveloped, September 1953. Credit: Mirrorpix TUM image id: 1691059432 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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:	The Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens in Kennington (existed 1831-1877) TUM image id: 1642180507 Licence: