Waltham House, NW8

Waltham House is a block on Boundary 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

St John’s Wood St John’s Wood is an affluent district, north west of Regent’s Park.

St John’s Wood

Unknown as yet The Alexandra Road estate, often referred to as Rowley Way, is a housing estate in the London Borough of Camden.

Unknown as yet

NEARBY STREETS

Abbey Mews, NW6 Abbey Mews ran off Belsize Road (South Hampstead)

Abbey Mews, NW6

Abbey Road, NW6 A small section of the north of Abbey Road lies in NW6 (South Hampstead)

Abbey Road, NW6

Abbey Road, NW8 Abbey Road, after which the Beatles album was named, runs from St John’s Wood to West Hampstead (St John’s Wood)

Abbey Road, NW8

Aberdare Gardens, NW6 This late Victorian street was probably named in compliment to Henry Bruce, Home Secretary 1868-1873, who was created 1st Baron Aberdare (South Hampstead)

Aberdare Gardens, NW6

Acacia Gardens, NW8 Acacia Gardens began as an estate of 14 prefabs, just east of St John’s Wood station (St John’s Wood)

Acacia Gardens, NW8

Ainsworth House, NW8 Ainsworth House can be found on Abbey Road (St John’s Wood)

Ainsworth House, NW8

Ainsworth Way, NW8 Ainsworth Way lies at the heart of the Alexandra Road estate (St John’s Wood)

Ainsworth Way, NW8

Alexandra Mews, NW8 Alexandra Mews existed between the 1850s and the 1960s (St John’s Wood)

Alexandra Mews, NW8

Alexandra Road, NW8 Alexandra Road was built after the marriage of the Prince of Wales (St John’s Wood)

Alexandra Road, NW8

Ambassador House, NW8 Ambassador House is a block on Carlton Hill (St John’s Wood)

Ambassador House, NW8

Apsley House, NW8 Apsley House is a building on Marlborough Place (St John’s Wood)

Apsley House, NW8

Avenue Road, NW3 Avenue Road dates from 1829 (Swiss Cottage)

Avenue Road, NW3

Belgrave Gardens, NW8 Belgrave Gardens was originally the east side of Bolton Road (St John’s Wood)

Belgrave Gardens, NW8

Belsise Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (South Hampstead)

Belsise Road, NW6

Belsize Road, NW6 Belsize Road is a major road in NW6, parallel to the railway

Belsize Road, NW6

Belvedere House, NW6 Belvedere House is a block on Belsize Road (South Hampstead)

Belvedere House, NW6

Berkley House, NW6 Berkley House is a block on Belsize Road (St John’s Wood)

Berkley House, NW6

Besant House, NW8 Besant House is named after local Sir Walter Besant who wrote extensively about London history (St John’s Wood)

Besant House, NW8

Blenheim Road, NW8 Blenheim Road is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

Blenheim Road, NW8

Bolton Road, NW8 What is now Bolton Road began life as Ordnance Terrace in 1858 (St John’s Wood)

Bolton Road, NW8

Boundary Road, NW8 Boundary Road marks the former boundary between the between the Parish of St Marylebone and the Parish of St John Hampstead (St John’s Wood)

Boundary Road, NW8

Boydell Court, NW8 Boydell Court is a block on Boydell Court (St John’s Wood)

Boydell Court, NW8

Bradwell House, NW6 Bradwell House is a block on Mortimer Place (Kilburn)

Bradwell House, NW6

Broadoak House, NW6 Broadoak House is sited on Mortimer Crescent (Kilburn)

Broadoak House, NW6

Brooke House, NW6 Brooke House is a block on Belsize Road

Brooke House, NW6

Buttermere Court, NW8 Buttermere Court is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)

Buttermere Court, NW8

Byron House, NW6 Byron House is a block on Fairfax Road (South Hampstead)

Byron House, NW6

Carlton Hill, NW8 Carlton Hill is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

Carlton Hill, NW8

Carlton House, NW8 Carlton House is a block on Carlton Hill (St John’s Wood)

Carlton House, NW8

Casterbridge, NW6 Casterbridge is a location in London (South Hampstead)

Casterbridge, NW6

Cecil Court, NW6 Cecil Court is a block on Acol Road (South Hampstead)

Cecil Court, NW6

Cheshunt House, NW6 Cheshunt House is a block on Greville Road (Kilburn)

Cheshunt House, NW6

Clifton Hill, NW8 Clifton Hill began as sections either side of Abbey Road - Clifton Road and Clifton Road East (St John’s Wood)

Clifton Hill, NW8

Clyde House, NW6 Clyde House is a block on Belsize Road

Clyde House, NW6

Coleridge Gardens, NW8 Street/road in London NW6 (St John’s Wood)

Coleridge Gardens, NW8

Coleridge House, NW6 Coleridge House is located on Coleridge Gardens

Coleridge House, NW6

Court Close, NW8 Court Close is a location in London (St John’s Wood)

Court Close, NW8

Craig House, NW6 Craig House is located on Belsize Road

Craig House, NW6

Dale House, NW8 Dale House can be found on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)

Dale House, NW8

Dinerman Court, NW8 Dinerman Court is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)

Dinerman Court, NW8

Dorman Way, NW8 Dorman Way is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

Dorman Way, NW8

Edgeworth House, NW8 Edgeworth House is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)

Edgeworth House, NW8

Fairfax Place, NW6 Fairfax Place has undergone name changes - at first Victoria Mews and then Fairfax Mews

Fairfax Place, NW6

Felbridge House, NW6 Felbridge House is a block on Belsize Road (South Hampstead)

Felbridge House, NW6

Fielding House, NW8 Fielding House can be found on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)

Fielding House, NW8

Finchley Road, NW8 Finchley Road was built in 1829 (as ’Finchley New Road’) to provide a new route to horse-drawn traffic from London to the north (St John’s Wood)

Finchley Road, NW8

Glenross House, NW6 Glenross House is sited on Belsize Road (South Hampstead)

Glenross House, NW6

Goldhurst Terrace, NW6 Goldhurst Terrace was laid out in the late 1870s

Goldhurst Terrace, NW6

Greenaway House, NW8 Greenaway House is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)

Greenaway House, NW8

Greville Place, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (St John’s Wood)

Greville Place, NW6

Greville Road, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (Kilburn)

Greville Road, NW6

Haliwell House, NW6 Haliwell House is sited on Mortimer Place (Kilburn)

Haliwell House, NW6

Hampton House, NW6 Hampton House is located on Belsize Road (South Hampstead)

Hampton House, NW6

Harcourt House, NW6 Harcourt House is a block on Belsize Road (South Hampstead)

Harcourt House, NW6

Havenpool, NW8 Havenpool is a location in London (St John’s Wood)

Havenpool, NW8

Hilgrove Road, NW6 Hilgrove Road was previously the western section of Adelaide Road, called Adelaide Road North (South Hampstead)

Hilgrove Road, NW6

Hillsborough Court, NW6 Hillsborough Court is sited on Mortimer Crescent (Kilburn)

Hillsborough Court, NW6

Holtham Road, NW8 Holtham Road disappeared when replaced by the Abbey Road Estate development (St John’s Wood)

Holtham Road, NW8

Langtry Road, NW8 Langtry Road is a road in the NW8 postcode area (South Hampstead)

Langtry Road, NW8

Langtry Walk, NW8 Langtry Walk was named for Lily Langtry (South Hampstead)

Langtry Walk, NW8

Linnel House, NW8 Linnel House is sited on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)

Linnel House, NW8

Loudoun Road, NW8 Loudoun Road, dating from the 1850s, was originally known as Bridge Road (St John’s Wood)

Loudoun Road, NW8

Lynne Court, NW3 Lynne Court can be found on Goldhurst Terrace (South Hampstead)

Lynne Court, NW3

Marlborough Hill, NW8 Marlborough Hill dates from the 1830s in the first of the St John’s Wood developments (St John’s Wood)

Marlborough Hill, NW8

Marlborough Place, NW8 Marlborough Place was previously split into two sections named Marlborough Place and Marlborough Road (St John’s Wood)

Marlborough Place, NW8

Marrick House, NW6 Marrick House is a block on Mortimer Crescent (Kilburn)

Marrick House, NW6

Maryon House, NW3 Maryon House is sited on Goldhurst Terrace

Maryon House, NW3

Maryon House, NW6 Maryon House is a block on Goldhurst Terrace

Maryon House, NW6

Matlock Court, NW8 Matlock Court can be found on Abbey Road (St John’s Wood)

Matlock Court, NW8

Middle Field, NW8 Middle Field is part of a development just to the east of the Finchley Road (St John’s Wood)

Middle Field, NW8

Mortimer Crescent, NW6 Mortimer Crescent is a notable street in Kilburn, full of literary connections. (Kilburn)

Mortimer Crescent, NW6

Mortimer Place, NW6 Mortimer Place runs east from Kilburn Priory (Kilburn)

Mortimer Place, NW6

Newton House, NW8 Newton House is a block on Abbey Road (South Hampstead)

Newton House, NW8

Oakley House, NW6 Oakley House is a block on Belsize Road (South Hampstead)

Oakley House, NW6

Priory Road, NW6 Priory Road crosses Abbey Road to the former site of Kilburn Priory (South Hampstead)

Priory Road, NW6

Priory Terrace, NW6 Priory Terrace runs between Abbey Road and Belsize Road (South Hampstead)

Priory Terrace, NW6

Queen’s Terrace, NW8 Queen’s Terrace is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

Queen’s Terrace, NW8

Regency Parade, NW3 Regency Parade is a street in Hampstead (Swiss Cottage)

Regency Parade, NW3

Robert Moreton House, NW8 Robert Moreton House is a block on Rowley Way (St John’s Wood)

Robert Moreton House, NW8

Rowley Way, NW8 Rowley Way was named after Llewellyn Rowley, Camden’s Director of Housing (St John’s Wood)

Rowley Way, NW8

Rutherglen House, NW6 Rutherglen House is a building on Belsize Road (St John’s Wood)

Rutherglen House, NW6

Ryder’s Terrace, NW8 Ryder’s Terrace is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

Ryder’s Terrace, NW8

Sandbourne, NW8 Sandbourne is a location in London (South Hampstead)

Sandbourne, NW8

Sandown House, NW6 Sandown House can be found on Belsize Road (St John’s Wood)

Sandown House, NW6

Selby House, NW6 Selby House is located on Belsize Road (St John’s Wood)

Selby House, NW6

Snowman House, NW6 Snowman House is a location in London (South Hampstead)

Snowman House, NW6

Springfield Road, NW8 Springfield Road dates from the late 1850s (St John’s Wood)

Springfield Road, NW8

St John’s Wood Park, NW8 St John’s Wood Park is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

St John’s Wood Park, NW8

St Marys Mews, NW6 Street/road in London NW6 (South Hampstead)

St Marys Mews, NW6

Stanley House, NW6 Stanley House is a block on Belsize Road (South Hampstead)

Stanley House, NW6

Stevenson House, NW8 Stevenson House is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)

Stevenson House, NW8

The Marlowes, NW8 The Marlowes is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

The Marlowes, NW8

Vivian Court, W9 Vivian Court is a block on Maida Vale (St John’s Wood)

Vivian Court, W9

Waltham House, NW8 Waltham House is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)

Waltham House, NW8

Waverley Place, NW8 Waverley Place is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

Waverley Place, NW8

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Swiss Cottage TUM image id: 1455364693 Licence:	Meadowland with buttercups and daisies TUM image id: 1483540144 Licence:	Aerial view of Goldhurst Open Space Credit: Google Maps TUM image id: 1557150945 Licence:	Emminster (corner of Abbey Road and Belsize Road) prior to demolition Credit: https://manchesterhistory.net/ TUM image id: 1601635906 Licence:	Concrete walkway in the Alexandra Road Estate Credit: Stephen Richards/Wikimedia TUM image id: 1589290216 Licence:
The Winchester, Winchester Road, Swiss Cottage (1962) Credit: Brian Fowler TUM image id: 1453880741 Licence:	The Kilburn tollgate in 1860 Credit: Brent Archives TUM image id: 1602600864 Licence:	Kilburn Wells TUM image id: 1481201889 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Broadhurst Gardens in West Hampstead, photographed here in 2009, was home to Decca Studios. From the late 1870s building had spread on Spencer Maryon Wilson’s lands. Near the Metropolitan railway line was Broadhurst Gardens, where 116 houses were built between 1882 and 1894. The last ever Beatles single (’Now And Then’) was issued on 2 November 2023. Decca Studios on Broadhurst Garden famously turned down the Fab Four. Credit: Geograph/Christine Matthews TUM image id: 1615377577 Licence:	Mortimer Place, NW6 TUM image id: 1492961898 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Finchley Road Metropolitan Railway station exterior (1910) Wood Lane station - the one confusingly advertised on the sign - was built near Shepherd’s Bush in west London to serve the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition and the 1908 Olympic Games. Credit: London Transport Museum TUM image id: 1663084183 Licence:	Dada style Maida Vale block of flats Credit: GoArt/The Underground Map TUM image id: 1605698670 Licence: CC BY 2.0	St Johns Court (built 1938) This development, beside Finchley Road station, is a classic 1930s block. Credit: https://manchesterhistory.net/ TUM image id: 1601634716 Licence:	Tower block, Swiss Cottage On Winchester Road, taken from Fellows Road Credit: David Howard TUM image id: 1453880149 Licence: CC BY 2.0	College Crescent TUM image id: 1577554764 Licence: