Watts Apartments, SW8

Watts Apartments is located on Wandsworth Road.

Nine Elms

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Kevin Pont

South Lambeth

Added: 16 Feb 2024 20:32 GMT

Name origin
Interestingly South Lambeth derives its name from the same source as Lambeth itself - a landing place for lambs.

But South Lambeth has no landing place - it is not on the River Thames

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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

Beaufoy Vinegar Works The Beaufoy Vinegar Works stood at the top of Old South Lambeth Road.

Beaufoy Vinegar Works

Nine Elms Nine Elms is an area within Battersea in the far north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Wandsworth.

Nine Elms

South Lambeth South Lambeth lies between Vauxhall and Stockwell.

South Lambeth

NEARBY STREETS

Abbot Court, SW8 Abbot Court is a block south of Thorncroft Street (South Lambeth)

Abbot Court, SW8

Ace Way, SW8 Ace Way is a newer road of Nine Elms, running along the railway at the rear of the US Embassy (Nine Elms)

Ace Way, SW8

Assaye Street, SW8 Wellington Place was renamed Assaye Street after 1883 (South Lambeth)

Assaye Street, SW8

Beaminster House, SW8 Beaminster House is a block on Dorset Road (South Lambeth)

Beaminster House, SW8

Beaufoy House, SW8 Beaufoy House is a block on Regents Bridge Gardens (Oval)

Beaufoy House, SW8

Belvedere House, SW1V Belvedere House is a block on Grosvenor Road (Pimlico)

Belvedere House, SW1V

Bondway, SW8 Bondway is named after the late 18th century developers of the street, John and Sarah Bond (Vauxhall)

Bondway, SW8

Bramley Crescent, SW8 Bramley Crescent is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Nine Elms)

Bramley Crescent, SW8

Brough Close, SW8 Brough Close is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)

Brough Close, SW8

Brough Street, SW8 Rutland Street was renamed to Brough Street in 1937 (South Lambeth)

Brough Street, SW8

Brunswick House, SW8 Brunswick House is a block on Wandsworth Road (Vauxhall)

Brunswick House, SW8

Cellini Street, SW8 Cellini Street is a location in London (Nine Elms)

Cellini Street, SW8

Charles Clowes Walk, SW11 Charles Clowes Walk is a location in London (Nine Elms)

Charles Clowes Walk, SW11

Clark’s Passage, SW8 Clark’s Place became Clark’s Passage in 1936 (Vauxhall)

Clark’s Passage, SW8

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

Crimsworth Road, SW8

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

Darlington House, SW8

Davidson Gardens, SW8 Davidson Gardens is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)

Davidson Gardens, SW8

Dawlish Street, SW8 Walter Street was called Dawlish Street after 1882 (South Lambeth)

Dawlish Street, SW8

Dean Court, SW8 Dean Court is a block on Thorncroft Street (South Lambeth)

Dean Court, SW8

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

East Bridge, SW8

Edgar House, SW8 Edgar House is a block on the Wyvil Estate (Nine Elms)

Edgar House, SW8

Ely Cottages, SW8 Ely Place was called Ely Cottages after 1936 (South Lambeth)

Ely Cottages, SW8

Everett Street, SW11 After 1869, the new name for Ponton Road West was Everett Street (Nine Elms)

Everett Street, SW11

Exchange Gardens, SW8 Exchange Gardens is the service road for the Keybridge blocks (South Lambeth)

Exchange Gardens, SW8

Fount Street, SW8 Fount Street lies off Wandsworth Road (Nine Elms)

Fount Street, SW8

Glacier House, SW11 Glacier House is a building on Ponton Road (Nine Elms)

Glacier House, SW11

Gladwin Tower, SW8 Gladwin Tower is a block on Wandsworth Road (Nine Elms)

Gladwin Tower, SW8

Haines House, SW11 Haines House is a block on Ponton Road (Nine Elms)

Haines House, SW11

Hanbury House, SW8 Hanbury House is a block on Regents Bridge Gardens (Oval)

Hanbury House, SW8

Hartington Road, SW8 The area where Hartington Road was eventually built was part of an area of Vauxhall called "The Nine Acres" (South Lambeth)

Hartington Road, SW8

Haydn Tower, SW8 Haydn Tower is a block on Pascal Street (Nine Elms)

Haydn Tower, SW8

Hebden Place, SW8 Hebden Place is just north of Nine Elms station and runs parallel with Pascal Street (Nine Elms)

Hebden Place, SW8

Hemans Street, SW8 Hemans Street is the name of two streets in Vauxhall, the modern version being slightly south of the original (Nine Elms)

Hemans Street, SW8

Heyford Avenue, SW8 Heyford Avenue is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)

Heyford Avenue, SW8

Heyforoad Avenue, SW8 Heyforoad Avenue is a location in London (South Lambeth)

Heyforoad Avenue, SW8

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

Hunter House, SW8

Kenchester Close, SW8 Kenchester Close is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)

Kenchester Close, SW8

Kenchester Street, SW8 Kenchester Street was a new name for Gloucester Street (also known as Gloster Street) after 1897 (South Lambeth)

Kenchester Street, SW8

Kings House, SW8 Residential block (South Lambeth)

Kings House, SW8

Langley Lane, SW8 Langley Lane connects South Lambeth Road with Bonnington Square (Vauxhall)

Langley Lane, SW8

Lawrence Mews, SW8 A street within the SW8 postcode (South Lambeth)

Lawrence Mews, SW8

Little Gloster Street, SW8 Little Gloster Street became Pickworth Street in 1913 (South Lambeth)

Little Gloster Street, SW8

Lowe House, SW8 Lowe House is a block on Pascal Street (Nine Elms)

Lowe House, SW8

Luscombe Street, SW8 Luscombe Street absorbed Horace Street in 1929 (South Lambeth)

Luscombe Street, SW8

Madeira Tower, SW11 Madeira Tower is a block on Ponton Road (Nine Elms)

Madeira Tower, SW11

Malthouse Road, SW11 Malthouse Road is a location in London (Nine Elms)

Malthouse Road, SW11

Malthouse Road, SW8 A street within the postcode (Nine Elms)

Malthouse Road, SW8

Market Towers, SW8 Market Towers is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Vauxhall)

Market Towers, SW8

Mawbey Street, SW8 Mawbey Street is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (South Lambeth)

Mawbey Street, SW8

Miles Street, SW8 Miles Street was developed from 1778 onwards by the Sarah and John Bond (Vauxhall)

Miles Street, SW8

Millennium House, SW1V Millennium House is a block on Grosvenor Road (Pimlico)

Millennium House, SW1V

Minton Apartments, SW8 Minton Apartments can be found on Wandsworth Road (Nine Elms)

Minton Apartments, SW8

Neptune Street, SW8 King’s Place was renamed Neptune Street after 1882 (South Lambeth)

Neptune Street, SW8

New Covent Garden Market, SW8 New Covent Garden Market is a location in London (Nine Elms)

New Covent Garden Market, SW8

New Mill Road, SW8 A street within the SW11 postcode (Nine Elms)

New Mill Road, SW8

New Union Square, SW8 A street within the SW11 postcode (Nine Elms)

New Union Square, SW8

Nine Elms Lane, SW11 Nine Elms Lane is a location in London (Nine Elms)

Nine Elms Lane, SW11

Nine Elms Lane, SW8 Nine Elms Lane was named around 1645, from a row of elm trees bordering the road. (Nine Elms)

Nine Elms Lane, SW8

Old South Lambeth Road, SW8 Old South Lambeth Road was the former route of the main road before straightening in 1883 (South Lambeth)

Old South Lambeth Road, SW8

Park Place, SW8 Park Place is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Vauxhall)

Park Place, SW8

Parry Street, SW8 Parry Street was laid out by John and Sarah Bond (Vauxhall)

Parry Street, SW8

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

Pascal Street, SW8

Pinto Tower, SW8 Pinto Tower is a block on Wandsworth Road (Nine Elms)

Pinto Tower, SW8

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

Ponton Road, SW8

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

Rita Road, SW8

Riverside Court, SW8 Riverside Court is located on Nine Elms Lane (Vauxhall)

Riverside Court, SW8

Riverside Walk, SW8 Riverside Walk is part of the Thames Path long-distance footpath (Vauxhall)

Riverside Walk, SW8

Seaham Street, SW8 Both King’s Place (in 1882) and Neptune Street (in 1918) became Seaham Street (South Lambeth)

Seaham Street, SW8

Sheldon Court, SW8 Sheldon Court is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (South Lambeth)

Sheldon Court, SW8

South Lambeth Road, SW8 The three primary local roads in the area - Wandsworth Road, Clapham Road and South Lambeth Road - hold a rich historical significance (South Lambeth)

South Lambeth Road, SW8

Southampton Street East, SW8 Southampton Street East was a row of terraced houses in Nine Elms (Nine Elms)

Southampton Street East, SW8

Southampton Street West, SW8 Southampton Street West now lies under the new developments covering Nine Elms (Nine Elms)

Southampton Street West, SW8

St George Wharf Tower, SW8 St George Wharf Tower is a block on Nine Elms Lane (Vauxhall)

St George Wharf Tower, SW8

St Stephens Terrace, SW8 St Stephen’s Terrace is in the back streets of South Lambeth (South Lambeth)

St Stephens Terrace, SW8

Stanley Close, SW8 Stanley Close is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Vauxhall)

Stanley Close, SW8

Thorncroft Street, SW8 Thorncroft Street connects Wandsworth Road and Hartington Road (South Lambeth)

Thorncroft Street, SW8

Thorne House, SW11 Thorne House is a block on Ponton Road (Nine Elms)

Thorne House, SW11

Thorne Road, SW8 Thorne Road is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (South Lambeth)

Thorne Road, SW8

Thorne Street, SW8 Thorne Street was the former name of Thorncroft Street before 1912 (South Lambeth)

Thorne Street, SW8

Tradescant Road, SW8 John Tradescant’s botanical garden, which is now commemorated by Tradescant Road, was established in the 17th century (South Lambeth)

Tradescant Road, SW8

Trenchold Street, SW8 Trenchold Street is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)

Trenchold Street, SW8

Vat House, SW8 Vat House is a block on Regents Bridge Gardens (Oval)

Vat House, SW8

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

Vauxhall Grove, SW8

Viaduct Gardens, SW8 Viaduct Gardens runs beside the United States Embassy building in Nine Elms (Nine Elms)

Viaduct Gardens, SW8

Victoria House, SW8 Residential block (South Lambeth)

Victoria House, SW8

Victoria Mansions, SW8 Victoria Mansions is a block on South Lambeth Road (South Lambeth)

Victoria Mansions, SW8

Walton Close, SW8 Walton Close is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)

Walton Close, SW8

Watts Apartments, SW8 Watts Apartments is located on Wandsworth Road (Nine Elms)

Watts Apartments, SW8

Wedgewood Apartments, SW8 Wedgewood Apartments is a block on Wandsworth Road (Nine Elms)

Wedgewood Apartments, SW8

Weymouth House, SW8 Weymouth House can be found on Bolney Street (South Lambeth)

Weymouth House, SW8

Wheatsheaf Lane, SW8 Wheatsheaf Lane is a road in the SW8 postcode area (South Lambeth)

Wheatsheaf Lane, SW8

Wilcox Close, SW8 Wilcox Close is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (South Lambeth)

Wilcox Close, SW8

Wilcox Road, SW8 Wilcox Road is one of the shopping centres of the local Portuguese community (South Lambeth)

Wilcox Road, SW8

Wyvil Road, SW8 Wyvil Road is a short street running west from South Lambeth Road (South Lambeth)

Wyvil Road, SW8

Wyvil Street, SW8 Wyvil Street is a former side turning north of Wyvil Road (South Lambeth)

Wyvil Street, SW8

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Nine Elms station opened during 2021 on the new Battersea extension of the Northern Line Credit: Transport for London TUM image id: 1488201136 Licence:	The Lillington Gardens estate Credit: Ewan Munro TUM image id: 1516208904 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Vauxhall Bridge (2010) This bridge - dating from 1906 - is Grade II listed. The first Vauxhall Bridge was opened in 1816. Credit: Wiki Commons/Paul Farmer TUM image id: 1733141215 Licence:	Victoria coach station’s temporary base (1929) This was sited where the Tachbrook Estate is now. The open-air King’s Scholar Pond sewer is on the left - unthinkable now - and every single building that can be seen in this picture has gone. TUM image id: 1545177549 Licence:	Fentiman Road, SW8 (2017) The road is named after local mid-19th century Vauxhall developer John Fentiman. TUM image id: 1544889021 Licence:
Most of the left side of Hartington Road depicted here - the area between Hartington Road and Wandsworth Road - was demolished in 1950s slum clearance. TUM image id: 1503224152 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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:	South Lambeth Place Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1575382850 Licence:	Tradescant’s Ark The Musaeum Tradescantianum was the first museum open to the public to be established in England. Located in South Lambeth, it comprised a collection of curiosities assembled by John Tradescant the elder and his son in a building called The Ark, and a botanical collection in the grounds of the building. Turret House, the family home, was demolished in 1881. The house stood on the site of the present Tradescant Road and Walberswick Street, off South Lambeth Road. TUM image id: 1704974715 Licence:	Vauxhall Cross (1930s) In this view only the railway bridgework remains the same. Everything else is gone, even the road layout. TUM image id: 1605010188 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	Victoria Mansions with tram, South Lambeth Road on the corner of Old South Lambeth Road Paul O’Grady lived here when Lily Savage was a feature of both the Vauxhall Tavern and Vauxhall’s Elephant and Castle pub. Albert and Atholl Mansions on the left were demolished around 1975 to make way for the Mawbey Estate TUM image id: 1704976189 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	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:	Hemans Street circa 1935 showing Portland Cottages on the right. TUM image id: 1575397043 Licence: CC BY 2.0