Ambassador House, NW8

Ambassador House is a block on Carlton Hill.

St Johns Wood
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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.

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NEARBY STREETS

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

Abbey Gardens, NW8

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

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

Acacia Place, NW8 Acacia Place is a short cul-de-sac off Acacia Road (St John’s Wood)

Acacia Place, NW8

Acacia Road, NW8 Acacia Road dates from the 1830s (St John’s Wood)

Acacia Road, 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

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

Aquila Street, NW8

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

Belgrave Gardens, NW8

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

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

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

Blenheim Terrace, 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

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

Bradby House, NW8

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

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

Charles Lane, NW8 Charles Lane is probably named after Charles Watkins, a property developer who was working locally in the 1820s (St John’s Wood)

Charles Lane, NW8

Cicely Davies House, NW8 Cicely Davies House is one of five blocks of flats built for the St Marylebone Housing Association (St John’s Wood)

Cicely Davies House, NW8

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

Cochrane Mews, NW8 Cochrane Mews runs off Circus Road and Cochrane Street (St John’s Wood)

Cochrane Mews, NW8

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

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

Elmfield House, NW8

Eyre Court, NW8 Eyre Court can be found on Eyre Court (St John’s Wood)

Eyre Court, NW8

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

Foss House, NW8 Foss House is located on Carlton Hill (St John’s Wood)

Foss House, NW8

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

Garlands House, NW8

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

Glenross House, NW6

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

Greenaway House, NW8

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

Harley Road, NW3 Harley Road is a street in Hampstead (Swiss Cottage)

Harley Road, NW3

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

Havenpool, NW8

Kingsmill Terrace, NW8 Kingsmill Terrace is named after a member of the Eyre family (St John’s Wood)

Kingsmill Terrace, NW8

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

Knoll House, NW8

Langford Court, NW8 Langford Court is a building on Abbey Road (St John’s Wood)

Langford Court, NW8

Langford House, NW8 Langford House is a block on Langford Place (St John’s Wood)

Langford House, NW8

Langford Place, NW8 Langford Place is called after the owner of Lileston manor (Lisson Grove) in the 14th century (St John’s Wood)

Langford Place, 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

Mancroft Court, NW8 Mancroft Court is located on Queensmead (St John’s Wood)

Mancroft Court, NW8

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

Marlborough House, 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

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

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

Norfolk Road, NW8

Ordnance Hill, NW8 Ordnance Hill is so-named because the Board of Ordnance was the original lessee of St John’s Wood Barracks (St John’s Wood)

Ordnance Hill, NW8

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

Queen’s Terrace, NW8

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

Queensmead, NW8

Queen’s Grove, NW8 Queen’s Grove was named just after the marriage of Victoria and Albert in 1841 (St John’s Wood)

Queen’s Grove, NW8

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

Regents Mews, NW8

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

Robert Moreton House, NW8

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

Rossetti Mews, 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

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

Selby House, NW6

Spencer Court, NW8 Spencer Court is a block on Marlborough Place (St John’s Wood)

Spencer Court, NW8

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 Mark’s Court, NW8 St Mark’s Court is a block on Abbey Road (St John’s Wood)

St Mark’s Court, NW8

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

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

Tatham Place, NW8

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

The Lane, NW8

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

The Marlowes, NW8

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

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

Wymondham Court, NW8

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Swiss Cottage TUM image id: 1455364693 Licence:	A photographer called Iain Macmillan was a friend of John and Yoko and, during the morning of Friday 8 August 1969 found himself commissioned to take a photo of the Fab Four to adorn their latest studio release, an album called ’Abbey Road’. As the group waited outside the studio for the shoot to begin, Linda McCartney took a number of extra photographs. Credit: Apple Corps TUM image id: 1630368852 Licence:	The oldest parts of the Barrow Hill Estate in St John’s Wood date from 1937 Credit: GoArt/The Underground Map TUM image id: 1627038891 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:	St. Mary’s Town & Country School logo as a woven badge TUM image id: 1452688135 Licence:	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:
Houses in Eton Avenue (2011) Credit: Geograph/Mike Quinn TUM image id: 1675181915 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