Onslow Gardens, SW7

Onslow Gardens was named after Viscount Cranley, the eldest son of the Earl of Onslow.

Crutchley’s Map of Brompton (1829)
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Onslow Square and Onslow Gardens are part of an estate which City of London alderman Henry Smith left in trust in 1627.

The conditions of the Trust were partly for the “relief and ransom of poor captives being slaves under Turkish pirates”.

When the estate was developed, its streets were all named after current aristocratic Trustees of the Smith trust – Viscount Cranley (eldest son of the Earl of Onslow), the Hon. Rev. John Evelyn, Viscount Sydney, William Holme Sumner, George Walton Onslow, Charles Lennox (the 6th Duke of Richmond), the Honorable Francis Egerton and Henry Pelham (the Earl of Chichester).

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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
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Brechin Place, SW7 Brechin Place is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Brompton)

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Cranley Mews, SW7 Cranley Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Brompton)

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Cranley Place, SW7 Cranley Place is a road in the SW7 postcode area (South Kensington)

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Dovehouse Street, SW3 Dovehouse Street is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

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Gloucester Arcade, SW7 Gloucester Arcade is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Gloucester Road)

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Gloucester Park Apartments, SW7 Gloucester Park Apartments is a location in London (Gloucester Road)

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Onslow Mews East, SW7 Onslow Mews East is a road in the SW7 postcode area (South Kensington)

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Pelham Crescent, SW7 Henry Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester was a former trustee of the Smith’s Charity Estate, upon which the road was built (South Kensington)

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Pelham Place, SW7 Pelham Place is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

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Pelham Street, SW3 Pelham Street - as Pelham Road - originated in the 1830s (South Kensington)

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Pond House, SW3 Residential block (Chelsea)

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Pond Place, SW3 A large pond once existed on the site now occupied by Onslow Dwellings (Chelsea)

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Priory Walk, SW10 Priory Walk and Milborne Grove both have development on one side of the road only and together they book-end Harley Gardens (Chelsea)

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Pullman Court, SW10 Pullman Court is a block on Drayton Gardens (Chelsea)

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Queen’s Elm Parade, SW3 Queen’s Elm Parade is a location in London (Chelsea)

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Queens Elm Parade, SW3 Queens Elm Parade is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

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Queensberry Mews West, SW7 Queensberry Mews West is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

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Queensberry Place, SW7 Queensberry Place is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

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Queensberry Way, SW7 Queensberry Way is a road in the SW7 postcode area (South Kensington)

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Queensgate, SW7 Queensgate is a location in London (South Kensington)

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Reece Mews, SW7 Reece Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

Reece Mews, SW7

Roland Gardens, SW7 Roland Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Brompton)

Roland Gardens, SW7

Roland Way, SW7 Roland Way is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Brompton)

Roland Way, SW7

Rosary Gardens, SW7 Rosary Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Brompton)

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Rose Square, SW3 Rose Square is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

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Samuel Lewis Trust Dwellings, SW3 Samuel Lewis Trust Dwellings is a location in London (Chelsea)

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Selwood Place, SW7 Selwood Place is a road in the SW7 postcode area (Chelsea)

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Selwood Terrace, SW7 Selwood Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Brompton)

Selwood Terrace, SW7

Selwood Terrace; Neville Terrace, SW7 Neville Terrace is a road in the SW7 postcode area (Brompton)

Selwood Terrace; Neville Terrace, SW7

South Kensington Station Arcade, SW7 South Kensington Station Arcade is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

South Kensington Station Arcade, SW7

South Parade, SW3 South Parade is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

South Parade, SW3

South Terrace, SW7 South Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

South Terrace, SW7

Stanhope Gardens, SW7 Stanhope Gardens was built in the 1860s in developments following the Great Exhibition of 1851. (South Kensington)

Stanhope Gardens, SW7

Stanhope Mews East, SW7 Stanhope Mews East is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

Stanhope Mews East, SW7

Stanhope Mews South, SW7 Stanhope Mews South is a road in the SW7 postcode area (South Kensington)

Stanhope Mews South, SW7

Stanhope Mews West, SW7 Stanhope Mews West is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

Stanhope Mews West, SW7

Stanhope Mews, SW7 Stanhope Mews is a location in London (Gloucester Road)

Stanhope Mews, SW7

Stewart’s Grove, SW3 Named after William Stewart, an auctioneer of Piccadilly, who began to build here on land leased from Lord Cadogan. (Chelsea)

Stewart’s Grove, SW3

Sumner Place, SW7 Sumner Place is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Brompton)

Sumner Place, SW7

Sydney Close, SW7 Sydney Close is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Sydney Close, SW7

Sydney Mews, SW3 Sydney Mews lies in an area to the north of the Brompton Road (Chelsea)

Sydney Mews, SW3

Sydney Place, SW7 Sydney Place is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

Sydney Place, SW7

Sydney Street, SW3 Sydney Street is a main street of Chelsea, connecting Fulham Road and King’s Road (Chelsea)

Sydney Street, SW3

The Arcade, SW7 The Arcade is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

The Arcade, SW7

The Boltons, SW10 The Boltons is one of the streets of London in the SW10 postal area (Chelsea)

The Boltons, SW10

Thistle Grove, SW7 Thistle Grove was a rural track before the area was urbanised in the 1860s (Brompton)

Thistle Grove, SW7

Thurloe Street, SW7 Thurloe Street is named for John Thurloe, said to have been given this land by Oliver Cromwell for services during the Commonwealth (South Kensington)

Thurloe Street, SW7

Tregunter Road, SW10 Development began at the east end of Tregunter Road in 1851 and was complete by 1866 at the west end (Chelsea)

Tregunter Road, SW10

Warner House, SW10 Warner House is a block on Priory Walk (Chelsea)

Warner House, SW10

Wetherby Gardens, SW5 Wetherby Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW5 postal area (Brompton)

Wetherby Gardens, SW5

Wetherby Place, SW7 Wetherby Place is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Gloucester Road)

Wetherby Place, SW7

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Battersea Bridge (1860s) James Hedderly was a photographer active in Chelsea before the building of the Embankment and afterwards. This is a view taken from the tower of Chelsea Old Church. It shows the tangle of closely-packed houses and wharves between Cheyne Walk and Beaufort Street before the embankment. Beyond are the larger houses of Lindsey Row and the trees of Cremorne Gardens. Credit: James Hedderly TUM image id: 1557403627 Licence:	The Sutton Estate, Chelsea was built in 1913. Credit: Sutton Estate TUM image id: 1670633812 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The London Oratory Credit: FB Group Londonist Urban Oddities/Jim Hoe TUM image id: 1653846106 Licence:	Natural History Museum (2022) Credit: IG/engr.nelson.ph TUM image id: 1653839233 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Bibendum, The Michelin Building on Fulham Road, Chelsea Credit: Wiki Commons/Steve Cadman TUM image id: 1670678558 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Salve Volpe - known locally as "Jacko" - selling chestnuts from an ice cream barrow outside the World’s End pub, Chelsea (1951) "Jacko", who lived in Fulham, branched out to selling ice cream in the summer. Selling chestnuts on London streets seems to have largely died out. Credit: Mirrorpix TUM image id: 1684934610 Licence:	Cheyne Walk in Chelsea (1950) The house depicted in the middle distance of with large gate piers was the former home of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Cheyne Walk was a popular area for artists from the mid 19th century onwards. The street’s popularity with artists continued well into the 20th century with two pivotal leaders of British Impressionism, Phillip Wilson Steer and Whistler living nearby. Credit: Edward Seago TUM image id: 1721510134 Licence:	Maunders Fish Shop, Cheyne Walk (1887) Credit: Philip Norman TUM image id: 1721511037 Licence:	Elm Park Gardens TUM image id: 1573064988 Licence:	Ennismore Mews, SW7 with the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Dormiton at the end Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1634644830 Licence:
24-hour potato service on the King’s Road, Chelsea (1962) TUM image id: 1660647630 Licence:	Possibly the most Instagramable mews in London, leafy Kynance Mews is hidden away in South Kensington, not so far from Gloucester Road station. Credit: IG/withinlondon TUM image id: 1691581234 Licence:	Houses on the northwest side on Onslow Square, SW7 Credit: Wiki Commons/Nigel Mykura TUM image id: 1646482035 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Plan of the Redcliffe Estate, developed by Corbett and McClymont, 1860s. Until the development in the 1860s, the area was entirely rural, with villages at Earl’s Court and Little Chelsea, and the intervening land occupied by market gardens, grassland and paddocks. TUM image id: 1671294160 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Old Battersea Bridge, Walter Greaves (oil on canvas, 1874) Old Battersea Bridge, seen from upstream, on Lindsey Row (now Cheyne Walk), with Battersea on the far shore. The boatyard belonging to the Greaves family is in the foreground. On the extreme left is the wall surrounding the garden of the artist William Bell Scott. In the far distance Crystal Palace is just visible. Battersea Bridge was demolished in 1881, and replaced with the present bridge. Before the alterations Greaves recalled the danger to shipping and the difficulty of steering through the arches unless the ‘set of the tide was known’. On the horizon, Crystal Palace can be seen Credit: Tate Gallery TUM image id: 1610042070 Licence: