Royal College Street, NW1

Royal College Street is home to the London campus of the Royal Veterinary College, a constituent college of the University of London.

Camden Town
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In 1824 Charles Dickens lived in what is now the upper part of College Place at No. 112 (this part of the street was then known as Little College Street).

No 8 Royal College Street (then known as Great College Street) was occupied by the French poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine during their celebrated and stormy sojourn in London in 1873.

Great College Street and Little College Street became Royal College Street in 1940.

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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
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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
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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
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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Camden Road Camden Road is one of the few railway stations in England in which there is a police station.

Camden Road

Camden Town Camden Town tube station is a major junction on the Northern Line and one of the busiest stations on the London Underground network. It is particularly busy at weekends with tourists visiting Camden Market and Camden High Street.

Camden Town

Greek Orthodox Church of All Saints All Saints, Camden Town is a Greek Orthodox church known as the Greek Orthodox Church of All Saints.

Greek Orthodox Church of All Saints

NEARBY STREETS

Agar Grove, NW1 Formerly known as St Paul’s Road, the name Agar Grove dates from 1938

Agar Grove, NW1

Agar Place, NW1 Agar Place is a survivor of Agar Town (Camden Town)

Agar Place, NW1

Barker Drive, NW1 Barker Drive built over railway sidings, takes its name from Tom Barker (1887-1970) who served as Mayor of Camden in the 1950s (Camden Town)

Barker Drive, NW1

Barton Place, NW1 Barton Place was a mid-nineteenth century name for a section of Camden High Street (Camden Town)

Barton Place, NW1

Bayham Street, NW1 Bayham Street is named for one of Lord’s Camden’s titles, Viscount Bayham (Camden Town)

Bayham Street, NW1

Baynes Street, NW1 Baynes Street connects Royal College Street with St Pancras Way (Camden Town)

Baynes Street, NW1

Bergholt Mews, NW1 Bergholt Mews is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Bergholt Mews, NW1

Bonny Street, NW1 Bonny Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Road)

Bonny Street, NW1

Bruges Place, NW1 Bruges Place is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Bruges Place, NW1

Buck Street, NW1 Buck Street leads from Kentish Town Road to Camden High Street (Camden Town)

Buck Street, NW1

Camden Gardens, NW1 Camden Gardens - the street - runs along the south edge of the small park of the same name (Camden Town)

Camden Gardens, NW1

Camden High Street, NW1 Camden High Street is the local high street for Camden Town (Camden Town)

Camden High Street, NW1

Camden Road, NW1 Camden Road is a main road running from Camden up to Holloway Road - a route dating from the 1820s (Camden Road)

Camden Road, NW1

Camden Terrace Gardens, NW1 Camden Terrace Gardens was the former name for Camden Gardens (Camden Town)

Camden Terrace Gardens, NW1

Camley Street, N1C Camley Street runs north from King’s Cross (Camden Town)

Camley Street, N1C

Camley Street, NW1 Camley Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Camley Street, NW1

Canal Terrace, NW1 Canal Terrace was an 1820s development, surviving to the post-Second World War period as Canal View (Camden Town)

Canal Terrace, NW1

Carol Street, NW1 Carol Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Carol Street, NW1

Carpenter Court, NW1 Carpenter Court is a building on Pratt Street (Camden Town)

Carpenter Court, NW1

Castlehaven Road, NW1 Castlehaven Road was united as a street in 1938 (Camden Town)

Castlehaven Road, NW1

Cedar Way Industrial Estate, N1C Commercial area (King’s Cross)

Cedar Way Industrial Estate, N1C

Cedar Way, N1C Cedar Way is a road in the N1C postcode area (King’s Cross)

Cedar Way, N1C

Clarence Way, NW1 Clarence Way is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Clarence Way, NW1

Clarendon Street, NW1 Clarendon Street dated from before Earl Camden’s transformation of Camden Town (Camden Town)

Clarendon Street, NW1

Cobham Mews, NW1 Cobham Mews is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Cobham Mews, NW1

College Grove, NW1 College Grove is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

College Grove, NW1

College Place, NW1 In 1824 Charles Dickens lived in what is now the upper part of College Place at No. 112 (Camden Town)

College Place, NW1

Crofters Way, NW1 Crofters Way is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Crofters Way, NW1

Curnock Street, NW1 George Curnock was the 19th century proprietor of two wharves on the Regent’s Canal (Camden Town)

Curnock Street, NW1

Early Mews, NW1 Early Mews is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Early Mews, NW1

Farrier Street, NW1 Farrier Street is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Farrier Street, NW1

Gairloch House, NW1 Gairloch House is a block on Stratford Villas (Camden Town)

Gairloch House, NW1

Georgiana Street, NW1 Georgiana Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Georgiana Street, NW1

Granary Street, NW1 Granary Street is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Granary Street, NW1

Greenland Place, NW1 Greenland Place followed the line of Church Path (Camden Town)

Greenland Place, NW1

Greenland Road, NW1 Greenland Road was called Hamilton Street until 1939 (Camden Town)

Greenland Road, NW1

Greenland Street, NW1 Greenland Street was originally York Street (Camden Town)

Greenland Street, NW1

Grove Street, NW1 Grove Street was a 1790s-era road of Camden Town (Camden Town)

Grove Street, NW1

Hamilton Street, NW1 Until 1938, Hamilton Street was the name for Greenland Road (Camden Town)

Hamilton Street, NW1

Haven Street, NW1 Haven Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Haven Street, NW1

Hawley Crescent, NW1 Hawley Crescent is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Hawley Crescent, NW1

Hawley Road, NW1 Hawley Road is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Hawley Road, NW1

Hogarth Court, NW1 Hogarth Court is a block on Camden Road (Camden Town)

Hogarth Court, NW1

Inverness Street, NW1 Inverness Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Inverness Street, NW1

Inwood Court, NW1 Inwood Court is located on Rochester Square (Camden Town)

Inwood Court, NW1

Ivor Street, NW1 Ivor Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Ivor Street, NW1

James Cameron House, NW1 Residential block (Camden Town)

James Cameron House, NW1

Jeffrey’s Street, NW1 Jeffrey’s Street is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Jeffrey’s Street, NW1

Jeffrey’s Place, NW1 Jeffrey’s Place is a dogleg running from Prowse Place to Jeffrey’s Street (Camden Town)

Jeffrey’s Place, NW1

Julian Court, NW1 Julian Court is a block on Camden Road (Camden Town)

Julian Court, NW1

Kentish Town Road, NW1 Kentish Town Road is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Kentish Town Road, NW1

Kingston House, NW1 Kingston House is a block on Camden Street (Camden Town)

Kingston House, NW1

Lawfords Wharf, NW1 Lawfords Wharf is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Lawfords Wharf, NW1

Leybourne Road, NW1 Leybourne Road is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Leybourne Road, NW1

Lorraine Court, NW1 Lorraine Court is a block on Lewis Street (Kentish Town)

Lorraine Court, NW1

Lyme Street, NW1 Lyme Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Lyme Street, NW1

Lyme Terrace, NW1 Lyme Terrace is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Lyme Terrace, NW1

Mandela Street, NW1 Mandela Street was named after Nelson Mandela (Camden Town)

Mandela Street, NW1

Murray Mews, NW1 Murray Mews is a street in Camden Town

Murray Mews, NW1

Murray Street, NW1 Murray Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Murray Street, NW1

Parkway, NW1 Parkway is one of Camden Town’s older roads - originally called ’The Crooked Lane’ (Camden Town)

Parkway, NW1

Ploughmans Close, NW1 Ploughmans Close is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Ploughmans Close, NW1

Pratt Mews, NW1 Pratt Mews dates from the 1790s (Camden Town)

Pratt Mews, NW1

Pratt Street, NW1 Pratt Street was named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl of Camden (Camden Town)

Pratt Street, NW1

Prowse Place, NW1 Prowse Place is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Prowse Place, NW1

Randolph Street, NW1 Randolph Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Randolph Street, NW1

Reachview Close, NW1 Reachview Close is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Reachview Close, NW1

Reapers Close, NW1 Reapers Close is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Reapers Close, NW1

Rochester Court, NW1 Rochester Court is sited on Rochester Square (Camden Road)

Rochester Court, NW1

Rochester Mews, NW1 Rochester Mews is a cobbled through road with a cul-de-sac section off Rochester Road (Camden Road)

Rochester Mews, NW1

Rochester Place, NW1 Rochester Place is a street in Camden Town (Kentish Town)

Rochester Place, NW1

Rochester Square, NW1 Rochester Square is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Rochester Square, NW1

Rossendale Way, NW1 Rossendale Way is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Rossendale Way, NW1

Rousden Street, NW1 Rousden Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Rousden Street, NW1

Royal College Street, NW1 Royal College Street is home to the London campus of the Royal Veterinary College, a constituent college of the University of London (Camden Town)

Royal College Street, NW1

Signmakers Yard, NW1 Signmakers Yard is a small yard off Delancy Street (Camden Town)

Signmakers Yard, NW1

Soane Court, NW1 Soane Court is a block on St Pancras Way (Camden Town)

Soane Court, NW1

Somerston House, NW1 Somerston House is a block on St Pancras Way (Camden Town)

Somerston House, NW1

St Augustine’s Road, NW1 St Augustine’s Road runs in a north-easterly direction from a junction with Agar Grove and the railway

St Augustine’s Road, NW1

St Martins Almshouses, NW1 St Martins Almshouses is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

St Martins Almshouses, NW1

St Martins Close, NW1 St Martins Close is surrounded by St Martin’s Gardens (Camden Town)

St Martins Close, NW1

St Pancras Way, NW1 St Pancras Way is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

St Pancras Way, NW1

Stanmore Place, NW1 Stanmore Place is a small backstreet of Camden Town (Camden Town)

Stanmore Place, NW1

Stratford Villas, NW1 Stratford Villas is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Stratford Villas, NW1

Stucley Place, NW1 Stucley Place is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Stucley Place, NW1

The Marr, NW1 The Marr is a block on the Curnock Street Estate (Camden Town)

The Marr, NW1

Torbay Street, NW1 Torbay Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Torbay Street, NW1

Underhill Street, NW1 Underhill Street lies off Arlington Road (Camden Town)

Underhill Street, NW1

Veil House, NW1 Veil House is located on Rochester Road (Kentish Town)

Veil House, NW1

Victory House, NW1 Victory House is a block on Castlehaven Road (Camden Town)

Victory House, NW1

Warren Street, NW1 Warren Street was an early nineteenth century street in Camden (Camden Town)

Warren Street, NW1

Water Lane, NW1 Water Lane runs just north of the Grand Union Canal (Camden Town)

Water Lane, NW1

Weavers Way, NW1 Weavers Way is part of the Elm Village estate (Camden Town)

Weavers Way, NW1

Whitehall Park House, NW1 Whitehall Park House can be found on Camden Road (Camden Town)

Whitehall Park House, NW1

Wilmot Place, NW1 Wilmot Place might have been named after its builder (Camden Town)

Wilmot Place, NW1

Woollett Court, NW1 Woollett Court can be found on Agar Grove (Camden Town)

Woollett Court, NW1

Wrotham Road, NW1 Wrotham Road is situated in an area formerly known as Agar Town (Camden Town)

Wrotham Road, NW1

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Camden Town (1920s) TUM image id: 1557159163 Licence:	Gillfoot and Dalehead flats on the Ampthill Square Estate Credit: Wiki Commons/Paul Harrop TUM image id: 1672406536 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Camden Head on Camden High Street, taken in 1903. The Camden Head is a public house and live venue which first opened towards the end of the 19th century. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1611489402 Licence:	Entrance to the Fleet River, c. 1750 Credit: Samuel Scott TUM image id: 1529237151 Licence:	The Carreras Cigarette factory, Mornington Crescent area This started life at the Acadia Works on City Road in the 19th century. It was a small business owned by Don Jose Carreras Ferrer who sold cigarettes, cigars and snuff out of small shops. A black cat began to curl up and sleep in the window of the shop near Leicester Square in Prince’s Street and the shop became known locally as "The Black Cat Shop". After the cigarette making machine was invented, the business required a large factory and moved to Hampstead Road between 1926 and 1928. It was designed by architect brothers, Marcus and Owen Collins with George Porri as their consultant. The black cat became the company’s logo. In 1959 the company merged with Rothmans and moved to Basildon, Essex. In the early 1960s the building became offices. The Egyptian décor was stripped away and the two cat statues removed. When the building got new owners in 1996, its former grandeur was restored. The building was later called “Greater London House” having become an office building. TUM image id: 1660650534 Licence: CC BY 2.0
St Pancras Old Church claims to be one of the oldest sites of Christian worship in the world. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1673539523 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Agar Town (1857) Credit: Percy Lovell TUM image id: 1499434317 Licence: CC BY 2.0	All Saints, Camden Town, in 1828. TUM image id: 1492970567 Licence:	St. Paul’s Road - now Agar Grove (c.1905) TUM image id: 1549575535 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Camden High Street TUM image id: 1547918916 Licence:
Cobden Statue, corner of Eversholt Street and Camden High Street (1905) Richard Cobden (1804 - 1865) was a Radical and Liberal politician, manufacturer, and a campaigner for free trade and peace. He was associated with the Anti-Corn Law League and the Cobden–Chevalier Treaty. In 1866, the Cobden Club was founded to promote "Peace, Free Trade and Goodwill Among Nations". Old London postcard TUM image id: 1627144387 Licence:	Amy Street Art Trail - Lidlington Place, NW1 Credit: Mr Cenz TUM image id: 1672405075 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Mornington Crescent, northwest quadrant (1904). The view includes no.31 where Spencer Gore rented a room between 1909–12. Credit: Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre TUM image id: 1543348539 Licence: CC BY 2.0	An STL bus entering Park Street, NW1 from the High Street (1930) The former Brittania pub is on the extreme right. The pub was later a shop and its ornamental lamps have long disappeared. The bank building, seen between the two buses, belonged to the Westminster Bank, who amalgamated with the National Provincial to become the Natwest. TUM image id: 1600265321 Licence:	Extract from Map of the parish of St Marylebone and parish of St Pancras in London, 1797 TUM image id: 1543272201 Licence: