Gladwin House, NW1

Gladwin House is a block on Cranleigh Street.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Reg Carr Elstree Street, N1C Added: 10 Feb 2021 12:11 GMT	Campbellite Meeting In 1848 the Campbellites (Disciples of Christ) met in Elstree Street, where their congregation was presided over by a pastor named John Black. Their appointed evangelist at the time was called David King, who later became the Editor of the British Millennial Harbinger. The meeting room was visited in July 1848 by Dr John Thomas, who spoke there twice on his two-year ’mission’ to Britain. Reply
BG Lancing Street, NW1 Added: 20 Dec 2022 02:58 GMT	Lancing Street, NW1 LANCING STREET Reply
Wendy The Polygon Added: 22 Mar 2024 15:33 GMT	Polygon Buildings Following the demolition of the Polygon, and prior to the construction of Oakshott Court in 1974, 4 tenement type blocks of flats were built on the site at Clarendon Sq/Phoenix Rd called Polygon Buildings. These were primarily for people working for the Midland Railway and subsequently British Rail. My family lived for 5 years in Block C in the 1950s. It seems that very few photos exist of these buildings. Reply
Neil The Polygon Added: 31 Mar 2024 19:23 GMT	The Polygon My mum Pauline Quinn lived in the polygon buildings from 1940 to 1960. She went to st. Aloysius school. Reply
Neil The Polygon Added: 31 Mar 2024 22:37 GMT	The Polygon My mum Pauline Quinn lived in the polygon buildings from 1940 to 1960. She went to st. Aloysius school. Reply

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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

Agar Town Agar Town was a short-lived area, built in the 1840s, of St Pancras.

Agar Town

Ampthill Square Estate The Ampthill Square Estate (also known as the Ampthill Estate) is a housing estate built in the mid 1960s to replace Victorian housing in the area.

Ampthill Square Estate

Carreras Cigarette Factory The Carreras Cigarette Factory is a large art deco building in Camden.

Carreras Cigarette Factory

Mornington Crescent to Euston walk To a certain crowd, London’s best loved station

Mornington Crescent to Euston walk

Old St Pancras Churchyard Old St Pancras churchyard, served not only as a burial place for the parishioners but also for Roman Catholics from all around London.

Old St Pancras Churchyard

Ossulston Estate The Ossulston Estate is a multi-storey council estate built by the London County Council in Somers Town between 1927 and 1931.

Ossulston Estate

Regents Park Estate, NW1 The Regent’s Park Estate is a large housing estate in the London Borough of Camden.

Regents Park Estate, NW1

Rhodes Farm Rhodes Farm was situated on Hampstead Road.

Rhodes Farm

Somers Town Somers Town is a district close to three main line rail termini - Euston, St Pancras and King’s Cross.

Somers Town

St James Gardens St James Gardens were used as a burial ground between 1790 and 1853.

St James Gardens

NEARBY STREETS

Albert Street, NW1 Albert Street runs north-south in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Albert Street, NW1

Aldenham House, NW1 Aldenham House is located on Aldenham Street (Somers Town)

Aldenham House, NW1

Aldenham Mews, NW1 Aldenham Mews was situated off Aldenham Street (Somers Town)

Aldenham Mews, NW1

Aldenham Street, NW1 Aldenham Street – Richard Platt, 16th century brewer and local landowner, gave land for the endowment of Aldenham School, Hertfordshire (Somers Town)

Aldenham Street, NW1

Ampthill Square, NW1 Ampthill Square is a name which has existed in two different time periods (Somers Town)

Ampthill Square, NW1

Arlington Road, NW1 Arlington Road is ultimately a noble derivation of Harlington, Middlesex (Camden Town)

Arlington Road, NW1

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

Ascot House, NW1

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

Augustus House, NW1

Augustus Street, NW1 Augustus Street - after Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, brother of the Prince Regent (George IV) (Euston)

Augustus Street, NW1

Barclay Street, NW1 Barclay Street led from Aldenham Street northwards to Medburn Street (Somers Town)

Barclay Street, NW1

Barnby Street, NW1 Barnby Street is a street in Camden Town (Somers Town)

Barnby Street, NW1

Bayham Place, NW1 Bayham Place is a short cobbled street (Camden Town)

Bayham Place, NW1

Beatty Street, NW1 Beatty Street is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Mornington Crescent)

Beatty Street, NW1

Bridgeway Street, NW1 Bridgeway Street was a new 1937 name for Bridgewater Street (Somers Town)

Bridgeway Street, NW1

Brill Place, NW1 Brill Place is named after the former Brill Row in the area (Somers Town)

Brill Place, NW1

Cambridge Crescent, N1C Cambridge Crescent was a former street of Agar Town (St Pancras)

Cambridge Crescent, N1C

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

Camden Street, NW1

Cardington Street, NW1 Cardington Street is a rare London street in that it closed for good as late as 2017 (Euston)

Cardington Street, NW1

Carlow House, NW1 Carlow House is a building on Mary Terrace (Camden Town)

Carlow House, NW1

Carlow Street, NW1 Carlow Street leads off Arlington Road (Mornington Crescent)

Carlow Street, NW1

Chalton House, NW1 Chalton House is a block on Chalton Street (Somers Town)

Chalton House, NW1

Chalton Street, NW1 Chalton Street was formerly Charlton Street, and runs parallel to Ossulston Street (Somers Town)

Chalton Street, NW1

Charrington Street, NW1 Charrington Street runs south to north and is a continuation of Ossulston Street (Somers Town)

Charrington Street, NW1

Chenies Place, NW1 Chenies Place is named after local landowners the dukes of Bedford, also titled Barons Russell of Chenies (Somers Town)

Chenies Place, NW1

Christopher Place, NW1 Christopher Place leads off Chalton Street (St Pancras)

Christopher Place, NW1

Church Hill, NW1 Church Hill replaced the Pancras Wells (St Pancras)

Church Hill, NW1

Churchway, NW1 Churchway, as ’Church Way’, formed part of old pathway to St Pancras Old Church (Euston)

Churchway, NW1

Clarendon Grove, NW1 Clarendon Grove ran south from Clarendon Square (Somers Town)

Clarendon Grove, NW1

Clarendon House, NW1 Clarendon House is a block on Werrington Street (Somers Town)

Clarendon House, NW1

Clarkson Row, NW1 Clarkson Row is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Mornington Crescent)

Clarkson Row, NW1

Cobden House, NW1 Cobden House is located on Beatty Street (Mornington Crescent)

Cobden House, NW1

Cooper’s Lane, NW1 Cooper’s Lane gives its name to the Cooper’s Lane Estate (St Pancras)

Cooper’s Lane, NW1

Cranleigh Street, NW1 Cranleigh Street was named in connection with the Barons Ossulston peerage (Somers Town)

Cranleigh Street, NW1

Crowndale Court, NW1 Crowndale Court is a road in the NW1 postcode area (St Pancras)

Crowndale Court, NW1

Crowndale Road, NW1 Crowndale Road was at first called Fig Lane and then Gloucester Place (Somers Town)

Crowndale Road, NW1

Cumberland Market, NW1 Cumberland Market is a street in Camden Town (Euston)

Cumberland Market, NW1

Datchet House, NW1 Datchet House is a building on Augustus Street (Euston)

Datchet House, NW1

Doric Way, NW1 Doric Way is named for the doric Euston Arch, built in 1837 and demolished in 1961 (Somers Town)

Doric Way, NW1

Drummond Crescent, NW1 Drummond Crescent named after Lady Caroline Drummond (Euston)

Drummond Crescent, NW1

Edith Neville Cottages, NW1 Edith Neville Cottages lies between Drummond Crescent and Doric Way (Euston)

Edith Neville Cottages, NW1

Elstree Street, N1C Elstree Street once laid off of St Pancras Road (St Pancras)

Elstree Street, N1C

Equity Buildings, NW1 Equity Buildings was replaced by Walker Court (Somers Town)

Equity Buildings, NW1

Ernest Street, NW1 Ernest Street appears on the 1860 map as the name for part of Robert Street (Euston)

Ernest Street, NW1

Euston House, NW1 Euston House is a block on Eversholt Street (Euston)

Euston House, NW1

Eversholt House, NW1 Eversholt House is a block on Eversholt Street (Somers Town)

Eversholt House, NW1

Eversholt Street, NW1 Eversholt Street connects Euston with Camden Town (Somers Town)

Eversholt Street, NW1

Fig Lane, NW1 Fig Lane was the original name for the road later called Crowndale Road (Camden Town)

Fig Lane, NW1

Gladwin House, NW1 Gladwin House is a block on Cranleigh Street (Somers Town)

Gladwin House, NW1

Godwin Court, NW1 Godwin Court is a block on Crowndale Road (Somers Town)

Godwin Court, NW1

Goldington Crescent, NW1 Goldington Crescent connects Crowndale Road and Pancras Road (St Pancras)

Goldington Crescent, NW1

Goldington Street, NW1 Goldington Street was formerly part of the Duke of Bedford’s Figs Mead Estate (later Bedford New Town). The Duke also owned land in Goldington, Bedfordshire (St Pancras)

Goldington Street, NW1

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

Goldsmiths House, NW1

Goodwin Court, NW1 Goodwin Court is located on Goodwin Court (Somers Town)

Goodwin Court, NW1

Granby Terrace, NW1 Granby Terrace was previously called Granby Street (Camden Town)

Granby Terrace, NW1

Greater London House, NW1 Greater London House is located on Hampstead Road (Mornington Crescent)

Greater London House, NW1

Hampden Close, NW1 Hampden Close is a street in Camden Town (Somers Town)

Hampden Close, NW1

Hampden Street, NW1 Hampden Street was renamed as part of Polygon Road in 1938 (Somers Town)

Hampden Street, NW1

Hampstead Road, NW1 Hampstead Road connects the Euston Road with Camden (Euston)

Hampstead Road, NW1

Harrington House, NW1 Harrington House is a block on Harrington Street (Euston)

Harrington House, NW1

Harrington Square, NW1 Harrington Square is named after the Earl of Harrington, one of whose daughters married the seventh Duke of Bedford (Mornington Crescent)

Harrington Square, NW1

Harrington Street, NW1 Harrington Street leads north from Varndell Street (Euston)

Harrington Street, NW1

Hurdwick House, NW1 Hurdwick House can be found on Harrington Square (Mornington Crescent)

Hurdwick House, NW1

Ian Hamilton House, NW1 Ian Hamilton House is a block on Doric Way (Euston)

Ian Hamilton House, NW1

Johnson House, NW1 Johnson House is a block on Cranleigh Street (Somers Town)

Johnson House, NW1

King’s Terrace, NW1 King’s Terrace was formerly Little King Street South and Little King Street North (Camden Town)

King’s Terrace, NW1

Kings Place, NW1 Kings Place (sometimes King’s Place) was once a turning off Pancras Road (St Pancras)

Kings Place, NW1

Lancing Street, NW1 Lancing Street is a street in Camden Town (Euston)

Lancing Street, NW1

Lidlington Place, NW1 Lidlington Place, named after a village in Bedfordshire, connects Houghton Place and Eversholt Street (Somers Town)

Lidlington Place, NW1

Mackworth House, NW1 Mackworth House is a block on Augustus Street (Euston)

Mackworth House, NW1

Medburn Street, NW1 Medburn Street is named after a farm between Elstree and Radlett in Hertfordshire (Somers Town)

Medburn Street, NW1

Metro House, NW1 Metro House is a block on Arlington Road (Mornington Crescent)

Metro House, NW1

Middlesex Street, NW1 Middlesex Street was north of Chapel Street and partly lost to the Midland Railway Somers Town Goods Depot (St Pancras)

Middlesex Street, NW1

Miller Street, NW1 Miller Street is a street in Camden Town (Mornington Crescent)

Miller Street, NW1

Mornington Court, NW1 Mornington Court is sited on Arlington Road (Mornington Crescent)

Mornington Court, NW1

Mornington Crescent, NW1 Mornington Crescent was named after Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington (Mornington Crescent)

Mornington Crescent, NW1

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

Mornington Street, NW1

Oakley Square, NW1 Oakley Square was so-named as this land was formerly owned by Dukes of Bedford, who also owned land in Oakley, Bedfordshire (Somers Town)

Oakley Square, NW1

Oakshott Court, NW1 Oakshott Court was built in 1974 (Somers Town)

Oakshott Court, NW1

Ossulston Street, NW1 Ossulston Street, a principal north-south route through Somers Town, begins at Euston Road. (St Pancras)

Ossulston Street, NW1

Pancras Road, NW1 Pancras Road links the eastern side of St Pancras station, crossing under a bridge, with Camden Town on the west side (St Pancras)

Pancras Road, NW1

Park View House, NW1 Park View House (previously Cecil Rhodes House) was constructed on the Goldington Estate (St Pancras)

Park View House, NW1

Penryn Street, NW1 Penryn Street - as Percy Street - first appeared in rate books during 1852, when eighteen houses were occupied (St Pancras)

Penryn Street, NW1

Phoenix Road, NW1 Phoenix Road, together with Brill Place, is the suggested direct walking route between Euston and St Pancras stations (Somers Town)

Phoenix Road, NW1

Platt Street, NW1 Platt Street formed part of the Aldenham School (Brewers’ Company) Estate (Somers Town)

Platt Street, NW1

Polygon Road, NW1 Polygon Road’s name commemorates the innovative Polygon building that once dominated the former Clarendon Square’s centre. (Somers Town)

Polygon Road, NW1

Purchese Street, NW1 Purchese Street was named after Frederick Purchese, local resident, vestryman, county council member and Mayor of St Pancras (Somers Town)

Purchese Street, NW1

Richmond House, NW1 Richmond House is a block on Park Village East (Mornington Crescent)

Richmond House, NW1

Robert Street, NW1 Robert Street is a street in Camden Town (Euston)

Robert Street, NW1

Ryedale House, NW1 Ryedale House is a block on Eversholt Street (Somers Town)

Ryedale House, NW1

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

Savant House, NW1

Seymour House, NW1 Residential block (Euston)

Seymour House, NW1

Somers Close, NW1 Somers Close is a modern southern extension of Penryn Street (Somers Town)

Somers Close, NW1

St Margarets House, NW1 St Margarets House is a block on Polygon Road (Somers Town)

St Margarets House, NW1

St Martin’s House, NW1 St Martin’s House is a block on Polygon Road (Somers Town)

St Martin’s House, NW1

St Richard’s House, NW1 St Richard’s House is a block on Eversholt Street (Somers Town)

St Richard’s House, NW1

Stanhope Parade, NW1 Stanhope Parade is a street in Camden Town (Euston)

Stanhope Parade, NW1

Stanhope Street, NW1 Stanhope Street runs parallel to Hampstead Road, one block west (Euston)

Stanhope Street, NW1

Stibbington Street, NW1 Stibbington Street was absorbed into Chalton Street in 1938 (Somers Town)

Stibbington Street, NW1

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

Swinley House, NW1

The Polygon The Polygon was an early housing estate, a Georgian building with 15 sides and three storeys that contained 32 houses. (Somers Town)

The Polygon

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

Tintern House, NW1

Union Street, NW1 Union Street was absorbed into Stibbington Street which itself became part of Chalton Street (Somers Town)

Union Street, NW1

Unity Mews, NW1 Unity Mews is a cul-de-sac off Chalton Road’s northern section near Goldington Crescent (Somers Town)

Unity Mews, NW1

Varndell Street, NW1 Varndell Street is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Euston)

Varndell Street, NW1

Walker House, NW1 Walker House is a building on Unnamed Road (Somers Town)

Walker House, NW1

Watford Street, NW1 Watford Street was cleared away in the 1860s to make way to St Pancras station (St Pancras)

Watford Street, NW1

Werrington Street, NW1 Werrington Street was an incorporation of Clarendon Street and the west side of Clarendon Square (Somers Town)

Werrington Street, NW1

Whittlebury Street, NW1 Whittlebury Street once laid to the west of Euston station (Euston)

Whittlebury Street, NW1

Wilsted Street, NW1 Wilsted Street was the original name for the lower end of Ossulston Street (St Pancras)

Wilsted Street, NW1

Windsor House, NW1 Windsor House is a block on Cumberland Market (Euston)

Windsor House, NW1

Wolcot House, NW1 Wolcot House is a block on Werrington Street (Somers Town)

Wolcot House, NW1

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The British Library TUM image id: 1482066417 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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	High level shot of Regents Place as seen from Great Portland Street. The photograph shows the Holy Trinity Church and Great Portland Street underground station in the foreground. Credit: Wiki Commons/PortlandVillage TUM image id: 1674220898 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Block of flats on the Regent’s Park Estate (2009) A large housing estate in the London Borough of Camden built after 1951, most of the estate is named after places in the Lake District such as Windermere, Cartmel and Rydal Water. Credit: Wiki Commons/Sheila Madhvani TUM image id: 1656943297 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:	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	St. James Gardens Credit: Google TUM image id: 1530005129 Licence: CC BY 2.0	’The March Of The Guards To Finchley’ - outside the Adam and Eve Tea Rooms. This view north along Tottenham Court Road is roughly at the site of modern Warren Street station. Credit: William Hogarth TUM image id: 1488380896 Licence:
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:	The Farthing Pye House in 1780, painted in watercolour by Thomas H. Shepherd. This morphed into the Greene Man, on the Euston Road opposite Great Portland Street station. It was called the Farthing Pye House as mutton pies could be bought there for a farthing. The pub is now owned by Greene King who changed the spelling of the sign to match their branding, when they took over the Spirit Pub Company in 2015 and retired the Taylor Walker brewery brand. In 2019, the cheapest pie on the menu was ascertained to be the Woodland Mushroom & Ale which cost £10.99. As there were 960 farthings in a pound sterling, the nominal price of a pie there has risen by a factor of over 10000. Credit: Thomas H. Shepherd TUM image id: 1713354765 Licence:	This painting bears the inscription: All that remained in the year 1844 of the once celebrated Rhobess Farm, Hampstead Road now Ampthill Square Credit: Wikimedia Commons TUM image id: 1529944586 Licence:	Camden High Street TUM image id: 1547918916 Licence: