Camelford Road, W11

Archer House is a block on Westbourne Grove.

Notting Hill Carnival
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Richard Elgin Crescent, W11 Added: 12 Jul 2022 21:36 GMT	Elgin Crescent, W11 Richard Laitner (1955-1983), a barrister training to be a doctor at UCL, lived here in 1983. He was murdered aged 28 with both his parents after attending his sister’s wedding in Sheffield in 1983. The Richard Laitner Memorial Fund maintains bursaries in his memory at UCL Medical School Source: Ancestry Library Edition Reply
Richard Elgin Crescent, W11 Added: 12 Jul 2022 21:39 GMT	Elgin Crescent, W11 Richard Laitner lived at 24 Elgin Crescent Source: Ancestry Library Edition Reply
Ken Herlingshaw St John’s Notting Hill Added: 17 Jun 2023 18:34 GMT	St John the Evangelist - Spire The top of the church spire fell off during WW2 (presumably during a bombing raid ?) and for many years after that the spire had a flat top. I don’t know when it was restored. Definitely not in the early fifties when I went to Sunday School there. Reply
Christian Cornwall Road, W11 Added: 31 Oct 2023 10:34 GMT	Cornwall Road, W11 Photo shows William Richard Hoare’s chemist shop at 121 Cornwall Road. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

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

Albert Hotel The Albert Hotel stood on the corner of All Saints Road and Westbourne Park Road.

Albert Hotel

All Saints Notting Hill All Saints church was designed by the Victorian Gothic revival pioneer William White, who was also a mountaineer, Swedish gymnastics enthusiast and anti-shaving campaigner.

All Saints Notting Hill

Duke of Cornwall The Duke of Cornwall pub morphed into the uber-trendy "The Ledbury" restaurant.

Duke of Cornwall

Horbury Chapel (Kensington Temple) In September 1849, the Horbury Chapel, Notting Hill was officially opened.

Horbury Chapel (Kensington Temple)

Kensington Hippodrome The Kensington Hippodrome was a racecourse built in Notting Hill, London, in 1837, by entrepreneur John Whyte.

Kensington Hippodrome

Kensington Park Hotel The KPH is a landmark pub on Ladbroke Grove.

Kensington Park Hotel

Ladbroke Grove Ladbroke Grove is named after James Weller Ladbroke, who developed the Ladbroke Estate in the mid nineteenth century, until then a largely rural area on the western edges of London.

Ladbroke Grove

Ladbroke Square Garden Ladbroke Square communal garden lies in Notting Hill.

Ladbroke Square Garden

Mercury Theatre The Mercury Theatre was situated at 2a Ladbroke Road, next to the Kensington Temple.

Mercury Theatre

North Kensington Library North Kensington Library opened in 1891 and was described as one of London’s finest public libraries.

North Kensington Library

Notting Hill in Bygone Days Notting Hill in Bygone Days by Florence Gladstone, was originally published in 1924 by T. Fisher Unwin.

Notting Hill in Bygone Days

St John’s Notting Hill St John’s Notting Hill is a Victorian Anglican church built in 1845 in Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill.

St John’s Notting Hill

St John’s Hill St John’s Hill is the highest point in the area.

St John’s Hill

NEARBY STREETS

Agauana House, W11 Agauana House is located on Westbourne Grove (Notting Hill)

Agauana House, W11

Alba Place, W11 Alba Place is part of the Colville Conservation Area (Notting Hill)

Alba Place, W11

Archer Street, W11 Archer Street was renamed Westbourne Grove in 1938 (Notting Hill)

Archer Street, W11

Artesian House, W2 Artesian House is a block on Artesian Road (Notting Hill)

Artesian House, W2

Artesian Road, W2 Artesian Road lies just over the boundary into Paddington from Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Artesian Road, W2

Arundel Gardens, W11 Arundel Gardens was built towards the end of the development of the Ladbroke Estate, in the early 1860s (Notting Hill)

Arundel Gardens, W11

Aston House, W11 Aston House is a building on Portobello Road (Notting Hill)

Aston House, W11

Basing Street, W11 Basing Street was originally Basing Road between 1867 and 1939 (Notting Hill)

Basing Street, W11

Blenheim Crescent, W11 Blenheim Crescent one of the major thoroughfares in Notting Hill - indeed it features in the eponymous film (Notting Hill)

Blenheim Crescent, W11

Bolton Road, W11 Bolton Road was eventually replaced by the 1949-built Portobello Court Estate (Notting Hill)

Bolton Road, W11

Bridstow Place, W2 Bridstow Place is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)

Bridstow Place, W2

Buckingham Court, W11 Buckingham Court is a block on Kensington Park Road (Notting Hill)

Buckingham Court, W11

Camelford Road, W11 Lowerwood Court is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Notting Hill)

Camelford Road, W11

Camelford Road, W11 Archer House is a block on Westbourne Grove (Notting Hill)

Camelford Road, W11

Caradoc Close, W2 Caradoc Close is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)

Caradoc Close, W2

Chepstow Corner, W2 Chepstow Corner is a street in Paddington

Chepstow Corner, W2

Chepstow Court, W11 Chepstow Court is a block on Chepstow Villas (Notting Hill)

Chepstow Court, W11

Chepstow Crescent, W11 Chepstow Crescent is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Chepstow Crescent, W11

Chepstow Road, W2 Chepstow Road is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)

Chepstow Road, W2

Chepstow Villas, W11 Chepstow Villas is a road in W11 with a chequered history (Notting Hill)

Chepstow Villas, W11

Clarendon Cross, W11 Clarendon Cross is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)

Clarendon Cross, W11

Clarendon Road, W11 Clarendon Road is one of the W11’s longest streets, running from Holland Park Avenue in the south to Dulford Street in the north (Notting Hill)

Clarendon Road, W11

Clydesdale Road, W11 Clydesdale Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Clydesdale Road, W11

Codrington Mews, W11 This attractive L-shaped mews lies off Blenheim Crescent between Kensington Park Road and Ladbroke Grove (Notting Hill)

Codrington Mews, W11

Colville Gardens, W11 Colville Gardens was laid out in the 1870s by the builder George Frederick Tippett, who developed much of the rest of the neighbourhood (Notting Hill)

Colville Gardens, W11

Colville Houses, W11 Colville Houses is part of the Colville Conservation Area (Notting Hill)

Colville Houses, W11

Colville Mews, W11 Colville Mews is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Colville Mews, W11

Colville Road, W11 Colville Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Colville Road, W11

Colville Square, W11 Colville Square is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Colville Square, W11

Colville Terrace, W11 Colville Terrace, W11 has strong movie connnections (Notting Hill)

Colville Terrace, W11

Convent Gardens, W11 Convent Gardens is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Convent Gardens, W11

Cornwall Road, W11 Cornwall Road was once the name for the westernmost part of Westbourne Park Road (Notting Hill)

Cornwall Road, W11

Courtnell Street, W2 Courtnell Street is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)

Courtnell Street, W2

Dale Row, W11 Dale Row is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Dale Row, W11

Daley Thompson House, W11 Daley Thompson House is a block on Colville Square (Notting Hill)

Daley Thompson House, W11

Dartmouth Close, W11 Dartmouth Close is a street in Notting Hill (Westbourne Green)

Dartmouth Close, W11

Dawson Place, W2 Dawson Place is a street in Paddington

Dawson Place, W2

Denbigh Close, W11 Denbigh Close is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Denbigh Close, W11

Denbigh Road, W11 Denbigh Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Denbigh Road, W11

Denbigh Terrace, W11 Denbigh Terrace is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Denbigh Terrace, W11

Dunworth Mews, W11 This is a street in the W11 postcode area (Notting Hill)

Dunworth Mews, W11

Elgin Crescent, W11 Elgin Crescent runs from Portobello Road west across Ladbroke Grove and then curls round to the south to join Clarendon Road (Notting Hill)

Elgin Crescent, W11

Elgin Mews, W11 Elgin Mews lies in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Elgin Mews, W11

Folly Mews, W11 Folly Mews is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Folly Mews, W11

Hayden’s Place, W11 Haydens Place is a small cul-de-sac off of the Portobello Road (Notting Hill)

Hayden’s Place, W11

Hedgegate Court, W11 Hedgegate Court is a block on Powis Terrace (Notting Hill)

Hedgegate Court, W11

Horbury Crescent, W11 Horbury Crescent is a short half-moon shaped street between Ladbroke Road and Kensington Park Road (Notting Hill)

Horbury Crescent, W11

Kensington Park Gardens, W11 Kensington Park Gardens is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Kensington Park Gardens, W11

Kensington Park Mews, W11 Kensington Park Mews lies off of Kensington Park Road (Notting Hill)

Kensington Park Mews, W11

Kensington Park Road, W11 Kensington Park Road is one of the main streets in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Kensington Park Road, W11

Ladbroke Crescent, W11 Ladbroke Crescent belongs to the third and final great period of building on the Ladbroke estate and the houses were constructed in the 1860s. (Notting Hill)

Ladbroke Crescent, W11

Ladbroke Gardens, W11 Ladbroke Gardens runs between Ladbroke Grove and Kensington Park Road (Notting Hill)

Ladbroke Gardens, W11

Ladbroke Grove, W11 Ladbroke Grove is the main street in London W11 (Notting Hill)

Ladbroke Grove, W11

Ladbroke Square, W11 The huge Ladbroke Square communal garden is part communal garden accessed from the backs of the houses lining it and part traditional London Square with roads between the houses and the square. (Notting Hill)

Ladbroke Square, W11

Lambton Place, W11 Lambton Place is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Lambton Place, W11

Lancaster Road, W11 Lancaster Road has been called London’s most Instagrammable street (Notting Hill)

Lancaster Road, W11

Lansdowne Crescent, W11 Lansdowne Crescent has some of the most interesting and varied houses on the Ladbroke estate, as architects and builders experimented with different styles (Notting Hill)

Lansdowne Crescent, W11

Lansdowne Rise, W11 Lansdowne Rise, W11 was originally called Montpelier Road (Notting Hill)

Lansdowne Rise, W11

Lansdowne Road, W11 Lansdowne Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Lansdowne Road, W11

Ledbury Mews North, W11 Ledbury Mews North is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Ledbury Mews North, W11

Ledbury Mews West, W11 This is a street in the W11 postcode area (Notting Hill)

Ledbury Mews West, W11

Ledbury Road, W11 Ledbury Road is split between W2 and W11, the postal line intersecting the street (Notting Hill)

Ledbury Road, W11

Ledbury Road, W2 Ledbury Road is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)

Ledbury Road, W2

Linden Gardens, W11 Linden Gardens is a cul-de-sac and the first of James Ladbroke’s plots to be developed. (Notting Hill Gate)

Linden Gardens, W11

Lonsdale Road, W11 Lonsdale Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Lonsdale Road, W11

Matlock Court, W11 Matlock Court can be found on Kensington Park Road (Notting Hill)

Matlock Court, W11

Moorhouse Road, W2 Moorhouse Road is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)

Moorhouse Road, W2

Needham Road, W11 Needham Road was formerly Norfolk Road (Notting Hill)

Needham Road, W11

Northumberland Place, W2 Northumberland Place is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)

Northumberland Place, W2

Pembridge Crescent, W11 Pembridge Crescent is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Pembridge Crescent, W11

Pembridge Mews, W11 Pembridge Mews is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Pembridge Mews, W11

Pembridge Place, W2 Pembridge Place is a street in Notting Hill

Pembridge Place, W2

Pembridge Place, W2 Pembridge Place is a road in the W2 postcode area

Pembridge Place, W2

Pembridge Road, W2 Pembridge Road is the former southern end of Portobello Lane. (Notting Hill)

Pembridge Road, W2

Pembridge Square, W2 Pembridge Square was developed between 1856 and 1864 (Bayswater)

Pembridge Square, W2

Pembridge Villas, W11 Pembridge Villas is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Pembridge Villas, W11

Pencombe Mews, W11 Pencombe Mews is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Pencombe Mews, W11

Pinehurst Court, W11 Pinehurst Court is a mansion block at 1-9 Colville Gardens (Notting Hill)

Pinehurst Court, W11

Portobello Court, W11 Portobello Court is a block on Portobello Court (Notting Hill)

Portobello Court, W11

Portobello Road, W11 Portobello Road is internationally famous for its market (Notting Hill)

Portobello Road, W11

Portobello Street, W11 Bolton Road became Portobello Street in 1938 (Notting Hill)

Portobello Street, W11

Powis Gardens, W11 Powis Gardens is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Powis Gardens, W11

Powis Mews, W11 Powis Mews is a street in Notting Hill (Westbourne Green)

Powis Mews, W11

Powis Square, W11 Powis Square is a square between Talbot Road and Colville Terrace (Notting Hill)

Powis Square, W11

Powis Terrace, W11 Powis Terrace is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Powis Terrace, W11

Princes House, W11 Princes House is a block on Kensington Park Road (Notting Hill)

Princes House, W11

Rosehart Mews, W11 Rosehart Mews is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Rosehart Mews, W11

Roseland Place, W11 Roseland Place was a short mews located at what is now 224/226 Portobello Road (Notting Hill)

Roseland Place, W11

Rosmead Road, W11 Rosmead Road, W11 was originally called Chichester Road (Notting Hill)

Rosmead Road, W11

Sarum House, W11 Sarum House is a block on Portobello Road (Notting Hill)

Sarum House, W11

Shottsford, W2 Shottsford is one of the buildings of the Wessex Gardens Estate (Westbourne Green)

Shottsford, W2

Shrewsbury Road, W2 Shrewsbury Road is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)

Shrewsbury Road, W2

Simon Close, W11 Simon Close is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Simon Close, W11

St John’s Gardens, W11 St John’s Gardens runs around St John’s church (Notting Hill)

St John’s Gardens, W11

St John’s Mews, W11 St John’s Mews is a redeveloped mews off of Ledbury Road (Notting Hill)

St John’s Mews, W11

St Lukes Mews, W11 St Lukes Mews is a mews off of All Saints Road, W11 (Notting Hill)

St Lukes Mews, W11

St Mark’s Place, W11 St Mark’s Place is situated on the site of the former Kensington Hippodrome (Notting Hill)

St Mark’s Place, W11

Stanley Crescent, W11 Stanley Crescent was named after the noted politician Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, who became Prime Minister in 1852 (Notting Hill)

Stanley Crescent, W11

Stanley Gardens Mews, W11 Stanley Gardens Mews existed between 1861 and the mid 1970s (Notting Hill)

Stanley Gardens Mews, W11

Stanley Gardens, W11 Stanley Gardens was built in the 1850s. (Notting Hill)

Stanley Gardens, W11

Sutherland Place, W2 Sutherland Place is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)

Sutherland Place, W2

Talbot Road, W11 The oldest part of Talbot Road lies in London, W11 (Notting Hill)

Talbot Road, W11

Talbot Road, W2 Talbot Road straddles the W2/W11 postcodes (Westbourne Green)

Talbot Road, W2

Tavistock Mews, W11 Tavistock Mews, W11 lies off of the Portobello Road (Notting Hill)

Tavistock Mews, W11

Testerton Walk, W11 Testerton Walk is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Testerton Walk, W11

Thornbury Court, W11 Thornbury Court is a block on Chepstow Villas (Notting Hill)

Thornbury Court, W11

Twisaday House, W11 Twisaday House is a block on Colville Square (Notting Hill)

Twisaday House, W11

Vernon Yard, W11 Vernon Yard is a mews off of Portobello Road (Notting Hill)

Vernon Yard, W11

Viscount Court, W11 Viscount Court is a block on Pembridge Villas

Viscount Court, W11

Wellington Close, W11 Wellington Close is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Wellington Close, W11

Westbourne Grove Mews, W11 Westbourne Grove Mews is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Westbourne Grove Mews, W11

Westbourne Grove, W11 Westbourne Grove is one of the main roads of Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Westbourne Grove, W11

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Coronation street party, 1953. TUM image id: 1545250697 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Children of Ruston Close This road was the renaming of Rillington Place. Even after renaming, this street, where notorious murders had taken place, proved too much to avoid subsequent demolition. TUM image id: 1545251090 Licence:	Adair Road junction with Southam Street (1932) TUM image id: 1452770443 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Flats in the Acklam Road section of the Western Avenue Extension are decorated with banners put up by residents, protesting against the new road, on the day of the opening ceremony at Paddington Green. The 2.5 mile long TUM image id: 1456692171 Licence: CC BY 2.0	North Kensington was, for a while in the early 1970s, a centre for activist graffiti. TUM image id: 1456691585 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Political meeting in front of the Junction Arms (1920s) The pub was situated where Tavistock Road, Crescent and Basing Road met. The banners include the National League of the Blind, the North Kensington Branch of the Street Traders Union, and the Union of General Workers Kensal Green. TUM image id: 1453294990 Licence:	Notting Hill TUM image id: 1510169244 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Tile Kiln, Notting Dale (1824) Credit: Florence Gladstone TUM image id: 1563720078 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Pembridge Road (1900s) TUM image id: 1556889569 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Kensington Park Hotel TUM image id: 1453375720 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The Warwick Castle (1906) Credit: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea TUM image id: 1599489927 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Eagle, on the corner of Ladbroke Grove and Telford Road. The pub features a brooding Eagle sat on the top of the corner. There are also a couple of Truman’s Beers lanterns still present and an iron Truman’s sign-holder jutting out from the wall. TUM image id: 1453911801 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Tabernacle is a Grade II*-listed building in Powis Square, W11 built in 1887 as a church. Photographed here in 2010. Credit: Asteuartw TUM image id: 1453285201 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Duke of Cornwall, Ledbury Road W11, around 1990. Later the Ledbury restaurant, holder of two Michelin Stars TUM image id: 1453282426 Licence:	St Peter's Notting Hill Credit: Asteuartw TUM image id: 1530106709 Licence: CC BY 2.0