Studios, SE11

Studios is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

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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

Archbishop Tenison’s School Archbishop Tenison’s School moved to The Oval in 1928

Archbishop Tenison’s School

Chartist meeting, Kennington Common (1848) On 10 April 1848, William Kilburn took daguerrotypes of the Great Chartist Meeting on Kennington Common – taken from the top of The Horns tavern were the first ever photos of a crowd scene.

Chartist meeting, Kennington Common (1848)

City Racing City Racing was an artist-run space in Kennington, South London which was active between 1988 and 1998.

City Racing

Kennington Park Kennington Park is a public park in Kennington, south London.

Kennington Park

Kennington Tollgate The Kennington toll gate stood at the intersection of Kennington Park and Camberwell New Road/Brixton Road.

Kennington Tollgate

Ovalhouse Ovalhouse, formerly called Oval House Theatre, is an Off-West End theatre.

Ovalhouse

Street cricket (1953) Street cricket has been played across London since the rules of the game were formulated.

Street cricket (1953)

The Oval The Oval is an international cricket ground in Kennington.

The Oval

Vauxhall Gardens Vauxhall Gardens was a pleasure garden, one of the leading venues for public entertainment from the mid 17th century to the mid 19th century.

Vauxhall Gardens

Vauxhall Station (early 1900s) Vauxhall at the turn of the twentieth century.

Vauxhall Station (early 1900s)

NEARBY STREETS

Abel House, SE11 Abel House is a block on Bowling Green Street (Oval)

Abel House, SE11

Albert Embankment, SE11 Albert Embankment was built in the late 1860s over former marshlands (Vauxhall)

Albert Embankment, SE11

Alverstone House, SE11 Alverstone House is a block on Magee Street (Oval)

Alverstone House, SE11

Ashmole Street, SW8 Ashmole Street was named after Elias Ashmole, a noted 17th century antiquarian, who lived near here (Oval)

Ashmole Street, SW8

Auckland Street, SE11 Auckland Street is a continuation of Glyn Street (Vauxhall)

Auckland Street, SE11

Aulton Place, SE11 This is a street in the SE11 postcode area (Kennington)

Aulton Place, SE11

Aveline Street, SE11 Aveline Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Kennington)

Aveline Street, SE11

Averline House, SE11 Averline House is a building on Aveline Street (Kennington)

Averline House, SE11

Bannerman House, SW8 Bannerman House is a block on Ebbisham Drive (Vauxhall)

Bannerman House, SW8

Bedser Close, SE11 Bedser Close is named for Alec Bedser, widely regarded as one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century, by association with the nearby Oval Cricket Ground (Oval)

Bedser Close, SE11

Bishop Brown Memorial Building, SE11 Bishop Brown Memorial Building is sited on Harleyford Road (Vauxhall)

Bishop Brown Memorial Building, SE11

Blades House, SE11 Blades House is a block on Harleyford Street (Oval)

Blades House, SE11

Blythe House, SE11 Blythe House is located on Kennington Park Road (Oval)

Blythe House, SE11

Bonnington Square, SW8 Bonnington Square was built in the 1870s to house railway workers (Vauxhall)

Bonnington Square, SW8

Bowden Street, SE11 Bowden Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Bowden Street, SE11

Bowling Green Street, SE11 Bowling Green Street formerly covered the grounds of a a bowling green leased to the owners of the nearby Horns Tavern (Oval)

Bowling Green Street, SE11

Calstock House, SE11 Calstock House is a block on Cleaver Street (Kennington)

Calstock House, SE11

Cardigan Street, SE11 Cardigan Street formed part of the Duchy of Cornwall’s local estate (Kennington)

Cardigan Street, SE11

Church Crescent, SW8 In 1879, Church Crescent became Church Street (Oval)

Church Crescent, SW8

Clayton Street, SE11 Clayton Street was named for William Clayton (Oval)

Clayton Street, SE11

Cleaver Square, SE11 Cleaver Square is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Cleaver Square, SE11

Cleaver Street, SE11 Cleaver Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Cleaver Street, SE11

Courtenay Square, SE11 Courtenay Square is one of a number of local streets with houses built in a neo-Georgian style (Kennington)

Courtenay Square, SE11

Courtenay Street, SE11 Courtenay Street was built in 1925 as part of the Duchy of Cornwall’s estate (Kennington)

Courtenay Street, SE11

Dexter House, SW8 Dexter House is a building on Glyn Street (Vauxhall)

Dexter House, SW8

Dolland House, SE11 Dolland House is a block on Newburn Street (Vauxhall)

Dolland House, SE11

Dolland Street, SE11 Norfolk Street became Dolland Street in 1893 (Kennington)

Dolland Street, SE11

Duffell House, SE11 Duffell House is a block on Brangton Road (Kennington)

Duffell House, SE11

Dunmow House, SE11 Dunmow House is a block on Newburn Street (Vauxhall)

Dunmow House, SE11

Durham Street, SE11 Durham Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)

Durham Street, SE11

Ebbisham Drive, SW8 Ebbisham Drive is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Vauxhall)

Ebbisham Drive, SW8

Edinburgh House, SE11 Edinburgh House is located on Kennington Lane (Kennington)

Edinburgh House, SE11

Farnham Royal, SE11 Farnham Royal is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)

Farnham Royal, SE11

Fowey House, SE11 Fowey House is a block on White Hart Street (Kennington)

Fowey House, SE11

Gateway House, SE11 Gateway House can be found on Milverton Street (Kennington)

Gateway House, SE11

Gilbert’s Buildings, SW8 Gilbert’s Buildings was a lost road of Lambeth, eventually buried under the railway arches leading north from Vauxhall (Vauxhall)

Gilbert’s Buildings, SW8

Glasshouse Street, SE11 George Street was renamed Glasshouse Street after 1881 (Vauxhall)

Glasshouse Street, SE11

Glasshouse Walk, SE11 Glasshouse Walk was Glasshouse Street until 1936 (Vauxhall)

Glasshouse Walk, SE11

Glyn Street, SE11 Glyn Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)

Glyn Street, SE11

Goding Street, SE11 Goding Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)

Goding Street, SE11

Graphite Square, SE11 Graphite Square is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Lambeth)

Graphite Square, SE11

Grover House, SE11 Grover House is located on Vauxhall Street (Vauxhall)

Grover House, SE11

Hansom Mews, SE11 Hansom Mews is a location in London (Kennington)

Hansom Mews, SE11

Harleyford Court, SE11 Harleyford Court is a block on Bedser Close (Vauxhall)

Harleyford Court, SE11

Harleyford Road, SE11 Harleyford Road was named after local leaseholders the Claytons, whose country house was Harleyford Manor, Buckinghamshire (Vauxhall)

Harleyford Road, SE11

Harleyford Street, SE11 Harleyford Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Oval)

Harleyford Street, SE11

Helston House, SE11 Helston House is a building on White Hart Street (Kennington)

Helston House, SE11

Hornby House, SE11 Hornby House is sited on Kennington Road (Oval)

Hornby House, SE11

Jameson House, SE11 Jameson House is a block on Worgan Street (Vauxhall)

Jameson House, SE11

Jonathan Street, SE11 Jonathan Street commemorates Jonathan Tyers who was the owner of the Vauxhall Gardens during the 1700s (Lambeth)

Jonathan Street, SE11

Kennedy House, SE11 Kennedy House is a block on Vauxhall Walk (Vauxhall)

Kennedy House, SE11

Kennington Lane, SE11 Kennington Lane is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Kennington Lane, SE11

Kennington Oval, SE11 Kennington Oval is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Oval)

Kennington Oval, SE11

Kennington Oval, SW8 Kennington Oval is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Oval)

Kennington Oval, SW8

Kennington Park Road, SE11 Kennington Park Road is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Kennington Park Road, SE11

Kennington Park, SE11 Kennington Park is one of the streets of London in the SE5 postal area (Kennington)

Kennington Park, SE11

Key House, SE11 Key House can be found on Magee Street (Oval)

Key House, SE11

Kilner House, SE11 Kilner House is a block on Clayton Street (Oval)

Kilner House, SE11

Langley Lane, SW8 Langley Lane connects South Lambeth Road with Bonnington Square (Vauxhall)

Langley Lane, SW8

Laud Street, SE11 Laud Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Vauxhall)

Laud Street, SE11

Lawn Lane, SW8 Lawn Lane is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Vauxhall)

Lawn Lane, SW8

Liskeard House, SE11 Liskeard House is a block on White Hart Street (Kennington)

Liskeard House, SE11

Lockwood House, SE11 Lockwood House is a building on Harleyford Street (Oval)

Lockwood House, SE11

Lohmann House, SE11 Lohmann House is a block on Bowling Green Street (Oval)

Lohmann House, SE11

Loughborough Street, SE11 Loughborough Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Loughborough Street, SE11

Magee Street, SE11 Magee Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Oval)

Magee Street, SE11

Malmsey House, SE11 Malmsey House is a block on Vauxhall Street (Vauxhall)

Malmsey House, SE11

Methley Street, SE11 Methley Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Methley Street, SE11

Milverton Street, SE11 Milverton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Milverton Street, SE11

Montford Place, SE11 Montford Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Montford Place, SE11

Muscovy House, SE11 Muscovy House is sited on Auckland Street (Vauxhall)

Muscovy House, SE11

Newburn Street, SE11 Newburn Street is a street in the area west of Kennington Cross (Kennington)

Newburn Street, SE11

Orsett Street, SE11 Orsett Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Lambeth)

Orsett Street, SE11

Oval Way, SE11 Oval Way is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Oval)

Oval Way, SE11

Park Place, SW8 Park Place is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Vauxhall)

Park Place, SW8

Pegasus Place, SE11 Pegasus Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Oval)

Pegasus Place, SE11

Radcot Street, SE11 Radcot Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Radcot Street, SE11

Ravensdon Street, SE11 Ravensdon Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Kennington)

Ravensdon Street, SE11

Rothesay Court, SE11 Rothesay Court is a building on Harleyford Street (Oval)

Rothesay Court, SE11

Sancroft Street, SE11 Sancroft Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Lambeth)

Sancroft Street, SE11

Sedley House, SE11 Residential block (Kennington)

Sedley House, SE11

Sherwin House, SE11 Sherwin House is a building on Clayton Street (Oval)

Sherwin House, SE11

Shrewsbury House, SW8 Shrewsbury House is sited on Kennington Oval (Oval)

Shrewsbury House, SW8

Silk Mews, SE11 Silk Mews is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Kennington)

Silk Mews, SE11

Simpson House, SE11 Residential block (Vauxhall)

Simpson House, SE11

South Lambeth Place, SW8 South Lambeth Place links South Lambeth Road to Bondway. (Vauxhall)

South Lambeth Place, SW8

Spring Mews, SE11 Spring Mews is a location in London (Lambeth)

Spring Mews, SE11

St Oswalds Place, SE11 St Oswalds Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)

St Oswalds Place, SE11

St. Oswalds Place, SE11 St. Oswalds Place is a location in London (Vauxhall)

St. Oswalds Place, SE11

Stanley Close, SW8 Stanley Close is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Vauxhall)

Stanley Close, SW8

Stannary Place, SE11 Stannary Place is a location in London

Stannary Place, SE11

Stannary Street, SE11 Stannary Street was first built as Kennington Place

Stannary Street, SE11

Stoddart House, SE11 Stoddart House is a block on Kennington Oval (Oval)

Stoddart House, SE11

Studios, SE11 Studios is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Oval)

Studios, SE11

The Dog House, SE11 The Dog House is a block on Kennington Road (Lambeth)

The Dog House, SE11

Tintagel House, SE1 Tintagel House is a block on Albert Embankment (Vauxhall)

Tintagel House, SE1

Tinworth Street, SE11 Tinworth Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Lambeth)

Tinworth Street, SE11

Tyers Street, SE11 Tyers Street is named for Jonathan Tyers who was the eighteenth century owner of the Vauxhall Gardens (Lambeth)

Tyers Street, SE11

Tyers Terrace, SE11 Tyers Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)

Tyers Terrace, SE11

Vauxhall Cross, SW8 Vauxhall Cross is now known as the site of the MI5 headquarters (Vauxhall)

Vauxhall Cross, SW8

Vauxhall Grove, SW8 Vauxhall Grove is one of the streets of London in the SW8 postal area (Vauxhall)

Vauxhall Grove, SW8

Vauxhall Street, SE11 Vauxhall Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Vauxhall)

Vauxhall Street, SE11

Vauxhall Walk, SE11 Vauxhall Walk lies to the north of the Vauxhall area (Lambeth)

Vauxhall Walk, SE11

Vox Studios 1-45, SE11 Vox Studios 1-45 is a location in London (Vauxhall)

Vox Studios 1-45, SE11

Waylett House, SE11 Waylett House is a block on Loughborough Street (Kennington)

Waylett House, SE11

Westminster Business Square, SE11 Westminster Business Square is a business centre (Vauxhall)

Westminster Business Square, SE11

White Hart Street, SE11 White Hart Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

White Hart Street, SE11

Wickham Street, SE11 Wickham Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Vauxhall)

Wickham Street, SE11

Windmill Row, SE11 Windmill Row is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)

Windmill Row, SE11

Wisden House, SW8 Wisden House is a large block on the Ashmole Estate (Oval)

Wisden House, SW8

Worgan Street, SE11 Worgan Street is the new name for the former Catherine Street in the Vauxhall Gardens Estate area (Lambeth)

Worgan Street, SE11

Wynyard Terrace, SE11 Wynyard Terrace is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Kennington)

Wynyard Terrace, SE11

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Overflow of the Thames at Lambeth Stairs on Tuesday 29 January 1850. Lambeth Stairs was near to Lambeth Palace. Poor river wall maintenance meant that the area was flooded whenever there was an unusually high tide. Credit: Illustrated London News TUM image id: 1623706174 Licence:	Chartist meeting, Kennington Common. Widely thought to be the earliest London photograph depicting a crowd (1848) More info: www.wcml.org.uk/about-us/timeline/kennington-common-chartist-meeting/ Credit: William Kilburn TUM image id: 1556887885 Licence:	Caldwell Street (then Holland Street) in 1920 Credit: London Borough of Lambeth TUM image id: 1516657388 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Fentiman Road, SW8 (2017) The road is named after local mid-19th century Vauxhall developer John Fentiman. TUM image id: 1544889021 Licence:	Hackford Road in a Van Gogh style Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1559057488 Licence:
Children among the rubble of a bombsite playground at Lollard Street, Lambeth (1957) Children’s rights campaigner Lady Allen of Hurtwood formed a movement for the building of playgrounds. Originally known as ‘junk’ playgrounds, they were renamed adventure playgrounds in 1953 and the movement grew. Credit: London Borough of Lambeth TUM image id: 1625154491 Licence:	South Lambeth Place Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1575382850 Licence:	Tradescant’s Ark The Musaeum Tradescantianum was the first museum open to the public to be established in England. Located in South Lambeth, it comprised a collection of curiosities assembled by John Tradescant the elder and his son in a building called The Ark, and a botanical collection in the grounds of the building. Turret House, the family home, was demolished in 1881. The house stood on the site of the present Tradescant Road and Walberswick Street, off South Lambeth Road. TUM image id: 1704974715 Licence:	Vauxhall Cross (1930s) In this view only the railway bridgework remains the same. Everything else is gone, even the road layout. TUM image id: 1605010188 Licence:	Vauxhall Mansion and Vauxhall Walk in Lambeth about to be redeveloped, September 1953. Credit: Mirrorpix TUM image id: 1691059432 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Victoria Mansions with tram, South Lambeth Road on the corner of Old South Lambeth Road Paul O’Grady lived here when Lily Savage was a feature of both the Vauxhall Tavern and Vauxhall’s Elephant and Castle pub. Albert and Atholl Mansions on the left were demolished around 1975 to make way for the Mawbey Estate TUM image id: 1704976189 Licence:	Catherine Street, Vauxhall looking South (1930) Catherine Street, as Worgan Street, became part of the Vauxhall Gardens Estate. Credit: London Metropolitan Archives TUM image id: 1643826581 Licence: CC BY 2.0	"The old man, seen Lambeth Walking at the top of one of the side-streets is a Lambeth institution. He is popular in the Walk, and there are usually a few to give him pennies." Taken from ’Life in the Lambeth Walk’, Picture Post, 31 December 1938 Credit: Picture Post TUM image id: 1688482346 Licence:	Pelham Mission Hall, Lambeth Walk (2005). A curious building with an outside pulpit. It closed as a church sometime around 1970. Credit: Wiki Commons/Stephen Craven TUM image id: 1674229859 Licence:	An unnamed side street off of Fitzalan Street, Lambeth (1921) TUM image id: 1608039577 Licence: CC BY 2.0