East Acton Lane, W3

East Acton Lane runs from The Vale to Savoy Circus.

East Acton Lane (1948)

The photo was taken from a point along the road from the Goldsmith’s Arms and facing east.
Credit: User unknown/public domain

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Patricia Neafsey

Fishers Lane, W4

Added: 4 Sep 2017 15:55 GMT

Fishers Lane, W4
My ancestors (Dady) lived in Myrtle Cottage, Fishers Lane in 1900 or so. Do you have any information? Was it associated with a manor house?

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East Acton

East Acton is an area in west London.

Anciently, East Acton and Acton developed as separate settlements and the nearby districts of North Acton, West Acton and South Acton were developed in the late nineteenth century.

East Acton, largely separated from London by Wormwood Scrubs developed later and was mainly agricultural until after the arrival of the underground railway.

East Acton station opened in 1920 on the Ealing Broadway extension of the Central London Railway (CLR), which was renamed the Central line in 1937.

The new line was built with connections to the West London Line near Shepherd’s Bush, the former GWR main line to Birmingham at North Acton, and the main line to Bristol at Ealing Broadway.

Since the CLR was exclusively a passenger service, two extra dedicated tracks for the GWR’s freight trains were opened in 1938, but were closed in 1964. The trackbed of these rails is now overgrown, with vegetation visible immediately to the north of the station.

East Acton was mentioned frequently in the classic 1950s radio comedy series the Goon Show, as the Goons used to rehearse in a room over a greengrocers in East Acton.

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View of East Acton Central line station in 1920, the year in which it opened, showing the wooden platforms. Credit: Topical Press/London Transport Collection TUM image id: 1556876324 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Snap taken along Friars Place Lane, W3 (1922) Photographer unknown TUM image id: 1633095468 Licence:	Savoy Circus, East Acton The photo was taken sometime after the Savoy Cinema became a bowling alley and before the roundabout caused congestion which meant its replacement by lights. TUM image id: 1660572289 Licence:	The Six Elms Public House (1895) Now demolished, it was located a short distance from what is now the junction of Old Oak Common Lane and Brunel Road. Credit: London Borough of Ealing TUM image id: 1660574186 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Foliot Street on the Old Oak Estate, East Acton soon after construction c.1913 TUM image id: 1623748147 Licence:
Fitzneal Street, W12 (1913) The street is part of the Wormholt and Old Oak Estates which were constructed in 1912-1928 and represented part of a movement towards higher standards in public housing. TUM image id: 1623748299 Licence:	Savoy Circus, East Acton from above (1922) Credit: London Borough of Ealing TUM image id: 1660572709 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Houses of East Acton Housing Estate fronting Western Avenue (1920) Credit: London Borough of Ealing TUM image id: 1660573389 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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Snap taken along Friars Place Lane, W3 (1922) Photographer unknown
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Savoy Circus, East Acton The photo was taken sometime after the Savoy Cinema became a bowling alley and before the roundabout caused congestion which meant its replacement by lights.
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Foliot Street on the Old Oak Estate, East Acton soon after construction c.1913
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Fitzneal Street, W12 (1913) The street is part of the Wormholt and Old Oak Estates which were constructed in 1912-1928 and represented part of a movement towards higher standards in public housing.
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Savoy Circus, East Acton from above (1922)
Credit: London Borough of Ealing
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Houses of East Acton Housing Estate fronting Western Avenue (1920)
Credit: London Borough of Ealing
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