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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
Sue Rowley Oppidans Mews, NW3 Added: 18 Aug 2023 16:22 GMT	Oppidans Mews, NW3 My dad had an office in Oppidans Mews during the 1960s. He parked on the ground floor and worked upstairs. He was a consulting engineer. It was very handy for us. We used to go up with him on Saturdays and either visit the zoo or go shopping in Oxford Street. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Jean Deane Mill Lane, looking east (1900s) Added: 2 Oct 2023 16:43 GMT	Advertisement for a laundry in Mill Lane, Brixton Hill, SW2 from early 1900’s The New Imperial Laundry Source: From a Ladies glance guide for Mistress and Maid Reply
Sue Meyrick Road, SW11 Added: 24 Sep 2023 19:09 GMT	Meyrick Rd My family - Roe - lived in poverty at 158 Meyrick Rd in the 1920s, moving to 18 Lavender Terrace in 1935. They also lived in York Rd at one point. Alf, Nell (Ellen), plus children John, Ellen (Did), Gladys, Joyce & various lodgers. Alf worked for the railway (LMS). Reply
Michael Tyrrell Avenue, DA16 Added: 20 Sep 2023 21:10 GMT	Momentous Birth! I was born in the upstairs front room of 28 Tyrrell Avenue in August 1938. I was a breach birth and quite heavy ( poor Mum!). My parents moved to that end of terrace house from another rental in St Mary Cray where my three year older brother had been born in 1935. The estate was quite new in 1938 and all the properties were rented. My Father was a Postman. I grew up at no 28 all through WWII and later went to Little Dansington School Reply
Mike Levy Arbour Square, E1 Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT	Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action" Reply
Lady Townshend Bridge House Added: 8 Sep 2023 16:02 GMT	Tenant at Westbourne (1807 - 1811) I think that the 3rd Marquess Townshend - at that time Lord Chartley - was a tenant living either at Westbourne Manor or at Bridge House. He undertook considerable building work there as well as creating gardens. I am trying to trace which house it was. Any ideas gratefully received Reply
Alex Britton Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 10:43 GMT	Late opening The tracks through Roding Valley were opened on 1 May 1903 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Woodford to Ilford line (the Fairlop Loop). But the station was not opened until 3 February 1936 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER, successor to the GER). Source: Roding Valley tube station - Wikipedia Reply
Kevin Pont Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:52 GMT	Shhh.... Roding Valley is the quietest tube station, each year transporting the same number of passengers as Waterloo does in one day. Reply
Kevin Pont Dollis Hill Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:47 GMT	The connection with Bletchley Park The code-breaking computer used at Bletchley Park was built in Dollis Hill. Reply

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

Kentish Town West Kentish Town West station opened on 1 April 1867 as ’Kentish Town’ and was renamed ’Kentish Town West’ on 2 June 1924.

Kentish Town West

River Fleet The River Fleet is the most famous and largest of London’s subterranean rivers.

River Fleet

NEARBY STREETS

Aland Road, NW5 Aland Road was named after the Åland archipelago in the Baltic.

Aland Road, NW5

Alma Street, NW5 Alma Street, like most ’Alma’ roads in London, marks the first battle of the Crimean War.

Alma Street, NW5

Alpha Court, NW5 Alpha Court is a block on Raglan Street.

Alpha Court, NW5

Anglers Lane, NW5 Anglers Lane once ran down to a small bridge across the River Fleet at a spot that was popular with fishermen.

Anglers Lane, NW5

Athlone Street, NW5 Athlone Street is named for Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.

Athlone Street, NW5

Augusta Street, NW1 Augusta Street was located off of Harmood Street.

Augusta Street, NW1

Bartholomew Road, NW5 Bartholomew Road runs south from Leighton Road.

Bartholomew Road, NW5

Bartholomew Villas, NW5 Bartholomew Villas is a street in Kentish Town.

Bartholomew Villas, NW5

Baynes Street, NW1 Baynes Street connects Royal College Street with St Pancras Way.

Baynes Street, NW1

Bonny Street, NW1 Bonny Street is a street in Camden Town.

Bonny Street, NW1

Broomfield, NW1 Broomfield is a block on Ferdinand Street.

Broomfield, NW1

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

Camden Gardens, NW1

Camden Lock Place, NW1 Camden Lock Place is a street in Camden Town.

Camden Lock Place, NW1

Camden Lock, NW1 Camden Lock is a street in Camden Town.

Camden Lock, NW1

Camden Road, NW1 Camden Road is a main road running from Camden up to Holloway Road.

Camden Road, NW1

Camden Terrace Gardens, NW1 Camden Terrace Gardens was the former name for Camden Gardens.

Camden Terrace Gardens, NW1

Candela Court, NW1 Candela Court can be found on Lewis Street.

Candela Court, NW1

Castle Court, NW1 Castle Court can be found on Castlehaven Road.

Castle Court, NW1

Castle Mews, NW1 Castle Mews is a road in the NW5 postcode area

Castle Mews, NW1

Castle Road, NW1 Castle Road is a street in Camden Town.

Castle Road, NW1

Castlehaven Road, NW1 Castlehaven Road was united as a street in 1938.

Castlehaven Road, NW1

Cathcart Hill, NW5 Cathcart Hill is a road in the NW5 postcode area

Cathcart Hill, NW5

Cathcart Street, NW5 Cathcart Street dates from 1856.

Cathcart Street, NW5

Caversham Road, NW5 Caversham Road was named for 18th century landowner, Rev Robert South of Caversham, Cannon of Chris College, Oxford.

Caversham Road, NW5

Caversham Road, NW9 Caversham Road is a location in London.

Caversham Road, NW9

Chalk Farm Road, NW3 This is the main road connecting Camden Town with Chalk Farm.

Chalk Farm Road, NW3

Church Avenue, NW1 Church Avenue is a road in the NW1 postcode area

Church Avenue, NW1

Clarence Way, NW1 Clarence Way is a road in the NW1 postcode area

Clarence Way, NW1

Coity Road, NW5 This is a street in the NW5 postcode area

Coity Road, NW5

Collard Place, NW1 Collard Place is a road in the NW1 postcode area

Collard Place, NW1

Dalby Street, NW5 Dalby Street is a street in Kentish Town.

Dalby Street, NW5

East Yard, NW1 East Yard is a street in Camden Town.

East Yard, NW1

Farrier Street, NW1 Farrier Street is a road in the NW1 postcode area

Farrier Street, NW1

Ferdinand House, NW1 Ferdinand House is a block on Collard Place.

Ferdinand House, NW1

Ferdinand Place, NW1 Ferdinand Place is a street in Camden Town.

Ferdinand Place, NW1

Ferdinand Street, NW1 Ferdinand Street is a street in Camden Town.

Ferdinand Street, NW1

Gaisford Street, NW5 Gaisford Street is the southernmost street of the former Christ Church Estate.

Gaisford Street, NW5

Grafton Yard, NW1 Grafton Yard is a road in the NW5 postcode area

Grafton Yard, NW1

Hadley Street, NW1 Hadley Street is a street in Camden Town.

Hadley Street, NW1

Harmood House, NW1 Harmood House is a block on Harmood Street.

Harmood House, NW1

Harmood Street, NW1 Harmood Street was named for Harry and Mary Harmood.

Harmood Street, NW1

Hartland Road, NW1 Hartland Road is a street in Camden Town.

Hartland Road, NW1

Haven Street, NW1 Haven Street is a street in Camden Town.

Haven Street, NW1

Hawley Road, NW1 Hawley Road is a street in Camden Town.

Hawley Road, NW1

Healey Street, NW1 Healey Street runs from Prince of Wales Road to Castle Road.

Healey Street, NW1

Hogarth Court, NW1 Hogarth Court is a block on Camden Road.

Hogarth Court, NW1

Inkerman Road, NW5 Inkerman Road is one of the ’Crimean’ streets of Kentish Town.

Inkerman Road, NW5

Inwood Court, NW1 Inwood Court is located on Rochester Square.

Inwood Court, NW1

Ivor Street, NW1 Ivor Street is a street in Camden Town.

Ivor Street, NW1

James Cameron House, NW1 Residential block

James Cameron House, NW1

Jeffrey’s Street, NW1 Jeffrey’s Street is a road in the NW1 postcode area

Jeffrey’s Street, NW1

Jeffrey’s Place, NW1 Jeffrey’s Place is a dogleg running from Prowse Place to Jeffrey’s Street.

Jeffrey’s Place, NW1

Julian Court, NW1 Julian Court is a block on Camden Road.

Julian Court, NW1

Kelly Street, NW1 Kelly Street was built under the grounds of an inn.

Kelly Street, NW1

Kent House, NW1 Kent House is a block on Ferdinand Street.

Kent House, NW1

Kentish Town Road, NW1 Kentish Town Road is a street in Camden Town.

Kentish Town Road, NW1

Kentish Town Road, NW5 Kentish Town Road is a street in Kentish Town.

Kentish Town Road, NW5

Lawford Road, NW5 Lawford Road is a street in Kentish Town.

Lawford Road, NW5

Lewis Street, NW1 Lewis Street is a road in the NW1 postcode area

Lewis Street, NW1

Leybourne Road, NW1 Leybourne Road is a street in Camden Town.

Leybourne Road, NW1

Lorraine Court, NW1 Lorraine Court is a block on Lewis Street.

Lorraine Court, NW1

Malden Crescent, NW1 Malden Crescent is a road in the NW1 postcode area

Malden Crescent, NW1

Mead Close, NW1 Mead Close is a road in the NW1 postcode area

Mead Close, NW1

Middle Yard, NW1 Middle Yard is a street in Camden Town.

Middle Yard, NW1

Patshull Place, NW5 Patshull Place is a road in the NW5 postcode area

Patshull Place, NW5

Patshull Road, NW5 Patshull Road is part of the Dartsmouth Estate.

Patshull Road, NW5

Perren Street, NW5 Perren Street is a street in Kentish Town.

Perren Street, NW5

Powlett Place, NW1 Powlett Place is a street in Camden Town.

Powlett Place, NW1

Prince of Wales Road, NW1 Prince of Wales Road is a road in the NW1 postcode area

Prince of Wales Road, NW1

Prowse Place, NW1 Prowse Place is a street in Camden Town.

Prowse Place, NW1

Raglan Street, NW5 Raglan Street is part of the Kentish Town ’Crimea’ estate.

Raglan Street, NW5

Randolph Street, NW1 Randolph Street is a street in Camden Town.

Randolph Street, NW1

Reachview Close, NW1 Reachview Close is a road in the NW1 postcode area

Reachview Close, NW1

Rochester Court, NW1 Rochester Court is sited on Rochester Square.

Rochester Court, NW1

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

Rochester Mews, NW1

Rochester Place, NW1 Rochester Place is a street in Camden Town.

Rochester Place, NW1

Rochester Road, NW1 Rochester Road is a street in Camden Town.

Rochester Road, NW1

Rochester Square, NW1 Rochester Square is a street in Camden Town.

Rochester Square, NW1

Rochester Terrace, NW1 Rochester Terrace is a road in the NW1 postcode area

Rochester Terrace, NW1

Rousden Street, NW1 Rousden Street is a street in Camden Town.

Rousden Street, NW1

Ryland Road, NW5 Ryland Road is a street in Kentish Town.

Ryland Road, NW5

Soane Court, NW1 Soane Court is a block on St Pancras Way.

Soane Court, NW1

Talacre Road, NW5 Talacre Road was formerly Weedington Street.

Talacre Road, NW5

The Stables Market, NW1 The Stables Market is a street in Camden Town.

The Stables Market, NW1

Torbay Street, NW1 Torbay Street is a street in Camden Town.

Torbay Street, NW1

Una House, NW5 Una House is a block on Anglers Lane.

Una House, NW5

Veil House, NW1 Veil House is located on Rochester Road.

Veil House, NW1

Victory House, NW1 Victory House is a block on Castlehaven Road.

Victory House, NW1

Warden Road, NW5 Warden Road is a street in Kentish Town.

Warden Road, NW5

Water Lane, NW1 Water Lane runs just north of the Grand Union Canal.

Water Lane, NW1

Whitcher Place, NW1 Whitcher Place is a road in the NW1 postcode area

Whitcher Place, NW1

Wilkin St Mews, NW5 Wilkin St Mews is a street in Kentish Town.

Wilkin St Mews, NW5

Wilkin Street Mews, NW5 Wilkin Street Mews is a street in Kentish Town.

Wilkin Street Mews, NW5

Wilkin Street, NW5 Wilkin Street is a street in Kentish Town.

Wilkin Street, NW5

Willes Road, NW5 Willes Road honours Lieutenant-General James Willes, Commander of the Royal Marines during the Crimean War.

Willes Road, NW5

Wilmot Place, NW1 Wilmot Place might have been named after its builder.

Wilmot Place, NW1

Wolsey Mews, NW5 Wolsey Mews is a street in Kentish Town.

Wolsey Mews, NW5

Woollett Court, NW1 Woollett Court can be found on Agar Grove.

Woollett Court, NW1

Wrotham Road, NW1 Wrotham Road is situated in an area formerly known as Agar Town.

Wrotham Road, NW1

NEARBY PUBS

Abbey Tavern

Barfly

Devonshire Arms The mock Tudor Devonshire Arms in Camden, also known as The Dev or by its previous name The Hobgoblin, styles itself as "London’s most famous alternative venue".

Devonshire Arms

Lockside Lounge

O’Reilly’s

Proud Camden Horse Hospital

Quinns

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Kentish Town

Kentish Town is first recorded during the reign of King John (1208) as Kentisston.

By 1456 Kentish Town was recognised as a thriving hamlet, and in this period a chapel of ease is recorded as being built for the inhabitants.

The early 19th century brought a lot of modernisation, causing a lot of the area’s rural charm, the River Fleet and the 18th century buildings to vanish.

Large amounts of land were purchased to build the first railway through the area, which can still be seen today. Kentish Town was a prime site for development as the Kentish Town Road was the main route for the growing city of London to the South.

1877 saw the beginning of mission work in the area as it was, by then, poor. The mission first held their services outside but as their funding increased they built a mission house, chapel, and vicarage.

In 1912 the Church of St Silas the Martyr was finally erected and consecrated, and by December of that year it became a parish in its own right.

Kentish Town was to see further modernisation in the post-World War II period. This means that there are few signs of 19th century influence left in the area.

Today Kentish Town is a busy shopping and business area. It offers libraries, gyms and other entertainments to visitors and its community.

The station was opened by the Midland Railway in 1868 on the extension to its new London terminal at St Pancras.

The separate London Underground station was opened on 22 June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR), a precursor of the Northern line. The station was designed by Leslie Green with the ox-blood red glazed terracotta facade and the semi-circular windows at first floor level common to most of the original stations on the CCE&HR and its two associated railways, the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway and Great Northern Piccadilly & Brompton Railway which opened the previous year.

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Camden Town 1920s. TUM image id: 1557159163 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:	All Saints, Camden Town, in 1828. TUM image id: 1492970567 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Entrance to the Fleet River, c. 1750 Credit: Samuel Scott TUM image id: 1529237151 Licence:	Sainsbury’s Allcroft Road depot This was built in what is now NW5 in the 1880s Credit: J. Sainsbury TUM image id: 1592125010 Licence:
Camden High Street TUM image id: 1547918916 Licence:	Children in Tufnell Park walk to school (1922) The junction of Fortess Roadd, looking up Dartmouth Park Hill, with The Boston pub out of shot on the right. Credit: Press Association TUM image id: 1660568106 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Two women walking past the graffiti ’No Evictions!’ on a railway bridge on Grafton Road, NW5. Much of the area was bulldozed and redeveloped in the 1960s and early 1970s. TUM image id: 1607643107 Licence:	Lady Margaret Road (1905) TUM image id: 1523109961 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: CC BY 2.0	Hetty Scott at her greengrocer stall outside 159 Queen’s Crescent, Kentish Town (1914) TUM image id: 1628259583 Licence:	Camden High Street Credit: IG/dilan.studio TUM image id: 1653779318 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Regent’s Canal at Hawley Lock (c1905) TUM image id: 1660312527 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Crossing, Camden High Street Credit: IG/londonweek TUM image id: 1653779037 Licence:

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Camden Town 1920s.
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All Saints, Camden Town, in 1828.
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Entrance to the Fleet River, c. 1750
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Camden High Street
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Camden High Street
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Regent’s Canal at Hawley Lock (c1905)
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Woman pulling a fully-laden barge at Hampstead Road Lock on the Regents Canal
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