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Longford Street is a street in Camden Town.





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The Underground Map   
Added: 8 Dec 2020 00:24 GMT   

Othello takes a bow
On 1 November 1604, William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello was presented for the first time, at The Palace of Whitehall. The palace was the main residence of the English monarchs in London from 1530 until 1698. Seven years to the day, Shakespeare’s romantic comedy The Tempest was also presented for the first time, and also at the Palace of Whitehall.

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Emma Seif   
Added: 25 Jan 2022 19:06 GMT   

Birth of the Bluestocking Society
In about 1750, Elizabeth Montagu began hosting literary breakfasts in her home at 23 (now 31) Hill Street. These are considered the first meetings of the Bluestocking society.

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Linda Webb   
Added: 27 Sep 2021 05:51 GMT   

Hungerford Stairs
In 1794 my ancestor, George Webb, Clay Pipe Maker, lived in Hungerford Stairs, Strand. Source: Wakefields Merchant & Tradesmens General Directory London Westminster 1794

Source: Hungerford Stairs

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Roy Batham   
Added: 7 Jan 2022 07:17 GMT   

Smithy in Longacre
John Burris 1802-1848 Listed 1841 census as Burroughs was a blacksmith, address just given as Longacre.

Source: Batham/Wiseman - Family Tree

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Reg Carr   
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.

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Lived here
Julian    
Added: 23 Mar 2021 10:11 GMT   

Dennis Potter
Author Dennis Potter lived in Collingwood House in the 1970’s

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Jessie Doring   
Added: 22 Feb 2021 04:33 GMT   

Tisbury Court Jazz Bar
Jazz Bar opened in Tisbury Court by 2 Australians. Situated in underground basement. Can not remember how long it opened for.

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Lived here
Richard Roques   
Added: 21 Jan 2021 16:53 GMT   

Buckingham Street residents
Here in Buckingham Street lived Samuel Pepys the diarist, Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling

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Justin Russ   
Added: 15 Feb 2021 20:25 GMT   

Binney Street, W1K
Binney St was previously named Thomas Street before the 1950’s. Before the 1840’s (approx.) it was named Bird St both above and below Oxford St.

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Jude Allen   
Added: 29 Jul 2021 07:53 GMT   

Bra top
I jave a jewelled item of clothong worn by a revie girl.
It is red with diamante straps. Inside it jas a label Bermans Revue 16 Orange Street but I cannot find any info online about the revue only that 16 Orange Street used to be a theatre. Does any one know about the revue. I would be intesrested to imagine the wearer of the article and her London life.

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Watts   
Added: 17 May 2022 20:29 GMT   

Baeethoven St School, also an Annex for Paddington College of FE.
In the early 70’s I took a two year science course at Paddington CFE. The science classes were held on weekday evenings at Beethoven Street school, overseen by chemistry teacher, Mr Tattershall.

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Added: 25 Apr 2022 22:11 GMT   

Southover, N12
Everyone knows Central Woodside is the place to be. Ever since kdog moved from finchtown, Woodside has been thriving.

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Bernard Miller   
Added: 12 Apr 2022 17:36 GMT   

My mother and her sister were born at 9 Windsor Terrace
My mother, Millie Haring (later Miller) and her sister Yetta Haring (later Freedman) were born here in 1922 and 1923. With their parents and older brother and sister, they lived in two rooms until they moved to Stoke Newington in 1929. She always said there were six rooms, six families, a shared sink on the first floor landing and a toilet in the backyard.

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Brian Lynch   
Added: 10 Apr 2022 13:38 GMT   

Staples Mattress Factory
An architect’s design of the Staples Mattress Factory
An image found on the website of Dalzell’s Beds, in Armagh Northern Ireland.

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Lived here
   
Added: 19 Feb 2022 16:21 GMT   

Harmondsworth (1939 - 1965)
I lived in a house (Lostwithiel) on the Bath Road opposite the junction with Tythe Barn Lane, now a hotel site. Initially, aircraft used one of the diagonal runways directly in line with our house. I attended Sipson Primary School opposite the Three Magpies and celebrated my 21st birthday at The Peggy Bedford in 1959.

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Emma Seif   
Added: 25 Jan 2022 19:06 GMT   

Birth of the Bluestocking Society
In about 1750, Elizabeth Montagu began hosting literary breakfasts in her home at 23 (now 31) Hill Street. These are considered the first meetings of the Bluestocking society.

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Added: 14 Jan 2022 03:06 GMT   

Goldbourne Gardens W 10
I lived in Goldbourne Gardens in the 50,s very happy big bomb site

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Chris Nash   
Added: 10 Jan 2022 22:54 GMT   

Shortlands Close, DA17
Shortlands Close and the flats along it were constructed in the mid-1990s. Prior to this, the area was occupied by semi-detached houses with large gardens, which dated from the post-war period and were built on the site of Railway Farm. The farm and its buildings spanned the length of Abbey Road, on the south side of the North Kent Line railway tracks.

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Adam and Eve Tearooms The Adam and Eve Tearooms were a fashionable Georgian watering hole.
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Fairyland During the period leading up to and during the First World War, 92 Tottenham Court Road was the location of a shooting range called Fairyland.
Fairyland
Great Portland Street Great Portland Street is a London Underground station near Regent’s Park.
Great Portland Street
Regent’s Park Estate The Regent’s Park Estate is a large housing estate in the London Borough of Camden.
Regent’s Park Estate
Regent’s Park Regent’s Park - not the park itself but the tube station.
Regent’s Park
Rhodes Farm Rhodes Farm was situated on Hampstead Road.
Rhodes Farm
St James Gardens St James Gardens were used as a burial ground between 1790 and 1853.
St James Gardens

NEARBY STREETS
Albany Terrace, NW1 Albany Terrace was named after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, brother of the Prince Regent (George IV).
Albany Terrace, NW1
Bolsover Street, W1W Bolsover Street - home to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital since 1907.
Bolsover Street, W1W
Brock Street, NW1 Brock Street was formerly called Henry Street.
Brock Street, NW1
Brunswick Place, NW1 Brunswick Place is a street in Camden Town.
Brunswick Place, NW1
Cambridge Gate Mews, NW1 Cambridge Gate Mews is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Cambridge Gate Mews, NW1
Cambridge Terrace Mews, NW1 Cambridge Terrace Mews is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Cambridge Terrace Mews, NW1
Cambridge Terrace, NW1 Cambridge Terrace is a crescent off of the Outer Circle.
Cambridge Terrace, NW1
Capper Street, WC1E Capper Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area.
Capper Street, WC1E
Carburton Street, W1W Carburton Street is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area.
Carburton Street, W1W
Cardington Street, NW1 Cardington Street is a rare London street in that it closed for good as late as 2017.
Cardington Street, NW1
Chester Close North, NW1 Chester Close North is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Chester Close North, NW1
Chester Close South, NW1 Chester Close South is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Chester Close South, NW1
Chester Court, NW1 Chester Court is a street in Camden Town.
Chester Court, NW1
Chester Gate, NW1 Chester Gate is a street in Camden Town.
Chester Gate, NW1
Chester Road, NW1 Chester Road is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Chester Road, NW1
Chester Terrace, NW1 Chester Terrace is the longest unbroken facade of the neo-classical terraces in Regent's Park.
Chester Terrace, NW1
Clarence Gardens, NW1 Clarence Gardens is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Clarence Gardens, NW1
Clipstone Mews, W1T Clipstone Mews is a road in the W1T postcode area
Clipstone Mews, W1T
Coach Road, W1T Coach Road is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Coach Road, W1T
Cobourg Street, NW1 Cobourg Street is a street in Camden Town.
Cobourg Street, NW1
Conway Mews, W1T Conway Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area.
Conway Mews, W1T
Conway Street, W1T Conway Street runs from the Euston Road in the north to Fitzroy Square in the south.
Conway Street, W1T
Cumberland Market, NW1 Cumberland Market is a street in Camden Town.
Cumberland Market, NW1
Devonshire Mews West, W1G Devonshire Mews West is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area.
Devonshire Mews West, W1G
Devonshire Place, W1G Devonshire Place is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area.
Devonshire Place, W1G
Devonshire Row Mews, W1B Devonshire Row Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area.
Devonshire Row Mews, W1B
Devonshire Street, W1B Devonshire Street is a road in the W1B postcode area
Devonshire Street, W1B
Devonshire Street, W1W Devonshire Street is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area.
Devonshire Street, W1W
Drummond Street, NW1 Drummond Street was the original site of Euston Station.
Drummond Street, NW1
Ernest Street, NW1 Ernest Street appears on the 1860 map as the name for part of Robert Street.
Ernest Street, NW1
Euston Centre, NW1 Euston Centre is a street in Camden Town.
Euston Centre, NW1
Euston Road, W1T Euston Road is a road in the W1T postcode area
Euston Road, W1T
Euston Street, NW1 Euston Street is a street in Camden Town.
Euston Street, NW1
Euston Tower, NW1 Euston Tower is a skyscraper located at 286 Euston Road, near the intersection with Tottenham Court Road.
Euston Tower, NW1
Everton Buildings, NW1 Everton Buildings is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Everton Buildings, NW1
Fitzroy Court, W1T Fitzroy Court is a road in the W1T postcode area
Fitzroy Court, W1T
Fitzroy Mews, W1T Fitzroy Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area.
Fitzroy Mews, W1T
Fitzroy Square, W1T Fitzroy Square is one of the Georgian squares of London.
Fitzroy Square, W1T
Fitzroy Street, W1T Fitzroy Street is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area.
Fitzroy Street, W1T
Foundry Mews, NW1 Foundry Mews is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Foundry Mews, NW1
George Mews, NW1 George Mews lies within the NW1 postcode.
George Mews, NW1
Gower Place, WC1E Gower Place runs from Gordon Street to Gower Street.
Gower Place, WC1E
Grafton Mews, W1T Grafton Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area.
Grafton Mews, W1T
Grafton Way, W1T Grafton Way is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area.
Grafton Way, W1T
Grafton Way, WC1E Grafton Way was formerly Grafton Street.
Grafton Way, WC1E
Great Portland Street, W1W Great Portland Street forms the boundary between Fitzrovia to the east and Marylebone to the west.
Great Portland Street, W1W
Greenwell Street, W1T Greenwell Street is a road in the W1T postcode area
Greenwell Street, W1T
Greenwell Street, W1W Greenwell Street is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area.
Greenwell Street, W1W
Harley House, NW1 Residential block
Harley House, NW1
Laxton Place, NW1 Laxton Place is a street in Camden Town.
Laxton Place, NW1
Little Albany Street, NW1 Little Albany Street is a street in Camden Town.
Little Albany Street, NW1
Maple Street, W1T Maple Street is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area.
Maple Street, W1T
Maple Street, W1T This is a street in the 92103 postcode area
Maple Street, W1T
Marylebone Road, W1G Marylebone Road is a road in the W1G postcode area
Marylebone Road, W1G
Marylebone Road, W1G Marylebone Road is a road in the W1B postcode area
Marylebone Road, W1G
Midford Place, W1T Midford Place is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area.
Midford Place, W1T
Mortimer Market, WC1E Mortimer Market is a road in the W1T postcode area
Mortimer Market, WC1E
Munster Square, NW1 Munster Square is a street in Camden Town.
Munster Square, NW1
Nash Street, NW1 Nash Street is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Nash Street, NW1
Netley Street, NW1 Netley Street was formerly called William Street.
Netley Street, NW1
North Gower Street, NW1 North Gower Street is a street in Camden Town.
North Gower Street, NW1
Osnaburgh Street, NW1 Osnaburgh Street is a street in Camden Town.
Osnaburgh Street, NW1
Park Crescent Mews East, W1G Park Crescent Mews East is a road in the W1B postcode area
Park Crescent Mews East, W1G
Park Crescent Mews West, W1G Park Crescent Mews West is a road in the W1G postcode area
Park Crescent Mews West, W1G
Park Crescent, W1B Park Crescent is one of the streets of London in the W1B postal area.
Park Crescent, W1B
Park Square East, NW1 Park Square East lies north of Park Crescent and Marylebone Road.
Park Square East, NW1
Park Square West, NW1 Park Square West was built in 1823–24 by the architect John Nash.
Park Square West, NW1
Peto Place, NW1 Peto Place is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Peto Place, NW1
Prince Of Wales Passage, NW1 Prince Of Wales Passage is a street in Camden Town.
Prince Of Wales Passage, NW1
Prince Regent Mews, NW1 Prince Regent Mews is a street in Camden Town.
Prince Regent Mews, NW1
Queen’s Yard, W1T Queen’s Yard is a road in the W1T postcode area
Queen’s Yard, W1T
Robert Street, NW1 Robert Street is a street in Camden Town.
Robert Street, NW1
St Andrews Place, NW1 St Andrews Place is a street in Camden Town.
St Andrews Place, NW1
St Annes, NW1 St Annes is a street in Camden Town.
St Annes, NW1
St Mary Magdalene Church, NW1 St Mary Magdalene Church is a street in Camden Town.
St Mary Magdalene Church, NW1
Stanhope House, W1T Stanhope House stood on the corner of Euston Road and Stanhope Street.
Stanhope House, W1T
Stanhope Parade, NW1 Stanhope Parade is a street in Camden Town.
Stanhope Parade, NW1
Stanhope Street, NW1 Stanhope Street runs parallel to Hampstead Road, one block west.
Stanhope Street, NW1
Starcross Street, NW1 Starcross Street is a street in Camden Town.
Starcross Street, NW1
Stephenson Way, NW1 Stephenson Way is a street in Camden Town.
Stephenson Way, NW1
Tolmers Square, NW1 Tolmers Square roughly covers the site of a reservoir of the New River Company.
Tolmers Square, NW1
Triton Square, NW1 Triton Square is a street in Camden Town.
Triton Square, NW1
Triton Street, NW1 Triton Street is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Triton Street, NW1
University Street, WC1E University Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area.
University Street, WC1E
Upper Harley Street, W1G Upper Harley Street is a street in Camden Town.
Upper Harley Street, W1G
Varndell Street, NW1 Varndell Street is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Varndell Street, NW1
Warren Court, NW1 Warren Court is a street in Camden Town.
Warren Court, NW1
Warren Mews, W1T Warren Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area.
Warren Mews, W1T
Warren Street, W1T Warren Street was named after Anne Warren (1737–1807), the wife of Charles FitzRoy, landowner.
Warren Street, W1T
Whitfield Place, W1T Whitfield Place is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area.
Whitfield Place, W1T
Whitfield Street, W1T Whitfield Street runs from Warren Street in the north to Windmill Street in the south.
Whitfield Street, W1T
Whittlebury Street, NW1 Whittlebury Street once laid to the west of Euston station.
Whittlebury Street, NW1
William Road, NW1 William Road dates from 1799 or before.
William Road, NW1
William Street, NW1 William Street appears on the 1860 map west of Hampstead Road.
William Street, NW1

NEARBY PUBS
Adam and Eve Tearooms The Adam and Eve Tearooms were a fashionable Georgian watering hole.
Adam and Eve Tearooms
Bap and Pickle Smugglers Tavern This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
Bap and Pickle Smugglers Tavern
Camden People’s Theatre This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
Camden People’s Theatre
Cavali This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
Cavali
Exmouth Arms This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
Exmouth Arms
Fitzrovia Belle This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
Fitzrovia Belle
Grafton Arms This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
Grafton Arms
Jeremy Bentham This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
Jeremy Bentham
Masons Arms This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
Masons Arms
Nelsons Wine Bar Ltd This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
Nelsons Wine Bar Ltd
Northumberland Arms This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
Northumberland Arms
Prince Of Wales Feathers This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
Prince Of Wales Feathers
Queens Head & Artichoke This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
Queens Head & Artichoke
Shaker and Company This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
Shaker and Company
Simmons Bar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
Simmons Bar
Spearmint Rhino This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
Spearmint Rhino
The Albany This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
The Albany
The Bar at TCR This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
The Bar at TCR
The Bree Louise This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
The Bree Louise
The Carpenters Arms This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
The Carpenters Arms
The Court This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
The Court
The George & Dragon This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
The George & Dragon
The Lukin This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
The Lukin
The Squares Tavern & Wine Bar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
The Squares Tavern & Wine Bar
The Victory This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
The Victory
Unity Cup This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
Unity Cup
Vault 139 This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.
Vault 139

Euston

London Euston is the southern terminus of the West Coast Main Line - serving Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow.

Euston was the first inter-city railway station in London. It opened on 20 July 1837 as the terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway.

The site was selected in the early 1830s by George and Robert Stephenson, engineers of the London and Birmingham Railway. The area was then mostly farmland at the edge of the expanding city of London. The station was named after Euston Hall in Suffolk, the ancestral home of the Dukes of Grafton, who were the main landowners in the area.

Objections to the station by local farmers meant that, when the Act authorising construction of the line was passed in 1833, the terminus was relocated to Chalk Farm. However, these objections were overcome, and in 1835 an Act authorising construction of the station at its originally planned site was passed, and construction went ahead.

The original station was built by William Cubitt. It was designed by the classically trained architect Philip Hardwick and initially it had only two platforms, one for departures and one for arrivals. Also designed by Hardwick was a 72 foot-high Doric propylaeum, the largest ever built, erected at the entrance as a portico and which became known as the Euston Arch.

The station grew rapidly over the following years as traffic increased. It was greatly expanded in the 1840s, with the opening in 1849 of the spectacular Great Hall, designed by Hardwick's son Philip Charles Hardwick in classical style.

In the early 1960s it was decided that a larger station was required. Because of the restricted layout of track and tunnels at the northern end, enlargement could be accomplished only by expanding southwards over the area occupied by the Great Hall and the Arch. Amid much public outcry, the station building including the Arch was demolished in 1961-2 and replaced by a new building. Its opening in 1968 followed the electrification of the West Coast Main Line.

A few remnants of the older station remain: two Portland stone entrance lodges and a war memorial. A statue of Robert Stephenson by Carlo Marochetti, previously in the old ticket hall, stands in the forecourt.

On 12 May 1907 the City and South London Railway (C&SLR, now the Bank branch of the Northern Line) opened a station at Euston as the terminus of a new extension from its existing station at Angel.


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The Polygon, Somers Town in 1850.
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BT Tower The Post Office Tower - now known as the BT Tower - opened in the Fitzrovia area of central London in 1965. The tower’s main structure was 177 metres high. A further section of aerial rigging brought the total height to 191m. It was the tallest building in the UK until London’s NatWest Tower opened in 1980.
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The Prince of Wales Theatre in 1903 shortly before its demolition for the building of the Scala Theatre in 1904.
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Fairyland, 92 Tottenham Court Road London circa 1905
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Cobden Statue, corner of Eversholt Street and Camden High Street (1905)
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Camden Town, from the Hampstead Road, Marylebone (1780) This shows the fields of Rhodes Farm. later to become the site of Euston station.
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A 2500 pound German bomb, buried opposite University College Hospital, is about to be removed by Army sappers as people in the area are evacuated to a safe distance (1948) Metropolitan "C’ Division covered the West End. Note the ’on duty’ striped armbands and the black helmet plates (now silver). The bomb fell in 1941 near to the corner of Stanhope Street and Euston Road.
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The March Of The Guards To Finchley - outside the Adam and Eve Tea Rooms.
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Harrington Street, NW1 about the turn of the twentieth century. This street runs parallel with Hampstead Road, one block west.
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This painting bears the inscription: All that remained in the year 1844 of the once celebrated Rhobess Farm, Hampstead Road now Ampthill Square
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St. James Gardens
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