A horse race course built by entrepreneur John Whyte. It was not a success partly because the clay ground was not suitable and partly because the local population (slum-dwellers, basically) unlike today, was also not suitable. The land was leased from the Ladbroke Estate and when the business failed the Estate built the current leafy streets.
Great post from Londonist.
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Kensington Hippodrome
This kiln is a reminder of the 19th century when potteries and brickfields we...
St. Johns Church was built in 1845 in the early English gothic style by John ...
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1. 2022: Geraint Llewelyn has kindly allowed us to use this photo and has provided the following information: The photo was tak...
The 13th Battalion (West Ham) of the Essex Regiment, raised by the mayor of the borough. Volunteers from all over east London answered the call, leaving their families, jobs and their favourite foo...
Football player and manager. Born at Farnworth, Lancashire. He played principally for Arsenal, Blackpool and Everton and went on to manage seven different teams. A member of the winning England tea...
Former lecturer and amateur athlete. Birth year approximate. He ran with Gordon Pirie in the team that set a 15.27.2 minute world record for the 1500m relay in 1953.
Heavyweight boxer. Born in Lambeth. Affectionately known as 'Our 'Enery', he started his boxing career as an amateur in 1949. After turning professional, he went on to become British, European and ...
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