Introduction “Stay Home. Stay Local.” These Covid lockdown instructions inspired us to launch the Updatenewsletter on 18 March 2020 – reaching out to our neighbours in Ryland Road and Perrenstreet with offers of help. Gradually the emphasis changed, with news of what we were doing and seeing. We were anxious when people fell ill, celebrated… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Local history
Holmes Road
Like everything historical in our area the two places to start are the brilliant: The Conservation Area Statement: https://www.camden.gov.uk/documents/20142/7629312/Inkerman.pdf/f1d68477-503f-0de2-c0ac-61d8e20587d1 and The Streets of Kentish Town by The Camden History Society. A quote from the latter: “Among the earliest developments in the area, Holmes Rd came, lay on the estate of former Richard Holmes. It was… Read more »
A Very Short History of our part of Kentish Town.
Some of us who live in Kentish Town think the area is really interesting! Surprisingly, Kentish Town actually started some miles south – around the area of St Pancras old church. However the River Fleet ran through there and used to flood – so the inhabitants moved northwards up to the area we now think… Read more »
Introduction to the history pages
Before we start… please note this part of the website is still being developed. The history notes are available in sequence if you click on the Local History link to the right hand side of the page. And.. these articles are also spread through the main run of articles below. We hope to tidy this… Read more »
Census records for 31 Alma St
1861 James Parker Ida Parker Head wife 34 26 Attorney solicitor (not practising) Leics/Walton on the Wold (looks like Niagara USA??) James J. Baldwin Emily ” Embina(?)Kempster Head Daughter Servant 29 2 19 Commercial clerk Servant Worcs/Shipton on Stow Pimlico Pimlico 1871 Rebecca Watts Lavinia ”… Read more »
KENTISH TOWN RAILWAY COLLISION SEPTEMBER 2ND 1861
At approximately 7.13 pm on Monday September 2nd 1861 an excursion train travelling from Kew to Bow on the current Overground line had just passed Kentish Town station (now Gospel oak station) when it ran into a goods train which was in the process of crossing the tracks. The crash took place on the line… Read more »