Campden Hill Road
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Campden Hill Road is a street in Kensington , London W8. It runs north to south from Notting Hill Gate to Kensington High Street .
History
Campden Hill Road was originally called Plough Lane. [1] By 1879, William Abbott, a stockbroker, "held the lease of the site between Phillimore Walk , Campden Hill Road, and Hornton Street ". [2]
Notable residents include the novelist Ford Madox Ford (1873 – 1939) who lived at no 80, the poet Cecil Day-Lewis , with his children, including the actor Sir Daniel Day-Lewis and wife Jill Balcon , and the publisher Andrew White Tuer (1838–1900). Anglo-American landscape painter George Henry Boughton (1834-1905) lived and died at No. 118, West House, in a house built for him.
The Kensington Central Library is located at the bottom of the street, just up from Phillimore Walk. [3]
References
- ↑ "Campden Hill Square area | British History Online" . British-history.ac.uk . 28 November 1902 . Retrieved 20 October 2016 .
- ↑ Denny, Barbara; Starren, Carolyn (1998). Kensington Past . London, U.K.: Historical Publications. p. 100. ISBN 9780948667503 . OCLC 42308455 .
- ↑ "View the contact directory" . Kensington Central Library (Public Library) . The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea . Retrieved 10 October 2016 .
External links
Media related to Campden Hill Road at Wikimedia Commons
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