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Notting Hill history

Notting Hill was a hamlet on rural land until the expansion of urban London during the 19th century. As late as 1870, it was still referred to as being in Middlesex rather than London.

Origin of the name

The origin of the name “Notting Hill” is uncertain though an early version appears in the Patent Rolls of 1356 as Knottynghull. An 1878 text reports that the name derives from a manor in Kensington called “Knotting-Bernes,”, “Knutting-Barnes,” or “Nutting-barns” For years, it was thought to be a link with Canute, but it is now thought likely that the “Nott” section is derived from the Saxon personal name Cnotta.

Potteries and Piggeries

Notting Hill Potteries and Piggeries photo

The area in the west around Pottery Lane was used in the early 19th century for making bricks and tiles. Pig farmers moved in after being forced out of Marble Arch area. Avondale Park was created in 1892 out of a former area of pig slurry called “the Ocean”

19th-century development

Notting Hill remained rural until London’s westward expansion reached Bayswater in the early 19th century. The Ladbroke family was Notting Hill’s main landowner, and from the 1820s began to develop the area. The original idea was to call the district Kensington Park, and other roads are reminders of this. In 1837 the Hippodrome racecourse was laid out, but the venture was not a success.

Early to mid-20th century

Notting Hill Early to mid-20th century photo

The reputation of the district altered over the course of the 20th century. During the Blitz a number of buildings were damaged or destroyed by the Luftwaffe. In the postwar period the name Notting Hill evoked a down-at-heel area of cheap lodgings, epitomised by the murders committed by John Christie.

Late 20th-century gentrification

The district adjoins two large public parks, Holland Park and Kensington Gardens, with Hyde Park within 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east. The number of Black or Black British and White Irish residents in Notting Hill has declined by 46 and 28 percent in ten years.

  

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