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West Kensington history

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From the High Middle Ages, North End in Middlesex was mainly farmland and market gardens. Main topographical feature was Counter’s Creek, a tributary of the Thames River, rising in Kensal Green, which marked the parish boundary. Among the notable residents who had settled in this quiet rural retreat were Samuel Richardson, Samuel Foote, Francesco Bartolozzi, Sir John Lillie and then in the late 19th century, the artists Edward and Georgiana Burne-Jones.

Barons Court

Margravine Cemetery and some of the streets near Barons Court station, recall the brief sojourn in the County of Middlesex of the last Margrave of Brandenburg, Alexander, Margrave. He bought the handsome mansion on the Thames at Fulham, originally built by Sir Nicholas Crisp in the 17th century and renamed it Brandenburg House. Between 1820 and 1822 it was lent to Caroline of Brunswick, the detested consort of King George IV, who lived and died there. After Queen Caroline’s death, the estate was demolished and sold for industrial development.

Other developments

The Earls Court Exhibition pleasure gardens, an international venue, was begun by John Robinson Whitley, visited by Queen Victoria in her Jubilee year. The railway developments at North End included the Lillie Bridge Depot, an important historic engineering workshop with secondary access from Beaumont Avenue since 1872.

  

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