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Notting Hill Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Notting Hill

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Notting Hill history

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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

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

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.

Notting Hill geography / climate

Notting Hill has no official boundaries, so definitions of which areas fall under Notting Hill vary. The postcode “W11”, centred on the former site of the Post Office in Westbourne Grove, near the junction with Denbigh Road, is the one most closely associated with Notting Hill. The hill from which Notting Hill takes its name is still clearly visible, with its summit in the middle of Ladbroke Grove.

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Best Notting Hill places to visit

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Notting Hill has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Notting Hill’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Notting Hill’s information audio spots:

Kronenburgerpark The Kronenburgerpark is a park in the center of Nijmegen . It is close to the Central Railway Station and the Lange Hezelstraat . It touches the Parkweg are the remains of the medieval walls with the Kruittoren (powder tower)

Great Pilgrimage The Great Pilgrimage of 1913 was a march in Britain by suffragists campaigning non-violently for women’s suffrage, organised by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). Women marched to London from all around England and Wales and 50,000 attended a rally in Hyde Park.

Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Walk The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Walk is a 7-mile (11 km) long circular walking trail in central London, England, dedicated to the memory of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Royal Parks Half Marathon The Royal Parks Half Marathon, first held in 2008, takes place each October, starting and finishing in Hyde Park. It is the only half marathon that travels through central London and four of the Royal Parks and is one of London’s largest half marathons, with over 16,000 participants.

Great Exhibition The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, also known as the Great Exhibition or the Crystal Palace Exhibition (in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held), was an international exhibition which took place in Hyde Park, London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World’s Fairs, exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century. The event was organised by Henry Cole and by Prince Albert, husband of the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom, Queen Victoria. Famous people of the time attended the Great Exhibition, including Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Michael Faraday (who assisted with the planning and judging of exhibits), Samuel Colt, members of the Orléanist Royal Family and the writers Charlotte Brontë, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, George Eliot, Alfred Tennyson and William Makepeace Thackeray. The opening music, under the superintendence of William Sterndale Bennett, was directed by Sir George Smart. The world’s first soft drink, Schweppes, was the official sponsor of the event.

Japanese Village, Knightsbridge The Japanese Village in Knightsbridge, London, was a late Victorian era exhibition of Japanese culture located in Humphreys’ Hall, which took place from January 1885 until June 1887. The exhibition employed around 100 Japanese men and women in a setting built to resemble a traditional Japanese village.

Bowater House Bowater House was a 17-floor office block at 68 Knightsbridge in London SW1, completed in 1958. The building occupied a site between Knightsbridge and South Carriage Road, at the southern edge of Hyde Park. It was demolished in 2006 and redeveloped by Candy & Candy to create One Hyde Park.

Knightsbridge Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End.

Bulgari Hotel and Residences The Bulgari Hotel and Residences is a luxury hotel in Knightsbridge, London. When it opened in 2012, it was the most expensive hotel in London.

Royal Cornwall Yacht Club Situated on the waterfront setting of the Greenbank area in Falmouth, the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club (RCYC) was formed in 1871, and is the 15th oldest “Royal” yacht club in England.

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