1833 – The time before
In James Wyld’s 1833 map of the “country in the vicinity of London” the piece…
Many thanks to Susan Lynn who has worked very hard to compile this history which spans the first 100 years of our communal garden.
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In James Wyld’s 1833 map of the “country in the vicinity of London” the piece…
The land on which our gardens are laid out and the houses backing on built…
The most obvious difference between now and then is that the houses backing on are,…
“At one in the afternoon of 5th January, 1863”, in the offices of Taylor, Stileman…
Looking South from Portobello Farm showing Notting Hill in the distance on the right. The…
In 1871 OS map showing the development of Notting Hill. The number of “carcase” houses…
The evidence shows a garden striving to maintain the ideal of an “ornamental pleasure ground”….
Wage rises and reluctant rent payers mean less labour. While the garden rent remained the…
At the beginning of September 1938 the Home Office instructed the borough council to dig…
Inside the shelter the four W.C.s are latrines, with two buckets apiece. According to the…
On 26 th September, 1940, between 1 and 1.15 am a incendiary bomb fell in…
The war and the trench shelter were the “coup de grace” for the concept of an…
When the Council is finally asked to take over the gardens, the secretary had to…