Notting Hill 1871

Detailed map of Notting Hill; London sheet 59. Introduction by Pamela Taylor. cover the same area, from White City eastward to Pembridge Square and St Stephen's Square, and capture the area of Kensington known as Notting Hill. In the NE is a portion of Paddington parish, including Westbourne Park station; to the west is a portion of Hammersmith parish. The 1871 map (actually largely surveyed in 1863-5) shows the Ladbroke Estate already largely developed around Ladbroke Grove, Lansdowne Crescent, Ladbroke Square, Kensington Park Road and other well set out streets. The area was previously known as Notting Dale or 'The Kensington Potteries'. amela Taytlor explains how this development took place. Further west development is less complete and beyond Latimer Road there are still farms. Several railways run through the map: the West London Junction Railway, the Hammersmith & City Railway, with Notting Hill station, and a small section of the GWR with Westbourne Grove station and engine sheds. At the north of the map is more countryside with Portobello Farm and Notting Barn. Extreme top right is Paddington Workhouse.

Reduced from the original Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map to a scale of approximately 1:4,340 (or about 15" to the mile). Published by Alan Godfrey Maps, Leadgate, Consett