A horse race course built by entrepreneur John Whyte. It was not a success partly because the clay ground was not suitable and partly because the local population (slum-dwellers, basically) unlike today, was also not suitable. The land was leased from the Ladbroke Estate and when the business failed the Estate built the current leafy streets.
Great post from Londonist.
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Kensington Hippodrome
This kiln is a reminder of the 19th century when potteries and brickfields we...
St. Johns Church was built in 1845 in the early English gothic style by John ...
Architect, archaeologist, astronomer and rower. Born Lincolnshire. Surveyor to the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral 1852 - 1899. Died Wimbledon.
Writer on games. Wrote his first book, "A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist" in 1742. Died in London.
Cricketer. Born Robert Abel at 18 Commercial Street, Rotherhithe. He was the first England player to "carry his bat", i.e. opening the batting and remaining not out at the end of an innings, and th...
Footballer and football manager. Born John Angus Lyall in Ilford, Essex. He joined West Ham United as a groundstaff boy in 1955, played for the youth team and was promoted to the main squad in 1959...
Rugby Union player. Born Buckinghamshire. Played for Harlequins and for England. Died just after his 21st birthday, in Lanzarote following a short illness.
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