Kensington Church Street
A4204 | |||
![]() Kensington Church Street, 2019. Looking south towards St Mary Abbots church | |||
![]() ![]() Location within Central London | |||
Former name(s) | Church Lane, Silver Street | ||
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Location | Kensington, London | ||
Postal code | W8 | ||
Nearest Tube station |
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Coordinates | 51°30′21.03″N 0°11′39.53″W / 51.5058417°N 0.1943139°WCoordinates: 51°30′21.03″N 0°11′39.53″W / 51.5058417°N 0.1943139°W | ||
North end | Notting Hill Gate | ||
South end | Kensington High Street | ||
Other | |||
Known for | Shopping, fine art and antique sellers. |
Kensington Church Street is a shopping street in Kensington, London, England, designated the A4204, and traditionally known for its art and antiques shops.
Buildings at the southern end date back to the early 1700s.[1] It is named after Kensington's original church of St Mary Abbots. The south part was formerly called Church Lane, and the north part, Silver Street. Until 1864 there was a toll gate at Campden Street.[2]
The street runs north to south from Notting Hill Gate to Kensington High Street. There are several Grade II listed Georgian and Victorian buildings.[3]
Time Out calls it "eccentrically posh".[4]
Bombing[]
On the night of the 29th August 1975, Joseph O'Connell and Eddie Butler, members of the IRA's Balcombe Street Gang placed a bomb in the doorway of a shoe shop. The bomb later exploded, killing Roger Goad, an explosives officer with the Metropolitan Police who was attempting to defuse it.[5][6]
Notable residents[]
The composer Muzio Clementi lived at Number 128 from 1820 to 1823, and is commemorated with a blue plaque.[7][8][9]
In fiction[]
The street is mentioned several times in The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G. K. Chesterton.
References[]
- ^ "The village centres around St Mary Abbots church and Notting Hill Gate | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ Weinreb, Ben, and Hibbert, Christopher (1992). The London Encyclopaedia (reprint ed.). Macmillan. p. 435.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- ^ "The London Magazine". The London Magazine. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ Out, Time (15 April 2016). "12 reasons to go to Kensington Church Street, W8". Timeout.com. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ Moysey, Steve (2013). The Road to Balcombe Street : the IRA Reign of Terror in London. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-317-85607-8. OCLC 869091705.
- ^ "CAPTAIN ROGER GOAD GC BEM". Palace Barracks memorial garden. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Clementi House :: Historic Houses Association". Hha.org.uk. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Muzio Clementi". Rbkc.gov.uk. 17 September 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
Media related to Kensington Church Street at Wikimedia Commons
- Kensington
- Shopping streets in London
- Streets in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Odonyms referring to a building
- Odonyms referring to religion