Contents

Notes on this Edition
Dedication

Introduction
Using the book
Conventions
Definitions
Format of the entries
List of Appendices

The Blitz
Civil Defence
Bombs and Rockets
Statistics
Rebuilding
Public Houses
Prefabs

Alphabetical list of streets, roads etc.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Links to jump around the main list
List of Estates
Hospitals
Cemeteries
Courts, Prisons & Markets etc.
LCC name changes not included in the PO list
Outline Map of Greater London
London Civil Defence Area
London Postal Area Map 1935
London Postal Area Map 1964
Postal Districts by name
Postal Districts by number
Cover from the 1938 PO Book
War Damage Act
Bibliography
About the author

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There has been no change to the name, size, shape or position of 14,047 entries in this list. This does not mean that they were undamaged or have not been redeveloped. It does mean they are still where they were. They look like the following examples.

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Abbeville Road, Barrington Road N8
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966

Abbeville Road, Cavendish Road SW4
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966

Abbey Farm Cottages, Twyford Abbey Road NW10
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966

Abbey Garden, Great College Street SW1
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966

Abbey Gardens, Abbey Road NW8
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966

Abbey Gardens Mews, Abbey Road NW8
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966

Abbey Grove, Bostall Manorway SE2
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966

Abbey Lane, Stratford High Street E15
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966

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The other 13,483 fall into many categories. Here is a representative sample. They are easier to understand if you have a modern map in front of you.

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Abbey Lane, West End Lane NW6
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
redeveloped away later, was opposite Mutrix Road and ran S. to Belsize Road

Abbey Lodge, Park Road NW8
1939, 1946, no, no, no, no, no
subsidiary name, still there, S. of Hanover Gate

Abbey Mews, Belsize Road NW6
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
formerly Albert Mews 1937

Abbey Orchard Street, Great Smith Street SW1
no, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
formerly Orchard Street 1940

Abbot Street, Kingsland High Street E8
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
sometimes Abbott Street

Abbots Court, Thackeray Street W8
no, no, 1950, 1954, 1958, no, no
pre-existing subsidiary name, still there, off the S.E. side

Abbot's Gardens, East End Road N2
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
hit by a V2, a number of houses damaged and repaired

Abbots Lane, Tooley Street SE1
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
formerly Stoney Lane 1937, N. part redeveloped away later, originally led to Pickle Herring Stairs, W. of Vine Lane

Abbots Park, Tulse Hill SW2
no, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
new build, the first part built c. 1940, greatly enlarged post-war

Abbot's Place, Priory Road NW6
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
formerly Abbot's Road 1938

Abbot's Road, Wakefield Street E6
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
originally connected to Barking Road

Abbotsbury Close, Abbotsbury Road W14
no, no, no, no, no, no, no
new build

Abbotsbury Road, Melbury Road W14
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
originally only ran to Oakwood Court, extended N., part in W11

Abercorn Close, Abercorn Place NW8
no, no, no, no, no, 1962, 1966
formerly Abercorn Mews South 1957, see next entry

Abercorn Mews North, Abercorn Place NW8
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, no, no
renamed Abercorn Close 1957, the LCC and maps show this as Abercorn Mews South

Adolphus Street, Payne Street SE8
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
hit by a V2, 15 houses demolished and 40 very badly damaged, redeveloped SAP, originally ran straight to Douglas Way

Admaston Road, Plumstead Common Road SE18
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
incorporating Hargor Road (as the part N. of Palmerston Crescent) 1933, hit by a V1 W. of Olven Road, 8 prefabs erected, rebuilt

Agate Street, Scott Street E16
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
on 10 September 1940 a bomb hit the N.E. end destroying South Hallsville School that was packed with 600 local shelterers and refugees whose transport had failed to arrive, the official death toll was 73 (later revised to 77) but a journalist exaggerated this number at the time, claiming that 450 died, in order to further his campaign for deep shelters, this has passed into folklore as 'the worst disaster of the Blitz' and this myth is still occasionally revived, the whole area was redeveloped, SAP S. end of Ozolin's Way, originally ran from what is now Rogers Road, in between Thorne Close and Radland Road

Albion Buildings EC1
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
there were 2 Albion Buildings in EC1, one is a subsidiary name in Back Hill, Clerkenwell Road (still there) the other was off the S. part of Bartholomew Close and redeveloped SAP Albion Way, Montague Street

Albion Court, Bigland Street E1
no, no, 1950, 1954, no, no, no
pre-existing, redeveloped as part of the Bigland Estate c. 1961, was W. of Morris Street

Alders Court, Great Arthur Street EC1
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, no
formerly Ball Court 1936, very badly damaged, redeveloped as part of the Golden Lane Estate SAP Cullum Welch House

Bagley’s Lane, New King’s Road SW6
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
formerly Brill Street 1933, N. tip damaged by a V1 that hit Avalon Road, 5 prefabs erected off the E. side, more behind, rebuilt

Bagshot Street, Albany Road SE17
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
S. end hit by a V2, 4 prefabs erected off the E. side, redeveloped later as a large block of flats, N. end redeveloped c. 1946 SAP Southborough House

Baildon Street, Douglas Way SE8
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
N. part destroyed by a V1 and redeveloped as part of Margaret McMillan Park c. 1950, originally connected to Watson’s Street via a short S.E. leg

Bailey Place, Newlands Park SE26
no, no, no, no, no, no, no
new build, infill

Clapham Common North Side SW4
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
50 prefabs erected on the Common off Long Road, returned to grass later

Clapham Common South Side SW4
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
there is an entrance to the Clapham South deep level shelter on the Common at the junction with The Avenue

Clapham Common West Side SW4
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
27 prefabs erected on the Common parallel with Leathwaite Road, returned to grass later

Dabin Crescent, Maidenstone Hill SE10
no, no, no, no, no, no, no
name approved 1956, redevelopment SAP S.E. leg of Lindsell Street, S.W. leg of Dutton Street and former prefabs

Dacca Street, Sayes Court Street SE8
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
whole street badly damaged, a V1 hit Evelyn Street to the W. and destroyed over 30 houses, whole area redeveloped c. 1962, became part of the Sayes Court Estate, enlarged SAP and that of part of Czar Street (as a new S.E. leg)

Dacre Park, Lee Terrace SE13
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
part S. of Kingswood Place formerly Turner Road 1936, E. side of this part very badly damaged, redeveloped SAP

Dacre Place, Dacre Park SE13
1939, 1946, no, no, 1958, 1962, 1966
formerly Victoria Mews 1937, still there

Dacres Road, Perry Vale SE23
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
hit by a V1 N. of Inglemere Road, rebuilt

Dagnall Street, Culvert Road SW11
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
W. part formerly Chatham Street 1937, redeveloped SAP and enlarged E. c. 1958 as part of the Battersea Park Estate

Dairy Lane, Rideout Street SE18
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
formerly Back Lane 1936, redeveloped SAP c. 1949 following very bad local damage

Dakin Street, Maroon Street E14
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
redeveloped later as part of White Horse Road Park, originally ran S. to Cayley Street

Dalby Street, Prince of Wales Road NW5
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
S. part later became part of Talacre Gardens, N. part redeveloped later SAP Wilkin Street Mews, originally ran to Wilkin Street

Dale Road, Malmesbury Road E16
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
S. part redeveloped SAP Gage Road, N. part later became part of Star Lane Park, originally ran to Star Lane

Dale Road, Grafton Road NW5
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
all but the E. tip redeveloped away later, ran to Allcroft Road S. of Vicar's Road

Dalrymple Road, Howson Road SE4
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
hit by a V1 and damaged by three others that fell nearby, 6 prefabs erected almost opposite Beecroft Road, rebuilt later as flats, 5 others further E. rebuilt as 2 blocks of maisonettes

Grosvenor Square, Grosvenor Street W1
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
outside No. 20 is a plaque recording that General Dwight D Eisenhower had his HQ here, there is a large statue of President Roosevelt in the garden

Grosvenor Terrace, Camberwell Road SE5
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
S.W. end redeveloped away later, originally ran to Farmer's Road

Grove Road, Mile End Road E3
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
S.W. side redeveloped later as new open spaces, on the railway bridge S. of Antill Road is a plaque inscribed 'The first flying bomb on London fell here, 13 June 1944'

Grove Street, Evelyn Street SE8
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
S.W. end redeveloped c. 1952 as part of the Trinity Estate, the Royal Victoria Victualling Yard on the E. side redeveloped c. 1966 as the Pepys Estate

Grove Villas, East India Dock Road E14
1939, 1946, no, no, no, no, no
destroyed, ran alongside the railway W. of Poplar Bath Street, redeveloped later SAP Vesey Path

Grovedale Road, Boothby Road N19
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
hit by a V2, junction with Boothby Road, damage replaced by flats, N.W. part redeveloped later, originally ran to Ashbrook Road

Grovelands Road, Craven Park Road N15
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
N. part became a new part of Markfield Park later, originally ran to Crowland Road

Groveside Road, Hoppett Road E4
no, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
new build

Groveway, Brixton Road SW9
no, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
aka Grove Way, formerly Grove Road 1939

Grummant Road, Peckham Road SE15
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
redeveloped and enlarged SAP c. 1956 as part of the Pelican Estate

Grundy Street, Upper North Street E14
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
E. part between Chrisp Street and St. Leonard's Road redeveloped as part of the Brownfield Estate, N. side of the centre redeveloped as part of the Lansbury Estate, originally ran to St. Leonard's Road

Guest Street, Roscoe Street EC1
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
hit by a V1, S. part redeveloped later SAP a new leg of Chequer Street

Gurnell Grove, Ruislip Road East W13
no, no, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
new build on the site of Brentside Farm, initially 122 prefabs, gradually replaced with permanent housing, on one map as Gurnwell Grove

Gurney Road, Leytonstone Road E15
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
S. side of the centre hit by a V2 that destroyed Junction Road, redeveloped as a school

Gurney Street, New Kent Road SE17
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
parts badly damaged, redeveloped away later, ran S. to Heygate Street W. of Rodney Place

Gwendwr Road, Gunterstone Road W14
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
6 prefabs erected on the S. side E. of the junction with Trevanion Road, left as a new open space after demolition

Hannah Way, Forest View Road E12
no, no, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
1 of 4 roads of prefabs off the N. side on Wanstead Flats, returned to grass early 1960's

Harrington Road, Portland Road SE25
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
5 prefabs erected on the N.W. side, redeveloped later as part of a Petrol Station and a block of flats, 4 more on the N.E. corner with Albert Road and 5 on the S.W. corner all rebuilt as low-rise flats

Hassendean Road, Charlton Road SE3
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
hit by a V1, very badly damaged, 5 prefabs erected with 6 more behind in Furzefield Road, rebuilt as Icough Court

Hassett Road, Barnabas Road E9
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
centre of the S. side badly damaged, 4 prefabs erected with 4 more behind in Ballance Road, rebuilt

Hawkley Gardens, Lancaster Avenue SE27
no, no, no, no, no, no, no
name approved 1965, redevelopment replacing prefabs

Hawkshaw Close, Tierney Road SW2
no, no, no, no, no, no, no
name approved 1959, redevelopment of prefabs called Tierney Terrace

Highams Park Estate, Tamworth Avenue IG8
a large prefab estate that existed from 1947-1961, E. of Forest Glade, although in Woodford Green it was on the border of E4 and I felt it was important enough to include, some of the road layout is still visible in the restored park

Hilly Fields Bungalows SE4
no, no, no, no, no, no, no
name approved 1945, a total of 37 prefabs built in Hilly Fields Park, see next entry, Montague Avenue and Adelaide Avenue

Hilly Fields Crescent, Tressillian Road SE4
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
18 prefabs built on the S. side, see previous entry

Jenkins Street, York Road SE1
1939, 1946, 1950, no, no, no, no
formerly College Street 1938, the wharves and depots either side were destroyed but the houses in the road were only blast damaged, redeveloped SAP the Dome of Discovery for the 1951 Festival of Britain, originally ran to the river through the middle of what is now the Shell Centre alongside what is now Jubilee Gardens

John Adam Street, Adam Street WC2
no, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
formerly John Street (E. part) and Duke Street (W. part) 1940

John Islip Street, Vauxhall Bridge Road SW1
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
formerly Roehampton Street (the part S. of Ponsonby Place) and Dundonald Street 1939, originally ran to Marsham Street, new N. part built later joining to Page Street

Keesey Street, Albany Road SE17
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
formerly Albany Street (S. part) and Providence Street (N. part) 1938, redeveloped later SAP Arklow House on the Aylesbury Estate, originally ran to Westmoreland Road

Kensington Church Street, Notting Hill Gate W8
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
formerly Church Street 1938, the bend in the middle hit by a V1, rebuilt

Lewisham High Street, Lewisham Road SE13
no, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
formerly High Street, Lewisham 1940, there is a plaque in memory of the 51 people killed by a V1 which landed on the street market W. of Lewis Grove

Lincoln's Inn Fields, Newman's Row WC2
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
HQ of the Royal Canadian Air Force Overseas 1941-46, a monument and plaque commemorate this outside No. 20-28

New Basinghall Street, London Wall EC2
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
very badly damaged, redeveloped c. 1959 SAP St. Alphage House, redeveloped again c. 2014 SAP part of London Wall Place, was opposite the N. end of original Basinghall Street and ran to Fore Street

New Bond Street, Oxford Street W1
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
in the pedestrianised section there is a life size statue of Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt sitting together on a bench to commemorate 50 years of peace

New Cross Road, Deptford High Street SE14
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
there is a plaque on the building now at the corner with St. James's remembering the destruction of Woolworths by a V2 with the loss of 168 lives

Old Church Street, Fulham Road SW3
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
formerly Church Street 1937, Roper's Gardens created in 1964 on the site of buildings at the corner with Cheyne Walk destroyed by a parachute mine, there is a plaque explaining this on one of the walls

Old Compton Street, Wardour Street W1
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
part W. of Dean Street destroyed or badly damaged, rebuilt, the Public House (originally The Swiss Tavern now called Compton's) and some buildings opposite survived

Old Court Place, Kensington High Street W8
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
incorporating Clarence Mews (as the centre part) and Clarence Place (as the part that joins to Kensington Church Street) 1937

Old Manor Lane, Rotherhithe Old Road SE16
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
redeveloped c. 1960 SAP Brydale House, ran parallel with Rotherhithe New Road

Old Market Square, Baroness Road E2
no, no, no, no, no, no, no
name approved 1964, redevelopment of Columbia Market

Old Park Lane, Piccadilly W1
no, no, no, no, no, no, 1966
formerly the S. end of Park Lane, which was re-routed during dualling and road improvements at Hyde Park Corner

Wapping High Street, Thomas More Street E1
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
formerly High Street, Wapping 1936, in the Hermitage Memorial Riverside Garden is a sculpture 'in memory of the East London civilians who were killed and injured in the Second World War, 1939 - 1945, and of the suffering of those who lost relatives, friends and homes', the garden is built on the site of Hermitage Wharf, destroyed during the raid on 29 December 1940

XX Place, Globe Road E1
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, no
local redevelopment, was behind (N. of) Bethnal Green Station - a great shame, Twenty Place was the one and only place in London ever to have begun with an X

Yalford Street, Fieldgate Street E1
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
local area redeveloped, reduced to an access yard, was between Greenfield Road and Plumbers Row

Yattan Street, Uamvar Street E14
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
damaged throughout, redeveloped away later, originally ran to Teviot Street N. of Zetland Street

Yeovil Place, Yeovil Street SW8
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, no
redeveloped as part of the Patmore Estate, ran to Minshull Street

Yeovil Street, Acre Street SW8
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, no
very badly damaged, redeveloped as part of Carey Gardens, was N.E. of Minshull Street

Zampa Road, Ilderton Road SE16
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
7 prefabs erected on bomb damaged plots, junction with Bolina Road, removed c. 1966 and became part of Senegal Field park, mostly redeveloped later as a new part of Bolina Road when Millwall’s ground was built, only the W. part remains

Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park NW1
1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
the Elephants had been sent to Whipsnade and the 'dangerous' snakes put down, all the other inhabitants remained and survived the Blitz unscathed, the rest of Regent's Park was hit by numerous bombs and ten V1s, two others landed in the canal

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