| Name | Door Number | Role in the War |
|---|---|---|
| Frederick G Cook | 5 | Member of the forces |
| George J Claridge | 9 | Member of the forces |
| Herbert Brookhouse | 11 | Member of the forces |
| Gwendolyn M George | 17 | Member of the forces |
| Eric C.H Lancaster | 23 | Member of the forces |
| Archibald S N Ellis | 25 | Member of the forces |
| Frederick Smith | 25 | Member of the forces |
| William J Malcolm | 27 | Member of the forces |
| Sydney W Fanthorpe | 52 | Member of the forces |
| Horace P Giraud | 46 | Member of the forces |
| Thomas E Brittain | 34 | Member of the forces |
| Stella M Whelan | 32 | Member of the forces |
| Charles F Dougherty | 28A | Member of the forces |
| Ronald J Dougherty | 28A | Member of the forces |
| Marguerite A Gosma | 6 | Member of the forces |
Site Map
- #40 (no title)
- Contact Me
- The History Of Each Street
- Bombing and War
- The first day of the Blitz – The impact on this area
- This area in the Blitz – Bomb Incidents Sept 1940 to May 1941
- #2249 (no title)
- Bombing incidents within our area from 1940
- Friday 1st November 1940 – South Island Place & Crewdson Road
- Friday 27th December 1940 – South Island Place, Crewdson Road, Glenshaw Mansions, Brixton Road, Christ Church, Russell Hotel, Caldwell Street
- Friday 27th September 1940 – Freeman’s 139 Clapham Road
- Saturday 14th September 1940 – Prima and Offley Road
- Saturday 7th September 1940 – Caldwell Street, Cranworth Gardens, Southey Road, Brixton Road
- Sunday 10th November 1940 – 18 & 20 South Island Place
- Sunday 8th December 1940 – Caldwell Street, Liberty Street & Hackford Road
- Thursday 26th September 1940 – Hackford Road, Liberty Street, Caldwell Street, Crewdson Road & Brixton Road
- Tuesday 1st October 1940 – Crewdson Road & South Island Place
- Wednesday 25th September 1940 – Sweetings Timber yard – Offley Road
- Wednesday 27th November 1940 – Cranworth Gardens
- Bombing incidents within our area from 1941
- Friday 4th April 1941 – Crewdson Road – An update on previous damage
- Saturday 19th April 1941 – Cranworth Gardens, Hillyard Street & Russell Hotel
- Saturday 25th January 1941 – Crewdson Road – Update on previous damage
- Thursday 13th March 1941 – South Island Place – An update on previous damage
- Thursday 17th April 1941 – South Island Place & Caldwell Street
- Thursday 24th April 1941 – Sweetings Wood Yard
- Wednesday 16th April 1941 – Brixton Road, Decca Shelter, Offley Road
- Bombing incidents within our area from 1940
- #2486 (no title)
- Brixton Road Bomb Incidents
- Caldwell Street Bomb Incidents
- Clapham Road Bomb Incidents
- Cranworth Gardens Bomb Incidents
- Crewdson Road Bomb Incidents
- Hackford Road Bomb Incidents
- Hillyard Street Bomb Incidents
- Liberty Street Bomb Incidents
- Offley Road Bomb Incidents
- Prima Road Bomb Incidents
- South Island Place Bomb Incidents
- #2249 (no title)
- Aerial photographs of the Oval History area in 1945
- Local Service Registers – Who went to war and where did they live?
- Our streets at war – A street by street guide
- Maps
- Historical maps of this area
- 1648 – Brixton Hundred Map, Extract from ‘Surria Vernacule Surrey
- 1809 – Laurie and Whittle New Map of London with its Environs, including the Recent Improvements from 1809
- 1820 – Pigot & Co.’s Metropolitan Guide & Miniature Plan Of London c1820
- 1836 – Plan of London and Westminster with the Borough of Southwark being an index to the large plan in forty sheets
- 1837 – Cary’s New Plan Of London And Its Vicinity 1837
- 1840 – London and Its Environs, Map of North Lambeth
- 1844 – Laurie’s Map of London
- 1850 – Cross’s New Plan Of London
- 1857 – Kelly’s Post Office Directory Map Of London
- 1859 – North Lambeth
- 1876 – Vauxhall Ward, Lambeth, 1876
- 1908 – Bartholomew’s Handy Reference Atlas Of London & Suburbs 1908
- 1918 – Vassall and Oval Wards, Lambeth, 1918
- The area that Oval History covers
- Historical maps of this area
- Photographs
- Our Streets In The News
- Site Search
- Recent Updates Blog
- Resources, Sources & Links
- Historical Local Businesses
- Exciting Charity Event at Kennington Oval – 7th November 2012
- Price & King’s Veterinary Practice and Quarantine Station
- Special feature: This area in Kelly’s Directory 1881 with added Census and map information
- Special feature: Kelly’s Directory 1881 with added Census and map information – Street List
- Brixton Road Kelly’s Directory 1881
- Number 114 Brixton Road 1881 – E Pickard, Cowkeeper
- Number 116 Brixton Road 1881 – The Russell Public House
- Number 118 Brixton Road 1881 – Alfred Barwick, Livery Stables
- Number 126 Brixton Road 1881 – Richard Maxwell, Coal Merchant
- Number 128 Brixton Road 1881 – Frederick Eavestaff, South London School Of Music
- Number 130a Brixton Road 1881 – Mrs Hamilton, Dressmaker. The London Kilting Co.
- Number 134 Brixton Road 1881 – Gilbert Hamilton Wilkins, Surgeon
- Number 136 Brixton Road 1881 – James Star, Builder & Plumber
- Number 144 Brixton Road 1881 – Robert Gibson Brown, Surgeon
- Number 150 Brixton Road 1881 – Mrs M C Timmis, Ladies School
- Caldwell Street – Historical Local Businesses
- Number 11 Holland Street 1881 – Mat Hubbard, Gardener
- Number 15 Holland Street 1881 – Mrs G P Mundey, Jobmaster
- Number 18 Holland Street 1881 – George Johnson, Oil & Colour Man
- Number 20 Holland Street 1881 – George Olson, Grocer
- Number 22 Holland Street 1881 – Walter Finch, Baker
- Number 29 Holland Street 1881 – James Curtis, Carpenter
- Number 34 Holland Street 1881 – Charles Walter Weedon, Decorator
- Number 45a Holland Street 1881 – Roe & Merchant, Aerated Water Works
- Number 46 Holland Street 1881 – George Butler, Cab Proprietor
- Number 50 Holland Street 1881 – Miss Eleanor Page, Haberdasher
- Number 52 Holland Street 1881 – Thomas Sweeting, Undertaker
- Number 55 Holland Street 1881 – Edward Gething, Timber Merchant
- Number 56 & 58 Holland Street 1881 – Ebenezer Gunn, Harness Maker
- Number 57 Holland Street 1881 – William Wells, Carpenter
- Number 12 Holland Street 1881 – Chas Bennet, Architect
- Number 17 Holland Street 1881 – Emma Beardsell, Dressmaker
- Number 19 Holland Street 1881 – Richard William Jones, Architect
- Number 1a Holland Street 1881 – Ann Carter, Servants Registry
- Number 2 Holland Street 1881 – Conrad Ehrensperger, Colour Manufactory
- Number 25 Holland Street 1881 – Elizabeth Taylor, Dressmaker
- Number 30 Holland Street 1881 – George Richard Worcester, Collar Dresser
- Number 31 Holland Street 1881 – Lord Holland Public House, Landlord – Robert Bilbie
- Number 33 Holland Street 1881 – H Y Pitts, House Decorator
- Number 42 Holland Street 1881 – Robert Richer, Gardener
- Number 45 Holland Street 1881 – Miss M Walker, Dressmaker
- Number 48 Holland Street 1881 – Mrs E Lumley, Grocer
- Number 51 Holland Street 1881 – Edward George Barnard, Bootmaker
- Number 54 Holland Street 1881 – John Dock, Bootmaker
- Number 59 Holland Street 1881 – H Y Harris, Furniture Dealer
- Number 60 Holland Street 1881 – David Gracie, Coffee House
- Number 7 Holland Street 1881 – William Moore, Farrier and George Stokes, Bookbinder
- Number 9 Holland Street 1881 – William Tanner, Jobmaster
- Hackford Road – Historical Local Businesses
- About Hackford Road
- Number 10 Hackford Road – Miss A Walter, Laundry
- Number 119 Hackford Road – Henry Thorn, Florist
- Number 12 Hackford Road – Richard Matthews, Yeast Merchant
- Number 14 Hackford Road – J Hanland, Upholsterer
- Number 15 Hackford Road – John Smith, Grocer
- Number 16 Hackford Road – John Porter, Tailor
- Number 17 Hackford Road – Mrs Mary Ann Batters, Cowkeeper
- Number 21 Hackford Road – Thomas Rooks, Shopkeeper
- Number 22 Hackford Road – Robert Parker, Greengrocer
- Number 23 Hackford Road – Mark Holmes, Beer Retailer
- Number 24 Hackford Road – Henry Frost, Wireworker
- Number 27 Hackford Road – Henry Hayes, Marine Store Dealer
- Number 33 Hackford Road – Mrs Elizabeth Mold, Laundress
- Number 35 Hackford Road – South London Congregational Church
- Number 37 Hackford Road – Robert Belcher, Newsagent
- Number 38 Hackford Road – William Pavey, Decorator
- Number 39 Hackford Road – Tedd Edward, Bootmaker
- Number 41 Hackford Road – Charles Orme, Confectioner
- Number 44 Hackford Road – Miss Elizabeth Harriet Isaacson, Laundress
- Number 46 Hackford Road – George Percy Mundey, Livery Stables
- Number 5 Hackford Road – Richard Webber, Stonemason
- Number 8 Hackford Road – Willam Mayo, Wheelright
- Number 80 Hackford Road – William Frederick Allen, Cab Proprietor
- Number 87 Hackford Road – Mrs Sarah Ursula Loyer, Ladies School
- Number 9 Hackford Road – Thomas Cole, Gardener
- Number 95 Hackford Road – Mrs Sarah Wigginton, General Shopkeeper
- Hillyard Street – Historical Local Businesses
- Brixton Tabernacle
- Number 27 Russell Street 1881 – Mrs Harriet, Midwife
- Number 28 Russell Street 1881 – Joseph Parker, Beer Retailer
- Number 51 Russell Street 1881 – Richard Lamprell, Carpenter
- Number 1 Russell Street 1881 – Jeremiah Ryan, Tailor
- Number 2 Russell Street 1881 – Henry Cornish, Umbrella Maker
- Number 5 Russell Street 1881 – Isaac Beale, Bootmaker
- Number 6 Russell Street 1881 – Edward Carey, Whitesmith (Tinsmith)
- Number 8 Russell Street 1881 – Alfred Boulton, Builder
- Number 11 Russell Street 1881 – William Sandford, Dairy
- Number 9 Russell Street 1881 – James Parren, Greengrocer
- Number 13 Russell Street 1881 – Caroline Champion, General Grocer
- Number 15 Russell Street 1881 – John Law, Baker
- Number 20 Russell Street 1881 – Isaac Stokes, Bookbinder
- Southey Road – Historical Local Businesses
- About Southey Road
- Number 22 Southey Road 1881 – Alfred Armstrong, Solicitor
- Number 3 Southey Road 1881 – Henry Cornelius, Decorator
- Number 3 Southey Road 1881 – Mrs Fanny Martin, Bible Depot
- Number 5 Southey Road 1881 – North Brixton Hall
- Number 7 Southey Road 1881 – John William Glennie, House Decorator
- Brixton Road Kelly’s Directory 1881
- Special feature: Kelly’s Directory 1881 with added Census and map information – Street List
- Streets brought back to life: This area in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Brixton Road
- #3910 (no title)
- Brixton Road – East Side
- Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- 68 to 94 Brixton Road – Now Demolished and re-numbered – the following businesses stood on the site of Glenshaw Mansions
- Number 10 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 12 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 14 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 16 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 18 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 2 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 20 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 22 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 26 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 28 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 30 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 32 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 32a Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 34 & 34a Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1894
- Number 34 which was originally 36 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 36 which was originally 38 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 38 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 38a which is now the side door to number 36 in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 4 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 40 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 42 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 44 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 46 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 48 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 50 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 52 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 54 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 56 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 58 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 6 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 60 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 60a Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 62 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 62a Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 64 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 64a Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 66 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 66a Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 68 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1903 to 1928
- Number 70 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1903 to 1928
- Number 72 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1903 to 1928
- Number 74 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1903 to 1928
- Number 76 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1903 to 1928
- Number 78 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1903 to 1928
- Number 8 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1881 to 1928
- Number 80 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1903 to 1928
- Number 84 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1903 to 1928
- Number 86 Brixton Road in Kelly’s Directories 1903 to 1928
- What are Kelly’s Directories and how does this section work?
- Number 2 to Number 20 Brixton Road
- Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 1 to 3 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 100 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 113 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 117 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 119 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 12 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 13 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 13 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 15 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 17 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 21 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 23 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 27 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 30 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 37 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 39 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 41 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 46 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 6 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 70 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 8 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 80 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 80, 96, 98 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 87 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 9 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 95 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- 99 Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- Ebeneezer Chapel Hackford Road 1881 to 1928
- Brixton Road
- The History of 66a Brixton Road – Schmidt’s/Wilson’s The Bakers
- Local Pubs
- Local Memories
- Pearl’s Memories – Albert Square, Stockwell Park Crescent, Richbourne Terrace and many more streets
- Dee’s memories – Durand Gardens, Clapham Road, Liberty Street
- Linda’s memories – Clapham Road, Brixton Road, Freeman’s
- David Moorhouse’s Memories – Morat Street, Caldwell Street, Reay School, Hackford Road
- Eileen’s Memories – Cranworth Gardens, Hackford Road, Durand School
- John’s memories – Morat Street, Hackford Road, Russell Hotel, Sweetings Funerals
- Jackie’s memories – Brixton Road, South Island Place, Liberty Street
- Michelle’s memories – Hackford Road, Morat Street, Caldwell Street, Hillyard Street, Brixton Road, The Russell Hotel
- Mike’s Memories – Brixton Road, South Island Place, Morat Street, Groveway, Wilson’s
- David’s memories – Crewdson Road
- Peter’s memories – Claylands Road, Offley Road
- Zoe’s Memories – Durand Gardens, Hackford Road
- Sue’s Memories – Mowll Street
- Cranworth Gardens – The Story Of A Street
- #3971 (no title)
- Census
- John Cecil Constable – Medical Register Records
- Part 1 – Where is it, when was it built and why the name Cranworth Gardens?
- Part 2 – Why was it built and what was there before?
- Part 3 – The building of the street
- Part 4 – Architecture and Layout
- Part 4 – Architecture, design and layout
- Part 5 – Who were the first tenants?
- Part 5 – What number was your flat? A guide to the re-numbering
- Part 6 – Cranworth Gardens on the 1901 Census – Who were the first tenants?
- Part 7 – Cranworth Gardens on the 1901 Census in Statistics and Numbers
- Part 8 – What did the first tenants do for a living? A list of professions
- Part 9 – Who lived in your flat? – Cranworth Gardens On The 1911 Census
- 1 to 6 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 103 to 108 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 109 to 114 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 115 to 120 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 121 to 126 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 127 to 132 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 13 to 18 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 133 to 138 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 139 to 144 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 145 to 150 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 19 to 24 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 25 to 30 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 31 to 36 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 37 to 42 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 43 to 48 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 43 to 48 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 49 to 54 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 55 to 60 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 61 to 66 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 67 to 69 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 7 to 12 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 70 to 75 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 76 to 81 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 82 to 84 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 85 to 90 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 91 to 96 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- 97 to 102 Cranworth Gardens 1911
- The Music Hall Stars of Cranworth Gardens
- Part 10 – Cranworth Gardens on the 1911 Census in Statistics and Numbers
- Part 11 – The professions of Cranworth Gardens 1911
- Part 12 – The killing of Lilly Othen
- Part 14 – Cranworth Gardens on the Electoral Registers 1921 to 1964
- Cranworth Gardens Electoral Register 1921
- Cranworth Gardens Electoral Register 1958
- Cranworth Gardens Electoral Register 1929
- Cranworth Gardens Electoral Register 1933
- Cranworth Gardens Electoral Register 1938
- Cranworth Gardens Electoral Register 1945
- Cranworth Gardens Electoral Register 1951
- Cranworth Gardens Electoral Register 1964
- Part 15 – Cranworth Gardens Bomb Incidents
- Part 16 – Who lived in your flat? Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 1 to 6 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 7 to 12 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 13 to 18 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 19 to 24 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 25 to 30 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 31 to 36 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 37 to 42 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 43 to 48 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 49 to 54 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 55 to 60 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 61 to 66 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 67 to 69 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 70 to 75 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 76 to 81 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 82 to 84 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 85 to 90 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 91 to 96 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 97 to 102 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 103 to 108 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 109 to 114 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 115 to 120 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 121 to 126 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 127 to 132 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 133 to 138 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 139 to 144 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- 145 to 150 Cranworth Gardens on the 1939 Register
- Part 13: The Murder of Cock-Eyed Maisie