 In the early nineteenth century the Ladbroke family were the principal landowners in Kensington, then a largely rural area on the western edges of London.The Ladbroke Estate was located north of the Uxbridge Road (now Notting Hill Gate and Holland Park Avenue), and development of the land began in 1821, continuing until the 1870s.Around six architects and many more property speculators were involved in developing the final layout of the area.