road road elephant runs london beginning road conservation area entering metropolitan borough crossing originally known renamed commemorate marriage princess anne later queen anne passing railway station road road crossroads site britain independent television built descending portland road crossing short section starting junction known leading final section britain crash prone road having crashes mile length road northernmost point begins road runs elephant castle road runs major shopping street area east street market especially busy saturdays sundays attractions include reference library labour_party headquarters local education authority victorian mathematician computer pioneer probably born road december commemorative blue plaque displayed junction road road railway station london chatham dover railway opened shut wartime constraints road transitions road enters metropolitan borough road runs adjacent railway tube station railway station conservation area preserved large houses early 19th century time book significant settlement town remained popular resort believed medicinal wells diary mentions roman filled bones uncovered intact repairs road exhibited junction traditional site annual fair held august following complaints noise high crime levels generated fair group residents bought converting park remains today victorian times focal point music hall scene number music halls opening 1850s onwards following advent cinema later television music halls fell decline closing nearby street marks site 1930s successors planned extend line south station original plans abandoned war construction completed construction began 1950s 1970s abandoned time transport london intend build extension date set crosses road originally known renamed commemorate marriage princess anne later queen anne road runs going alongside park south road passes victorian art critic author social critic lived house longer stands site block council flats immediately south twin hospitals named honour home london largest hospitals general king college london moved site original central london location psychiatric hospital believed historians designed noted architect prison designer similarity architectural style buildings original documentation relating construction houses lost destroyed proved impossible confirm immediately south railway station built rebuilt following fire station forms westward extension london network road continues southwest short stretch road running area origin disputed possibly derives nesting buried earliest known usage dates church rebuilt dramatic style gothic architect railway station southern end busy road junction opened initially southern terminus london chatham dover railway road begins railway station runs alongside park south manor house known origin built road park century building bought wealthy merchant sheriff london blades demolished building built replacement hill park building stands today hill railway station road passing station continues south past west cemetery home listed monuments triangle home grade listed building designed rebuilt cinema opened road january unusual staged live stage shows accompany films including performances animals visiting nearby park home troupe dancing girls performed interval high street starts north triangle way system runs council ward named knight hill ends south junction crown lane crown point north south area home large parade competing large super markets road including cooperative iceland summer site railway station road contains remaining covered area parliamentary survey described small common wood containing oaks originally gravel pit road begins crossroads crosses road makes sharp turn east continues sharp bend ornamental big pond intended stop horses cattle road contains prevent animals deep water conquering hero pub built pond use people stopping allow livestock use pond remains today nearby founded catholic educational institutions opened england following restoration catholic hierarchy site britain independent television built ends junction junction called south descends sharply portland road crossroads road longer hidden view petrol station demolished famous college theological college located mansion built known porter lodge estate stands lodge section mainly residential portland road portland road begins crossroads crosses south high street portland road road travels hill shops mainly passes leisure centre new leisure centre includes cafe gym swimming pool etc portland road ends left turn stay spring lane straight change june road site station new london network early history northern section road historically known goat house minister account annual rent shillings paid land earliest recorded reference area road time ran ancient woodland known origin modern place area cleared farmland 16th 17th centuries industrial development began early 19th century following construction grand surrey canal linking area river thames section canal closed london railway built canal bed modern housing development began mid-19th century following opening railway sailor station london railway opened sailor station sic listed sailor near spa lists north end street station renamed station immediately adjacent level crossing portland road london railway given parliamentary authority test experimental propulsion system railway referred time atmospheric propulsion system pumping station built portland road created vacuum pipe paralleling railway tracks extended downwards trains pipe meaning trains literally pumping station blown away pumping station built gothic style tall ornate tower served chimney exhaust vent air pumped propulsion pipe construction works atmospheric propulsion system world railway constructed north end portland road carry new atmospheric line conventional steam line atmospheric propulsion experiment abandoned following construction new lines station closed june replaced new station south road use newly extended london opened places interest earliest cinemas opened portland road cinema renamed central cinema shortly closed trace remains portland road home gold coast public house london focal point london community serves beer wine food roots routes roots known portland road mosaic metre long mosaic depicting history area railway bridge mosaic designed artists built children number local schools short road starts junction lies entirely stop road notable years having ancient lights notices london outside central london private house immediately opposite station sign taken stop railway station built serve station unusual designed horses access ramps instead steps unusually high entrances designed accommodate horse rider railway replaced station stop final road home trinity school john ends skirts nearby suburb town named historic manor edge valley country seat family situated building longer exists school fields dedicated public horse racing course james early 17th century following opening nearby railway station large numbers began travelling following pressure mayor concerned large crowds closed replaced golf course bought council given public use playing fields
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