Abingdon Villas
Abingdon Villas is a street in Kensington, London, that runs roughly west to east from Earls Court Road to Marloes Road, with crossroads at Abingdon Road and Allen Street en route.
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Abingdon Villas Mansions in 2008 (built as Abingdon Gardens)
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Abingdon Villas (centre)
The street was developed in stages from 1852 to 1864.[1] Initially, it was just houses, although later two blocks of flats were built, Abingdon Court (1901–1903) and Abingdon Gardens (1904), and the freeholder was the politician Henry Labouchère.[1] The Abingdon pub is on the corner with Abingdon Road.
The sculptor Matthew Noble died at his home at no 43 in 1876, of pleuropneumonia.[2]
In 1876, the artist, engraver and illustrator Joseph Austin Benwell died at his home at no 13.
References
- "The Abingdon Villas and Scarsdale Villas area - British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- "'Matthew Noble', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951". University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
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