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Dawes Road, London
Dawes Road or the A3219 is a street in Fulham, London. It runs roughly west to east from Munster Road to North End Road, Fulham, North End Road. The Doll's Hospital at no 16 was a toy shop and the scene of a triple murder in 1948. References {{Coord, 51.48100, -0.20810, region:GB_type:landmark, display=title Fulham Streets in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulham Baptist Church, Dawes Road - Geograph
Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea, London, Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth, Putney, Barn Elms and the London Wetland Centre in Barnes, London, Barnes. on the far side of the river. First recorded by name in 691, Fulham was a manor and ancient parish which originally included Hammersmith. Between 1900 and 1965, it was the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham, before its merger with the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith created the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (known as the London Borough of Hammersmith from 1965 to 1979). The district is split between the W postcode area, western and SW postcode area, south-western postal areas. Fulham has a history of industry and enterprise dating back to the 15th century, with pottery, tapestry-weaving, paper-making and brewing in the 17th and 18th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulham
Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth, Putney, Barn Elms and the London Wetland Centre in Barnes. on the far side of the river. First recorded by name in 691, Fulham was a manor and ancient parish which originally included Hammersmith. Between 1900 and 1965, it was the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham, before its merger with the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith created the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (known as the London Borough of Hammersmith from 1965 to 1979). The district is split between the western and south-western postal areas. Fulham has a history of industry and enterprise dating back to the 15th century, with pottery, tapestry-weaving, paper-making and brewing in the 17th and 18th centuries in present-day Fulham High Street, and later inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munster Road
Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into counties for administrative and judicial purposes. In later centuries, local government legislation has seen further sub-division of the historic counties. Munster has no official function for local government purposes. For the purposes of the ISO, the province is listed as one of the provincial sub-divisions of the State ( ISO 3166-2:IE) and coded as "IE-M". Geographically, Munster covers a total area of and has a population of 1,364,098, with the most populated city being Cork. Other significant urban centres in the province include Limerick and Waterford. History In the early centuries AD, Munster was the domain of the Iverni peoples and the Clanna Dedad famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North End Road, Fulham
North End Road is a street in West Kensington and Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It starts at Hammersmith Road (the A315), close to the Olympia exhibition centre, and runs south to Fulham Road (the A304), near Fulham Broadway. Its main junctions are with the A4 at West Kensington tube station, and with Lillie Road Lillie Road is a street in the north of Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. A mixed residential and commercial road, it is the westerly continuation of Old Brompton Road, running from Lillie Bridge to the A219 Fulham Palace ... near the Clem Attlee Estate. The street is signed as the B317 for its entire length except for the short final section between Dawes Road and Fulham Road, which is part of the A3219. South of Lillie Road, there is the North End Road street market, which has been in operation since the late 19th century. References External links * {{coord, 51.487822, -0.203725, display=title Fulham S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Doll's Hospital
The Doll's Hospital (or Dolls' Hospital) was a toy shop at 16 Dawes Road, Fulham, London that was in operation for over 100 yearsLewis, Ron, Blood-Curdling History of a Doll's Hospital, Middlesex County Times - Friday 25 August 1989, page 13, via British Newspaper Archive and repaired dolls sent by postal mail. The business eventually acquired an international reputation for its restoration workshop, including media coverage in the ''Illustrated Sydney News'', "Patients are admitted for broken heads, or fractured limbs, loss of hair, eyes, nose, teeth, fingers, hands, toes, and wasting away of the body. Operations take place every day between 9am and 8pm." In 1948, the owners of the Doll's Hospital building were victims of the serial killer John Haigh, the so-called Acid Bath Murderer, who was himself hanged the following year. History In the 1800s, a "doll's hospital" opened in the nearby Fulham Road. The hospital eventually came into possession of Herbert Wicks. In 1937, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
