EAW005240 ENGLAND (1947). Victoria Station and environs, Westminster, 1947

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Title [EAW005240] Victoria Station and environs, Westminster, 1947
Reference EAW005240
Date 29-April-1947
Link
Place name WESTMINSTER
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 528732, 178655
Longitude / Latitude -0.14549956168931, 51.491681749474
National Grid Reference TQ287787

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These circular clearings in the rubble could be from WW2 Emergency Water Supplies that have been cleared away themselves before this photo was taken.

Matt Aldred edob.mattaldred.com
Thursday 19th of May 2022 03:05:11 PM
Sutherland Place

Matt Aldred edob.mattaldred.com
Thursday 19th of May 2022 03:01:52 PM
Sutherland Terrace

Matt Aldred edob.mattaldred.com
Thursday 19th of May 2022 03:01:39 PM

brianbeckett
Sunday 19th of July 2020 05:46:27 PM
Eccleston Hotel in 1947. Double room in 1960 was £3.3s.0d - i.e. £3.15p. Now Premier Inn Victoria.

brianbeckett
Sunday 19th of July 2020 05:44:59 PM
The Gosvenor Club, Demolished in the 1950s

brianbeckett
Sunday 19th of July 2020 01:34:54 PM
Russian Church, demolished in the 1950s

brianbeckett
Friday 17th of July 2020 09:22:28 PM
Russian Church, demolished in the 1950s

brianbeckett
Friday 17th of July 2020 09:21:42 PM
This loco will bank/assist the train up Grosvenor bank, it will be the loco that hauled the empty stock into the station.

Leslie B
Saturday 11th of January 2020 08:06:25 PM
Alderney Street, 16/06/2015

Class31
Friday 19th of June 2015 04:39:15 PM
Eccleston Square, 16/06/2015

Class31
Friday 19th of June 2015 04:33:32 PM
St. Stephen's Church, Rochester Row, 21/05/2014

Class31
Saturday 31st of January 2015 10:16:06 PM
Victoria Palace Theatre, 24/11/2014

Class31
Saturday 31st of January 2015 10:10:49 PM
Imperial Airways Empire Terminal now the National Audit Office, Buckingham Palace Road, 23/09/2014

Class31
Saturday 31st of January 2015 10:04:05 PM
BOAC London Terrminal when this picture taken!

brianbeckett
Thursday 28th of May 2020 09:13:05 PM
Ebury Square Gardens, 23/09/2014

Class31
Saturday 31st of January 2015 10:03:22 PM
St. Barnabas' Church, 23/09/2014

Class31
Saturday 31st of January 2015 10:02:22 PM
Victoria Coach Station

brianbeckett
Wednesday 15th of October 2014 10:19:09 AM
Green Park Broadwalk

Alan McFaden
Wednesday 16th of July 2014 07:18:56 PM
"Son of Dracula" showing at the New Victoria Cinema.

Robin
Friday 29th of November 2013 11:51:49 PM
London Transport's Victoria (Gillingham Street)(GM) bus garage. Now (2013) Sainsburys with accommodation above.

Robin
Friday 29th of November 2013 11:36:41 PM
Constitution Hill

Alan McFaden
Thursday 7th of November 2013 10:45:58 AM
Victoria Street

Alan McFaden
Thursday 7th of November 2013 10:45:08 AM
Victoria Station Concourse

Alan McFaden
Thursday 7th of November 2013 10:44:16 AM
Victoria Railway Station

Alan McFaden
Thursday 7th of November 2013 10:43:39 AM
Saint James's Park

Alan McFaden
Thursday 7th of November 2013 10:42:22 AM
Buckingham Palace

Alan McFaden
Thursday 7th of November 2013 10:41:34 AM
Westminster Cathedral

Alan McFaden
Thursday 7th of November 2013 10:40:38 AM
Buckingham palace

bescotbeast
Thursday 7th of November 2013 07:54:09 AM
New Victoria Cinema (now the Apollo Victoria theatre)

bescotbeast
Thursday 7th of November 2013 07:52:15 AM
Southern P.M.V vans

bescotbeast
Thursday 7th of November 2013 07:43:47 AM
Watney brewery

topsy
Wednesday 6th of November 2013 08:17:24 PM
A Brighton line electric train approaching the station. Most of the trains in the sidings would appear to be electric sets.

Maurice
Wednesday 6th of November 2013 06:21:18 PM
The 'Brighton' carriage yard without a shed while on the other side of the line is the 'South Eastern' carriage yard with a shed that extended nearly all the way to The River.

Maurice
Wednesday 6th of November 2013 06:13:23 PM
Victoria was still very much two stations at this time.... See my comments on EPW024754 Here we have the 'Brighton' turntable and loco yard. On the opposite side we have the 'South Eastern' turntable and loco yard for watering a coaling engines between duties. Both these facilities were still busy, especially the South Eastern one despite many services out of Victoria being electric trains.

Maurice
Wednesday 6th of November 2013 06:11:32 PM
The Southern Railways first act at this station was to "knock a hole in the wall". That is combine both sides of the station into one.

John Wass
Wednesday 23rd of July 2014 07:16:34 PM
The Palace Hotel, completed in 1862

MB
Wednesday 6th of November 2013 04:59:30 PM
Cleared bomb sites

MB
Wednesday 6th of November 2013 04:58:10 PM
Cleared bomb sites - it appears

MB
Wednesday 6th of November 2013 04:57:35 PM
Yes, following the devastation of Sutherland Terrace on 16-17 April 1941. The West End at War website has a description of this event (but the red pointer on their Google map is mislocated).



The circular objects at ground level are temporary water tanks.



The area was redeveloped as Abbots Manor Estate, named after the manor house of the Abbot of St Peter's (Westminter Abbey) who owned the land before Henry VIII had other ideas.



The manor house was also known as the Neate House, giving rise to the historical name of this district and its market gardens.



It's a little surprising that there isn't a Neathouse Street in the immediate vicinity to mark that history.

Robin
Saturday 30th of November 2013 12:15:06 AM
55 Broadway, London Underground's Art Deco headquarters until 2015, when the building will be converted to residential accommodation

MB
Wednesday 6th of November 2013 04:56:27 PM
The Goring Hotel, 15 Beeston Place

MB
Wednesday 6th of November 2013 04:52:55 PM
The Grosvenor Hotel

MB
Wednesday 6th of November 2013 04:51:24 PM
Steam locomotive - a Southern Railway tank engine

MB
Wednesday 6th of November 2013 04:49:46 PM
Looks like a 'Brighton' I1 or I2 class 4-4-2T which has been allocated to station pilot duties on the former South Eastern. Not surprising as they were not the best engines on the open road!

Maurice
Wednesday 6th of November 2013 06:18:43 PM
Victoria signalbox

MB
Wednesday 6th of November 2013 04:48:56 PM
A Bullied Pacific in original streamlined form in Southern Railway livery: it would be some years after Nationalisation that British Railways rebuilt a good number of these locomotives and in the process removed the streamlined casing

MB
Wednesday 6th of November 2013 04:48:23 PM
As yet un-named (no nameplates on the side of the air smoothed casing) and judging by the name possible a West Country rather than a Merchant Navy.



Maurice
Wednesday 6th of November 2013 06:16:10 PM
These locomotives were never classed as being "streamlined" but "air smoothed". The real reason for the cladding was to enable them to be taken through the coach washing plants.

John Wass
Saturday 31st of January 2015 09:26:04 PM
Locomotive turntable

MB
Wednesday 6th of November 2013 04:46:21 PM
Westminster Cathedral

MB
Wednesday 6th of November 2013 04:45:10 PM
Roman Catholic cathedral

bescotbeast
Thursday 7th of November 2013 07:52:51 AM

User Comment Contributions

Victoria Palace Theatre, 04/08/2014

Class31
Saturday 31st of January 2015 10:12:37 PM
Victoria Railway Station, 23/09/2014

Class31
Saturday 31st of January 2015 10:07:42 PM
The Grosvenor Hotel, Buckingham Palace Road, 23/09/2014

Class31
Saturday 31st of January 2015 10:06:55 PM
Victoria Coach Station, Buckingham Palace Road, 23/09/2014

Class31
Saturday 31st of January 2015 10:06:03 PM
Victoria Coach Station, Buckingham Palace Road, 23/09/2014

Class31
Saturday 31st of January 2015 10:05:18 PM
Le Tour de France, Stage 3, Buckingham Palace, 07/07/2014 Not many bikes to be seen.

Class31
Wednesday 9th of July 2014 11:31:40 AM