The area had been open fields, orchards and market gardens until the 1850s but the arrival of the railway at Hammersmith ten years later changed all that and by 1890 the area from King Street to Goldhawk Road was completely built over.
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Brackenbury Village History: Caroline MacMillan – What’s in a street name?
Discover the history of family names and royal connections in your road. Location: Brackenbury Village, Hammersmith, London, W6
Caroline MacMillan: What’s in a street name?
Discover the history of family names and royal connections in your road. Location: Brackenbury Village, Hammersmith, London, W6: How often have you walked down a street and asked yourself, ‘I wonder why it’s called that?’. Hammersmith has many fascinating street names…
Local Aston Martin man: Nicholas Mee
Aston Martin man Nicholas Mee tells Jo Reynolds about Goldfinger and Goldhawk Road. How long have you been in the area? Personally, forty years, but we’ve had the business in the area since 2000 when we took over the garage…