IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Palmers Road, LONDON, SW14 7NB
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Palmers Road, SW14 7NB by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (129 Images Found)
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St Leonards Road, SW14
Seen on an afternoon in late January.
Image: © Stefan Czapski
Taken: 28 Jan 2016
0.04 miles
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Mortlake or Sheen ? St Leonards Road, SW14
Showing some of the earliest housing to survive in this area - quite possibly pre-dating the arrival of the railway in 1846. These days local residents may well refer to this area as Sheen, but the name of the local station - just a couple of minutes' walk away - is Mortlake.
As I have noted before http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2518817 place names around here have wandered over the centuries. The name Mortlake once referred to a distinct riverside settlement, while East Sheen was a hamlet on higher ground further south, towards Richmond Park. In the course of the 19th century the heart of old Mortlake was redeveloped as a huge brewery, while - somewhat later - residential development took place along the Upper Richmond Road, with a focus at what became 'Sheen shops'. These days 'Mortlake' has for the most part been swallowed up by Sheen, though the name re-asserts itself a couple of times each year - for the varsity Boat Race and the Head of the River.
Image: © Stefan Czapski
Taken: 14 Nov 2014
0.04 miles
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Houses in St Leonards Road, Mortlake
Pictured on a bright afternoon in early December.
Image: © Stefan Czapski
Taken: 4 Dec 2019
0.07 miles
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Mortlake Station
Looking towards Richmond.
Image: © David Purchase
Taken: 16 Sep 2012
0.07 miles
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The Model Cottages, Mortlake
For pedestrians, this path provides a north-south link from St Leonard's Road, by way of Waitrose's car park, to Upper Richmond Road West.
The Model Cottages line the path on either side. It is clear from the name that they were a product of the 19th century philanthropic movement which set out to improve the 'morals' of the poor by offering them decent dwellings. Overcrowding, in particular, was seen as a source of moral danger. Trees and shrubs obscure the view, but I think you can see that the cottages are by no means tiny - this was no high density development.
A resident told me that the Cottages were built for 'the working poor' over a 30-year period from the 1840's. I wonder whether people moved here from the old centre of Mortlake, which was just a few minutes walk away, by the river. Little trace now remains there of the old medieval street plan http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2518817 but the picture must have been very different 150 years ago.
Image: © Stefan Czapski
Taken: 16 Dec 2011
0.07 miles
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An old terrace near the station
A terrace of nice old houses photographed from on the platform at Mortlake Station.
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp
Taken: 26 Feb 2020
0.08 miles
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Juniper unit through Mortlake
A class 458 "Juniper" electric unit passes through Mortlake station on a semi-fast service to Waterloo. For a short history of these units see Image
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 11 Dec 2003
0.09 miles