Goldhawk Road
Goldhawk Roadis a road in west London, which starts atShepherd's Bushand travels west. There are numerous shops, restaurants and businesses lining the road, which forms the southern boundary of Shepherd's Bush Green. It is designated part of theA402 road.
History
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Goldhawk Road's name derives from one John Goldhawk, who in the late 14th century held extensive estates in Fulham.[1]
Goldhawk Road was of little note until the mid-seventeenth century, when a cottage on the street became the home ofMiles Sindercombe,aRoundheadwho in 1657 made several attempts to assassinateOliver Cromwell.Sindercombe planned to ambush the Lord Protector using a specially built machine with muskets fixed to a frame. His plan failed and Sindercombe was sentenced to death. His cottage was demolished in the 1760s.[2]
A map of London dated 1841 shows Goldhawk Road forming the southern boundary ofShepherd's Bush Green.At that time Shepherd's Bush was still largely undeveloped and chiefly rural in character, with much open farmland compared to fast-developingHammersmith,and several ponds or small lakes. Scattered buildings are shown, mostly lining the main thoroughfares ofWood Lane,Cumberland Road (now theUxbridge Road) and Goldhawk Road.[3]
From 1939 until 1999Queen Charlotte's Hospitalwas situated in Goldhawk Road.[4]
Railways
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Goldhawk Road tube stationis aLondon Undergroundstation located in theLondon Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham,on the south side of Goldhawk Road, about 250m west ofShepherd's BushGreen. It is on theHammersmith & CityandCirclelines inTravelcard Zone 2.It is also the least used station for both lines.[5]
Original 1914 station
[edit]Although the line here was opened in 1864, a station was not opened at this location until 1 April 1914, whenShepherd's Bushstation (now Shepherd's Bush Market) was moved from its original location between Uxbridge Road and Goldhawk Road, to a location on the north side of Uxbridge Road.
Stamford Brook station
[edit]Stamford Brook Underground station,though located in theLondon Borough of Hounslow,also has its main entrance in Goldhawk Road, near the Chiswick end.
In popular culture
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InRebecca,the character Mrs Danvers reveals that Dr Baker lives at "165 Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush".
InSteptoe and Son,"Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard", Harold's father, Albert, relates that he has attended seances "at Madame Fontana's on the Goldhawk Road". In the radio episode "Porn Yesterday" Albert reveals that he was photographed for a 'What the Butler Saw' in an old photographer's shed on the Goldhawk Road.
In the track "Love is a Bourgeois Construct" from their 2013 albumElectric,Pet Shop Boysreference Goldhawk Road: "I've been hanging out with various riff-raff, somewhere on the Goldhawk Road, I don't think it's gonna be much longer, 'til I'm mugging up on the penal code".[6]
In their singleGreen Fields,The Good, the Bad & the Queenreference the Goldhawk Road: "I wrote this song years ago, late at night somewhere on the Goldhawk Road. I was never sure how or why."
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^Charles James Feret,Fulham Old and New(The Leadenhall Press, London, 1900), Volume III, page 267
- ^Denny, p.51
- ^Denny, p.49
- ^"Lost Hospitals of London".myzen.co.uk.Retrieved4 October2015.
- ^Geoff Marshall (1 February 2019)."Goldhawk Road - Least Used Circle/H&C Line Station".YouTube.Retrieved14 September2022.
- ^"Lyrics: Love is a bourgeois construct".petshopboys.co.uk.Pet Shop Boys Partnership.Retrieved3 May2015.
References
[edit]- Denny, Barbara,Hammersmith and Shepherd's Bush Past,Historical Publications Ltd, London (1995),ISBN0-948667-32-X
External links
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- Shepherd's Bush Blog - Goldhawk Road buildings to be demolishedRetrieved January 2012