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    The Kensington Canal was a canal, about two miles long, opened in 1828 in London from the River Thames on the parish boundary between Chelsea and Fulham...
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    converting a section of Counter's Creek into the Kensington Canal. It was not a success. Eventually the canal was filled in, and in mid 19th century it became...
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    Trinity Brompton in 1829. It served a wide area from the Kensington Canal in the west to the Kensington Turnpike in the north. The first incumbent, one Percival...
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    into a two-mile canal. It was to have a basin, a lock and wharves, to be known as the Kensington Canal, and link the Grand Union Canal with the Thames...
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    was then being developed into the Kensington Canal), and the new canal bridge, built by Gunter. To service the canal and wharf construction on land that...
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    the North End wharves of the planned Kensington Canal, thus obviating passage through Hammersmith and Kensington, or following the entire loop of the...
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    Counter's Creek (category Canals in England)
    Old and New vol. ii, 1900 The Kensington Canal, railways and related developments, Survey of London: volume 42: Kensington Square to Earl's Court (1986)...
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  • West London Railway (category Transport in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea)
    Birmingham Railway and the Great Western Railway with the Kensington Basin of the Kensington Canal, enabling access to and from London docks for the carriage...
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    West Brompton (category Districts of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea)
    Road. Meanwhile, the Kensington Canal turned out to be a financial fiasco for its backers trying to link the Grand Union Canal and the burgeoning railways...
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    West London line (category Transport in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea)
    (GWR) on the level, to the Kensington Canal Basin. For about twelve years, the railway ran alongside the Kensington Canal, formerly Counter's Creek, a...
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    the County of Middlesex. In connection with the development of the Kensington Canal on the northern boundary of Fulham parish, Sir John Scott Lillie built...
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    – an illustrated history. Popular Press. ISBN 9780879725327. "The Kensington Canal, railways and related developments". Survey of London. 42: 322–338...
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    Lillie Bridge (Fulham) (category Buildings and structures in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea)
    was built in its place, when Counter's Creek was converted into the Kensington Canal in 1826. It opened for trade in 1828. Remnants of the bridge beneath...
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    of Kensington and Chelsea and partly Brent and Westminster. The names North Kensington and Ladbroke Grove describe the same area. North Kensington is...
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    was the instigator of the infamous Kensington Canal. Kensington was the son of William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington, who represented Haverfordwest in...
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    The following list of canals in the United Kingdom, includes some systems that are navigable rivers with sections of canal (e.g. Aire and Calder Navigation)...
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    Retrieved 9 December 2023. "The Kensington Canal, railways and related developments". Survey of London: Volume 42, Kensington Square To Earl's Court, pp....
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  • Earl's Court (category Districts of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea)
    A two-mile conversion of the insanitary Counter's Creek into the Kensington Canal (1826 onwards) didn't attract substantial traffic and was followed...
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  • Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea are owned by the local library and the drawings record lost sights like the Kensington Canal and others like the...
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    Patrick Meehan". Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. "The Kensington Canal, railways and related developments | British History Online". www.british-history...
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    Other short canals connecting to the Thames included the Grosvenor Canal (1825) and the Kensington Canal (1828). The former Grand Surrey Canal (1807) was...
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    station, across the proposed route of the Great Western (GWR) to the Kensington Canal Basin. Renamed the West London Railway (WLR), the line officially opened...
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    called Old Brompton, survives in name as a ward in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. Until the latter half of the 19th century it was...
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    Brompton Cemetery (category Grade II* listed buildings in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea)
    managed by The Royal Parks, in West Brompton in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries. Established...
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    returned it afterwards. He built a demonstration line alongside the Kensington Canal, and issued a prospectus for his National Pneumatic Railway Association...
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    home to Chelsea F.C. In the 19th century Counter's Creek became the Kensington Canal, soon to be replaced by the West London Railway, and Walham Green acquired...
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    Canal Boats. The models, scaled 1 inch to 1 foot, included Gepetto's village from Pinocchio, the Pigs' houses from Three Little Pigs, the Kensington Gardens...
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    Kensington (Olympia) is an interchange station located in Kensington, in West London for London Overground and National Rail services. Limited London Underground...
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    Kensal Town (category Districts of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea)
    located at the very north of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea where the Grand Union Canal forms the boundary with the City of Westminster. The...
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    The Sandy and Beaver Canal was a canal and lock transportation system which ran seventy-three miles from the Ohio and Erie Canal at Bolivar, Ohio, to...
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