A Walk from London to FulhamCroker, Thomas Crofton
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A Walk from London to Fulham
Croker, Thomas Crofton
London (England) -- Description and travel
On the right-hand side, a little off the main road, is Onslow Square,
which was built upon the site of the extensive house and grounds once
occupied as a lunatic asylum. The row of large trees now in the centre
of the square was formerly the avenue from the main road to this house.
Mr. Henry Cole, C.B. lives at No. 17, Onslow Square; he is well known to
the public as a member of the Executive Committee of the Crystal Palace,
a promoter of art manufactures, and the author of numerous works
published under the _nom de plume_ of “Felix Summerly.” No. 31 is the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Martin (better known as Miss Helen
Faucit). At No. 34 resides Baron Marochetti, the celebrated sculptor,
who settled in England after the French revolution of February, 1848, and
has obtained high patronage here. At the back of the house is the
studio, with an entrance from the main road, where the avenue of trees
continues. W. M. Thackeray, the popular writer, lives at No. 36, and
Rear-Admiral Fitzroy, the distinguished geographer and navigator, is at
No. 38.
A few yards beyond Sydney Place (leading into Onslow Square), on the
opposite side of the road, is Sydney Street, leading direct to St. Luke’s
Church, the late incumbent of which, the Rev. Charles Kingsley, who died
on 29th February, 1860, aged 78, was the father of the well-known popular
writer, the Rev. Charles Kingsley, of Eversley Rectory, Hants. Sydney
Street was originally called Upper Robert Street, as being the
continuation of Robert Street, Chelsea; but, under some notion of raising
its respectability, the inhabitants agreed to change the name. It
happened, however, that the corner house adjoining the Fulham Road, on
the western side, was occupied by a surgeon, who imagined that the change
in name might be injurious to his practice, and he took advantage of his
position to retain the old name on his house. Thus for some time the
street was known by both names, but that of Upper Robert Street is now
entirely abandoned. The opposite corner house, No. 2, Sydney Street, was
for some years occupied by the Rev. Dr. Biber, author of the ‘Life of
Pestalozzi,’ and editor and proprietor of the ‘John Bull’ newspaper. On
his selling the ‘John Bull,’ it became incorporated with the ‘Britannia.’
No. 24 was for some time the residence of Mr. Thomas Wright, the
well-known antiquary and historical writer, who now lives at No. 14.
ROBERT STREET, which connects the main Fulham Road with the King’s Road,
passes directly before the west side of the spacious burial-ground, and
immediately opposite to the tower of St. Luke’s Church; at No. 17
formerly resided Mr. Henry Warren, the President of the New Society of
Water-Colour Painters.
Returning to the main Fulham Road, and passing the Cancer Hospital, now
in course of erection, we come to YORK PLACE, a row of twenty-two
well-built and respectable houses on the south, or, according to our
course, left-hand side of the road.
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