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London Streets and Squares: Southwick

Southwick Crescent and Southwick Place received their names from Southwick Park, the seat of the Thistlewayte family, formerly the joint lessees of Paddington Manor. Orme Square perpetuates the memory of Mr. Orme, a print-seller, of Bond Street, who bought the ground and commenced the building of the Square in question. Ladbroke Grove and Ladbroke Square likewise bear the name of the Ladbroke family, who built upon the land leased to them for the purpose. Norland.

Square, Notting Hill, covers the site of Norland House, a small, wooded estate, owned by one of the Drummonds, the bankers, of Charing Cross, in the reign of William IV, Kensington Gore took its name from Gore House, the residence of the London Streets and Squares.

Countess of Blessington, long the central literary and social attraction in the Metropolis. In Ennismore Place, the second title of the Earl of Listowel, the ground landlord, is repeated. On part of the site of Cromwell Road stood the house and grounds owned by Richard Cromwell, the son of Oliver Cromwell. Gloucester Road derived its title from Oxford Lodge, the residence of the late Duchess of Gloucester, in the immediate vicinity.