VicLondon-Kensal Green
Kensal Green, the West End
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North of Hammersmith is the other district which bounds London on the West. Kensal Green is wedged between the Paddington district of London and the towns of Ealing and Acton. Kensal Green is comprised mostly of new pattern-built homes owned by the St. Quintin, Talbot, or Lanbroke families. The All Souls Church Commission owns most of the rest (where the chapel and massive cemetery are.) The farms that used to populate this area are almost gone, although a few still remain around Wormwood Scrubs – a massive park owned by the St. Quintin. (Wormwood Scrubs was frequently used for early balloon ights, and in the early twentieth century had an aerodrome.)
Harrow Road goes through the area along the All Souls Cemetery and eventually takes one to Oxford. The Great Western Railway, the West London Extension, and the London & City Railway all come through this area, as does the Grand Junction Canal. As with Fulham and Hammersmith, the residents of Kensal Green are now mostly wealthy middle- class professionals and gentry. Quite a few of the government functionaries live out here, either in houses or ats rented by the landowners.
The main industry in Kensal Green is the Marylebone In rmary, a large hospital that services the area, and St. Charles College, which specializes in medical training.
