St Quintin Park - a history and stories

Table of Contents

1. St Quintin Park - history and stories
   1. Early History
2. Schooldays
   1. Oxford Gardens School 1905 to 1913
   2. Coronation at Oxford Gardens 1953
   3. OXFORD GARDENS PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY CLASS
   4. St Helen's School
   5. St Charles RC Primary School
   6. North Kensington Central School (St Mark's)
3. Around the Streets
   1. The St Quintin Estate
   2. St Helen's Gardens
   3. Kelfield - The Lancaster Road Wesleyan Church War Memorial Athletic Club
   4. Evelyn Fox Court, Kingsbridge Road
   5. LATIMER ROAD
   6. Saved from the Motorway
   7. Motorway Disruption
   8. Pangbourne Avenue, W10
4. New Housing for Overcrowded North Kensington
   1. William Sutton St Quintin Park Estate
   2. THE PEABODY BUILDINGS, DALGARNO GARDENS
   3. Princess Alice House
   4. THE COMMUNITY CENTRE NURSERY SCHOOL
5. Spiritual Needs
   1. My Church, St PIUS the X
   2. The Carmelite Convent.
   3. St Helen's Church
   4. Bethany Hall, Barlby Road
6. Wartime Memories
   1. Audrey Jones - War Time Memories
7. Keeping Healthy -Hospitals and Parks
   1. St Charles Hospital
   2. Princess Louise Hospital
   3. The Little Wormwood Scrubs.
   4. "CANAC"The Canalside Activity Centre

Keeping Healthy -Hospitals and Parks

Within the boundaries of this corner of North Kensington are two hospitals, St Charles (originally called the Marylebone Infirmary) and Princess Louise Hospital.

In the farthest corner of the area was Little Wormwood Scrubs, separated from the main Wormwood Scrubs by a railway line and a road. Before the major house building took place, the land north of St Quintins Avenue was used as a cricket ground.

Cricket on St Quintin's Park,1900?, (lent by John Hughes). St Charles Hospital can be seen on the right and on the left is Edinburgh Road Board School (Barlby)

It is said that for a short time, Queens Park Rangers Football team practised just off St Quintin's Avenue. Later St Marks Park or the Kensington War Memorial Park was completed.