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Oakley Square
Oakley Square is a crescent-shaped garden square in Somers Town in Central London, close to Mornington Crescent and Camden Town. It is located in the London Borough of Camden and runs roughly northeastwards from Eversholt Street meeting with the southern end of Camden Street on its eastern side. It was originally part of the Bedford Estate belonging to the Dukes of Bedford, and takes its name from the village of Oakley in Bedfordshire which belonged to the family from the eighteenth century. It was laid out in the early Victorian era, later than nearby Mornington Crescent and Arlington Road and around the same time as Harrington Square. On the northern side some of the Victorian terraced housing still exists as well as the redbrick Working Men's College established in 1854. On the southern side the original buildings have been replaced by more recent developments. The Godwin Court Council apartment block was built on the east end of the square on a large bomb site, ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakley Square NW1 - Geograph
Oakley may refer to: Places Antarctica *Oakley Glacier United Kingdom *Oakley, Bedfordshire, England *Oakley, Buckinghamshire, England *Oakley, Dorset, England *Oakley, Fife, Scotland *Oakley, Gloucestershire, England *Oakley, Hampshire, England *Oakley, Northamptonshire, a former civil parish in Borough of Kettering, Kettering *Oakley, Oxfordshire, England *Oakley, Staffordshire, England *Oakley, Suffolk, England *Great Oakley, Essex, England *Great Oakley, Northamptonshire, England *Little Oakley, Essex, England *Little Oakley, Northamptonshire, England *Oakley Green, Berkshire, England *Oakley Park, Bromley Common, Kent, England United States *Oakley (Gallatin, Tennessee), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) *Oakley (Heathsville, Virginia), NRHP-listed in Northumberland County *Oakley (Spotsylvania County, Virginia), NRHP-listed *Oakley (Upperville, Virginia), NRHP-listed in Fauquier County *Oakley, Buncombe County, North Carolina, located inside Ashevi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
