St Saviour's Church, Warwick Avenue, London - geograph

Warwick Avenue is a residential avenue in the

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area of

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. Its southern end is situated adjacent to

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, to the north of

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. The street, originally Green Lane and initially Warwick Road before being renamed Warwick Avenue, was named after Jane Warwick of Warwick Hall,

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, whose father-in-law was John Morehead, who in turn was the son-in-law of Robert Thistlethwaite, who leased the land. At the junction of Warwick Avenue with Warrington Crescent and Clifton Gardens is the Anglican Church of St Saviour, consecrated 1856 but rebuilt in modern style in 1973–76. The church was used for the wedding scenes in the promotional video for

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hit

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. Warwick Avenue tube station, a London Underground station on the

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, is located on the street. Warwick Avenue houses one of the remaining thirteen Grade II listed Cabmen's Shelters used by London's taxi drivers as a place to buy food and (non-alcoholic) drink. " Warwick Avenue", a 2008 single from the album ''

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'' by Duffy, took its name from the location after the singer accidentally alighted at Warwick Avenue tube station when unfamiliar with the London Underground.

Notable residents

* As founding secretary of the newly formed Society for the Protection of Birds, later

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, in 1891 the home of

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at 29 Warwick Avenue was the first official address of the organisation. * John Julius Norwich’s London home was a detached Victorian house in Warwick Avenue. *The Australian actress

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(1881–1970) lived at 54, Warwick Avenue.“LAMB Lilly Elizabeth Annie and CHAPMAN Frederick William” in ''Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 MARRIAGE & DIVORCE'' at ancestry.co.uk, accessed 14 April 2020
“CHAPMAN Lilly Elizabeth Annie of 54 Warwick Av Paddington London died 3 February 1970”
in Probate Index for 1970 at probatesearch.service.gov.uk, accessed 14 April 2020

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