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A map of London dated 1841 shows Shepherd's Bush to be largely undeveloped and chiefly rural in character, with much open farmland, compared with fast-developing Hammersmith. Residential development began in earnest in the late 19th century, as London's population expanded relentlessly.
Goldhawk Road, W12, looking towards Shepherd's Bush. Goldhawk Road is a road in west London, England, which starts at Shepherd's Bush and travels west. There are numerous shops, restaurants and businesses lining the road, which forms the southern boundary of Shepherd's Bush Green. It is designated part of the A402 road.
Shepherd's Bush, from an 1841 London map by Davies. The origins of the name Shepherds Bush are obscure. The name may have originated from the use of the common land here as a resting point for shepherds on their way to Smithfield Market in the City of London. There appears to have been an ancient custom of pruning a hawthorn bush to provide a ...
Ordnance Survey map showing Shepherd's Bush station on the Metropolitan Railway. Original map scale: 25 inches to One Mile/880 feet to One Inch. Date: Revised 1893-94, Published 1896. Source: Ordnance Survey. London LXXIII. Public Domain as published more than 50 years ago. Author: Ordnance Survey
Shepherd's Bush railway station. White City is a district of London, England, in the northern part of Shepherd's Bush in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of Charing Cross. White City is home to Television Centre, White City Place, Westfield London and Loftus Road, the home stadium of Queens Park ...
Maps Motco.com Extract of Fifteen Miles Round London, J. Cary, 1786, showing Turvens Lane; Londonancestor.com Extract of The Environs of London, H Waters, 1832, showing Shepherd's Bush and Woodlane Farm; Mappalondon.com Extract of Library Map of London & Its Suburbs, Edward Standford, 1862, showing Shepherd's Bush
Map showing layout of current and former railways and stations around Shepherd's Bush. The station opened on 30 July 1900 and was the original western terminus of the Central London Railway (CLR). [7] The original surface-level station building was a terracotta-clad ticket hall with its entrance on the Uxbridge Road facing
Map of stations in Shepherd's Bush area showing Latimer Road and the closed connection to Uxbridge Road station. The station opened on 16 December 1868 at a junction formed between two existing railway lines – the Hammersmith & City Railway (owned by the Great Western Railway and running between Westbourne Park and Hammersmith stations) and the West London Railway (WLR) (between Willesden ...