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词条 Victoria Road, Kensington
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  1. History

  2. Notable residents

  3. References

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}{{Use British English|date=May 2017}}Victoria Road is a street in Kensington, London, that in 2015 was considered the most expensive street in the United Kingdom. The street runs north to south from Kensington High Street[1] in close proximity to Kensington Palace and the Royal Albert Hall. There are 64 properties on the street including the Embassy of Vietnam.[1]

History

The street was originally called Love Lane and the white stucco-fronted houses[1] date from the 1840s. In April 2012, it was named the "most expensive in UK", with residents including the actor Dustin Hoffman and the former king of Malaysia.[2] In December 2015, it was named "the most expensive street in England and Wales", with an average property price of £8,006,000 in a study by Lloyds Bank based on Land Registry figures.[3]

Notable residents

  • Thomas Oldham Barlow (1824-1889), the artist and mezzotint engraver, lived at Auburn Lodge, Victoria Road, where he had a studio and died there in 1889.[4]
  • Edward Henry Corbould (1815-1905), artist and art tutor to Queen Victoria's children, lived at no. 52.[5]
  • Henry Newbolt (1862-1938), poet, lived at 14 Victoria Road from 1889 to 1898.[6]
  • In autumn 1910, the Mitford family moved to a house in Victoria Road.[7]
  • Rudolf Nureyev, lived at no. 27 before moving to Paris.

References

1. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/dec/11/victoria-road-in-kensington-is-most-expensive-street-in-england-and-wales The Most Expensive Street at The Guardian Money]. Retrieved 11 December 2015
2. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=Dustin Hoffman's Kensington street is most expensive in UK|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/dustin-hoffmans-kensington-street-is-most-expensive-in-uk-6572372.html|accessdate=11 December 2015|work=Evening Standard|date=12 April 2012}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=Most expensive street is still in Kensington, west London|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35069531|accessdate=11 December 2015|work=BBC|date=11 December 2015}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Barlow, Thomas Oldham (DNB01)|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Barlow,_Thomas_Oldham_%28DNB01%29|website=Wikisource|accessdate=11 December 2015}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Edward Henry Corbould (1815-1905)|url=http://openplaques.org/people/3612|website=openplaques|accessdate=11 December 2015}}
6. ^{{cite book|last1=Denny|first1=Barbara|last2=Starren|first2=Carolyn|title=Kensington Past|date=1998|publisher=Historical Publications|location=London, U.K.|isbn=9780948667503|oclc=42308455|page=114|quote=Henry Newbolt, the patriotic poet of Drake's Drum and similar verse, found his house, at 14 Victoria Road from 1889 to 1898 small 'but not dark or cramped.'}}
7. ^{{cite web|last= Hastings|first= Selina|title= Mitford, Nancy Freeman- |url= http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31450|publisher= Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Online edition|accessdate= 11 December 2015}} {{ODNBsub}}
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1 : Streets in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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