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Paddington is a location in the London borough of City of Westminster, in central London.[1] It has a train station called Paddington station.
People from Paddington
- Kriss Akabusi, athlete
- Edward Bailey Ashmore, Army officer
- Robert Baden-Powell, Army officer[2]
- George Butterworth, classical music composer
- Joe Cole, professional footballer
- Joan Collins, actress[3]
- Elvis Costello, pop musician[3]
- George Thomas Dorrell, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Paul Eddington, actor[3]
- Les Ferdinand, professional footballer[3]
- Edward Thomas ("E. T.") Heron (1867–1949), cine trade publisher
- Alan Johnson, politician
- Paddington Tom Jones, boxer
- Patrick Macnee, actor
- Rhona Mitra, actress[3]
- Alfred Molina, actor
- Steve New, pop musician
- Hermione Norris, actress[4]
- George Osborne, politician
- Michael Page, professional boxer and mixed martial artist[5]
- William Page, historian
- Mark Pougatch, freelance radio and television broadcaster, a journalist and author[3]
- Seal, pop musician
- David Suchet, actor[3]
- John Suchet, ITN newsreader, journalist[3]
- Kiefer Sutherland, actor[3]
- Emma Thompson, actress[3]
- Ferdinand Maurice Felix West, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Alan Turing, mathematician
Paddington Media
A map showing the wards of Paddington Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.
St Mary on Paddington, a Georgian church commissioned in 1788
Paddington station first opened in 1838
An 1834 map of the Parliamentary Borough of St Marylebone, showing Paddington in (green) and St Pancras (yellow). These Parliamentary Boroughs, like the subsequent Metropolitan Boroughs used the ancient parish boundaries.
The former Paddington Town Hall
The Rolling Bridge at Paddington, designed by Thomas Heatherwick.
St James's, Sussex Gardens
Paddington Basin, Grand Union Canal
Edgware Road, Paddington, London
Related pages
References
- ↑ London's Places. The London Plan (2011)Greater London Authority. p. 46. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ↑ Jeal, Tim. Baden-Powell (1989). London: Hutchinson. ISBN 0-09-170670-X.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Most popular people born in Paddington, London at IMDb. 68 names, accessed 17 February 2014
- ↑ Hermione Norris IMDB profile. www.imdb.com. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ↑ Bellator 144: Michael Page aiming to be the new face of mixed martial arts in the UK (23 October 2015)telegraph.co.uk.
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