Baylis Road
Baylis Road is a thoroughfare in Lambeth, London SE1, England running between Westminster Bridge Road to the South-West and Waterloo Road to the North-East.
At its northern end Baylis Road continues North-East as
To the South the road crosses Westminster Bridge Road and continues as Kennington Road (the A23). Lambeth North Underground station is located at this junction.
The Waterloo Action Centre[1] is located at 14 Baylis Road. It is co-located with the Waterloo Action Centre Gallery, formerly known as Waterloo Gallery,[2][3] which was established in 1997 and is close to the South Bank arts area of London.
The Duke of Sussex
The road is named after Lilian Baylis (1874–1937), a theatrical producer and manager, who managed the Old Vic Theatre. Previously, the road was called Oakley Street, since when the route of the road has been moved at its northern end to merge with Lower Marsh.
On 16 November 1802, Colonel
The road was home to Campbell Buildings, a Victorian estate which in the late 1970s and early 1980s was home to one of London's larger squats for the punk community. Australian author Bob Short wrote of his time in Baylis Road in his book Trash Can.[6] The estate was finally demolished in the mid-1980s.
See also
References
- ^ Waterloo Action Centre.
- ^ "WAC Gallery". London SE1. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ Waterloo Gallery Archived 29 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Duke of Sussex public house Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Joseph Gurney and William Brodie Gurney, The trial of Edward Marcus Despard, esquire: For high treason, at the Session house, Newington, Surry, on Monday the seventh of February, 1803, page 46. Sold by M. Gurney, 1803.
- ^ Bob Short, Short extract from his book ‘Trash Can’, 1980.