Stockwell is an inner city area of London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth.

Stockwell is south south-east of Charing Cross and located between Brixton, Clapham, Vauxhall and Kennington. The A3 road runs through Stockwell.

History

From the thirteenth to the start of the nineteenth century, Stockwell was a rural manor at the edge of London. It included market gardens and John Tradescant's botanical garden – commemorated in Tradescant Road, which was built over it in 1880, and in a memorial outside St Stephen's church. In the nineteenth century it developed as an elegant middle class suburb. Residents included the artist Arthur Rackham, who was born in South Lambeth Road in 1867, moving with his family to Albert Square when he was 15.

Its social and architectural fortunes in the twentieth century were more mixed. Also, the area immediately around Stockwell tube station was extensively rebuilt following the Second World War.

The area also has much social housing. However, many remnants of the area's nineteenth century grandeur can be found in the side and back streets of Stockwell, notably in the Stockwell Park Conservation Area, built around 1840 and centred on Stockwell Park Road http://stockwellpark.com/stockwell-park-road/ and Stockwell Park Crescent, http://stockwellpark.com/stockwell-park-crescent/ and in the area's own Albert Square. The only twentieth century building of significant architectural interest in the area is Stockwell Bus Garage. Before creation of the County of London in 1889, Stockwell was part of Surrey.

Churches

Essentially a Protestant district but with the usual Roman Catholic and non-conformist congregations. Many from the Afro-Caribbean community have brought their influence to bear on the expression of Christianity.

Population of Stockwell

Stockwell and neighbouring South Lambeth are home to the UK's biggest Portuguese communities, most originating in Madeira and Lisbon. They have established many cafes, restaurants, bakeries, neighbourhood associations and delicatessens. People of Caribbean and of West African origin are also well represented locally such as in there Salon and Barbers

Stockwell war memorial and shelter

Stockwell Shooting

See Jean Charles de Menezes. Following the 21 July 2005 London bombings, Stockwell gained a certain unexpected and unwelcome notoriety as the scene of the shooting by police of an innocent Brazilian electrician, Jean Charles de Menezes, in the tube station and of the arrests of other suspects in nearby housing.

Transport and locale

Nearest places

• Brixton
• Camberwell
• Vauxhall
• Kennington
• Clapham

Nearest tube station

• Stockwell tube station

Nearest railway stations

• Brixton railway station
• Vauxhall station

External links

• We Love Larkhall Community website for residents of Larkhall ward in Stockwell

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