ideal homes: suburbia in focus   Lambeth
  Ideal Homes: Suburbia in Focus logo
    BEXLEY   BROMLEY   GREENWICH   LAMBETH   LEWISHAM   SOUTHWARK   SEARCH IDEAL HOMES  
   
 

King George VI's Visit to the Duchy Estate, Kennington, 1937

King George VI's Visit to the Duchy Estate, Kennington, 1937

  

King George VI seen here planting a crab-apple tree at Denny Crescent on the Duchy of Cornwall Estate.

The ceremony commemorated the 600th anniversary of the Duchy's charter granted by Edward III to Prince Edward, his son, the Black Prince, Duke of Cornwall, on March 17th 1337.

Photograph and article published in the Illustrated London News, March 27th 1937
< London Borough of Lambeth Feedback >
 
Images of Kennington
 
Toll Gate, Kennington, c. 1810
Toll Gate,
Kennington, c. 1810
 
Holland (Caldwell) Street, Kennington, c. 1920
Holland
(Caldwell) Street,
Kennington, c. 1920
 
Old Town Hall, Kennington Road, Kennington, c. 1925
Old Town Hall,
Kennington Road,
Kennington, c. 1925
 
    IDEAL HOMES: SUBURBIA IN FOCUS - A joint venture of The London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark and the University of Greenwich