Paddington

Paddington had been, until very recently, almost completely undeveloped. The land is in the possession of the Alumit and is nominally under the control of the Bishop of London. The few people that live in the Paddington area are tenants of the Church; much of the land is still used for farming or as park and nursery lands. The area is bounded by Uxbridge Road from Hyde Park, from Marylebone by Edgware Road, and in the north by the Bayswater Rivulet. The area has housing on in toward the west, all in Church hands which it rents to the working and lower classes.

Stanhope Square holds the St. John Church, a fine representation of the Alumit's presence in the area. St. Mary's Hospital is also run by the Church and is open to all persons, with special rates for the poor.

Perhaps the most important location in the district is Paddington Station, one of the busiest in the city. Paddington is the main station for the rail lines heading west and north out of London. New sidings have recently connected Paddington with Kensington, but Paddington remains the main rail station for the northwestern section of London. Even more impressive is the recent completion by the Metropolitan Railway Company of an underground train line from Paddington (Bishop Street Station) to Farringdon Station in Holborn. This is the first of more ‘underground' schemes to connect the various rail stations in the city without having to demolish buildings and construct elevated rails.

Prosperity
Moderate

Dominant Social Class
Working-class

Crime
Average

Police Presence
Average

Dominant Profession or Industry
Farming, garden work, vineyards

Type

District