Vauxhall Road again

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 87310

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Shaun Hately" <drednort at a...> 
wrote:

 
> Shaun:
> I'm still inclined to favour the Kennington Lane area from the 
> Vauxhall Baptist Chapel information myself - but this book is quite 
> unambiguous about Wandsworth Road having been the Vauxhall Road - 
> and Kennington Lane having been either part of the Vauxhall Road 
> (or if you go back even further part of the Vauxhall and Kingston 
> Road).
> 
> Incidentally the survey does include a short entry on the Vauxhall 
> Baptist Church - definitely between Cottington Street and Opal 
> Street.

Geoff:
This is ringing alarm bells for me! We have agreed that Vauxhall 
Baptist Church is on what was in 1942 Vauxhall Road between 
Cottington Street and Opal Street. This about a mile ENE of Vauxhall 
Cross and thus nowhere near the city end of Wandsworth Road.

I am beginning to wonder if there was /another/ Wandsworth Road on 
the east side of Vauxhall which may have become Vauxhall Road and 
then Kennington Lane.

A further thought, how clear is the print on your documents - it 
couldn't be Walworth Road could it? Walworth is an area south of the 
Elephant and Castle and the current road of that name between the 
two. The beginning of the road at the Elephant is not more than a 
quarter of a mile from the end of Kennington Lane aka Vauxhall Road 
aka (possibly) Voldermort Newsagent Road. 

I think Riddle has been casting Befuddlement Charms on us...... :-)

Geoff