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'''Brackenbury Village''' is a residential district of west [[London]] between the Goldhawk Road, [[King Street, London|King Street]], Hammersmith Grove and [[Ravenscourt Park]]. It is named after Brackenbury Road in which there is a small parade of shops which form the heart of the village. This includes Brackenburys (Delicatessen & Coffee Shop), The Brackenbury Restaurant, Sisi's (Hardware & Ironmonger), Hepsibah (Gallery & Hatmaker) and Stenton's (Traditional family butchers). The name of the area came from [[estate agent]] descriptions,<ref name=enclave>{{cite web| url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3742612.html | title = Shockwaves in affluent enclave | accessdate = 2010-08-01 | date = 2007-03-15 | publisher = ''[[Evening Standard]]''}}</ref><ref name=evans>{{cite web| url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4762318.html | title = Evans's odyssey | accessdate = 2010-08-01 | date = 1996-03-02 | publisher = ''[[The Independent]]''}}</ref> with houses in the area selling for over a million being seen regularly.<ref name=enclave/> The area has one of Britain's best all-girl schools, [[Godolphin and Latymer School]] and the highly publicised Toby Young's West London Free School and West London Free School Primary.
'''Brackenbury Village''' is a residential district of west [[London]] between the Goldhawk Road, [[King Street, London|King Street]], Hammersmith Grove and [[Ravenscourt Park]]. It is named after Brackenbury Road in which there is a small parade of shops which form the heart of the village. This includes Brackenburys (Delicatessen & Coffee Shop), The Brackenbury Restaurant, Sisi's (Hardware & Ironmonger), Hepsibah (Gallery & Hatmaker) and Stenton's (Traditional family butchers). The name of the area came from [[estate agent]] descriptions,<ref name=enclave>{{cite web| url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3742612.html | title = Shockwaves in affluent enclave | accessdate = 2010-08-01 | date = 2007-03-15 | publisher = ''[[Evening Standard]]''}}</ref><ref name=evans>{{cite web| url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4762318.html | title = Evans's odyssey | accessdate = 2010-08-01 | date = 1996-03-02 | publisher = ''[[The Independent]]''}}</ref> with houses in the area selling for over a million being seen regularly.<ref name=enclave/> The area has one of Britain's best all-girl schools, [[Godolphin and Latymer School]] and the highly publicised Toby Young's West London Free School and West London Free School Primary.



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Brackenbury Village is a residential district of west London between the Goldhawk Road, King Street, Hammersmith Grove and Ravenscourt Park. It is named after Brackenbury Road in which there is a small parade of shops which form the heart of the village. This includes Brackenburys (Delicatessen & Coffee Shop), The Brackenbury Restaurant, Sisi's (Hardware & Ironmonger), Hepsibah (Gallery & Hatmaker) and Stenton's (Traditional family butchers). The name of the area came from estate agent descriptions,[1][2] with houses in the area selling for over a million being seen regularly.[1] The area has one of Britain's best all-girl schools, Godolphin and Latymer School and the highly publicised Toby Young's West London Free School and West London Free School Primary.

Famous residents include Jayne Hepsibah,[3] Rahul Raswant,[4] Jonathan Powell[5] and Mary Nightingale.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Shockwaves in affluent enclave". Evening Standard. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "Evans's odyssey". The Independent. 2 March 1996. Retrieved 1 August 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ Mary Wilson (12 April 2007), "Wherever I lay my hat... that's my home", Daily Telegraph
  4. ^ "Minutes of the 2006 Annual General Meeting" (pdf). Brackenbury Residents Association. 20 July 2006. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  5. ^ "The rise of postcode snobbery; Londoners obsessed with what an address says about them lie about where they live". Evening Standard. 3 May 2006. Retrieved 1 August 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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