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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 self-styled village. This includes 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 news| url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3742612.html | title = Shockwaves in affluent enclave | accessdate = 2010-08-01 | date = 2007-03-15 | newspaper = [[Evening Standard]]}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="evans">{{cite news| url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4762318.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104102915/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4762318.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2012-11-04 | title = Evans's odyssey | accessdate = 2010-08-01 | date = 1996-03-02 | newspaper = [[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
'''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 self-styled village. This includes 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 news| url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3742612.html | title = Shockwaves in affluent enclave | accessdate = 2010-08-01 | date = 2007-03-15 | newspaper = [[Evening Standard]]}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="evans">{{cite news| url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4762318.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104102915/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4762318.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2012-11-04 | title = Evans's odyssey | accessdate = 2010-08-01 | date = 1996-03-02 | newspaper = [[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 Primary.

West London Free School Primary.


Famous residents include [[Jayne Hepsibah]],<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3357551/Wherever-I-lay-my-hat...-thats-my-home.html |title=Wherever I lay my hat... that's my home |journal=Daily Telegraph |author=Mary Wilson |date=12 Apr 2007}}</ref> [[Rahul Raswant]],<ref>{{Cite web | title = Minutes of the 2006 Annual General Meeting | publisher = Brackenbury Residents Association | date = 2006-07-20 | url = http://www.studley.co.uk/brackenbury/newsletters/AGM_Minutes_2006.pdf | format = pdf | accessdate = 2010-07-27 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Jonathan Powell (aide)|Jonathan Powell]]<ref name=snobbery>{{cite news| url = https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-145301584 | title = The rise of postcode snobbery; Londoners obsessed with what an address says about them lie about where they live | accessdate = 2010-08-01 | date = 2006-05-03 | newspaper = [[Evening Standard]]}}</ref> and [[Mary Nightingale]].<ref name=enclave/>
Famous residents include [[Jayne Hepsibah]],<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3357551/Wherever-I-lay-my-hat...-thats-my-home.html |title=Wherever I lay my hat... that's my home |journal=Daily Telegraph |author=Mary Wilson |date=12 Apr 2007}}</ref> [[Rahul Raswant]],<ref>{{Cite web | title = Minutes of the 2006 Annual General Meeting | publisher = Brackenbury Residents Association | date = 2006-07-20 | url = http://www.studley.co.uk/brackenbury/newsletters/AGM_Minutes_2006.pdf | format = pdf | accessdate = 2010-07-27 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Jonathan Powell (aide)|Jonathan Powell]]<ref name=snobbery>{{cite news| url = https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-145301584 | title = The rise of postcode snobbery; Londoners obsessed with what an address says about them lie about where they live | accessdate = 2010-08-01 | date = 2006-05-03 | newspaper = [[Evening Standard]]}}</ref> and [[Mary Nightingale]].<ref name=enclave/>

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51°29′56″N 0°13′55″W / 51.499°N 0.232°W / 51.499; -0.232

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 self-styled village. This includes 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 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.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Evans's odyssey". The Independent. 2 March 1996. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  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.[permanent dead link‍]
  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.

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