.............................Shepherds Place Kennington Lane Lambeth
Above left is the original access to Shepherds Place from Kennington Lane. This view would have been recognised by George Musgrove when he visited his uncle Henry Cole in 1871. Unfortunately no houses in Shepherds Place survived after the WW2 blitz. Shepherds Place was renamed Harold Place. Both of these names still can be seen on the side of the house adjacent to the original access which now goes nowhere.

The Hayward Pickle Factory was situated directly behind Shepherds Place in Montford Place. This received a direct hit by a V1 Flying Bomb (Doodle Bug) in around 1944. The bomb damage map below shows two black circles which signify the V1 damage area. The Haywards Pickle Factory is the right hand circle. The other one shown top left over Kennington Lane destroyed Prospect Place, the Terrace of houses where George and Chritiana had lived.

The photograph below is from Civil Defence records of bomb damage. The view is looking north west from the bombed remains of the pickle factory in Monford place. Shepherds Place is top centre showing serious roof damage, and the houses in Kennington Lane are just visible at the extreme top of the picture. In more recent years Shepherds Place has become a Large car park for a newly built Tesco's supermarket.
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