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St Saviour Church on Warwick Avenue, near to the entrance of Warwick Avenue tube station

Warwick Avenue is a residential avenue in the Little Venice area of Maida Vale, London. Its southern end is situated adjacent to Paddington Basin, to the north of Paddington station.

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The street, originally called Green Lane and then Warwick Road, before being renamed Warwick Avenue, was named after Jane Warwick of Warwick Hall, Cumbria, whose father-in-law was John Morehead, who in turn was the son-in-law of Robert Thistlethwaite, who leased the land. [1]

At the junction of Warwick Avenue with Warrington Crescent and Clifton Gardens is the Anglican Church of St Saviour, consecrated in 1856 but rebuilt in a modern style from 1973 to 1976. [2] The church was used for the wedding scenes in the promotional video for The Human League hit "Love Action (I Believe in Love)".

Warwick Avenue tube station, a London Underground station on the Bakerloo line, is located on the street.

Warwick Avenue houses one of the remaining thirteen Grade II listed Cabmen's Shelters used by London's taxi drivers as a place to buy food and (non-alcoholic) drink. [3]

"Warwick Avenue", a 2008 single from the album Rockferry by Duffy, took its name from the location after the singer accidentally alighted at Warwick Avenue tube station when unfamiliar with the London Underground. [4]

Notable residents

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References

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  2. The Church of Saint Saviour at parishoflittlevenice.com, accessed 15 April 2020
  3. Buchan, Ella (1 May 2018). "The secret green shelters that feed London's cabbies". BBC Travel. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. Webb, Robert (20 March 2009). "Story of the Song – Warwick Avenue, Duffy (2008)". The Independent. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  5. “My perfect weekend: John Julius Norwich, historian and writer” dated 25 March 2014 at telegraph.co.uk
  6. “LAMB Lilly Elizabeth Annie and CHAPMAN Frederick William” in Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 MARRIAGE & DIVORCE at ancestry.co.uk, accessed 14 April 2020; “CHAPMAN Lilly Elizabeth Annie of 54 Warwick Av Paddington London died 3 February 1970” in Probate Index for 1970 at probatesearch.service.gov.uk, accessed 14 April 2020

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