Westbourne Park, London

Westbourne is an area west of Paddington in west London. It is named after the River Westbourne, an 1850s-encased Thames tributary. The spring-fed stream gave its name to Westbourne Green and then the Westbourne Park area as well as many street names and establishments including Westbourne Grove, Westbourne Park Road, Westbourne Park tube station, Westbourne Studios and the Westbourne pub.

The hamlet of Westbourne, was a High Middle Ages (mid-mediaeval) settlement, centred on Westbourne Green. It included a mansion house and a farmhouse. It is recorded as Westeburn in 1222 and as Westborn in 1294. The green is recorded as Westborne Grene in 1548, Washborne Green in 1680 and Wesborn Green in 1754.

The name Westbourne Park was given to the area when it was developed for housing. A London Underground station was opened in 1866. The first station operated until 1871, when it was replaced by another further east. Until 1992, the station also included GWR / British Rail platforms on its north side. To the north and east there were extensive railway yards. Excellent transport encouraged many to reside in the area. More recently, the Westbourne Park bus garage was built, replacing railway yards north-east of the station, across the Great Western Road.

Unsuffixed by "Park" or "Green", use of the name Westbourne has faded, yet persists in the Westbourne Conservation Area, defined for planning purposes as an area mostly north of eastern Westbourne Grove; and Westbourne ward, one of twenty Westminster City Council electoral districts, north of the Westway and around the Great Western Road.

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