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The name ''North Kensington'' has undergone periods in and out of fashion. The area originally was called Notting Dale to distinguish it from Notting Hill which lay at the south end of Ladbroke Grove , the area's main thoroughfare. Large mansions were built along Ladbroke Grove in the late nineteenth century and the area rebranded itself ''North Kensington''. The large houses were split up and subdivided beginning in the 1920s, and by the 1950s the area was a slum. The name ''North Kensington'' began to have a bad reputation. With the rise of Notting Hill as a very desirable area to live, the North Kensington area has begun to be gentrified anew and now is sometimes grouped with Notting Hill as a single entity. This is in defiance of geography as North Kensington is in the valley below Notting Hill. |
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