Victorian London - Directories - Dickens's Dictionary of London, by Charles Dickens, Jr., 1879

Victorian London - Directories - Dickens's Dictionary of London, by Charles Dickens, Jr., 1879 - "Paddington"

Paddington, a large district with no specially distinctive title, lies to the north of Tyburnia proper, and affords a large choice of comfortably-built houses at a comparatively moderate rental. Soil, London clay. It occupies a large triangle, of which the two longer sides are Edgware-road from Maida-hill to Kilburn, and the Grand Junction Canal to Kensal Green. NEAREST Railway Station, Praed-st, Bishops-road, and Royal Oak. Omnibus Routes, Harrow-road, Bishop’s. road, and Edgware-road.

Charles Dickens (Jr.), Dickens's Dictionary of London, 1879