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Bayswater History
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Bayswater is an area of land bordering the north side of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens and lies in the modern City of Westminster. At the time the Doomsday Book was drawn up - soon after 1066 - the land belonged to the Abbey of Westminster, built in the 1040's in the reign of Edward I - now known as St Edward the Confessor. At this time, the tenant holding the largest parcel of land under the Abbott of Westminster was called Bainiardus (also sometimes spelled “Baynard”) - believed to be a close associate of William the Conqueror - the Norman king who replaced Harold - Edward's son after the Battle of Hastings. It is believed that the same Bainiardus gave his name to Baynard's Castle - a combined castle and palace in the southwest of the old City of London, which stood for 600 years but was destroyed in the Great Fire of London.
How the land was handed down from Bainiardus is unclear for many centuries but his name remained associated with it for hundreds of years after his death. As late as 1653 a parliamentary grant of the Abbey or Chapter of Westminster Abbey describes the “common field at Paddington” as being “near a place commonly called Baynard's Watering”. In 1720, the lands of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey are referred to as being owned by Alexander Bond of Bear's Watering, also in the parish of Paddington.
From these fragments of history it is understood that the area - always well known for its springs of excellent water, supplied water to the household of Bainiardus or Baynard. This would also, of course, have included his undoubtedly large farm and grazing animals. We can conclude that the memory of his name and that of his descendants was preserved for at least 6 centuries in its original form and was at some subsequent point abbreviated to simply to create the name “Bay's water”.
Bayswater was extensively developed in the Georgian era - between 1820 and 1850 - with the building of street after street of stucco town house terraces and garden squares. These are largely, though not entirely, now divided into flats or are transformed into hotels. Bayswater has one of the most cosmopolitan populations in one of the world's most cosmopolitan cities.
Bainiardius aside, Bayswater has been home to many famous characters of English history - especially once it became incorporated within London as the capital spread westwards. Amongst those famous characters who lived here are: Alexander Fleming, Winston Churchill, J. M. Barrie, Guglielmo Marconi. More recently still, Bayswater has been home to modern day celebrities, including Sting, Claudia Schiffer and Stella MCartney. Bayswater is referred to in numerous famous novels and plays, including “The Spy who came in from the Cold”, “The Importance of being Earnest”, “Smiley's people”, “Brideshead Revisited” and “My Fair Lady”.
Bayswater is an area of land bordering the north side of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens and lies in the modern City of Westminster. At the time the Doomsday Book was drawn up - soon after 1066 - the land belonged to the Abbey of Westminster, built in the 1040's in the reign of Edward I - now known as St Edward the Confessor. At this time, the tenant holding the largest parcel of land under the Abbott of Westminster was called Bainiardus (also sometimes spelled “Baynard”) - believed to be a close associate of William the Conqueror - the Norman king who replaced Harold - Edward's son after the Battle of Hastings. It is believed that the same Bainiardus gave his name to Baynard's Castle - a combined castle and palace in the southwest of the old City of London, which stood for 600 years but was destroyed in the Great Fire of London.
How the land was handed down from Bainiardus is unclear for many centuries but his name remained associated with it for hundreds of years after his death. As late as 1653 a parliamentary grant of the Abbey or Chapter of Westminster Abbey describes the “common field at Paddington” as being “near a place commonly called Baynard's Watering”. In 1720, the lands of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey are referred to as being owned by Alexander Bond of Bear's Watering, also in the parish of Paddington.
From these fragments of history it is understood that the area - always well known for its springs of excellent water, supplied water to the household of Bainiardus or Baynard. This would also, of course, have included his undoubtedly large farm and grazing animals. We can conclude that the memory of his name and that of his descendants was preserved for at least 6 centuries in its original form and was at some subsequent point abbreviated to simply to create the name “Bay's water”.
Bayswater was extensively developed in the Georgian era - between 1820 and 1850 - with the building of street after street of stucco town house terraces and garden squares. These are largely, though not entirely, now divided into flats or are transformed into hotels. Bayswater has one of the most cosmopolitan populations in one of the world's most cosmopolitan cities.
Bainiardius aside, Bayswater has been home to many famous characters of English history - especially once it became incorporated within London as the capital spread westwards. Amongst those famous characters who lived here are: Alexander Fleming, Winston Churchill, J. M. Barrie, Guglielmo Marconi. More recently still, Bayswater has been home to modern day celebrities, including Sting, Claudia Schiffer and Stella MCartney. Bayswater is referred to in numerous famous novels and plays, including “The Spy who came in from the Cold”, “The Importance of being Earnest”, “Smiley's people”, “Brideshead Revisited” and “My Fair Lady”.
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