The town hall for Paddington, designed by James Lockyer originally as the Vestry Hall, was on Paddington Green. Enlarged in 1900 and 1920. Closed and demolished in 1965 to make way for the Westway urban motorway. has a map extract making it clear that the Town Hall was about where the pedestrian traffic lights under the Westway are now.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Paddington Town Hall
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Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
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