Noel Road is a street in Islington , London. It runs roughly west to east from Colebrooke Row to St Peter's Street (and crosses Danbury Street), and the houses on the south side back onto the Regent's Canal . It was developed in 1841; and until 1938 was two streets, Noel Street and Hanover Street.
23-451: Many of its buildings are listed with Historic England . Former residents include the novelist George Gissing , artist Walter Sickert , playwright Joe Orton , and the author Nina Bawden . In 1967, Orton was murdered in his apartment at 25 Noel Road by his long-term partner Kenneth Halliwell , who committed suicide shortly after. The street was developed in 1841; and until 1938 was two streets, Noel Street and Hanover Street, each side of
46-474: A significant percentage of Aerofilms photos is already in the public domain, albeit protected by copyright. The company would send out batches of photos to public libraries, and many remain there today. In addition, key images were reproduced as postcards from the 1920s through to the 1980s. In addition to Aerofilms’ own imagery, the firm expanded its holdings with the purchase of two smaller collections – AeroPictorial (1934-1960) and Airviews (1947-1991). In 1997,
69-504: Is an archive of oblique aerial photography of the United Kingdom. It now includes 1.26 million negatives and more than 2000 photograph albums— The Times reporting in 1995 that Aerofilms had 1.12 million photographs spanning 75 years. Its chronological and geographical coverage documents the face of Britain dating from 1919 to recent years, providing evidence of a period of change and, according to English Heritage , "includes
92-506: Is how he saw his back garden from Vincent Terrace across the other side of Regent's Canal, and Fading Memories of Walter Scott depicts local scenes. 51°31′59″N 0°06′00″W / 51.53319°N 0.09988°W / 51.53319; -0.09988 Historic England Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England ) is an executive non-departmental public body of
115-614: Is the responsibility of local planning authorities and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities . Historic England also owns the National Heritage Collection of nationally important historic sites, currently in public care. It does not run these sites as this function is instead carried out by the English Heritage Trust under licence until 2023. The Secretary of State at
138-507: The British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport . It is tasked with protecting the historic environment of England by preserving and listing historic buildings , scheduling ancient monuments , registering historic parks and gardens , advising central and local government, and promoting the public's enjoyment of, and advancing their knowledge of, ancient monuments and historic buildings. The body
161-653: The Heritage Lottery Fund , The Foyle Foundation and other donors and now, over 95,000 images are available on the website. Photographs attributed to Aerofilms Ltd are also held in the Conway Library at The Courtauld Institute of Art whose archive, of primarily architectural images, is being digitised under the wider Courtauld Connects project. Aerofilms photographs have been used in books relating to geography, topography and travel, and have featured in books such as The Aerofilms Book of England from
184-650: The Historic England Archive from the former English Heritage, and projects linked to the archive such as Britain from Above, which saw the archive work with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland to digitise, catalogue and put online 96,000 of the oldest Aerofilms images. The archive also houses various national collections, including
207-480: The 1930s, the company pioneered the science of photogrammetry (mapping from aerial photographs), with the Ordnance Survey amongst the company's clients. In its earliest days, the main work of the company had been oblique photography, and the images were often sold to postcard manufacturers. In 1925, Aircraft Operating Company took over Aerofilms, and expanded its operations, based at Hendon. In 1940,
230-611: The Air (1988) and Coastlines from the Air (1996). In addition its photographs are used in the series Aerofilms Guide: Football Grounds , first published in 1993 and updated on an annual basis. Another example of the company's work was the title-sequence mosaic of east London, used until 2009, for the BBC soap EastEnders . Photographs from the archive feature in the 2008 book British Seaside Piers by Richard Riding and Chris Mawson, former Aerofilms librarian. The Aerofilms Historic Collection
253-603: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport appoints members of the Commission, which is the governing board of the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England and oversees the work of Historic England. Since September 2023, the chair of the Commission is Lord Mendoza . The body is run by an executive team, led since the 2015 restructuring by Duncan Wilson . Aerofilms Aerofilms Ltd
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#1732793602529276-937: The UK. Co-founder Graham-White was a pioneer aviator who had achieved fame by making the first night flight in 1910. Operations began from the Stag Lane Aerodrome at Edgware, using the aircraft of the London Flying School. Subsequently, the Aircraft Manufacturing Company (later the De Havilland Aircraft Company ), hired an Airco DH.9 along with pilot entrepreneur Alan Cobham . In its early years, Aerofilms had links with pioneer cinematographer Claude Friese-Greene . From 1921, Aerofilms carried out vertical photography for survey and mapping purposes. During
299-851: The company's staff and state-of-the-art equipment were co-opted into the war effort, forming the nucleus of the Allied Photographic Interpretation Unit at Medmenham . It was at this time that Sir Percy Hunting became interested in the company, which led Aerofilms to become a member of the Hunting Group of Companies in 1942. After the war, Aerofilms became responsible for oblique photography, whilst Hunting Aerosurveys undertook vertical photography for survey. Post-war redevelopment and industrial expansion kept both Aerofilms and Hunting Surveys Ltd hard at work, which has resulted in an expansive library of historic aerial photography. Unlike other photographic libraries,
322-494: The current junction with Danbury Street. It was named after Noel Thornhill; and a Captain Noel Thornhill, nephew of Arthur John Thornhill, died in 1955, aged 73. Seven to nine, 13–53, 4–6, 12–54, 55–85, Hanover Primary School and The Island Queen pub are all Grade II listed buildings at Historic England 's National Heritage List for England . Hanover Street School was designed by E. R. Robson , and opened in 1877. It
345-401: The head, and then killed himself with an overdose of Nembutal . The writer Lionel Hale (1909–1977) spent his later years at 76 Noel Road. The author Nina Bawden lived at 22 Noel Road for 36 years, from 1976 until her death in 2012. Walter Sickert resided at number 56 Noel Road (now 54 Noel Road, but then 26 Noel Street) from 1925 to 1926. His painting The Hanging Gardens of Islington ,
368-464: The historic Aerofilms oblique library to English Heritage in partnership with The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) and The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW). Since then the bulk of the negatives from 1919 to the early 1950s have been digitised, geo-referenced and made available online as Britain from Above. The digitization project took 4 years with financial help from
391-481: The historic elements of the wider landscape. It monitors and reports on the state of England's heritage and publishes the annual Heritage at Risk survey which is one of the UK government's official statistics . It is tasked to secure the preservation and enhancement of the human-made heritage of England for the benefit of future generations. Its remit involves: It is not responsible for approving alterations to listed buildings . The management of listed buildings
414-458: The largest and most significant number of air photographs of Britain taken before 1939". The collection covers the countryside, industrial and urban landscapes, archaeological sites and historic buildings and charts the growth of new towns and the spread of motorways across the landscape. Almost every community is represented, many with a series of views taken over the decades showing how cities, towns and villages have changed and grown. This provides
437-403: The parent company of Simmons Mapping (UK) Ltd acquired Aerofilms Limited, and in 2001, the two companies merged to form Simmons Aerofilms Ltd. In 2005, Simmons Aerofilms was taken over by Norwegian-based geographical information and offshore technology company Blom and is now known as Blom Aerofilms / Blom UK. The photo library and associated photolabs were closed in 2006. In June 2007, Blom sold
460-637: The results of older projects, such as the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England and Images of England (providing online access to images of listed buildings in England as of 2002). Historic England inherited English Heritage's position as the UK government's statutory adviser and a statutory consultee on all aspects of the historic environment and its heritage assets. This includes archaeology on land and underwater, historic buildings sites and areas, designated landscapes and
483-473: Was created by the National Heritage Act 1983 , and operated from April 1984 to April 2015 under the name of English Heritage . In 2015, following the changes to English Heritage's structure that moved the protection of the National Heritage Collection into the voluntary sector in the English Heritage Trust , the body that remained was rebranded as Historic England. The body also inherited
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#1732793602529506-462: Was rebuilt in 1931, and the architect was then Edwin Paul Wheeler. The novelist George Gissing (1875–1903) lived at 5 Hanover Street (now 60 Noel Road) from 1879 to 1880. The playwright Joe Orton and his long-term partner Kenneth Halliwell lived in the top floor flat at 25 Noel Road from 1959 until 9 August 1967, when Halliwell killed the 34-year-old Orton there with nine hammer blows to
529-631: Was the UK 's first commercial aerial photography company, founded in 1919 by Francis Wills and Claude Graham White . Wills had served as an Observer with the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I, and was the driving force behind the expansion of the company from an office and a bathroom (for developing films) in Hendon to a business with major contracts in Africa and Asia as well as in
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