History of Kilburn and West Hampstead

This is a short piece following our recent story about Zeppelins (scroll down to see the previous story). During WWI when the Germans stopped their Zeppelin raids in 1917, they continued to attack London using Gotha heavy bombers. German Gotha Bomber In the raid on the 28/29 January 1918, Gotha GV 938/16 approaching from the north, commenced its attack shortly before 10.00pm and dropped three bombs along Belsize Road close to the railway line. Two people were killed and two others were injured. 118 houses were damaged. The Princess of Wales pub at No.121 Abbey Road on the corner with Belsize Road , (today the site of the Lillie Langtry pub), was wrecked. Robert Hill, the landlord since 1911, survived the attack. When the pub was repaired he continued there for another 10 years, until his son took over. Princess of Wales pub in the 1890s (Marianne Colloms) Three more bombs from the Gotha landed in St George’s Road (today’s Priory Terrace), Mortimer R...