This is Earl’s Court Farm in 1867. Until 1844 it had been run by the Hutchins family, very successfully. The man in the bowler hat is Mr. Alloway, who took over the farm in 1844. Earls Court station was built on top.
Earl’s Court Farm, 1867
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