"This is a currently, rather shabby looking part-industrial corner of an alley in Chalk Farm, but one on the verge of a dose of gentrification. Ferdinand Place leads off Ferdinand Street, and the whole area was still fields until the 1820s, when the arrival of the Regents Canal nearby spurred development in the area, and was boosted by the arrival of the railways in the 1830s."
"The first was in 1916, when a huge swathe of housing on the eastern side of the passageway was cleared to make space for the Chalk Farm Omnibus Depot. The bus depot only closed in 1993, and the land was cleared to make way for housing. The next major change was during WWII, when there was a lot of bomb damage in the area. One bad night saw about half the remaining houses on the western side damaged beyond reasonable repair."
Ferdinand Place in Chalk Farm originated as a conventional road of houses laid out in the 19th century, named for Lord Ferdinand Fitzroy. Early development followed the arrival of the Regents Canal and the railways. Booth's 1899 map described the housing as very poor. Major changes included 1916 clearance for the Chalk Farm Omnibus Depot, extensive WWII bomb damage that destroyed many western-side houses, and postwar demolition replaced by Beauvale council flats and Broomfield House. The road was cut back into a short cobbled passage dominated at the far corner by funeral directors' garages.
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