Castelnau, London

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Castelnau
Castelnau, London (Greater London)
Castelnau, London

Castelnau shown within Greater London
OS grid reference TQ226776
London borough Richmond
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region London
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district SW13
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
European Parliament London
UK Parliament Richmond Park
London Assembly South West
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Coordinates: 51°29′10″N 0°13′59″W / 51.486, -0.233

Castelnau is a place in south west London in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames approximately Six miles west from Charing Cross on the south side of the Thames river. On the end of the Barnes peninsula, Castelnau is connected to Hammersmith in the north by Hammersmith Bridge, with Barnes village lying to the south.

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Castelnau takes it name from Castelnau-le-Lez, near Montpellier in France: in 1691, the 10th Baron of Castelnau and St Croix, a Huguenot, fled France for England following persecution, and his son, Charles Boileau, settled in north Barnes and his descendants developed the area.

Three different English pronunciations of the word "Castelnau" seem to be in current use, all differing only in the final vowel: "castle know" is more ancient, and resembles the original French vowel, "castle now" is perhaps used to match with Nassau Road in the area, and "castle nor" is favoured by more recent inhabitants.

To avoid confusion with the road of the same name running through it, Castelnau is nowadays frequently called North Barnes; the driving force for the name change no doubt coming from the property market and the desire to associate with the high value of housing in Barnes.

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