[3] Adjacent landowners began to develop the land in the 1860s as a result of the transport hub and the general urbanisation boom west of London, and led to the eventual absorption of Brompton and its station into Kensington.

It was sealed by the arrival of the Metropolitan and District Railways at Brompton, but for public relations reasons, it was re-named "South Kensington" in 1868.

The British SAS finally stormed the building in a 17-minute operation, bringing out the hostages and the one surviving gunman, who was subsequently sentenced to 27 years in prison for his part in the offences.

The first incumbent, one Percival Frye, just happened to be the nephew of Archdeacon Alfred Pott, vicar of the neighbouring Kensington parish.

Morgan cars, a British family-owned hand built sportscar company, operates a main dealership out of Astwood Mews in South Kensington.

Christie's auction house had a second London salesroom in the Old Brompton Road, South Kensington from 1975, which primarily handled the middle market.

Christie's permanently closed the South Kensington salesroom in July 2017 as part of their restructuring plans announced March 2017.

[11] Caffè Nero also started life as a single coffee shop in Old Brompton Road, opened by Ian Semp in 1990.