London’s Alleys: Powell’s Walk, Chiswick, W4

This narrow passage, surrounded along most of its route by high brick walls, links an old church with a since-demolished manor house.It’s an old route, showing up in John Rocque’s map of 10 miles around London from 1746, as a route from the church through fields to the once rural Burlington Lane – which is today a very busy wide road leading to the Hogarth Roundabout.
OS map 1866
There is a mystery about the name, as most online sources say that the alley was originally called Paul’s Wal