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Seven Dials Trust Historical Markers

This series is for the People’s plaques and Street plaques erected by the Seven Dials Trust in London. For more information on the Trust and their plaques, please see https://www.sevendials.com/ .
 
By Andrew Ruppenstein, March 16, 2018
Brian Epstein Marker - Wide View
1 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Brian Epstein —
The Beatles Manager and impresario worked here 1963-1964 — — Map (db m115541) HM
2 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Charles Boon —
Charles Boon (1877-1943) Co-Founder of publisher Mills & Boon, and pioneer of romantic literature lived here 1877-1901 — — Map (db m297506) HM
3 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Earlham Street —
Seven Dials is one of the many creations of Thomas Neale MP (1641-1699) - ‘The Great Projector’. Neale was one of the most influential figures of late Stuart England: an MP for 30 years serving on 62 parliamentary committees; Master of . . . — — Map (db m295599) HM
4 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — George Armstrong MD (1719-1789) —
Father of Paediatrics ran a free dispensary for sick children near this site in 1781 — — Map (db m296033) HM
5 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — John Logie Baird —
John Logie Baird (1888-1946) Conducted his first experimental television transmissions from this site 1926-1928 — — Map (db m297649) HM
6 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Mercer Street —
Seven Dials is one of the many creations of Thomas Neale MP (1641-1699) - ‘The Great Projector’. Neale was one of the most influential figures of late Stuart England: an MP for 30 years serving on 62 parliamentary committees; Master of the . . . — — Map (db m297509) HM
7 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Nathaniel Westlake (1833-1921) —
Stained glass artist lived here in the 1880s — — Map (db m294214) HM
8 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Roger Keith ‘Syd’ Barrett (1946-2006) —
Musician and co-founder of Pink Floyd lived here 1966-1967 — — Map (db m294208) HM
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9 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Seven Dials —
Seven Dials is one of the many creations of an extraordinary man - Thomas Neale MP (1641-99) - 'The Great Projector'. Neale was one of the most influential figures of late Stuart England: an MP for 30 years serving on 62 parliamentary . . . — — Map (db m295343) HM
10 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Short’s Gardens —
Seven Dials is one of the many creations of Thomas Neale MP (1641-1699) 'The Great Projector'. Neale was one of the most influential figures of late Stuart England: an MP for 30 years serving on 62 parliamentary committees; Master of . . . — — Map (db m294921) HM
11 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — The Kip —
Famous Lodging House (1860-1922) where residents slept leaning on a rope — — Map (db m294209) HM
12 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — The Roxy —
Legendary punk club 1976-1978 — — Map (db m294210) HM
13 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Zepherina Veitch and Dame Rosalind Paget —
Zepherina Veitch (1836-1894) Dame Rosalind Paget (1855-1948) pioneering midwives trained at The British Lying-In Hospital founded 1739 and sited here 1849-1913 — — Map (db m294234) HM
14 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — John Dryden —
John Dryden (1631-1700) Poet, critic and satirist lived here 1668-1686 — — Map (db m297453) HM
15 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Sir John Gielgud (1904-2000) —
Actor lived on this site 1927-1935 — — Map (db m296045) HM
16 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — William Hazlitt —
William Hazlitt (1778-1830) Essayist, critic and artist lived here 1793-1795 — — Map (db m297436) HM
17 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster, Covent Garden — Aldridge’s Horse Bazaar —
On this site 1753-1940 Famous for horse sales until 1926 Cars sold from 1907 — — Map (db m296034) HM
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18 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster, Covent Garden — John Jacob Holtzapffel (1768-1835) —
John Jacob Holtzapffel (1768-1835) Manufacturer of ornamental turning lathes lived here 1794-1811 — — Map (db m297417) HM
19 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster, Covent Garden — Lionel Lukin (1742-1834) —
Royal coachbuilder and inventor of the lifeboat lived and worked on this site 1767-1824 — — Map (db m296035) HM
 
 
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Nov. 12, 2026