In memoria dei periti nell'affondamento
dell' Arandora Star
2 luglio 1940
......il ricordo che è vivo nel cuore del
parenti, dei superstiti e colonia italiana
4 novembre 1960
(English translation:)
In memory . . . — — Map (db m299310) WM
Baudry Greene was founded in 1785 by sisters-in-law Baudry and Annabelina Greene. They were notorious socialites of the age, famed for throwing lavish
parties with their husbands, Wilhelm D Palmerston and Yann Comme-Belle, great entrepreneurs . . . — — Map (db m295364) HM
Royal Navy Gunner, Street Musician and "King of the Buskers"
Lived with his family in the St Giles Rookery which was on this site — — Map (db m220741) HM
Bloomsbury
Group members
Virginia Woolf
Duncan Grant
Adrian Stephen
Leonard Woolf &
John Maynard
Keynes
lived in a house
on this site
1911-1912 — — Map (db m111130) HM
Bloomsbury Square
Sir Hans Sloane Trail
by Year 5, Holy Trinity C of E Primary School
this garden has been planted in honour of Sir Hans Sloane. Sir Hans Sloane was born in Killyleagh, County Down, in Ireland in the year 1660. He came to London . . . — — Map (db m130176) HM
Restoration of Bloomsbury Square
Originally known as Southampton Square Bloomsbury Square was one of London's first designed garden squares. It was initially laid out during the middle of the 17th Century, after Lord Southampton built Southampton . . . — — Map (db m121936) HM
Bloomsbury Square Physic Garden
Welcome to our garden in Bloomsbury Square. It's no ordinary garden; it is a physic garden. What's a physic garden? If you want to know more, read on!
A physic garden has plants with medicinal properties for . . . — — Map (db m130177) HM
To the memory of the men who went from this museum and fought and fell in the war 1914 - 1918
Ian A. K. Burnett; Frank Derrett
C. R. Dunt; W. J. Eden; S. W. Littlejohn
H. Michie; John F. T. Nash; E. Pullen
M. Seeley; R. Sheehy; A. . . . — — Map (db m305727) WM
Right in front of you is The Brunswick Plane, acclaimed as one of the ten Great Trees of London in 2008 and probably dating from the laying out of Brunswick Square gardens in 1796. At well over 200 years old, it is thought to be the second oldest . . . — — Map (db m295498) HM
In memory of the tens of thousands of British civilian and military personnel who suffered incarceration, many dying, in the Far East during the Second World War 1939 - 45, including those forced to labour on the Burma Railway. They ask for nothing . . . — — Map (db m120043) WM
The son of Jewish immigrants, Simmon lived here from the 1920s till 1940. He was posthumously awarded this highest medal for bravery when attempting to save the lives of three men in a burning barracks in Mogadishu, December 1944. . . . — — Map (db m188335) HM
This building was erected in 1774 to accommodate
the six clerks of the King's High Court of Chancery when
they moved from their old office in Chancery Lane. The six clerks were abolished in 1842-5-6 Vict. C.103 — — Map (db m299381) HM
Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh,
unveiled this plaque to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the opening of
the Channel Tunnel and the launch of international high speed rail services
between the . . . — — Map (db m295630) HM
Charles Dickens
Lived in a house on this
site
1824-1829
Later to be the home of
The David Copperfield
Childrens Library
1922-1932 — — Map (db m117151) HM
Honouring the
bravery and sacrifice of
Colin Townsley
of Soho Fire Station who
gave his life in the line of duty
at the Kings Cross
underground fire
18th November 1987 — — Map (db m295064) HM
In Memory of
David Cassidy
12th April 1950 - 21st November 2017
Donated by his fans to honour his love of the U.K. and to commemorate his performances in Blood Brothers at the Phoenix Theatre, London.
December . . . — — Map (db m294321) HM
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
Here
Lived
Philip
Second Earl of Chesterfield
Born 1633 : Died 1713
also
Philip Third Earl
and
Philip Dormer
Fourth Earl of
Chesterfield K.G.
Born 1694 : Died 1773 — — Map (db m121934) HM
This building was formerly the
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital
Built in 1890 and finally closed in 2002.
It was established by ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON
The first woman to qualify as a doctor in Britain who created
a hospital in . . . — — Map (db m115542) HM
Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia
Founders of the Suffragette Movement lived in a house on this site 1888-1893 — — Map (db m239964) HM
Site of Endell Street Military Hospital 1915-1919
Established in former workhouse buildings during the First World War under the command of Dr Flora Murray & Dr Louisa Garrett Anderson, this 573-bed hospital is the only British . . . — — Map (db m294218) HM
[Inscription on obelisk:]
In Memory of our Glorious Dead
[South side inscription:]
In grateful memory of 3719 men of the
London and Northwestern Railway Company
who for the country justice and freedom
served . . . — — Map (db m112270) WM
Fanny Wilkinson
1855-1951
The first woman to become a professional garden designer in Britain laid out these gardens in 1885, while working for the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association. — — Map (db m299359) HM
FRANCES TROLLOPE (1780-1863)
author, lived at 16 Keppel Street
near this site. Her sons, the authors
THOMAS ADOLPHUS TROLLOPE
(1810-1892) and
ANTHONY TROLLOPE
(1815-1882)
were born there — — Map (db m120106) HM
Lived in this house between 1803 and 1810. Born in Caracas, Venezuela,
he was the forerunner of the
independence of the republics
of Latin America. Here he met
in 1810 The Liberator
Simon Bolivar.
Vivio en esta casa . . . — — Map (db m116575) HM
Friend at Hand was built in 1735 at the time of the Marylebone Road and adjoining Nash Terraces. The first ever omnibus service from Holborn stopped here. The original service of one coach each way was soon being increased to a dozen journeys per . . . — — Map (db m109813) HM
George
Padmore
1903-1959
aka Malcolm Ivan Meredith Nurse
International Activist
and Renowned
Pan Africanist
Lived here
1941-1957 — — Map (db m117153) HM
Harold Arundel Moody
1882-1947
Jamaican Doctor, Humanitarian
and
British Civil Rights Activist
Established the League of
Coloured Peoples here,
at the Central YMCA
13 March 1931 — — Map (db m294493) HM
Mabel's Tavern apparently takes its name from a local woman, Mabel Macinelly
who was born in Dublin, Ireland. She married into the family who owned
Hamilton House in Mabledon Place and became Mabel Hamilton. Not much information is known about . . . — — Map (db m296427) HM
Red Lion Fields
In Professor Theo Barker’s book Three Hundred Years of Red Lion Square: 1684-1984, he describes, "The laying out of Red Lion Square in June 1684 was marked by scenes of violent protest which obligingly enable us to . . . — — Map (db m308150) HM
Shelley’s Grandfather
As the 18th century continued, Professor Theo Barker remarks that the Square
"grew less fashionable" with some of the upper echelons of society moving
away. For example, Sir Bysshe Shelley eventually moved away, and . . . — — Map (db m308182) HM
Deputy Sheriff of London
Around 1860, John Philipps Emslie painted the east side of Red Lion Square, in particular Nos. 22, 23 and 24. No. 24 was the Ancient Baronial Court, held under the authority of the Sheriffs of Middlesex. "It is held . . . — — Map (db m308366) HM
Churchill House
In 1955-56, the ruins of 35 Red Lion Square were transformed by Lander, Bedells and Crompton into Churchill House, with Sir Winston Churchill laying the
foundation stone on 23rd April 1956. Commissioned
by Cassell's . . . — — Map (db m308272) HM
Born 28th. Sepr. 1740; Died 23rd.Sepr. 1824.
The Firm, Consistent, & Persevering Advocate
of
"UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE,
Equal Representation, Vote by Ballot,
AND ANNUAL PARLIAMENTS.
He was the . . . — — Map (db m115492) HM
