Campden Hill Square was laid out by Joshua Flesher Hanson in 1826. Gates and most of the railings around the central garden are original but building sites were let or sold piecemeal. The first house occupied was no.2 in 1828; the other early houses which remain were completed at various dates up to 1842.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
W8, Campden Hill Square
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Campden Hill Square
Developer and builder. British History Online says that in 1823 he bought "ov...
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Campden Hill Square
The borough was formed in 1965 by the merging of the separate former boroughs...
The plaque was not there when we first visited the site. We have returned several times over the years in case a replacement has been ere...
The referenced psalm includes some words that make it appropriate for travellers, but of the female gender, which seems odd for sailors: ...
Londonist gives a deliciously grim description of the process of being hung, drawn and quartered. This plaque gives a contemporary view ...
Parachute mines were used in the early 40s; the end of the war was characterised by the use of V-1s and V-2s. Parachute mines are recorde...
