Erection date: 1909
Jenny Lind, (Madame Goldschmidt), 1820 - 1887, singer, lived here.
LCC
SW5, Old Brompton Road, 189
The plaque is actually located over a gateway in Boltons Place.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Jenny Lind
Singer. Born Johanna Maria Lind at 40 Mästersamuelsgränd, Stockholm. Her oper...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Jenny Lind
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
Apart from the actual names the two plaques are the same. Our photo shows the one on the left.
This stone is a substitute for the more elaborate memorial that was located on the other side of the road, and subsequently removed. It c...
We thank our colleague Alan Patient for this photo.
The names are those of men who worked at the Chalk Farm bus garage, died in WW1 and whose names were listed on a white plaque that was er...
As lady-in-waiting to Anne of Cleves Catherine attracted Henry's ever-roving eye. Anne was dumped (via the annulment method) and the obese, 49-year old Henry married the 20-year old Catherine. Sh...
This complex of buildings was created to house the Guildhall School of Music, who had outgrown their premises at Aldermanbury. Designed b...
The plaque was unveiled by the writer and former MP Gyles Brandreth.
See our page for the original statue for a description of the Brown Dog affair. This ended when, in 1910 the original statue was removed...
Great Portland Street is a London Underground station on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines.
