Plaque

Charles Bridgeman

Inscription

Greater London Council
Charles Bridgeman, landscape gardener, lived here, 1723 - 1738.

Site: Charles Bridgeman (1 memorial)

W1, Broadwick Street, 54

Credit for this entry to: Bob Baker

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Charles Bridgeman

Landscape gardener.  As Royal Gardener 1726-38, he laid out Kensington Garden...

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Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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