The Rose and Crown - one of Wimbledon's oldest public houses, dating from the early 17th century. It was a starting point for stage coaches to London. The Victorian poets Leigh Hunt and Algernon Swinburne often met here.
SW19, High Street, Wimbledon, Rose and Crown pub
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Rose and Crown, Wimbledon
From Wimbledon Heritage Map: "part 17C, late 18C early 19C public house, not...
Poet. Born Southgate. Named 'James Henry Leigh Hunt' after the Duke of Chando...
Born 7 Chester Street, Chelsea. Poet associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. He ...
Seeing a plaque in this 1970s photo of Brook Street at Spitalfields LIfe we investigated and identified the buildings in the photo as num...
Erected in 1885 this is the oldest surviving "blue" plaque to a woman.
This plaque contradicts English Heritage's rules about erecting only one plaque per person, as there is already one for him in E1.
This game took place, on a Saturday, just 2 months after the FA had been formed.
The plaques are just visible in our photo, to the left of the third column from the right. This was built as the South West Essex Techni...
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