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 ...
In November 1933 the St. Marylebone Health Society, as a memorial to Murrell, was planning "to build a new infant welfare centre and day ...
The stone was erected on the base of one of Baird's television masts. Our picture is taken from the History of Kingsbury Manor website wh...
We can add nothing to this tale of 13th century upper crust marriage brokerage.
English Heritage Sir Gerald Kelly, 1879 - 1972, portrait painter lived here, 1916 - 1972.
A walk through this cemetery in c.1870 is described on pages 52-57 of May Sinclair’s 1919 novel ‘Mary Olivier: A Life’. Mary is taken by...
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