Animal   

donkeys of Covent Garden

Categories: Commerce, Animals

100,000 costermongers' donkeys worked in and around the market. The picture source says: "In the 1860s there were as many as 2,000 donkey barrows on a Saturday morning in Covent Garden Market."

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
donkeys of Covent Garden

Commemorated ati

Covent Garden donkeys

Covent Garden Area Trust has an interesting page about the unveiling ceremony.

Read More

Other Subjects

Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Porchester

Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Porchester

Racing Manager to Queen Elizabeth from 1969 until his death.  A very close friend of the Queen, as described in the Telegraph, or a very, very, close friend of the Queen as described at Yahoo Answe...

Person, Animals

1 memorial
Margaret Mary Damer Dawson

Margaret Mary Damer Dawson

Born Sussex. Founder of the Women’s Police Force, in WW1. Organizing Secretary of the animal campaigning organisation the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society. This opposed vivisection, camp...

Person, Armed Forces, Animals

2 memorials
Martin Spencer

Martin Spencer

Swan Marker and Barge Master of the Vinters Company c.2006-7. Modelled for the figure in the Vintners statue. Deceased by 2023.

Person, Animals, Liveries & Guilds, Tourism / Traditions

1 memorial
National Anti-Vivisection Society

National Anti-Vivisection Society

The world’s first body to challenge the use of animals in research, founded by Frances Power Cobbe, in Victoria Street SW1 as the Victoria Street Society. 1898 the group split over whether it shoul...

Group, Animals

1 memorial
Hyde Park Barracks / Knightsbridge Barracks

Hyde Park Barracks / Knightsbridge Barracks

This site was first developed in 1795 for use by the Horse Guards. The barracks were designed by architect James Johnson and buildings were added up to 1803. (British History Online – 1st Barracks ...

Group, Armed Forces, Animals

2 memorials