Place    From 1780 

Portman Square Garden

Categories: Gardens / Agriculture

Laid out and the plane trees planted following private Acts of Parliament of 1780 and 1823.

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Portman Square Garden

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Portman Square Garden

This rather dull plaque is in the garden close to the Hamilton fountain.

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Hampstead Heath

Hampstead Heath

For the history of this beautiful place go to: external site.

Place, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
River Effra

River Effra

At the Brockwell Lido plaque there is an information board which begins by explaining the function of stink pipes: "What is a stink pipe? The lofty green pipe behind you is a Victorian stink pipe, ...

Place, Gardens / Agriculture

17 memorials
Burnham Beeches

Burnham Beeches

A 1.44 square mile biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Buckinghamshire. The southern half is owned by the Corporation of London and is open to the public. Its area is slightly larger ...

Place, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
Red Cross Garden

Red Cross Garden

Part of Octavia Hill's pioneering social housing scheme. It consists of two rows of cottages and a community hall, designed by Elijah Hoole. It was created to provide 'An open air sitting room for ...

Place, Community / Clubs, Gardens / Agriculture

3 memorials

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Frank A. de Pass, VC

Frank A. de Pass, VC

Soldier. Born Frank Alexander de Pass in Kensington. He was a lieutenant in the 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse Regiment in the Indian Army. On the 24th November 1914, he entered a Germ...

Person, India

War dead, WW1
4 memorials
George Frederick Bodley

George Frederick Bodley

Ecclesiastical architect. Born Hull.  George Gilbert Scott was his brother-in-law's brother and encouraged him to take up architecture and took him on as his first pupil.  Initially practiced in Br...

Person, Architecture

3 memorials
Great Central Railway

Great Central Railway

A railway company which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in anticipation of the opening of its London extension. It was eventually grouped in...

Group, Transport

4 memorials
Sir William Nicholson

Sir William Nicholson

Artist. Born William Newzam Prior Nicholson in Nottinghamshire. Worked in many fields of art: painter of still-lifes, landscapes and portraits; wood-engraver; illustrator; and designer for the thea...

Person, Art

1 memorial
Camilla, Queen Consort

Camilla, Queen Consort

Born London as Camilla Rosemary Shand. 1973 married Andrew Parker Bowles, 1995 divorced. 2005 married Prince Charles, when she became Duchess of Cornwall. Promoted to Queen Consort on the death of ...

Person, Royalty

6 memorials