It derives its name from the fact that It was King Charles II’s private road to Kew and wasn’t opened to the general public until 1830. Mary Quant opened her shop ‘Bazaar’ here in 1955. Along with Carnaby Street, the road became the focus of the ‘Swinging Sixties’ scene. In the 1970’s Vivien Westwood and Malcolm McLaren opened their punk boutique, ‘Let it Rock’ at number 430.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
The King's Road
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Royal Avenue was laid out by Sir Chr...
Braxton's Coffee House (1702) at no.24 Henrietta Street became Rawthmell's Coffee House in 1715 and later moved to no.25, where the (R)SA first met. The image shows the painting by Anna Katrina Zi...
Wealthy banker. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851. Banker. Born 43 Lothbury, London. Died at home, 2 Carlton Gardens.
"In use in the 18th and 19th centuries" so the dates we give are very approximate.
1292 - first reference to ‘Free Fruiterers’. First charter in 1606. Their shield shows Adam and Eve with that first piece of fruit.
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