From British History On-line: "A cottage called the Salt Box was built on demesne land on the edge of the heath north of Branch Hill Lodge between 1789 and 1808 and was replaced by a house called the Grange probably by 1834."
Our picture is a detail from Constable's painting 'Hampstead Heath, with the House Called ‘The Salt Box’ c.1819–20.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
The Salt Box
The plaque has mis-named the painting; it's actually 'Hampstead Heath, with t...
From Westminster: Mayfair suffered a direct hit during the Blitz of winter 1940 and the area’s oldest cottage, which had an inscription over its doorway ‘The Cottage, 1618 A.D’ was destroyed. This ...
Contractor in marble work, responsible for the design and execution of works such as the drinking fountains for the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Based at Imperial W...
This photo comes from Edward deVere as Shakespeare: "King's Place, later re-named Brooke House in Hackney, North London, became Edward De Vere's last home. The building was torn down in the 1950's...
West Square celebrated its centenary in September 1991. We can do no better than repeat the excellent text that the West Square Residents Association has provided on a notice board at the gate: "T...
The photograph appears under Stoke Newington Manor House/Church Row on the Hackney Plaques and Local History website, without any further explanation. We have to assume that this is a picture of Ch...
Mrs Hannah Brown was Angela Burdett-Coutts' governess and long-time companion. At Folkstone History we learn that her husband was "Dr. William Brown. Hannah Meredith, before her marriage in 1844, w...
Born Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Germany, as Albert Francis Augustus Charles Emanuel. Married his first cousin, Victoria, in 1840. President of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. Generally in...
Writer and traveller. Born George Henry Borrow, East Dereham, Norfolk. He travelled widely throughout Europe and Morocco and was also a great linguist. He caused a minor scandal, when, in a transla...
Built by Henry Penton in the late 1700s, possibly London's first planned suburb. The estate was completed around 1820. A few of the original houses survive in Chapel Market. The 'Penton Estate: 750...
Born London as Edward Alfred Briscoe Drury. More of his work can be seen on the Old War Office in Whitehall. Ornamental Passions has a good page on it.
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