Group    From /9/2004 

Marchmont Association

Categories: Community / Clubs

Group

Aims to promote the on-going improvement of Marchmont Street and the surrounding area for the benefit of residents, businesses and visitors and to promote community spirit and a sense of shared responsibility, working in partnership with other organisations that share the same aims.

As at 2020 MA has erected 27 plaques.

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Marchmont Association

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Alexander Herzen

Alexander Herzen, 1812 - 1870, operated the Free Russian Press from this buil...

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Bloomsbury Group - Brunswick Square

Keynes's brother Geoffrey also lived here. The house was occupied by at least...

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Boulton & Park

These streets become almost impassible during London Fashion week when the Ha...

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Charles Fort - blue

Charles Fort, 1874 - 1932, American writer and founder of Forteanism, the stu...

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Charlotte Mew

Charlotte Mew, 1869 - 1928, poet, lived here, 1869 - 1890. Marchmont Association

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Alec Clifton-Taylor

Alec Clifton-Taylor

Architectural historian, author & broadcaster.  He lived in Kensington most of his life and was President of the Kensington Society from 1978 until his death.

Person, Architecture, Community / Clubs, TV & Radio

1 memorial
Admiral Duncan pub bombing

Admiral Duncan pub bombing

Well known as a gay pub, the Admiral Duncan was the site chosen by Neo-Nazi David Copeland to detonate a nail bomb which killed three people and wounded 70. Copeland, who was also responsible for ...

Event, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Gender Issues, Terrorism, Tragedy

3 memorials
Rhaune Laslett-O'Brien

Rhaune Laslett-O'Brien

Lived most of her life in and around West London.  After WW2 the housing conditions, the poverty and the racial mix in Notting Hill brought out her skills as a community champion.  In 1965 she intr...

Person, Community / Clubs, Race Issues, Social Welfare, Tourism / Traditions

1 memorial