From the Picture source website: "... the St James’s Square Trust is intent on preserving tranquility and avoiding the incursion of large, disruptive commercial ventures in the Square. The gardens are not publicly funded, but depend on financial support from the building freeholders in the Square."
That website also has a History page which starts in March 1661 when the Earl of St. Albans acquired a freehold on St James’s Field and set about laying out the Square.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
St James's Square Trust
This golden Indian bean catalpa tree, known also as a catalpa bignonioides au...
This tree was planted in memory of WPC Yvonne Fletcher, 17th April 1984, by t...
An area roughly equivalent to modern-day Hyde Park. It was owned by Westminster Abbey, and its woods afforded both fire-wood and shelter for the monks and for their game and water-fowl.
Art patron. Horticultural editor. Born London. 1st baronet. Known as Wentworth to distinguish him from his father of the same name. Pity this care in naming did not extend to the next generation. A...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration, Russia
As a Waterloo resident Margaret worked from about 1972 on community planning in Waterloo. Her main aims have been to increase social housing for families and green open space for everyone. She co...
Botanist and explorer. Born Joseph Dalton Hooker, son of Sir William, at Halesworth, Suffolk. He travelled widely around the world, bringing back many species of plants to Britain. Became director ...
The land was purchased by the Beckenham Local Board to provide a public open space which had been lacking since the loss of the Fair Field for housing in the 1870s. The site was part of open farmla...
