On this site stood Fallow Cottage, the home of Joseph Grimaldi, actor and famous clown, 1778 - 1837.
The Finchley Society
N12, Graywood Court, 6
There was another plaque to Grimaldi's home very close by.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Joseph Grimaldi - Graywood Court
Pantomime clown appearing at Sadler's Wells, Drury Lane and Covent Garden the...
First documented in 1674, at its largest the farmland was bounded by High Roa...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Joseph Grimaldi - Graywood Court
Formed to protect, preserve and improve buildings, transport, roads and open ...
Easy to miss, this plaque can be seen in our photo, framed by the bus stop shelter. Surely a few yards to the left would have been a bett...
The Kilburn Wells were in this area, possibly very close to this pub.
The more standard pub signs show a rather cartoony head and shoulders of HH, with his dates. We have failed to find out why this pub is n...
This recreated façade is the rear of the hotel on King's Cross Road. In 1969 the authentic Victorian houses were demolished to make way ...
The stone plaque is laid into the pavement.
Born Trier, Germany (then Prussia). Died Maitland Park Road, Hampstead. Lived briefly in Brussels. From the Institute for Fiscal Studies: "Marx lived for a time after arriving in London in 1849 a...
Person, Philosophy, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, Germany
Member of the staff of A. W. Gamage Ltd and/or Benetfink & Co. Ltd. Killed in WW1.
Former Destroyer in the Polish Navy. ORP stands for Okret Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Ship of the Polish Republic).
In 1714 Russell was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty and that year he commissioned this house at 43 King Street from the architect T...
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