Campden Hill Square was laid out by Joshua Flesher Hanson in 1826. Gates and most of the railings around the central garden are original but building sites were let or sold piecemeal. The first house occupied was no.2 in 1828; the other early houses which remain were completed at various dates up to 1842.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
W8, Campden Hill Square
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Campden Hill Square
Developer and builder. British History Online says that in 1823 he bought "ov...
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Campden Hill Square
The borough was formed in 1965 by the merging of the separate former boroughs...
When Ben was a child his family lived at number 1 Pilgrim's Lane, 1904-6. His time at 2b was during the 1970s and 80s.
{Below an image of the discus thrower:} The Ancient Games The ancient Olympic Games began in 776 BC in honour of Zeus. Nike the goddess o...
From BCS: "We had to do Sid twice because the first plaque was stolen; the second was placed much higher up the wall!"
English Heritage Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, 1817 - 1898, Muslim reformer and scholar, lived here, 1869 - 1870.
David Devant, 1868 - 1941, magician, lived here in flat no. 1. English Heritage
Author, naturalist and ornithologist. Born on a small ranch, Los Viente-cinco Ombúes, near Quilmes in Buenos Aires province. Came to Britain in 1874 and produced a series of ornithological studies...
Active in 2002. Associated with St Paul's Church, Queen Caroline Street.
Frederick Martin was born circa 1916. He was serving as a Private in the Army Catering Corps, service number 911620 and was attached to the Royal Artillery when he died, aged 29 years, on 3 Septemb...
Sculptor. He trained with the Orton Trust, and became apprentice and then assistant to David Kindersley (father of Richard), who raised him in the tradition and spirit of direct carving and the tre...
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