This plaque celebrates the restoration of the Avenue Gardens between 1993 & 1996. These gardens were designed by William Andrews Nesfield, 1794 - 1881 & created between 1863 & 1865.
The people in the picture standing on the plaque are doing the obligatory circular walk to read the inscription.
Plaque carved by Richard Kindersley in 1996.
NW1, Regent's Park, Broad Walk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Garden restoration
The Regent's Park plaque has the date of birth as 1794 but this contradicts a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Garden restoration
Sculptor and lettering artist, following his father's David's path. Other Lo...
English Heritage Sir Mortimer Wheeler, 1890-1976 Archaeologist lived here.
Ancient Olympia is the site of the original games and remains the source of the sacred Olympic flame. It is lit by Apollo, god of the Sun...
Easter Monday in 1768 was 4 April. The plaque was erected by the Lambeth Estate Residents' Association.
This game took place, on a Saturday, just 2 months after the FA had been formed.
Klein moved here in 1933 and stayed till 1953 when she moved to a flat in 20 Bracknell Gardens, West Hampstead.
There are 8 Courts running off the north side of this section of Fleet Street and on the ground at the entrance to each Court is a plaque...
Novelist. Born at 103 Woodside, Wimbledon. From 1932, she produced one romance novel and one thriller each year. In all she wrote nearly sixty volumes. Died at Guy's Hospital.
Film director. Born at 517 Leytonstone High Road above his father William’s greengrocery and poultry shop. See Spitalfields Life for an unusual take on his life in Leytonstone. When Alfie was about...
In our photo of the street showing two blue plaques, the Handel building is the one on the right. The one on the left is Hendrix.
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.
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