Haberdashers Place 1802
N1, Pitfield Street
The 1802 stone has clearly been saved from the ruin, and the 1952 plaque modelled on it. Nicely done. The close-up picture was taken from the centre of the little roundabout and the scent from the roses was delightful. With so little traffic you could close your eyes and be transported to a country cottage garden.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Haberdashers Place - 1802
Built on green fields in 1802. Destroyed by enemy action on 11th May 1941 and...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Haberdashers Place - 1802
Haberdashers Place was destroyed by enemy action on 11th May 1941 and re-buil...
In the picture you can see the plaque: between the two green flags, level with their lower edges.
We first photographed this plaque some years ago when the building was The Queen's Head public house.
The steps are rather grand for a public park and look to us as if left over from a now-demolished substantial building (factory, head off...
Gregory Isaacs, "The Cool Ruler", international reggae superstar, 1950 - 2010, lived here, 2007 - 2010. Federation of Reggae Music Harrow...
See our page for the original statue for a description of the Brown Dog affair. This ended when, in 1910 the original statue was removed...
Ran a vigorous campaign in the 1980s. Set up the Turk's Head Company, a charity to improve local life, bought the derelict building from the Council and restored it. From the picture source: " It...
Painter and writer. Born in Zurich as Johann Heinrich Füssli, worked mainly in England. The birth date we give is from the ODNB who warn that he later lied about it. His paintings often depict t...
Bloomsbury House was built in 1887 for the College of Preceptors. Designed by by F. Pinches it is Listed Grade 1. The College, now call...
Lee Christopher Harris was born on 13 November 1974 in Hereford, Herefordshire, the son of Brian Harris and Lynne Harris née Williams. He and his girlfriend, Samantha Hilary Badham, lived together ...
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