The Rose and Crown - one of Wimbledon's oldest public houses, dating from the early 17th century. It was a starting point for stage coaches to London. The Victorian poets Leigh Hunt and Algernon Swinburne often met here.
SW19, High Street, Wimbledon, Rose and Crown pub
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Rose and Crown, Wimbledon
From Wimbledon Heritage Map: "part 17C, late 18C early 19C public house, not...
Poet. Born Southgate. Named 'James Henry Leigh Hunt' after the Duke of Chando...
Born 7 Chester Street, Chelsea. Poet associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. He ...
In the courtyard at the rear of this building is The George - London's only galleried inn immortalized by Charles Dickens in "Little Dorr...
The text is on the right side of the plaque. The photograph shows the left side of the plaque which has a map giving the route of the who...
Marjorie 'Marge' Hewson (1943 - 2013) nursery nurse, worked for over 40 years at nearby Christ Church School and escorted children to sch...
Sir Alan Herbert (A.P.H.), 1890 - 1971, author, humourist and reformist M.P. lived and died here. English Heritage
The plaques are just inside the entrance to the building. Although the foundation stone was laid in 1913, WW1 got in the way, and the bu...
Architects. Later Vernon Helbing joined the firm. Sir Herbert Baker was one of the four principal architects of the Imperial War Graves Commission, See Blomfield for the others.
Served in the Royal Navy in 1944-8. Entered business and was the founding member of a highly successful business partnership that took over National Car Parks, which became the largest car parking...
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