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 Â 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 ...
Sir William Addison (1905 - 1992) author, jurist and historian, ran a bookshop here. Loughton Town Council 1999
Researching these three names Andrew Behan comments: "Ruth Stacey and Walter Stacey were married to each other and lived next door to Ros...
This plaque was lost sometime July 2021 - August 2022.
This 1913 map shows that Oswald Street used to extend down to Rushmore Street. That southern section, where, according to the plaque, New...
