Plaque

St John's Church - Notting Hill

Inscription

St. Johns Church was built in 1845 in the early English gothic style by John Hargrave Stevens and George Alexander. This site on the summit of Notting Hill had formerly been a view-point for spectators at the centre of the Hippodrome race course.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Site: St John's Church - Notting Hill (2 memorials)

W11, Lansdowne Crescent

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St John's Church - Notting Hill

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George Alexander

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Kensington Hippodrome

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St John's Church - Notting Hill

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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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