This sculpture 'Triga' recalls the racehorses that were bought and sold on this site while it was occupied by Tattersalls for almost 75 y...
On this site was a social club which operated 1765 - 1871 as Almack's and was then renamed as Willis's Rooms. Wikipedia talks of "a bras...
Whitecross Debtors' Prison, 1813 - 1870 Warm-hearted Nell Gwynne, in her will, desired her natural son, the Duke of St. Albans, to lay ou...
The Bannister plaques are the ones on the right of the pavilion, and the Wiggins one is on the left. 2018: From The Telegraph: "Paddingt...
The plaque has added an 'e' to the end of Gunder Hägg's surname
We found three English Hedonist plaques in Whitecross Street in early 2013. Please let us know if there are more that we missed.
Guglielmo Marconi, 1874 - 1937, the pioneer of wireless communication, lived here in 1896 - 1897. London County Council
Marie Taglioni, 1809 - 1884, ballet dancer, lived here in 1875 - 1876. London County Council
This mosaic is at a meeting of 9 footpaths and 7 outlying mosaics, in the same style as the central feature, point the way to: Hyde Park ...
Greater London Council Phil May, 1864 - 1903, artist, lived and worked here.
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