This Square was laid out at the same time as Hoxton Square and in 1922 Charles Square still contained at least some houses from about 1685 - 1745. Only no. 16 remains. Shown in the picture, it was "used {1922} for the accommodation of the Shoreditch County Court, and before the present Court House was built in the rear of Old Street, the front room on the first floor was utilised for that purpose".
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Charles Square
Commemorated ati
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Mill Hill Estate
Mill Hill Park Acton provides a good history: Richard White's widow sold the estate in 1859 and the fields north of the big house were developed (Mill Hill Road) while the house and grounds were oc...
1 memorial
Red Lion House
Spitalfields Life, our picture source, says: "Becoming the Red Lion Tavern after his {Culpeper's} death, the building was demolished in the eighteen-forties as part of road widening when Commercial...
1 memorial
Leaside Regeneration Project
A community-based social enterprise set up to develop the regeneration of the Lower Lea Valley and the surrounding area of East London.
1 memorial
52 Tavistock Square
Lived in by Leonard and Virginia Woolf 1924-39. Our picture source also has some photos of the interior, and explains that, even though they have moved out, the destruction of this house affected V...
2 memorials
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them