Group    From 1940 

London District of Fitzrovia

Categories: Community / Clubs

Area of London, bordered roughly by Euston Road to the north, Oxford Street to the south, Great Portland Street to the west and Gower Street to the east. Probably named after the Fitzroy Tavern public house, where the bohemian community had traditionally congregated. The name is first thought to have been recorded in print by Tom Driberg, in the William Hickey gossip column of the Daily Express in 1940.

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

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London District of Fitzrovia

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Joe Jenkins

Smaller than your average plaque, this is probably the bluest one in London.

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Dame Ann Parker Bowles, DCVO, CBE

Dame Ann Parker Bowles, DCVO, CBE

Aristocrat and Girl Guides leader. Born as Ann de Trafford on 14 July 1918, she was the eldest of the four children of Sir Humphrey Edmund de Trafford, 4th Baronet, MC, JP, DL (1891-1971) and the ...

Person, Community / Clubs, Friend / family

1 memorial
Fountain Tavern

Fountain Tavern

Here the political opponents of Sir Robert Walpole met, using the title of the Fountain Club. Since the Kit-Cat Club, Walpole's supporters, also met here, we have to trust that the landlord arrange...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Friends of Telegraph Hill Park

Friends of Telegraph Hill Park

Active in 2008 and, 2024, this might be their Facebook page Telegraph Hill Park Voice.

Group, Community / Clubs, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
May Day demonstration in Hyde Park, 1890

May Day demonstration in Hyde Park, 1890

Paste Tense describes why and how the 1st of May became the International Workers' Day, how the first such day, in 1890, was planned in the United Kingdom, and goes on to describe: "The main demons...

Event, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Leonard and Freda Darke

Leonard and Freda Darke

At Arts and Humanities Research Council we found a brief biography of Leonard (1914-2004) which includes: "In 1951 he and his family moved to Bedford Park, Chiswick (the first garden suburb) where ...

Group, Architecture, Community / Clubs

1 memorial

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Bronislaw Kubica

Bronislaw Kubica

Sculptor.  Polish. Active in 1974.

Person, Sculpture, Poland

1 memorial
Councillor, The Rev. G. E. A. Whitworth

Councillor, The Rev. G. E. A. Whitworth

Vice Chairman of Housing Committee, Diss Street 1922.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials