In 1631 commissioned Inigo Jones to build the residential square at Covent Garden, with a piazza at the centre.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford
Commemorated ati
Bedford's Chiswick wall
Brentford and Chiswick Local History Society confirms our link to the 4th Earl.
Covent Garden Market
Large bronze relief "Fruit Porter Bronze", unveiled October 2006 by Mayor of ...
Other Subjects
Blake's house SE1
Blake lived here with his wife, Catherine, throughout the 1790s. The photograph was taken in about 1913 and shows that it had already been honoured with a plaque. Despite this the house, with the r...
2 memorials
The Potteries and the Piggeries
A notorious Victorian slum in Kensington. From the late 18th century this was an area where bricks were made to supply nearby construction sites. As London was developed agricultural activities w...
1 memorial
Barking Abbey
Former royal monastery. Founded by St Erkenwald, whose sister, Aethelburg, was the first abbess. Destroyed by the Danes it was rebuilt in the 10th century. William the Conqueror stayed here after h...
1 memorial
Stamford Street Unitarian Chapel
Built to house two congregations which had united following the loss of their chapels: Princes Street, Westminster and St. Thomas's Street, Southwark. In 1897 the congregation of the Blackfriars Mi...
1 memorial
2 memorials
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