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St. James's Square, c. 1722 Fitzroy Square. Squares have long been a feature of London and come in numerous identifiable forms. The landscaping spectrum of squares stretches from those with more hardscape, constituting town squares (also known as city squares)—to those with communal gardens, for which London is a major international exponent, known as garden squares.
Blue plaque on the site of Prime Minister Winston Churchill's 1920s residence. Map showing the boundaries of Tyburnia. Sussex Square is a garden square in Paddington in Central London.
Residents of Connaught Square hold an exclusive summer party in the central communal garden every year. The garden square is maintained by the owners of the adjoining properties who contribute to its upkeep, and in return are issued keys to the garden. Such gated gardens are a particular feature of this area of London.
As with most London squares the central garden was originally for the private use of the residents of the surrounding houses, but it now belongs to the University of London and is open to the public. The square is named after the second wife of the 6th Duke of Bedford , Lady Georgiana Gordon, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon .
There is a residents' association, the Lonsdale Square Society. The two approach roads (north and south) share its name. The public house at the end of the northern approach road has been named The Drapers Arms [ sic ] since at least 1851, [ 15 ] and is in a Classical style, with long arched windows set between pilasters. [ 14 ]
In 1814 and 1815, the square was the chosen setting for cheaper newspapers and, above all, their inner page articles to perpetuate a fresh round of the urban myth of a pig-faced woman. [ 11 ] The cover photograph for Please Please Me , the first LP by The Beatles , was taken by Angus McBean in 1963.
Chalcot Square is a garden square in the Primrose Hill district of London, England.. The square was laid out between 1849 and 1860 and was known as St George's Square until 1937. [1]
The city’s Christmas tree tradition began in 1913. One tree that went on display, a Colorado Blue Spruce, had been a housewarming gift 30 years earlier for a couple who had moved into their new home. Another tree donated had been planted to honor a son who was killed in a car crash. The son’s ashes were mixed in the dirt used to plant the tree.