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Plaque

St John's Church - Notting Hill

Inscription

St. Johns Church was built in 1845 in the early English gothic style by John Hargrave Stevens and George Alexander. This site on the summit of Notting Hill had formerly been a view-point for spectators at the centre of the Hippodrome race course.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Site: St John's Church - Notting Hill (2 memorials)

W11, Lansdowne Crescent

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

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St John's Church - Notting Hill

Subjects commemorated i

St Johns Church Notting Hill

A Grade II listed building, which forms the centrepiece of the Ladbroke estat...

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George Alexander

Architectural sculptor, wood carver, modeller, metalwork designer, medallist....

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John Hargrave Stevens

Architect. Seems to have specialised in churches and often worked in partners...

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Kensington Hippodrome

A horse race course built by entrepreneur John Whyte. It was not a success pa...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St John's Church - Notting Hill

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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The borough was formed in 1965 by the merging of the separate former boroughs...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St John's Church - Notting Hill

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John Waggett's water fountain

John Waggett's water fountain

The Ladbroke Conservation Area Appraisal says: "Outside St John’s church is a...

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