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
W11, Lansdowne Crescent
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St John's Church - Notting Hill
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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
The borough was formed in 1965 by the merging of the separate former boroughs...
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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Fred Perry, 1909 - 1995, tennis champion, lived here, 1919 - 1935. English Heritage
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