From :Â In 1896 the street was renamed to join the street to its west, Old Compton Street. Â On we found a page reporting that Rimbaud and Verlaine in 1871 used to frequent a bar, the Hibernia, at 5 Little Compton Street. Â The building shown on that page is now 5 Old Compton Street.
Note: New Compton Street used to extend to the west and join Little Compton Street. Â This section of road may have disappeared in 1877 when Charing Cross Road was built over the (presumably narrower) Crown Street.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Little Compton Street
The grill is above a brick-walled tunnel which carries a mass of cables. The...
Located in the grounds of St Mary's Church, South Woodford. We have been unable to discover its age.
The land was purchased by the Beckenham Local Board to provide a public open space which had been lacking since the loss of the Fair Field for housing in the 1870s. The site was part of open farmla...
After Texas won its independence from Mexico in 1836, Britain was one of the first countries in the world to recognize the Republic of Texas as a nation. From Statesman: The United Kingdom enjoys ...
1717 saw the creation of the first Grand Lodge in the world, formed when four London lodges met at the Goose and Gridiron Ale House, St Paul’s Churchyard.
It seems likely that this tavern and pleasure gardens took the name of a publican with the foreign name 'Pimlico'.  There were many places of entertainment nearby and the whole area became known as...
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