IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
St. Martins Close, LONDON, NW1 0HR
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to St. Martins Close, NW1 0HR by members of the Geograph project.
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View of the water fountain in St. Martin's Gardens
Looking south-southeast.
Image: © Robert Lamb
Taken: 23 Jan 2016
0.01 miles
3
St Martin's Gardens, Camden
Former graveyard, seen from Pancras Road
Image: © Paul Harrop
Taken: 24 Jul 2016
0.02 miles
4
St Martin's Gardens
Small area that has been set aside as a public space. It was originally consecrated in 1805 as an overflow cemetery for St Martin-in the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, and a few years later a chapel and almshouses (left, behind the west wall) were built. In 1854 permission was given to develop the site but this caused a riot when bodies were dug up and the labourers were driven off. It is said that the central mound contains the corpses exhumed at that time.
The public drinking fountain in the foreground dates from 1889.
Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
Taken: 8 Jan 2008
0.02 miles
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Grave of Sir John Barrow and monument to Charles Dibdin
Sir John Barrow (1764-1848) was a traveller, mapmaker, naval administrator and founder of the Royal Geographical Society in 1830. As Second Secretary to the Admiralty, a post he held for 40 years, he promoted a number of exploring expeditions in West Africa and the Arctic, notably that of Sir John Franklin, as well as being to a large measure responsible for the naval successes of the Napoleonic Wars. See http://www.sirjohnbarrowmonument.co.uk/sir_john_barrow_contents.htm
Charles Dibdin (1745-1814), songwriter, musician, dramatist and actor, also had a nautical connection in that his sea songs were said to be worth ten thousand sailors to the cause of England and were officially appropriated by the British navy to use during the war with France. His life was marred by scandal and misfortune and despite great acclaim he died poor. However this Celtic Cross memorial was erected by public subscription in 1889 after his original tomb collapsed. A verse from his well-known song Tom Bowling (written about his brother) is inscribed upon it:
His form was of the manliest beauty,
His heart was kind and soft,
Faithful, below, he did his duty;
But now he's gone aloft.
See http://www.contemplator.com/history/dibdin.html
In St Martin's Gardens, Camden Town.
Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
Taken: 8 Jan 2008
0.02 miles
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View of the backs of houses on Carol Street from St. Martin's Gardens #2
Looking north-northwest.
Image: © Robert Lamb
Taken: 23 Jan 2016
0.02 miles
8
New house, St Martin's Close, Camden Town
Image: © Alex McGregor
Taken: 4 Jan 2012
0.03 miles
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St Martin's Gardens
Gravestones lined up along the north wall which is said to be original, and therefore over 200 years old.
Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
Taken: 8 Jan 2008
0.03 miles
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View of the backs of houses on Carol Street from St. Martin's Gardens
Looking north-northwest.
Image: © Robert Lamb
Taken: 23 Jan 2016
0.03 miles