IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Norfolk Road, LONDON, NW8 6HE
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Norfolk Road, NW8 6HE by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (214 Images Found)
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Ordnance Hill / Norfolk Road, NW8
Shows the location of Image
Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 7 Jun 2011
0.04 miles
6
Edward VII postbox, Ordnance Hill / Norfolk Road, NW8
Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 7 Jun 2011
0.05 miles
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Edward VII postbox, Ordnance Hill / Norfolk Road, NW8 - royal cipher
See Image
Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 7 Jun 2011
0.05 miles
8
Norfolk Road where it is crossed by Woronzow Road
The name Woronzow comes from Simon Romanovitch Woronzow, 3rd Count Woronzow. He was born in 1744 into one of the great aristocratic families of Russia. He came to England as a diplomat in 1784-96 and was Russian Ambassador to England 1796-1806. He died in 1832, aged 88. The street where he resided in St. John's Wood, London, was named after him.
Image: © Richard Rogerson
Taken: 7 Nov 2011
0.05 miles
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Count Simon Woronzow plaque, Woronzow Road, NW8
1744 – 1832
THIS ROAD WAS NAMED AFTER
COUNT SIMON WORONZOW
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED
KINGDOM FROM 1784 TO 1806
HE LIVED IN MARYLEBONE AND ON
HIS DEATH IN 1832 LEFT A BEQUEST
FOR THE POOR OF THE PARISH
THE MONEY WAS USED TO BUILD
ST MARYLEBONE ALMSHOUSES AT
THE SOUTH-WEST CORNER
OF THIS ROAD
THE PLAQUE WAS INSTALLED THE KIND PERMISSION OF
CAMDEN BOROUGH COUNCIL AND THE OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY.
IT WAS UNVEILED ON 26 NOVEMBER 2002 BY H.E.GRIGORI KARASIN
THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UK
AND THE MAYOR OF CAMDEN COUNCILLOR JUDY PATTISON
THE PLAQUE IS A GIFT OF PETER THE GREAT COMPANY
OF ST. PETERSBURG TO THE CITIZENS OF CAMDEN
ARCHITECT VYACHESLAV BUKHAEV, RUSSIA
(I took this photo in 2008, but the plaque does not look so good now.)
Image: © moska
Taken: Unknown
0.05 miles
10
Defunct drinking fountain, Charlbert Street/Allitsen Road, NW8
Inscription Reads:
JESUS SAID
WHOSOEVER DRINKETH OF THIS WATER
SHALL THIRST AGAIN
BUT WHOSOEVER DRINKETH OF THE WATER
I SHALL GIVE HIM SHALL
NEVER THIRST
METROPOLITAN
DRINKING FOUNTAIN
AND
CATTLETROUGH
ASSOCIATION
1861
Image: © moska
Taken: 1 Sep 2021
0.05 miles