2008

TQ2683 : Count Simon Woronzow plaque, Woronzow Road, NW8

taken 16 years ago, near to Kilburn, Brent, England

Count Simon Woronzow plaque, Woronzow Road, NW8
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.)

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TQ2683, 440 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
moska   (more nearby)
Date Taken
2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 2 September, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 2691 8372 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:32.2874N 0:10.2907W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 2691 8372
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