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Piccadilly Circus is one of the busiest areas of central London so unsurprisingly there is lots to see and do in the nearby area.



There are a few different theories about where the name Piccadilly originated and new theories are periodically touted. The debate has in fact gone on for hundreds of years which shows the significance of the area. There is an excellent description of the different theories available to read on British History Online (https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols31-2/pt2/pp32-40).


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Blue Plaques in London

Charles Villiers Stanford Blue Plaque - Sir Charles Stanford 1852-1924 musician lived here 1894-1916
Richard Hodgson And Hawkwood Lodge Blue Plaque - Hawkwood Lodge Locally Listed building. The only surviving structure from the Hawkwood estate erected by Richard Hodgson in the late 1840’s. Hawkwood House itself was demolished following bomb damage in 1944. Hodgson was Lord of the Manor of Chingford St Pauls from 1844 – 1866
Rosalind Franklin Blue Plaque - Rosalind Franklin 1920-1958 pioneer of the study of molecular structures including DNA lived here 1951-1958
Germaine Necker Blue Plaque - 1813-1814  Germaine Necker  Baronne de Staël-Holstein    Lived in a house on this site  during the last of her  ten years of exile
James Robinson Blue Plaque - James Robinson 1813-1862 pioneer of anaesthesia and dentistry lived and worked here
Walter Scott And Thomas Blackwell Terracotta Plaque - The Cedars. Gateway of The Cedars, home of Thomas Blackwell (died 1907) giver of Harrow Weald Recreation Ground and benefactor of All Saints Harrow Weald and St Anselms Hatch End Churches. House visited in 1806 by Novelist Sir Walter Scott.

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