Comments on: The Weird And Wonderful History Of Grotto Passage https://livinglondonhistory.com/the-weird-and-wonderful-history-of-grotto-passage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-weird-and-wonderful-history-of-grotto-passage A blog sharing London's curiosities, hidden gems and historical walks Sun, 14 Jan 2024 21:06:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 By: Mark https://livinglondonhistory.com/the-weird-and-wonderful-history-of-grotto-passage/#comment-1361 Sun, 14 Jan 2024 21:06:59 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=8614#comment-1361 Somebody wrote a bit more about the area here…

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/sites/bartlett/files/chapter04_west_of_marylebone_high_street.pdf

A flat in Ossington Buildings was my family home for 10 years from 1962 onwards. My Grandmother lived on the top floor, we lived on the first floor.

An article on the Internet said that Grotto Passage was the last remaining line of the original Watling Street.

]]> By: Aidan https://livinglondonhistory.com/the-weird-and-wonderful-history-of-grotto-passage/#comment-1360 Sun, 14 Jan 2024 10:42:45 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=8614#comment-1360 I went to a weeding reception in the ragged school in the 80s and went to primary school in Blandford Street

]]> By: Georgie https://livinglondonhistory.com/the-weird-and-wonderful-history-of-grotto-passage/#comment-1344 Sat, 06 Jan 2024 05:39:51 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=8614#comment-1344 Very interesting, thank you

]]> By: Det beste av gullfine Marylebone – London bortenfor Oxford Street https://livinglondonhistory.com/the-weird-and-wonderful-history-of-grotto-passage/#comment-1339 Fri, 05 Jan 2024 07:24:47 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=8614#comment-1339 […] I dette området kan vi kikke innom Grotto Passage, smal og med en spennende historie, og den gamle «ragged school» for fattigfolk. Les mer her! […]

]]> By: A Georgian Gem Hidden In A Clapham Council Estate - Living London History https://livinglondonhistory.com/the-weird-and-wonderful-history-of-grotto-passage/#comment-1007 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 07:25:39 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=8614#comment-1007 […] His grandson, also called Robert and a director of the East India Company, was particularly interested in developing the estate’s gardens. He created an ‘ornamental park’, furnishing it with lawns, a lake, seating areas and a rock grotto. You can find out more about Georgian grottos here.  […]

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