Ridgmount Gardens

Ridgmount Gardens is a street in Bloomsbury, London, that runs from Torrington Place in the north to Chenies Street in the south. It runs parallel with Huntley Street and Gower Street and is continued by Ridgmount Place in the south.

The blue plaque noting the flat in which Bob Marley lived in 1972

On the western side of the street is the Ridgmount Gardens mansion block, on the eastern side is a long narrow garden which backs on to the gardens of the houses of Gower Street.

The Ridgmount Gardens mansion block was built in the 1890s and includes 149 flats. The freehold of the properties is owned by the Bedford Estate and managed by Hurford Salvi Carr.[1]

Inhabitants

The poet and playwright George Egerton (Mrs Golding Bright) (1859–1945) lived at number 59.[2]

Novelist and dramatist Joseph Hatton (1837-1907) lived at number 87.[2]

Musician Bob Marley (1945–1981) lived at 34 Ridgmount Gardens in 1972 and a blue plaque marks the spot.[1][3]

On Christmas Eve 1961, Hylda Baker (4 February 1905 – 1 May 1986) was hit by a passing car that mounted the pavement in London's Charing Cross Road, not far from her then home at 97 Ridgmount Gardens.[4]

References
  1. About Ridgmount Gardens, WC1. Hurford Salvi Carr. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  2. Williams, George G. Assisted by Marian and Geoffrey Williams. (1973) Guide to Literary London. London: Batsford, p. 134. ISBN 0713401419
  3. When Bob Marley rocked in Ridgmount Gardens. Mike Pentelow, Fitzrovia News, 29 June 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  4. Notable London Abodes: Hylda Baker

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