John Harrison
John Harrison is a memorial in Camden, Greater London, England. John Harrison is situated nearby to the park Red Lion Square Gardens, as well as near the public building High Commission of Sierra Leone, London.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and London St Pancras International.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
London St Pancras International
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
London St Pancras International is a major international rail interchange and shopping destination in London. It is the British capital's only international station, with Eurostar services connecting the city with destinations in mainland Europe.
Red Lion Square Gardens
Park
Photo: Tom Morris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Red Lion Square is a small square in Holborn, London. The square was laid out in 1684 by Nicholas Barbon, taking its name from the Red Lion Inn. According to some sources, the bodies of three regicides—Oliver Cromwell, John Bradshaw and Henry Ireton—were placed in a pit on the site of the square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holborn-Clerkenwell and Gray’s Inn.
Holborn-Clerkenwell
Photo: Matthew Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holborn-Clerkenwell is a district in central London that is in many ways a buffer zone between London's West End and the City of London financial district.
Gray’s Inn
Neighborhood
Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court in London. To be called to the bar in order to practise as a barrister in England and Wales, an individual must belong to one of these inns.
Bourne Estate
Neighborhood
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Bourne Estate is an Edwardian housing estate in Holborn, located in the London Borough of Camden. It is bounded by Clerkenwell Road to the north, Gray's Inn Road to the west, Leather Lane to the east and Baldwins Gardens to the south.
John Harrison
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “John Harrison 1693 - 1776 inventor of the MARINE CHRONOMETER lived and died in a house on this site”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Camden, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.51891° or 51° 31′ 8″ northLongitude
-0.11877° or 0° 7′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C3XGV9J+HFOpenStreetMap ID
node 893431318OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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