Simon Worcnzow stone plaque
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# Simon Worcnzow's Legacy at 22 Woronzow Road Standing at 22 Woronzow Road, you're standing in the shadow of a Russian diplomat's most enduring gift to London—not the grand embassies or state functions that defined his career, but the modest almshouses that rose at the very corner of this street. W...
Location
22 Woronzow Road
Inscription
1744 1832 This road was named after Count Simon Worcnzow 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