Sir Robert Hunter blue plaque

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# Sir Robert Hunter and Addington Square Born into a Camberwell household in 1844, young Robert Hunter arrived at Addington Square during a peculiar moment in London's transformation—when the area still retained its rural character despite being swallowed by the expanding city, its market gardens a...

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Addington Square, Brugess Park

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Addington Square was built between 1810 and 1850, when the area was still mostly fields and market gardens. It became home to the well-to-do escaping densely populated central London. It had two swimming baths by 1840. In 1844, National Trust founder Robert Hunter was born. The Richardsons gang operated here in the 1960's.