BRIEF HISTORY DURING THE SNOW ERA (1813-58)

Park Village East is just beyond the northeast corner of Regent's Park.  The land was offered to developers in the early 1800s by John Nash (1852-1835) as part of his architectural development of Regent's Park.  Due to lack of interest, Nash retained the leases and subsequently built a long row of attractive and sophisticated cottages.  Included among  residents during the life of John Snow was James Wyld (1812-1887), creator of the Great Globe in Leicester Square, Edmund Kean (1789-1833), the great Shakespearean actor, and Dr. James Johnson, physician to King William IV (1830-7).

The location in the 1859 map is in the lower center of cell E12, flowing into cell F12.  

Sources:  Weinreb B, Hibbert C (eds). The London Encyclopaedia, 1993.

View of Park Village East on Regent's Canal in 1829 Click here to see 30 years earlier

View of Park Village East in 1829 Click here to see 30 years earlier

Old Ordnance Survey Maps of 1870 Click here to see more details 11 years later