The Making of St John's Wood

London Parks and Gardens Trust lecture by Mireille Galinou.

The Eyre Estate, developed in the early nineteenth-century, was one of the first areas in London where the traditional layout of terraces and squares was modified in a more expansive design including detached and semi-detached villas standing in large gardens. Mireille Galinou, formerly of the Museum of London, has been researching its history.