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3 unusual facts about Red Lion Square


Benjamin Marten

Benjamin Marten (c1690 - 1752) was an English physician from "Theobald's Row" near Red Lyon Square, Holborn, and one of several sons of a tailor.

Chan Kam Lee

As a result, he established a small and select class in a schoolroom in Red Lion Square, near Holborn, in Central London, teaching and practising his Chinese Taoist arts.

Red Lion Square

The centre-piece of the garden today is a statue by Ian Walters of Fenner Brockway, which was installed in 1986.



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