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Latitude: 51.5317 / 51°31'54"N
Longitude: -0.1148 / 0°6'53"W
OS Eastings: 530863
OS Northings: 183110
OS Grid: TQ308831
Mapcode National: GBR L5.D2
Mapcode Global: VHGQS.YRPM
Plus Code: 9C3XGVJP+M3
Entry Name: Gravestone of Joseph Grimaldi in Grimaldi Park
Listing Date: 30 September 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1297999
English Heritage Legacy ID: 369250
ID on this website: 101297999
Location: Pentonville, Islington, London, N1
County: London
District: Islington
Electoral Ward/Division: Barnsbury
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Islington
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Silas Pentonville
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Tombstone
ISLINGTON
TQ3083SE RODNEY STREET
635-1/63/729 (West side)
Gravestone of Joseph Grimaldi in
Grimaldi Park
II
Headstone and footstone. 1837. The top of both stones have an
elaborately curved profile, and they are surrounded by cast-
and wrought-iron railings of late C20 date. Joseph Grimaldi
(1778-1837) was a famous clown and pantomimist who first
appeared as an infant dancer at Sadler's Wells and acted there
and at Drury Lane for many years. He became part-proprietor of
Sadler's Wells and was a long-standing inhabitant of
Clerkenwell.
Listing NGR: TQ3086383110
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