Northampton Square

[3] The fountain in the square commemorates the 1885 restoration of the gardens by Shropshire magistrate Charles Walker, who had been born in Clerkenwell.

[4] Lady Margaret Georgiana Graham, daughter of William Compton, 4th Marquess of Northampton, opened the restored gardens on 8 July 1885.

[9] In 2001, a fire gutted the Grade II listed College Building; it was fully restored, re-opening in July 2006.

The Institute evolved to become The City University, created by Royal Charter in 1966 and housed in a major new campus, designed by Richard Sheppard Robson and Partners in 1962, and completed in 1976, dominating the north side of Northampton Square.

[11] In August 2008, Northampton Square bandstand was the inaugural venue for the musical entertainment Big Summer Busk.