Miss Ledbury

In the novel At Bertram's Hotel, Miss Ledbury is among the people Miss Marple remembered nostalgically while wandering in the streets of London. Miss Ledbury was a former governess of Miss Marple's. She used to live in Princes Terrace Mansions near Battersea. However, when Miss Marple went there, the house had vanished without a trace and had been replaced by a great deal of gleaming concrete.

Princes Terrace Mansions does not exist but it is possible that it was located on Prince of Wales Drive which is just on the southern perimeter of Battersea Park. This is consistent with the description in the text. Miss Marple took a bus that crossed Battersea Bridge west of Battersea Park. After failing to find the house, she "turned into Battersea Park". She intended to cross the park to go over the Chelsea Bridge (east of Battersea Park). She found a tea-room by the edge of the lake in the park and stopped for refreshment. There she encountered Ladislaus Malinowski with Elvira Blake.