Erected for 400 children. James Telfer Esq. Treasurer
EC1, Old Street
The facade of this building tells the history of the school. Each of the 4 gable ends carries a plaque with a dated event, reading from left to right: 1887, 1698, 1972, 1870. Lower down are two, more decorative plaques, commemorating two treasurers, left to right: Pedder and Telfer.
The school is now in premises in nearby Radnor Street.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Luke's - Telfer
St Luke's Old Street Conservation Plan (a pdf) refers to "History of St Luke'...
Treasurer of St Luke's School in 1870 and had a new wing named after him in ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Luke's - Telfer
Plaque unveiled by Nick Wisdom (his son) and Robin Gibb, who were showered with loose plaster in the process.
Plaque 1 incorrectly states that there were 64 people killed in this incident. The Wandsworth Guardian carries the story of how it was di...
London County Council George du Maurier, 1834 - 1896, artist and writer lived here, 1863 - 1868.
The plaque gives his first names as Reginald Albert in that order. However, his birth is registered as Albert Reginald. The 1901 census l...
Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson, 1840-1922, founded the Doves Bindery and Doves Press in this house and later lived and died here. Greater ...
This is a bit of a puzzle. We've found several websites with the name, either a healthcare programme or a 'living will' for people with terminal illnesses. There must have been some other group res...
The settlement movement was a reformist social movement that began in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s in England and the United States. Its goal was to bring the rich and the poor of society ...
Janina was brought down by a left-turning lorry at about 11.30am on Friday 17 October 2014. She died 3 days later in hospital, the second...
Easy to miss, this plaque can be seen in our photo, framed by the bus stop shelter. Surely a few yards to the left would have been a bett...
Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
