Susan Garth

Susan Garth

W11, Portobello Road, 169, Red Lion Antiques Market

"Antiques market" might means a shop with multiple stalls inside selling antiques, run by different people. A date would have been helpfu...

1 subject commemorated
Iyengar Yoga Institute

Iyengar Yoga Institute

SE14, New Cross Road, 470

The decorative shield is in the pediment. The Iyengar plaque is below the window on the left. Although the New Cross (Equitable) Buildin...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
New Cross (Equitable) Building Society

New Cross (Equitable) Building Society

SE14, New Cross Road, 470

New Cross (Equitable) Building Society was established in 1866 but did not move into this building (and presumably erect the shield) unti...

1 subject commemorated
Grove Buildings

Grove Buildings

SW3, Chelsea Manor Street

Grove Buildings is also known as Grove House.

8 subjects commemorated
Mary Quant

Mary Quant

SW3, Kings Road, 138a

Jan Elson has pointed out that there's something very funny about the "King's Road" on the plaque - and not just the apostrophe. The stre...

2 subjects commemorated
Packington Bridge

Packington Bridge

N1, Shepherdess Walk, Packington Bridge

Viewed from the tow path this bridge is modern in design but the plaque was almost certainly erected to mark its opening in the 19th cent...

Rosalind Paget and Zepherina Veitch

Rosalind Paget and Zepherina Veitch

WC2, Endell Street, 24

The plaque gives 1739 as the foundation date but sources give 1749.

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Bridge of Aspiration

Bridge of Aspiration

WC2, Floral Street

The main plaque is being viewed by the couple to the left of the doorway to the Royal Ballet School. The two small black plaques undernea...

3 subjects commemorated, 18 creators
Oliver Goldsmith - grave

Oliver Goldsmith - grave

EC4, Middle Temple, Falcon Court

Goldsmith died at his home in Middle Temple and was buried in the grounds of the Temple Church. This plaque was installed following a 20...

1 subject commemorated
Lenin Estate / Parmiter Street Housing

Lenin Estate / Parmiter Street Housing

E2, Cambridge Heath Road, Cambridge Court

Originally the 'Parmiter Street Re-housing Scheme', this development was named The Lenin Estate at a meeting, July 1927, by the then very...

23 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
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