Erection date: 11/11/1912
Jahncke Ltd
This stone was laid by P. E. Beachcroft, 11th November 1912. Directors:
P. E. Beachcroft - Chairman
Alfred Burch, Geo. W. Paton, R. J. Sankey
L. Samuel - Managing Director
Holman & Goodrham - Architects
Dove Bros - Builders
N1, Dove Road
From Michael Rank: "Dorset Street was renamed Dove Road (Dove Bros builders named on the plaque) in 1935."
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Jahncke Ltd
From National Archives: "Tin box manufactures of Canonbury Works, Dorset Stre...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Jahncke Ltd
Builders. Founded in Studd Street, Islington by William Spencer Dove (1793-18...
Architects active in 1912. George Edward Holman (1862-1921/2) and Henry Robe...
According to Time Magazine at the time this foundation stone was laid, summer of 1933, the Princess Royal was suffering "a frantic debili...
H. M. Bateman, 1887 - 1970, cartoonist, lived here 1910 - 1914. English Heritage
Gordon of Greenwich loved here. ***** English Hedonists Mad in England
The three plaques are in a locked room which the staff kindly opened for us. See a photo taken at the unveiling of the Blanke plaque. W...
