Sun-dial from Waterloo Bridge
NW3, Antrim Grove, Antrim Gardens
The baluster/sundial presents no interesting detail to photograph so we have instead presented a close-up of one of the crowned letters o...
1 subject commemorated
Well-head from House of Commons
NW3, Antrim Grove, Antrim Gardens
This plaque is affixed to the top of the stonework of the well-head. Andrew Behan found two Lionel Barnetts living in the Hampstead area...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
King Edward III manor house
SE16, Bermondsey Wall East
Our 'inscription' comes from the modern information panel just outside our photo to the right, as does the artist's impression of the bui...
2 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Ian Stuart
WC2, Argyle Square, middle of the west side of the square
We don't know what the red symbols mean (born and died?) but we do recognise the symbol between the dates. Stephen Brasher wrote to say ...
1 subject commemorated
Blitz bomb in Harrington Square
NW1, Harrington Square Gardens
This bouquet of dried flowers was tied to a tree in the garden not too far away. The writing was illegible or uninformative so we have n...
Civilian war dead | WW2
8 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
8 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Queen Mary's steps
SW1, Victoria Embankment, Victoria Embankment Gardens - Whitehall section
A nearby information board gives a good history of the Embankment: The first person to suggest a river embankment was Sir Christopher Wr...
4 subjects commemorated
London Bridge alcove at East Sheen
TW10, Upper Richmond Road, Courtlands
In case anyone is in any doubt about these alcoves being off London Bridge we photographed the Bridge House Estates logo under the keystone.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Pewterers Hall
WC1, Gordon Square, Medawar building - east entrance
The dates on the plaque, 1668 - 69, must refer to the period during which the second Pewterers Hall was built (elsewhere given as 1670). ...
1 subject commemorated
How memorial gateway
E3, St Leonard's Street
This gate leads into a much overgrown graveyard which contains a modern information board: "St Leonard’s Priory was founded in the 11th ...
1 subject commemorated,
9 creators
Valerie Carter - River Walk
En2, New River Path, Town Park
We're not experts on heraldry but it seems the strange animal in this emblem is actually called an Enfield and it is part of the symbol f...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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