Finchley Toll Gate
N3, East End Road, 1
We first photographed this plaque some years ago when the building was The Queen's Head public house.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Don Luigi Sturzo
W2, Gloucester Terrace, 213
Don Luigi Sturzo, 1871 - 1959, Italian political leader, lived here in exile from Italy between 1926 and 1933 as a guest of his friends B...
3 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Brick Lane, Brixton and Soho bombs
E1, Brick Lane, 25, Police Office
The plaque was unveiled by John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets and Mark Healey founder of Hate Crime Awareness Week.
3 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Willesden Library - 1894
NW10, High Road, 95, Willesden Green Old Library Building
Willesden Green Library was established in 1894 following a poll of the ratepayers of Willesden.
1 subject commemorated
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
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
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
8 subjects commemorated
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
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...
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