James Brooks

James Brooks

N16, Clissold Crescent, 42

Clissold Crescent was part of the Willow Estate, whose history is well-covered at Local Local History, but Brooks is not mentioned there....

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Martha Gellhorn

Martha Gellhorn

SW3, Cadogan Square, 72

Martha Gellhorn, 1908 - 1998, war correspondent and writer, lived and worked in a flat here. English Heritage

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Spicer Memorial Playground

Spicer Memorial Playground

SW1, Millbank, Victoria Tower Gardens

Our photo shows one of three drinking fountains attached to the Spicer screen wall. The weather has not been kind to the sculpture in the...

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Mulberry House

Mulberry House

E2, Victoria Park Square, Mulberry House

The plaque is at the back of the building, not on the street, which can be seen through the arch.

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St John's Church - Notting Hill

St John's Church - Notting Hill

W11, Lansdowne Crescent

St. Johns Church was built in 1845 in the early English gothic style by John Hargrave Stevens and George Alexander. This site on the summ...

4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Jolly Sailor Inn

Jolly Sailor Inn

SE25, High Street, 64

Site of the Jolly Sailor Inn, South Norwood's first public building, 1810. People for Portland Road

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Captain Cook - The Highway

Captain Cook - The Highway

E1, The Highway, 326, Free Trade Wharf

The plaque gives Cook's address as 126 Upper Shadwell. Horward's 1799 map gives house numbers, and 126 Upper Shadwell was on the north s...

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Charrington's coal wharf

Charrington's coal wharf

E1, The Highway, 326, Free Trade Wharf

We have laboured long and hard trying to understand what "H.R" and these dates refer to, but have yet to find an answer. Here is a report...

Holocaust Memorial Day - W5

Holocaust Memorial Day - W5

W5, Uxbridge Road, 14 - 16, Perceval House, Ealing Council offices

This plaque photograph is borrowed from BluePlaques.net.

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St George's Hospital - Tooting

St George's Hospital - Tooting

SW17, St George's Hospital, Hunter Wing

The corridor with the two busts, plaque and glass display area is on the ground floor of the Hunter wing.

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