Ypres WW1 milestone
SE18, Shooters Hill, Christ Church
The Ypres panel on the milestone is very close to a hedge making it difficult to get a photograph. The milestone dates from the 18th cen...
2 subjects commemorated
Foot-and-mouth epidemic - new memorial
SE10, Ballast Quay, Ballast Quay communal garden
The first memorial was obviously sinking into the ground when our photograph was taken in 2013. We returned in 2015 and photographe...
1 subject commemorated
Foot-and-mouth epidemic - original memorial
SE10, Ballast Quay, Ballast Quay communal garden
The first memorial was obviously sinking into the ground when our photograph was taken in 2013, but we cannot discover when i...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Lewisham Hospital war memorial
SE13, Lewisham High Street, Former Lewisham Library
Some of the names on the memorial are illegible. We have found a list on the War Memorials Register and another on the Lewisham War Memor...
War dead | WW1
116 subjects commemorated
116 subjects commemorated
William Morris - SE2
SE2, Knee Hill
Si Je Puis ('If I can' or 'I will do it if I can') is Morris's motto inscribed in the porch at the Red House.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
St Augustine's Church - Victoria Park - stone
E9, Victoria Park, near Brookfield Road entrance
We've over-lightened the photo so you can see the indentation which used to hold the plaque, on the side facing the path.
1 subject commemorated
New Cross Fire - Fordham Park
SE8, Childeric Road, Fordham Park
In memory of the young people who died as a result of the New Cross fire 18th January 1981 The names of those remembered Patrick Cummings...
15 subjects commemorated
Sheen milestone
TW9, Sheen Lane
The inscription seems to have been re-carved, incorrectly, at some point, introducing some ambiguity. The measurements are corroborated b...
2 subjects commemorated
Archaeology standing stone
WC1, Gordon Square, Garden
Unveiling page tells that the sarsen stone was donated by a farmer in the Avebury area of Wiltshire. We cannot explain the "MEC" - perhap...
1 subject commemorated
Ada Salter Garden - tree
SE16, Southwark Park, Ada Salter Garden
The inscription's date of birth for Ada contradicts that of reputable sources, by one year. Despite the "relaid" this is clearly not the...
2 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
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