Erection date: 1950
{Below an insignia:}
Sanders House. Flats 1-20 were built in 1949 - 1950 by The New River Company to replace houses destroyed by enemy action, 16th April 1941.
We have also found this lovely insignia at Claremont Close.
N1, Great Percy Street, 51, Sanders House
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sanders House - WW2 bomb
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sanders House - WW2 bomb
See the New River for an explanation of why the New River Company came into b...
{On front of plinth:} William Edward Forster, born July 11 1818, died April 5 1886. To his wisdom and courage England owes the establis...
Our colleague Alan Patient took this photograph in 2010. By 2016 it had been replaced by the "Turners and Paget" plaque.
The names on the outer circumference sound as though they are areas of Blackheath, but we cannot find any confirmation for this. 2024: W...
Author of "Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family" Elizabeth Rundle Charles lived here 1874 - 1896
Lady Violet Bonham-Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, 1887 - 1969, politician and writer, lived here. English Heritage
Three churches and two clock towers have been built on this site, but nothing remains today. A modern information board (which you can se...
A London County Council plaque was erected here at what was number 7 Lawrie Park Road. When that building was demolished in the 1960s the...
Founder of the Peele Almshouses, built in memory of his mother, Helen Peele. From A Rotherhithe Blog: "Charles Peele was a partner in Brandram's at the time. According to the London Gazette of Ap...
The plaque on the brick wall in the picture reads: The BBC Star Terrace, "Bring me fun, bring me sunshine, bring me love" Sylvie Dee. De...
Fourteen niches on the West Front remained empty since the Abbey was built until 1998 when they were filled. The lower four are filled wi...
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