This avenue was replanted in November 1988 to replace trees destroyed by a hurricane during the night of 15/16 October 1987. Trees donated by The Heath & Old Hampstead Society, the Franklin Cole Foundation, Task Force Trees & Eric Woods Esq.
London Residuary Body
NW3, Hampstead Heath
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Avenue of trees - Hampstead Heath
In the early hours of Friday 16 October 1987 a great storm struck South East ...
Replanted to replace trees destroyed by a hurricane during the night of 15/16...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Avenue of trees - Hampstead Heath
The Hampstead Plaque fund was set up, many years ago, by Ralph Wade and has b...
This plaque is in the V&A's central courtyard.
Edward Dannreuther, musician, 1844 - 1905, lived here 1873 - 1894. Host to Richard Wagner for 5 weeks in 1877. City of Westminster
Hippodrome Theatre, Golders Green home of the BBC Concert Orchestra, 1969 - 2003. BBC Heritage Trail
Initially we were puzzled why the Corporation of the City of London would erect a plaque so far to the west of its patch, but our colleag...
We thank our colleague Alan Patient for providing the photographs of the plaques.
Railway arches were used as air raid shelters in WW2, as they were relatively secure. In the case of Druid Street however, they couldn't survive a direct hit. Depending on source, the number of dea...
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
Poet Laureate 1972 - 1984. Conservation campaigner. Credited with saving the Midland Grand Hotel (now St Pancras Chambers) and the station at St Pancras from demolition and helping to achieve their...
Lane and Orpen were distant cousins and rented this house together in 1907. The Lane plaque is above, Orpen below, with a little window b...
The address was 7 Assembly Row when Cook and his family moved in, 1764.
