These trees are in memory of Basil Marsden Smedley OBE, 1901 - 1964, who loved and served Chelsea.
SW3, King's Road
The two plaques are at the centre of the frontage behind the bike stands.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Basil Marsden Smedley - Town Hall
Barrister and local politician in Chelsea. Born and lived his entire adult li...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Basil Marsden Smedley - Town Hall
We found a few things about Holland, even a photo, but we cannot explain the ...
{On the plaque on the gate pier:} To the memory of William Gilbert Grace, the great cricketer, 1848 - 1915, these gates were erected by t...
Near this spot the General Letter Office stood in Post House Yard, 1653 - 1666. Here were struck in 1661 the first postmarks in the world...
The high polish meant that we had to photo these plaques at a slant.
English Heritage Frances Mary Buss, 1827 - 1894, pioneer of education for women was headmistress here, 1879 - 1894.
Swedish botanist. Came to London in June 1760 to promote Carl Linnaeus’ taxonomy and used it to catalogue the natural history collections at the British Museum. Travelled with Joseph Banks on Capta...
The lettering on this inscribed stone is delightful: in "THE" the "H" is just a horizontal line joining the "T" to the "E", the two "N"s ...
Originally built to hold prisoners being tried by the Marshalsea Court and the Court of the King's Bench. Its first site, from at least 1329 was on Borough High Street on the block now bordered...
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