Woolwich was first recorded in 964 AD. It was known as Wullevic, a Saxon name meaning wool loading port.
Beresford Square
SE18, Beresford Square
Inscriptions for Beresford Square and Woolwich Market are on opposite sides of the arch.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Beresford Square
A market square in Woolwich. It was formed in the early 19th century and name...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Beresford Square
We think this chapel is/was closely associated with the school, St Francis Xavier College, behind. Plunkett himself had no connection to...
Mary's mosaic is the most elaborate of the 10 here but by bad luck it has been placed in direct line of some rusty, sludgy drips from the...
As often happens with memorials of this period the 'G's and 'C's are difficult to distinguish - we think we've got them right. The body...
This lamp-post is on one side of a flight of steps. The other side, as you see, is a building site soon to be the Pinnacle. Behind the ca...
In March 2013 we were contacted by Tony King who had finally decided to do something to discover what the strange carved stonework was th...
Founded by the American Rev. J. Brett Langstaff. The picture is from 1947. The New York Times, 19 March 1922 carries a letter reporting on a performance of a play for the benefit of this library....
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Benefactor. Born Circa 1385. A London mercer, he gained the freedom of the city in 1405/1406. In 1443 (supposedly being inspired by Richard Whittington), he began the preparation for his almshouse ...
Chairman of the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
Born London. Lived in Hertford. RBS. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man, and found him at Mapping Sculpture, where the date of birth is given as 1877 which conflicts with Wikipedia...
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