Erection date: 2010
Biograph Theatre opened 1908 as London's first licensed cinema. Originally the Assembly Room of The Spread Eagle pub and later the Picture Palladium and Court Cinema.
Wandsworth Council
2010
SW18, Garratt Lane, 5
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Biograph Theatre
Designed by architect Keith D. Young, for light entertainment and music hall,...
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London borough. Formed from the former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and ...
D'Oyly Carte lived at 71 Russell Square, a residence behind the houses fronting onto Russell Square, accessed from Guilford Street. It ha...
In a house in this Court Alexander Pope, poet, was born, 1688. The Corporation of the City of London
English Heritage John Desmond Bernal, 1901 - 1971, crystallographer, lived and died here.
The modern information board above adds nothing of historical interest.
The plaque can be seen in our photo between the two lower windows towards the right.
Rower. Born Andrew Jeremy Holmes in Uxbridge. Educated at Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith. He rowed for the Kingston and Leander rowing clubs. At the 1984 and 1988 Olympic games, he rowed with Si...
Slavery abolitionist. Born in Macon, Georgia. He and his wife Ellen were enslaved and escaped to the north of America. See her page for more details.
Nobleman, politician, and courtier. Herbert's first wife, Anne Parr, was a sister of Queen consort Catherine Parr, sixth wife to Henry VIII. Guardian of the young Edward VI, by whom he was created...
A plaque inside St Mary's church also commemorates the prince. October 2014: We were contacted by someone saying "... the majority of yo...
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