Plaque

Boulton & Park

Erection date: 10/7/2013

Inscription

Ernest Boulton, 1847 - 1904, Frederick Park, 1846 - 1881, 'Stella & Fanny', Victorian cross-dressers, lodged at 13 Wakefield Street on this site, 1868 - 1870.
Marchmont Association

These streets become almost impassible during London Fashion week when the Handel Street TA building is used as a venue. 2018, the FT reported that designer Erdem Moralioglu noticed this plaque and the cross-dressing story inspired his SS19 collection.

Site: United Reformed Church Trust (3 memorials)

WC1, Wakefield Street, United Reformed Church Trust

The blue plaque is on the site of number 13, now the United Reformed Church Trust’s UK headquarters. The other two plaques are inside, in the reception area on the ground floor.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Boulton & Park

Subjects commemorated i

Ernest Boulton

Boulton and Frederick Park were 'Stella & Fanny', the celebrated Victoria...

Read More

Frederick Park

Park and Ernest Boulton were 'Fanny and Stella', the celebrated Victorian cro...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Boulton & Park

Created by i

Marchmont Association

Aims to promote the on-going improvement of Marchmont Street and the surround...

Read More

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Boulton & Park

Also at this site i

Church House WC1 - building

Church House WC1 - building

Church House Built 1938, destroyed in war 9th February 1945, rebuilt 1955 - 5...

Read More

Church House WC1 - names

Church House WC1 - names

Our colleague Andrew Behan has done some detailed research on these names and...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

PP - 3A - Griffin

PP - 3A - Griffin

EC1, Edward Street

This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...

2 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
Hopton's Almshouses - right pier

Hopton's Almshouses - right pier

SE1, Hopton Road

This plaque, spotted by our colleague Alan Patient, was erected in 2012, sometime between our first visit in January and Alan's visit in ...

1 subject commemorated
Waterloo Road Fire Station

Waterloo Road Fire Station

SE1, Waterloo Road, 150

When we first visited in 2016 the building was undergoing renovations and was surrounded by hoardings, which sported a useful information...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Order of St John - interred here

Order of St John - interred here

EC1, St John's Square, St John's Cloister Garden

Each name is given with the year of birth and death, and a post-nominal related to the Order of St John: CSTJ - Commander of the Order of...

9 subjects commemorated
London Coliseum

London Coliseum

WC2, St Martin's Lane, London Coliseum

The SWET plaque is outside. To see the bust, walk to the back of the foyer, turn right, through a door, the bust is immediately on your l...

3 subjects commemorated, 2 creators