The Burdett-Coutts Memorial Drinking Fountain
Presented in 1862
Bow Heritage Trail
E9, Victoria Park
2016: We've replaced our 2012 dull and cold-looking photos with those our colleague, Alan Patient, took on his sunny visit.
In the 19th century this was the site of the East End's own Speakers' Corner.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Burdett-Coutts - Victoria Park - plaque
One of the great Victorian philanthropists who sought to rid London of its sl...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Burdett-Coutts - Victoria Park - plaque
The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middle...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Burdett-Coutts - Victoria Park - plaque
This extravaganza in Victorian gothic with Moorish touches was designed by Da...
The plaque is not on Belair House itself which is set a long way back, but on the gatehouse which is on the road.
Edmond Malone, 1741 - 1812, Shakespearian scholar, lived here, 1779 - 1812. London County Council
London County Council Thomas Wakley, 1795 - 1862, reformer and founder of "The Lancet" lived here.
Otto Schiff, CBE, 1875 - 1952, founder and director of the Jewish Refugees Committee, which was based here, 1933 - 1939. Erected by The A...
In 1951 the pub was called Grafton's and run by Jimmy Grafton who helped create the Goons and get them on the radio.
One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851.
The 1802 stone has clearly been saved from the ruin, and the 1952 plaque modelled on it. Nicely done. The close-up picture was taken fr...
This plaque is on the front of this building, over to the left (out of our picture) in the mirror position of the foundation stone. Newl...
We thank Ross Corben for the street photo and precise location and London Cyclist for our close-up pic.
Titular character in the novel by Daniel Defoe published in 1719. See also Friday.
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