This plaque was donated by the members of the Burlington Arcade Association to commemorate the sesquicentenary of the Arcade.
1819 - 1969
Unveiled 21st May 1969 by H.R.H. Princess Alexandra.
'Sesquicentenary' is such a great word - it's not even in the Microsoft dictionary. As you can work out it means the 150th anniversary.
W1, Burlington Arcade, 4
Actually on the pillar between nos 3 and 4.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Burlington Arcade
Lord George Cavendish, the future Earl of Burlington, commissioned the archit...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Burlington Arcade
Lord George Cavendish, the future Earl of Burlington, commissioned the archit...
Granddaughter of King George V and daughter of George, Duke of Kent. Born Ale...
Paul Nash, 1889 - 1946, war artist World Wars I & II, lived and worked here.
Erected between May 2019 when Google Streetview does not show it and our visit (Sept 2020). Note the look-alike English Heritage logo - ...
The plaques are at the entrance to the ticket hall.
The Tawney plaque is on the first floor, Wood on the second.
Leopold Stokowski Society - London Leopold Anthony Stokowski, musician, 1882 - 1977, attended this school.
Born in Upton, Essex. Died in Walmer, Kent. Pioneer in the use of antiseptics in surgery. The medical historian, Ruth Richardson, has an interesting piece in the Lancet reporting on how Agnes his w...
The plaque spells Thomson without a 'p' and, given the Hugh Gyle-Thompson that our researches found, we think the plaque is in error.
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