This building was erected in 1774 to accommodate the six clerks of the King's High Court of Chancery when they moved from their old office in Chancery Lane. The six clerks were abolished in 1842-5-6 Vict.C.103.
WC2, Stone Buildings, 10
When, on the opening of the Law Courts in 1882, no 10 became vacant the Inns of Court Rifle Corps moved in.
Lincoln's Inn provides a good history of Stone Buildings.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Chancery
Originally in offices in Chancery Lane, the six clerks of the King's High Cou...
The plaque is low down on the house adorned with scaffolding, so low that it suggests he lived in the basement flat.
The plaque is on the ground near the Lewisham war memorial.
The Belcher plaque is on the stone in the foreground of our photo, and the St Mark's cairn and WW2 memorials behind it.
"Entensive" seems to be a portmanteau (mash-up) of "extensive" and "intensive".
It is known (from British History On-line) that in 1912 properties in Gilston Road were renumbered, but the details are not given. One ca...
St Andrew's Place Medical Precinct was opened by Her Majesty The Queen, Visitor, The Royal College of Physicians, 11 June 1986
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