Erection date: 23/11/2003
Geoffrey Chaucer, 1342 - 1400, England's greatest medieval poet and author of the "Canterbury Tales".
The Tabard Inn, site from which Chaucer's pilgrims set off in April 1386.
London Borough of Southwark - Voted by the People
Unveiled by Terry Jones of the Pythons.
SE1, Talbot Yard
The plaque is apparently on the oldest building in Talbot Yard.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Chaucer's Tabard Inn
Set up by an abbot from Winchester to give his brethren somewhere to stay in ...
Poet and administrator. Whilst living in the Aldgate, as the ‘Comptroller of ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Chaucer's Tabard Inn
The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropo...
We think this plaque was probably erected in 1882 when the land was repurposed from burial ground to a garden, but a lot of the inscripti...
Stanfield House - Hampstead Clarkson Stanfield, 1793 - 1867, theatrical scenic artist, marine and landscape painter, Royal Academician, ...
The house was known as Water House when the Morrises moved in, after the death of the father of the family. Frank Lloyd (Edward's son) g...
The portcullis plaque to the left is a fire insurance mark of the Westminster insurance company like this one at the Museum of London.
In our photo this difficult-to-spot plaque is to the right of the '70% off' sign. 13 November 2024 (50 years after the plaque was unveil...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Architect known for his war memorial designs. Born Devon. Married Jessie Naismith Morton (sister of Sarah Reid Anderson) in Edinburgh and they had seven children, the third born was the architect J...
Both our photos, taken at the protest "die-in" on 9 February organised by Stop Killing Cyclists, are from Roadcc and are by Tom Kearney.
On the pier between numbers 13 and 14: "Shaftesbury House, Hoxton Market Christian Mission".
The BMA courtyard is not accessible to the public but one can see the fountain, the memorial gates and the clock by peering through the f...
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