Plaque

Dovehouse Green - Victorian plaque

Inscription

Parish of Chelsea
For the ??? and
Kings Road ???
Wa ??? out
??? Authority
of ??? the
???
??? 188? 

Gerald Blunt - MA Rector
H. Oughton, G. R. Craney - Churchwardens

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 inscription is lost. Possibly more could be read with the use of fingers.

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SW3, Dovehouse Green

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Dovehouse Green - Victorian plaque

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Dovehouse Green

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Dovehouse Green - Victorian plaque

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Gerald Blunt

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G. R. Craney

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H. Oughton

Co-churchwarden of Chelsea Old Church in 1882. In 1884 he was named on a tabl...

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