Parish of Chelsea
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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.
SW3, Dovehouse Green
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Dovehouse Green - Victorian plaque
Here we summarise the splendid London Gardens Online : Land given by Sir Han...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Dovehouse Green - Victorian plaque
Reverend Abel Gerald Wilson Blunt, MA, Rector of Chelsea Old Church. Father ...
Co-churchwarden of Chelsea Old Church in 1882. By 1884 he was an ex-churchwa...
Co-churchwarden of Chelsea Old Church in 1882. In 1884 he was named on a tabl...
These stones are laid in the ground to the right of the wreath that can be seen in our photograph. Left to right they are: Suez, Gang Sho...
Appropriately a number of the nearby buildings have notices instructing "no ball games". 2023: We were contacted by Jim's daughter, Rach...
Margery Allingham, 1904 - 1966, writer of crime fiction and creator of Albert Campion, lived here, 1916 - 1926. City of Westminster
We could not find the sculptor's name on the piece. Bing Crosby performed for two weeks at the Palladium starting 21 June 1976. The resu...
Possibly the loveliest plaque in London, though it has strong competition from Sir Edward Elgar and Sophie Fedorovitch.
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