Erection date: 1875
Almshouse founded by Elis David, citizen and mercer of London, for seven poor people A.D. 1447, enlarged for twelve A.D. 1875.
This plaque must have originally been erected on the Church Street building, and brought here when the residents moved in 1974.
CR0, Duppas Hill Terrace, Elis David Almshouse
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Elias Davy - Duppas Hill
Founded by Elias Davy (the correct spelling of his name), and originally buil...
Benefactor. Born Circa 1385. A London mercer, he gained the freedom of the ci...
This naked boy sitting on his pannier (basket) is thought to refer to the bakers in the area selling their wares on the street from a bre...
2018: Eamonn Doyle has written to correct our "east to west", saying that the names actually run west to east. That sounds like the sort...
The Hackney Central Library was opened in 1908. It shut in the 1990s and in 1999 a new library opened in Town Hall Square, on the other ...
English Heritage Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett, 1884-1969, novelist, lived here, 1934-1969.
The plaque made us think initially that the land used for the football club was adjacent to the Sutton Adult School (now the Thomas Wall ...
The plaque is actually located on the side of the house in Beaufort Street. See the other Munnings plaque.
Councillor on Dartford Borough Council and Leader in 2023.
Actor. Born 3 Sheffield Terrace, Kensington. Having served in the Royal Navy and the Naval Intelligence Division during WW2 he became widely known during his 18 years (1959–77) playing Chief Petty...
Person, Cinema, Theatre, TV & Radio, USA
Dr Krawiec was killed by a left-turning HGV at the junction with Theobald’s Road and Southampton Row. She was aged 41 and worked as a paediatrician and and allergy expert at a clinic in Clapham and...
Feminist and suffragette. Born Eva Marian Spielman. In 1911 she married Francis Hubback, who was killed in WW1, leaving her with three children. 1916 - 17 director of economic studies at Newnham an...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them