Erection date: 29/3/2010
The Fan Makers' Company met in their Common Hall in Red Cross Street to adopt their constitution in 1710.
City of London
EC2, Lakeside Terrace, Defoe House
This plaque is placed as close as possible to the site of the Hall.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Fan makers
The earliest record for the Fan Makers Company is in 1670 when they raised a ...
Used to run from the Beech Street / Golden Lane junction, where there was a r...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Fan makers
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...
Having been walked on for many decades the plaque is very worn but with David Hopkins' help we believe we now have it transcribed correct...
The first synagogue in present day London Borough of Hackney, built 1779 - 80 (5539 - 5540), stood to the rear of this building in the gr...
The plaque is not clear about what was constructed. The piers look original so we guess it was just the gates themselves.
Michael Powell, 1905 - 1990, film director, lived here, 1951 - 1971. Directors Guild of Great Britain {with their logo at the bottom}
Chosen as the featured memorial in May 2005. We know no more about Bob than the plaque provides. This is an example of one type of mem...
Deputy Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1907-1915. Knight Grace in the Order of St John. The BMJ, 1915 Aug 28; 2(2852): 351 carries an obituary: "L...
A novel by John Wyndham. Most of the world's population has been blinded by a freak meteorite shower. Those who remain sighted have to face the added problem of dealing with the triffids which have...
Nice plaque but it, or the tree planted by the Duke, has been moved. All the nearby trees look far too mature to have been planted in 19...
Siegfried Sassoon, 1886 - 1967, writer, lived here 1925 - 1932. English Heritage
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