City of Westminster
Pall Mall. The first street in London to be lit by gas, in 1807.
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SW1, Pall Mall
We were surprised to see a memorial plaque attached to this piece of street furniture, a way-finding finger-post. Is this the only one? Or are there lots and we've just failed to spot them? Given the subject commemorated perhaps this is a well-placed rarity.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
First gas-lit street
The first public street lighting with gas was demonstrated in Pall Mall by Fr...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
First gas-lit street
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
These 11 plaques are laid into the floor of the hall, in a line down the middle, in this sequence, starting at the entrance end: R101; Ha...
Unveiled by other members of the 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' team.
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
This terracotta-coloured plaque is now in Australia (see eHive) with one of the chimney pots. See Captain Cook's house for information an...
The Criterion Restaurant is on the ground floor with the entrance at the left of our photo. The meeting at the Criterion took place on N...
Writer. Born Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams in Hillsborough Street, Roseau, Dominica. She moved to England in 1910 and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After marrying in 1919, she moved...
Birkbeck says that the memorial was created "... to commemorate the lives of the thousands of Birkbeck students who were killed, injured or bereaved by the Second World War." We'd be surprised if t...
The bomb actually fell on Woodwarde Road opposite Dulwich Library, killing three people and destroying the post office.
The Bridge plaque is on the far side of the wall beside the woman's head in our photo. The jubilee plaque is laid into the terrace betwee...
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