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...
This stone was laid by Sir Nicholas Edwin Waterhouse, KBE, 21st January 1955.
It would be nice to know who did the giving but we can't find out.
The plaque is very badly eroded and partly illegible, maybe the result of having a drainpipe stuck in front of it. Re. the style of plaq...
National Art Collections Fund John Everett Millais, 1829 - 1896, Emil Otto Hoppe, 1878 - 1972, Francis Bacon, 1909 - 1992, and other ...
The 7 plaques are on different faces of the frontage of the building. We've numbered them left to right. Plaque 3 can be seen in our phot...
