Friends meeting house. This building was the Peckham meeting house of the Society of Friends 1835 - 1962, attended by eminent quakers including Elizabeth Cadbury, social reformer and Arthur Eddington, astronomer.
Historic Southwark
SE15, Highshore Road, 2 - 4, Royal Mail Delivery Office
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Friends Meeting Place - Peckham
English Buildings has a good short intro to Quakers in England and an assessm...
Philanthropist. Born Elizabeth Mary Taylor at 3 Elm Place, Peckham Rye. She a...
Astronomer. mathematician and physicist. Born Arthur Stanley Eddington in Ken...
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Friends Meeting Place - Peckham
The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropo...
This small garden is well-hidden. It's to the east of the tower Sivill House, that's the building in the background of our photo. We we...
This is a gated mews and the plaque is out of sight from the street. We were lucky that the gate was open on the day we visited. Only a...
There are 10 memorials in this area around the the war memorial building in our photo. The two pier heads are to the right of the buildin...
Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema, 1996 Bob Hope, actor and entertainer, born here, 29th May 1903. In association with the British Fi...
True to form Gracie sang to the workman as part of the job. Photos at The Official Gracie Fields.
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900.
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