Plaque

Goldington - foundation stone, 1902

Erection date: 29/10/1902

Inscription

St Pancras Borough Council
This foundation stone was laid by the Right Worshipful, the Mayor Edmund Barnes, Esq. on Wednesday 29th October 1902.
Councillor the Rev. Charles Ensor Walters - Chairman of the Public Health Committee
Councillor Robert James Willis – Deputy Chairman of the Public Health Committee
Councillor Edward Mason Close – Chairman of the Housing of the Working Classes Sub Committee

Charles Herbert Fox Barrett – Town Clerk
John Frederick Joseph Sykes, MD, DSc. – Medical Officer of Health

Keith Downes Young, FRIBA – Architect
Whitehead & Co. Ltd - Contractors

Site: Goldington Buildings foundation stone (2 memorials)

NW1, Pancras Road, Goldington Buildings

An ornamental, architectural plaque, just above the archway and mainly hidden by the foliage, reads "Goldington Buildings, 1903".

The foundation stone can be seen in our photo, just above the near-central bollard; the refurbishment stone is inside the archway.

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Goldington - foundation stone, 1902

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Whitehead & Co. Ltd

Building contractors active in 1902.

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Charles Herbert Fox Barrett

Vestry Clerk. St Pancras Vestry, his tenure including the period 1897 -1906. ...

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Councillor Edward Mason Close

Chairman of the Housing of the Working Classes Sub Committee of St Pancras Bo...

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John Frederick Joseph Sykes

A doctor and the Medical Officer of Health of St Pancras Borough Council in 1...

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Rev. Charles Ensor Walters

Councillor and Chairman of the Public Health Committee of St Pancras Borough ...

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Edmund Barnes

Local politician, school teacher and magistrate in St Pancras. Born in Blandf...

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Goldington - refurbishment, 1989

Goldington - refurbishment, 1989

St Pancras Housing Association This stone was unveiled by HRH the Princess Ma...

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