Hearts of Oak Benefit Society
AD 1888
W1, Rathbone Street
This was a rear entrance to the offices of the Hearts of Oak Benefit Society at 15-17 Charlotte Street, now occupied by the Charlotte Street Hotel. This eBay item shows the Charlotte Street building in 1942.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hearts of Oak Benefit Society - W1
National Archives gives: "It was on 20th June 1842 that twelve members of a P...
From Railscot: 19 of these plaques have been installed at: Euston, Crewe, Preston, Carlisle, Hawick [2nd] (apparently now a leisure centr...
The weather vane depicts a grid-iron, the instrument used for the torture which led to the martyrdom of St Lawrence. The shaft supportin...
Erected by the inhabitants of South Norwood to commemorate the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Stanley of Cumberlow, South Norwood, ...
In our photo the plaque can be seen on the wall to the right of the green fascia.
Born Herefordshire. Related via the Boleyn family to Queen Elizabeth I. Married a daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham. Became a favourite of the Queen. However he performed badly as Lord Lieuten...
Entertainment venue. Initially it hosted classical music concerts, but after ten years started to include pop and rock events.
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Genealogist, writer and broadcaster. Author of a book on Henry Jermyn.
The Town Hall in Euston Road once housed these interesting murals by Cecil Osborne.
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