Howard Staunton, 1810 - 1874, British World Chess Champion, lived here, 1871 - 1874.
English Heritage
Site: Howard Staunton (1 memorial)
W11, Lansdowne Road, 117
Credit for this entry to: Bob Baker
Howard Staunton, 1810 - 1874, British World Chess Champion, lived here, 1871 - 1874.
English Heritage
W11, Lansdowne Road, 117
Credit for this entry to: Bob Baker
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Howard Staunton
British World Chess Champion. Promoted the use of standardised chess pieces, ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Howard Staunton
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
The foundation stone is low down at the right hand side of the building. Above each of the two statues is a bust, both of the Greek god v...
Greater London Council H. G. Wells, 1866 - 1946, writer, lived and died here.
In our photo the plaque can just be seen between the bush and the right hand ground floor window.
Site of St Mary Woolchurch Haw The Corporation of the City of London
Margery Allingham, 1904 - 1966, writer of crime fiction and creator of Albert Campion, lived here, 1916 - 1926. City of Westminster
Opposite sides of the fountain carry two shields: the coat of arms of the City of London and, shown in our photo, the coat of arms of St ...
From Ian Wallis's JustGiving page: "It was Idris Newnham, a boy about my age and a family friend, who had a particular type of muscular dystrophy (Duchenne), which is a genetic disorder that causes...
Plaque unveiled by Paul Merton (a short video with some appropriate clips of Chaplin edited in).
A book on boy scout training written by Robert Baden-Powell. It was originally published in six fortnightly instalments and contained information on 'self-survival', based on his boyhood experience...
Unveiled in the subject's lifetime - see Brockway for others.
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