London Borough of Hackney
Lewis "Daddy" Burtt, 1860 - 1935, John Burtt, 1855 - 1925, Honorary Secretary & Superintendent, Founders of Hoxton Market Christian Mission, founded in 1886. Operating from these premises from 1915, for the benefit of local people.
N1, Hoxton Market, 13
On the pier between numbers 13 and 14: "Shaftesbury House, Hoxton Market Christian Mission".
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hoxton Market Christian Mission
Founded by John and Lewis Burtt. Described by Charles Booth as a "soup kitche...
Brother of John Burtt. They had been found on the street and were educated i...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hoxton Market Christian Mission
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
This plaque was rededicated to the memory of the two firemen in a ceremony on 16 April 2011.
On this site stood the Odeon cinema 1935 - 1982 a classic example of the Odeon art deco style. Commemorating the centenary of cinema 1996...
We are grateful to Christina Ilonka Jansen for writing to us about these plaques. She was working as Cultural Counsellor at the Dutch Em...
From FBU: "The first memorial plaque to honour the lives of firefighters who were killed in the line of duty will be unveiled ... tomorro...
The pedestal was designed by Elijah Hoole.
The (Red) Lion Brewery, designed by Francis Edwards, stood on the South Bank from 1836. The brewery occupied the site now used by the Royal Festival Hall and its stables, warehouses, etc. were on a...
Oh, dear, both the architect's names are misspelt on this plaque.
A plaque inside the library provides the following: “John Harvard was born in Southwark in 1607 and was baptized in St Saviour’s Church, the present Southwark Cathedral. He was the son of Robert H...
City mason active post Great Fire of 1666. His work was continued by his son, Thomas Cartwright the Younger (1655 - 1711).
March 2018 this care home was run by Care UK. Both plaques are visible in our photo, on the wall that you can see between the two gate pi...
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