Erection date: 11/11/1912
Jahncke Ltd
This stone was laid by P. E. Beachcroft, 11th November 1912. Directors:
P. E. Beachcroft - Chairman
Alfred Burch, Geo. W. Paton, R. J. Sankey
L. Samuel - Managing Director
Holman & Goodrham - Architects
Dove Bros - Builders
N1, Dove Road
From Michael Rank: "Dorset Street was renamed Dove Road (Dove Bros builders named on the plaque) in 1935."
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Jahncke Ltd
From National Archives: "Tin box manufactures of Canonbury Works, Dorset Stre...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Jahncke Ltd
Builders. Founded in Studd Street, Islington by William Spencer Dove (1793-18...
Architects active in 1912. George Edward Holman (1862-1921/2) and Henry Robe...
Plaque unveiled by Sir Steve Bullock, Mayor of Lewisham.
Greater London Council Bruce Bairnsfather, 1888 - 1959, cartoonist, lived here.
Greater London Council Thomas Hodgkin, 1798 - 1866, physician, reformer and philanthropist lived here.
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Telemark on the left, Coates on the right. At the far right of our picture you can see London Transport's Lost Property Office. Useful t...
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Social reformer, OBE, JP. Born 17 Princelet Street. (The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has "19" but perhaps the street was renumbered when it was renamed from Princes to Princelet Street....
Boys is an artist and blacksmith based in Rotherhithe. Kevin Boys Blacksmiths is a family-run business which has been operating for over 30 years.
An armillary (or astrolabe) is a model comprising rings showing the positions of astronomical objects. See Simon Wolff for others in London.
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