City of Westminster
Site of the home of James Barry, 1741 - 1806, Irish artist and creator of the murals at the Royal Society of Arts.
W1, Eastcastle Street, 36
At the time of Barry's residence, the thoroughfare was known as Castle Street East.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
James Barry
Painted by the artist James Barry. They show, 'Orpheus', 'A Grecian Harvest-H...
Painter. Born in Water Lane, Blackpool, Cork, Ireland. He studied in Italy an...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
James Barry
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
The building behind is the former Air Ministry. We thank Jamie Davis for finding this link to the British Pathe news film of the unveili...
We imagine the serrated edge is meant to resemble a silver coin but it makes us think of a bottle cap. Doesn't the inscription conjure u...
This building was the Battersea Town Hall 1893 - 1965, and became the Battersea Arts Centre in 1974. Suffered a bad fire in 2015. The Pl...
There were 16 of these open-book style ground plaques, marking the corners of blocks A - D, the 4 main large blocks of buildings in WW2 C...
Tommy Cooper, 1921 - 1984, comedian, lived here 1955 - 1984. English Heritage
Footballer. Born Ramon Wilson in Shirebrook, Derbyshire. He played primarily for Huddersfield Town, Everton and was in the winning England team for the 1966 World Cup. At the end of his footballing...
Journalist, 24. From Geddes Trust (previously geddesprize.co.uk): The awards are named after Philip Geddes, a member of St Edmund Hall {Oxford University} and a journalist of considerable promise. ...
Part of the Napoleonic Wars. The British fought the French at Abu Qir in Egypt and achieved a tactical victory. Britain wanted to land troops on the beach and the French would prefer they stayed ...
Character created by Charles Dickens in his novel Oliver Twist, first published 1838.
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