Erection date: 24/7/2011
John Lawson Johnston, 1839 - 190, inventor of Bovril, owned and lived here at 'Bovril castle' Kingswood House.
London Borough of Southwark - Voted by the people
SE21, Seeley Drive, Kingswood House
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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