Erection date: 1984
This plaque is placed here by the governors and friends of the Lady Eleanor Holles School to commemorate the foundation of the school near this site in 1711.
1984
EC2, Gilbert Bridge
You can just see the left edge of this plaque in our photo, on the pillar at the left.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lady Eleanor Holles School
Founded near what is now the Barbican. One of the oldest girls' schools in th...
Hampden Gurney Schools Erected A. D. 1863 in memory of John Hampden Gurney, MA, Rector of St Mary's, Marylebone.
This portion of the building was destroyed by German bombing on the night of 27th September 1940, restored in 1948.
There are two stone plaques either side of the entrance, low on the wall, and two, rather classier, plaques in the entrance lobby. Readi...
O'Connell lived here with his wife and children from February 1833 for up to six months.
Howard Staunton, 1810 - 1874, British World Chess Champion, lived here, 1871 - 1874. English Heritage
