Human Rights tree

Human Rights tree

W6, Furnivall Gardens

Tulip Tree Planted 1998 to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Tea industry - Shoreditch

Tea industry - Shoreditch

E1, Shoreditch High Street, Tea Building, an eight-story building, 56

Now, where's the best place to attach this plaque? Oh, there's a lamppost close up to the building - let's put it behind that. Sigh.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Leigh Hunt - N14 - birth

Leigh Hunt - N14 - birth

N14, High Street, 41 - 43

Leigh Hunt, poet. Born on October 19th 1784 in a house on this site. Died 1859. Southgate Civic Trust Southgate Reform Synagogue

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Old church - Stanmore

Old church - Stanmore

HA7, Uxbridge Road, St John the Evangelist, Stanmore

MyLondon informs: "{The old church} gained Grade II listed status in 1951. In 1989, renovation began, with English Heritage providing fin...

3 subjects commemorated, 7 creators
Captain Richard Maples - gone

Captain Richard Maples - gone

E1, Mile End Road, Trinity Almshouses - green north of church

This B&W photo is from London Picture Archive where it is captioned: "Trinity Almshouses, statue of Captain Richard Maples, removed f...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Dr Samuel Johnson - Johnson's Court

Dr Samuel Johnson - Johnson's Court

EC4, Johnson's Court

He lived on this site prior to moving to the famous Samuel Johnson's House in Gough Square.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
The Queen's Chapel

The Queen's Chapel

SW1, Marlborough Road, St James's Palace

The plaque is the one on the right.

8 subjects commemorated
Pollock's toy theatre shop

Pollock's toy theatre shop

N1, Hoxton Street, McGregor Court

The business had just moved out when the building was destroyed by a WW2 bomb.

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Frank Elliston-Erwood

Frank Elliston-Erwood

SE18, Foxcroft Road, 6

Frank Charles Elliston-Erwood FSA, archaeologist & historian, 1883 - 1968, lived here 1912 - 1968. Woolwich Antiquarian Society

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Walter Wakley

Walter Wakley

SW1, Broadway, 55

Designed by Charles Holden and built 1927 – 1929 as HQ for Underground Electric Railways Company of London, the main forerunner of London...

3 subjects commemorated
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