Dorothy 'Cherry' Groce

Dorothy 'Cherry' Groce

SW9, Normandy Road, 22

Cherry Dorothy Groce, 1948 - 2011, innocently shot in this house by police which sparked the 1985 Brixton uprising. A heroine to her chil...

2 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
PC Gary Toms

PC Gary Toms

E15, Ashlin Road

Here fell PC Gary Toms, 11 April 2009.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Mrs George M. Smith

Mrs George M. Smith

SW1, Vincent Square, 82, St George's House, South Westminster Centre for Health

We are grateful to London Footprints for this information: “This was designed in 1905 by R Stephen Ayling for 'ladies engaged in or train...

1 subject commemorated
Eric Ravilious - W3

Eric Ravilious - W3

W3, Churchfield Road, 96

Eric Ravilious, 1903 - 1942, artist, designer and illustrator, was born and lived here until 1907. Ealing Council Acton History Group Eal...

1 subject commemorated, 3 creators
Sir William Crookes

Sir William Crookes

W11, Kensington Park Gardens, 7

Crookes had a private laboratory here made possible with the inheritance from his father. At least some of the seances that he investiga...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
James D. Watson

James D. Watson

SW1, Vincent Square, 18

James D. Watson, DNA scientist, lived here, 1983 - 1992. The Heritage Foundation

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
The Cimarons

The Cimarons

NW10, Tavistock Road, Tavistock Hall

See also Brent.

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Chelsea Embankment - Albert Bridge

Chelsea Embankment - Albert Bridge

SW3, Chelsea Embankment, Albert Bridge Gardens

The lamp standard is one of a pair, the other being at Chelsea Old Church see there for some more information. The metal plaque is laid i...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Chelsea Embankment memorial - restored

Chelsea Embankment memorial - restored

SW3, Chelsea Embankment, Albert Bridge Gardens

An unusually decorative and high quality plaque for such a mundane event. We don't know whether it refers to a restoration of just the me...

1 creator
Northern Outfall Sewer - Dace Road

Northern Outfall Sewer - Dace Road

E3, Dace Road/Wick Lane

Northern Outfall Sewer, part of London's main drainage system, constructed mid 19th century by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, engineer of the Met...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
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