A. J. Cronin
W11, Westbourne Grove, 152
A. J. Cronin, 1896 - 1981, Scottish novelist and General Practitioner, practised in this house, 1926 - 1930. Royal College of General Pra...
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1 creator
Westminster Union Workhouse
W1, Marshall Street
We think Whittingham's first name might be given as Rob. or ?ch. but it's lost in shadow. And there might be a fourth Overseer, or not. W...
7 subjects commemorated
Sir Victor Horsley
WC1, Gower Street, 129
Sir Victor Horsley, 1857 - 1916, pioneer of neurosurgery and social reformer, lived here. English Heritage
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
First Synagogue in Hackney
E5, Thistlewaite Road, 25
The first synagogue in present day London Borough of Hackney, built 1779 - 80 (5539 - 5540), stood to the rear of this building in the gr...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
William Prangnell
SW6, Fulham Road, Goat in Boots, 333
The date, 1887, is repeated at least twice more on the building.
2 subjects commemorated
Cheyne Walk heads - More and Erasmus
SW3, Cheyne Walk, 15
No inscription remains legible but we believe we've found the painting used as the model for the head on the right and it's Erasmus. So ...
2 subjects commemorated
Cheyne Walk heads - Carlyle and Mazzini
SW3, Cheyne Walk, 15
Both Mazzini and Carlyle are almost always depicted with a beard but finally we found Carlyle displaying his chin and that image looks to...
2 subjects commemorated
Tin Pan Alley
WC2, Denmark Street, 9
The plaque carries a QR code that provides smartphone users with audio and visual information on the area’s history, and pictures of the ...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Festival of Britain - N16
N16, Somerford Grove
The Somerford Estate has 12 blocks and we believe the award was for the whole estate, not just this block. The architect and landscape d...
1 subject commemorated
Jacqueline Cockburn - lost sculpture - plinth
SW3, Chelsea embankment gardens
The PMSA page for this memorial informs that the 1925 bronze statue was already missing in October 1999 and that the sculptor was P. Lind...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
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