Southwark Health

Southwark Health

SE17, Walworth Road

This plaque is not particularly interesting visually so we are showing the roof-top sculpture instead, which is.

6 creators
Charles Babbage - SE17

Charles Babbage - SE17

SE17, Walworth Road

Plaques really should contain enough information to explain their presence at a particular site. This one doesn't so we've done the work...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
George II statue at Greenwich

George II statue at Greenwich

SE10, Old Royal Naval College, Grand Square

This statue is made of a single piece of marble weighing 11 tons. As was the fashion at the time the king is depicted wearing the militar...

2 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Greenwich Palace

Greenwich Palace

SE10, Old Royal Naval College, Grand Square

The plaque was unveiled to commemorate the 450th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's birth. It is positioned directly above the foundations...

5 subjects commemorated
Alexis Soyer

Alexis Soyer

NW8, Marlborough Place, 28

Alexis Soyer, 1810 - 1858, chef, author of cookbooks, inventor, lived here. City of Westminster

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
A. J. Avery

A. J. Avery

SE11, Kennington Lane, Tommyfield, 185

A Lambeth paper reports that Charlie Chaplin, who was born in 1889 and brought up nearby, remembers sitting on the pavement outside this ...

1 subject commemorated
Betty Knight

Betty Knight

EC1, St John's Street, Tunbridge House, Spa Green Estate

Betty Knight, 1936 - 2010, champion for the rights of Islington residents, lived here from 1976 - 2010. London Borough of Islington Islin...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Lambeth Borough Council gates

Lambeth Borough Council gates

SE11, Black Prince Road

Lambeth Council’s first 4 tenement blocks of council housing were built on Princes Road (now Black Prince Road) in 1927, replacing a work...

1 creator
Sir Arthur Keith

Sir Arthur Keith

N5, Aubert Park, 17

Sir Arthur Keith, 1866 - 1955, distinguished physiologist and anthropologist, lived here, 1908 - 1933. London Borough of Islington Histor...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Gilbert Bayes

Gilbert Bayes

NW6, Greville Place, 4

Gilbert Bayes, 1872 - 1953, sculptor, lived here 1931 - 1953. English Heritage

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
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