Captain Scott - SW3
SW3, Oakley Street, 56
L.C.C. Robert Falcon Scott, Antarctic explorer (1868-1912), lived here.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Lyceum Theatre
WC2, Wellington Street, 21
Edgar Allan Poe's maternal grandparents performed as actors at this theatre, which explains the Society's involvement in this plaque.
4 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Dr Margery Blackie
SW7, Thurloe Street, 18
English Heritage Dr Margery Blackie, 1898 - 1981, homeopathic physician, lived and worked here 1929 - 1980.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Hampden Gurney - 2002
W1, Forset Street
The designers of this plaque seem to be anticipating the need for additional memorials.
1 subject commemorated
Hampden Gurney - 1863
W1, Forset Street
Hampden Gurney Schools Erected A. D. 1863 in memory of John Hampden Gurney, MA, Rector of St Mary's, Marylebone.
1 subject commemorated
High Speed link
NW1, Euston Road, St Pancras Station
IanVisits reports that the first carriages carrying paying passengers actually travelled through the Channel Tunnel in 1994 and that is c...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
African National Congress
N1, Penton Street, 28
From the Islington Tribune: "The three-storey office was the headquarters of the ANC between 1978 and 1994. It was there that Oliver Tamb...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
1500th tree in the City
EC2, Aldermanbury
Tilla platyphyllos (broad leaved lime) planted by The Right Hon. The Lord Mayor Sir Hugh Wontner, CVO, D.Litt. On 8 February 1974 to comm...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Hoxton war memorial
N1, Bletchley Street, 3, Holy Trinity Church
As usual the active service death toll in WW1 is much greater than that in WW2. But we find it surprising that in WW2 more people died in...
War dead, Civilian war dead | WW1, WW2
181 subjects commemorated
181 subjects commemorated
Kitt Catt
WC1, Bedford Row, 42
These two houses now seem to have a single address and, like most of the street, are occupied by lawyers. We asked at reception for info...
1 subject commemorated
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