Thomas Hood
EC2, Poultry, The Ned Hotel (ex Midland Bank HQ)
In a house on this site Thomas Hood was born 23rd May 1799. The Corporation of the City of London
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Johnson & Reynolds - The Club
W1, Gerrard Street, 9
This is the only surviving purpose-built 18th century tavern, now in 2011, a Chinese deli.
4 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Lindsay Anderson
NW6, Compayne Gardens, Stirling Mansions
Lindsay Anderson (1923-1994), film and theatre director, critic and writer, ‘This sporting Life', ‘If', ‘The Whales of August', lived her...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Cholera - Hampstead - 1849
NW3, New End, Heathside Preparatory School
Beneath the two windows to the left of the plaque there is some red granite, inscribed "1859", which looks like the remains of a drinking...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
David Ricardo
WC1, Gordon Street, 30, Drayton House
To honour the memory of David Ricardo, 1772 - 1823 UCL Department of Economics, founded 1828. Unveiled during the Econometric Society W...
3 subjects commemorated
Bombs 7/7/05 - Piccadilly line - NW1
NW1, Euston Road, St Pancras Station
Perhaps the foliage on the plaque is an olive branch.
28 subjects commemorated
Sir Hiram Maxim and his gun
EC1, Hatton Garden, Kovacs House
Greater London Council Sir Hiram Maxim, 1840 - 1916, inventor and engineer designed and manufactured The Maxim Gun in a workshop on thes...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Giuseppe Mazzini - Laystall Street
EC1, Laystall Street, 10
It seems likely that "1922" is the date the plaque was erected - exactly 50 years after Mazzini's death.
1 subject commemorated
Clerks' well
EC1, Farringdon Lane, 16
Through the window to the right of the plaque can be seen the actual well, discovered during building works in 1924. This building (labe...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Fenner Brockway
EC1, Myddelton Square, 60
Our picture shows the plaque before erection with Christopher Elsom, Pitch and Mouser. In 1975 they lived in no 60. Christopher writes:...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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