Lisa Pontecorvo, 1944 - 2008, beloved friend of Edward Square.
N1, Edward Square
Across the other side of the garden there is a poem about the square by Andrew Motion carved such that it is as much a sculpture as a poem. Text and picture here.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lisa Pontecorvo stone
Much of the street research for LondonRemembers is done by bike. 820 cyclists...
Killed at the junction of Madras Place and Holloway Road. Run over by a cemen...
We've over-lightened the photo so you can see the indentation which used to hold the plaque, on the side facing the path.
The first memorial was obviously sinking into the ground when our photograph was taken in 2013, but we cannot discover when i...
The inscription seems to have been re-carved, incorrectly, at some point, introducing some ambiguity. The measurements are corroborated b...
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...
Our picture comes from a nearby information board and shows Mohegan-Pequot four-domed medallion (or rosette) and trail motifs. The medal...
MP for Winchester who gave his name to the Pentonville area of London by building in the late 1700s The Penton Estate.
On the committee of the Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society in 1919. Probably the same person as the Councillor T. M. McGiff, J.P. who was on the East Ham Corporation Public Health Commi...
Westminster City Council In recognition of Westminster's councillors and officers and the civil and emergency services for their actions...
"London County Council"? We don't think so. A Sir Tom Baker has a bespoke tailoring business around the corner at 4 D’Arblay Street, wher...
Soldier and writer. Born in Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France. He enlisted in the French army in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian war. During the First World War he distinguished himself at the battle...
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