{On the nearby plaque attached to a low stone plinth:}
Stone alcoves from the parapet of old London Bridge. Brought here c. 1860.
Bow Heritage Trail
E9, Victoria Park
There are two alcoves, placed some distance apart so we have only photoed one. Both of them have both memorials.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
London Bridge alcoves in Victoria Park - Bow plaque
Four stone bridges have spanned the Thames at this point. The first was built...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
London Bridge alcoves in Victoria Park - Bow plaque
The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middle...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
London Bridge alcoves in Victoria Park - Bow plaque
{Incised into the stone of the wall where you rest your back when seated:} Th...
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Thomas Campbell, poet, born 1777, died 1844, lived here 1840-4.
{Stone to the right of the entrance:} This stone commemorating the renovation of The Arts Club was unveiled on 5th October 2011 by His R...
These alms houses were built 1875 (north range) and 1887 (south range), and the site has the remains of a Second World War air raid shelt...
London County Council Sir Flinders Petrie, 1853 - 1942, Egyptologist, lived here.
Originally founded as a school for poor children as part of the legacy of Lady Dacre. She wrote that its aims should be: 'for the bringing up of children in virtue and good and laudable arts so tha...
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine is an independent constituent part of the University of London. On 8 July 1907, King Edward VII granted a Royal Charter establishing the Imperi...
Olympic gold medallist. Born in Plowden, Manchester, Jamaica. In 1942, he joined the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and was sent to Britain for active combat in World War II. He left the RA...
Person, Armed Forces, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games, Caribbean Islands, Denmark, Sweden
Colin William Morley was born on 5 March 1953 in Coulsdon, Surrey, the eldest of the three children of William F. Morley and Hilary Morley née Baldock. His sister, Gillian A. Morley, was born in 19...
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
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