Erection date: 2010
Margaret Rutherford, 1892 - 1972, theatre and film actress born and raised here.
2010
Wandsworth Council
SW12, Dornton Road, 15
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Margaret Rutherford - Balham
Stage and film Actor. Born Margaret Taylor Rutherford in Balham. She was well...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Margaret Rutherford - Balham
London borough. Formed from the former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and ...
The inclusion of the caretaker and his wife on this memorial is intriguing. Andrew Behan has researched these names and confirms that al...
English Heritage Ann Oldfield, 1683 - 1730, actress, first occupant of this house, 1725 - 1730.
In 1912 this doorstep was the site of an assassination attempt. Henry arrived home to be met by a gunman, a disgruntled cab driver who'd...
From Michael Rank: "Dorset Street was renamed Dove Road (Dove Bros builders named on the plaque) in 1935."
Williams was working as a buyer at Hitchcock, Rogers & Co., a large retail drapers at 72 St Paul's Churchyard. The situation of worke...
England's last Roman Catholic king, James II of England but James VII of Scotland. Born in St James's Palace and designated Duke of York until he ascended the throne in 1685 on the death of his bro...
Fought to free Corsica from France. Born Corsica. Exiled in London 1770 - 1780 and again 1795 until his death in London. At the Burdett-Coutts memorial, where his name is given as "Paschalis de Pao...
In the late 1700s national galleries were all the rage in Europe. A number of countries nationalised their royal collections but the British government instead wanted to purchase a major collection...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them