This stone was laid by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on behalf of H.M. the Queen on 28th May 1897.
N1, City Road
These two inscriptions are either side of the entrance steps. The patient entrance is now around the corner and this grand entrance seems little used. Ornamental Passions have featured a, frankly, more interesting architectural feature, on the 1933 extension, just to the north.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Moorfields Eye Hospital - foundation stone
Reigned: 1901 - 1910. Born and died at Buckingham Palace. Victoria's eldest s...
Reigned: 1837-1901, 64 years. Born Kensington Palace. Daughter of Edward, Duk...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Moorfields Eye Hospital - foundation stone
The Duke and Duchess of York went on to become King George V and Queen Mary.
His excellency Alfonso Lopez-Pumarejo, 1886 - 1959, ambassador to the court of St James's, twice president of the Republic of Colombia, l...
London County Council Charles Booth, 1840-1916, pioneer in social research lived here.
Present at the unveiling: founding members Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook.
See a similar plaque in N7 for information about them.
At the time of her birth, the address was Belle Vue House, Lindsey Row.
Councillor on the Committee for the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension.
The Abercrombie Plan consists of the 1943 'County of London Plan' and the 1944 'Greater London Plan'. Devised by Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie and John Henry Forshaw in preparation for regeneratio...
Concept, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare, Transport
The landings, also known as Operation Neptune, were the landing operations in Operation Overlord during WW2. The 'D' in D-Day doesn't stand for anything as it was used as a substitute for the actua...
On the Executive Committee for the 1851 Great Exhibition Memorial.
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