Erection date: 20/5/1912
Mr. Fegan's Homes (incorporated)
To the glory of God, and for the welfare of orphan needy and erring boys, here and hereafter, the foundation stone of this house of mercy was laid by the Right Honble. Lord Kinnaird on 20th May 1912.
His compassions fail not, Lam III 22. {Lamentations}
SW1, Horseferry Road, 62-64
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Mr Fegan's Homes
James Fegan set up his first children's home in Deptford, South London in 187...
Philanthropist. Born James William Condell Fegan in Southampton. He moved to ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Mr Fegan's Homes
Footballer and philanthropist. Born Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird in London. Unu...
Clayhall Tea House stood near here - a famous place of refreshment in the 18th century. Bow Heritage Trail
There is a house, still extant, called Round Hill Cottage but Harrild lived at the big house, Round Hill House, no longer standing.
The Henriette Raphael Nurses' Home, erected by Henry Lewis Raphael in memory of his wife, opened 1902.
Here from 1868 to 1900 lived George James Symons FRS, pioneer in the scientific study of rainfall, founder of the British Rainfall Organi...
An information map/board gives us "Charles Lamb was born in 2 Crown Office Row in 1775."
Botanist and entomologist. Born Alton, Hampshire. Worked at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Set up a garden at Bermondsey and a larger one, the London Botanic Garden at Lambeth Marsh. His publication 'F...
Wife of Edward VII, mother of George V. Born at the Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark. As an adult gradually became profoundly deaf. It is said the Queen Victoria learnt the British Sign La...
Originally opened by the Baptists as the Ebenezer Chapel, with the adjoining building, (the manse), known as the Ebenezer Cottage. Within a few years the Baptists moved elsewhere, and the chapel wa...
Ralph Humberstone, originally from Horncastle, Lincolnshire, died, aged about 50 years, on 18 November 1987 in the King's Cross Underground Station fire. His body was identified by a publican from...
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