The New River opened 1613 to bring fresh water from Hertfordshire to London.
As far as we know (and we have walked the full length) this is the only such plaque on the New River. Finsbury Park was created in 1869 so it's possible it was erected then, or possibly in 1913, to celebrate the 300th anniversary.
N4, Finsbury Park
Our thanks to Mandy for adding scale to our photo.
Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850 - 1894, author, lived here. Erected by the Hampstead Plaque Fund.
Our photograph of the house is from English Heritage.
Both plaques are actually around the corner in Shakespeare Road.
The Grodzinski plaque can be seen in our photo just to the right of the 'one way' sign. The synagogue inscription is on the cream upright...
{Above a stylized picture of two performers:} Lyric Theatre Built by C.J. Phipps, the Lyric Theatre opened in 1888, with the comic opera ...
