Plaque

Our Lady of the Assumption Deptford

Inscription

{Between the depictions of two ships:}
Our Lady of the Assumption. This church was built in 1846 and enlarged in 1859 to serve Deptford's Roman Catholic community.
Greenwich and Deptford History Trail

A large storage unit partially obscures the plaque.

Site: Our Lady of the Assumption Deptford (1 memorial)

SE8, Deptford High Street, 131

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Our Lady of the Assumption Deptford

Subjects commemorated i

Our Lady of the Assumption Deptford

Originally founded as a mission in 1842, it was built to serve the local Cath...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Our Lady of the Assumption Deptford

Created by i

Greenwich and Deptford History Trail

This is a trail that has gone cold. We know of two other plaques which are pa...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Olive Schreiner

Olive Schreiner

W2, Portsea Place, 16

Olive Schreiner, 1855 - 1920, author, lived here. London County Council 

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Wine Office Court

Wine Office Court

EC4, Fleet Street, Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese pub

The Rhymers' Club is not specifically mentioned on the plaque but Ye Olde Cheese is where Yeats etc. met so we have put the Club on the l...

30 subjects commemorated
Donald McGill - SE3

Donald McGill - SE3

SE3, Bennett Park, 5

The Guardian archives hold their article about this plaque being erected, and it contains some good saucy jokes, e.g. Judge: "You are pre...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Church Street pavement plaque - 1899 - station

Church Street pavement plaque - 1899 - station

NW8, Salisbury Street, Morris House

This 1939 map shows the large area of land occupied by the Marylebone goods shed, warehouses and sidings. The coal drops extended south o...

1 subject commemorated
Hobby-horse bicycle

Hobby-horse bicycle

WC2, Long Acre, 75, Acre House

75 Long Acre was Denis Johnson's home and workshop. See modern day hobby-horse bicycles in Long Acre.

2 subjects commemorated, 3 creators

Previously viewed

Chambers Nicholson

Chambers Nicholson

Chemist and dye manufacturer. We found this man in Grace's Guide: Born in Lincoln as Edward Chambers Nicholson. 1845 became one of the first students at the Royal College of Chemistry. 1853 he form...

Person, Science

1 memorial
Ray Davies

Ray Davies

Guitarist, singer and songwriter. Born at 6 Denmark Terrace, Fortis Green, Muswell Hill. One of the founder members of the rock group The Kinks. After the group disbanded he pursued a solo career. ...

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial
Saifullah Zaman

Saifullah Zaman

Disc jockey and music producer. Known as 'Sam' or by his stage and group's name 'State of Bengal'. Born in Karachi, he moved to Britain in the 1970s. In 1987, he set up his group after a visit to B...

Person, Music / songs, Pakistan

1 memorial
Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon

Born Dublin, of English parents. Died Madrid.

Person, Art, Ireland, Spain

2 memorials
Alfredo Di Nallo
War dead, WW1
1 memorial