Phyllis Pearsall, 1906 - 1996, inventor of the London A - Z.
London Borough of Southwark
Voted by the People
This is where she was born.
SE21, Court Lane Gardens, 3
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Phyllis Pearsall
London street guide. First developed by Phyllis Pearsall, it now covers the G...
Map-maker. Born Phyllis Isobel Gross at Budapest, Court Lane Gardens, Dulwich...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Phyllis Pearsall
The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropo...
Bonus fact: The Guardian reported that the Austrian author Stefan Zweig lived in this street c.1934-9 but in 2012 English Heritage reject...
The 7 plaques are on different faces of the frontage of the building. We've numbered them left to right. Plaque 3 can be seen in our phot...
The Triffids recorded their classic album Born Sandy Devotional on this site in August 1985. "It's a Wide Open Road" thetriffids.com
Nicknamed "little America", the association of Grosvenor Square with America began when John Adams, later President, moved to this addres...
Robert Aickman, 1914 - 1981, author and co-founder of the Inland Waterways Association, lived and worked here. The Inland Waterways Assoc...
