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...
The stone plaque is laid into the pavement.
The Right Honourable David Lloyd George, OM, Prime Minister, lived in this house, 1900 to 1904.
We think this plaque was installed c.2012, to replace the lost one. We are puzzled by the reference to "coffin-shaped beds". Flowerbeds, ...
The high polish meant that we had to photo these plaques at a slant.
Friese-Greene lived here 1888-91 and a plaque was erected in 1954 - it can be seen in the photo, beside the door. In 1997, despite local ...
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
Hampstead historian. Born in Bradford. Attended Trinity College, Cambridge, was a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF in WW2, joined the BBC and rose to become head of the television script unit. Married...
GR IV {On the ribbon of the Board of Ordnance badge, their motto:} Sua tela tonanti
We identified which particular Duchess of Kent is represented by finding the painting on which the portrait is based at baltyra but the ...
At the back of this house, accessed from Lettice Road, to the left of our photo is a building "Turners Studio". It looks new but is presu...
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