Plaque

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Inscription

This site was first used for worship in 1573 by pioneer nonconformists - later by Huguenot refugees - In 1809 a Congregational church was formed which moved in 1860 to East Hill carrying on mission work here until the outbreak of war in 1939.

See the Wandsworth chapel for the truth of the 1573 claim.

Site: Chapel hall (5 memorials)

SW18, Chapel Yard, 2, Clore Building

Currently, 2011, used by the National Opera as a studio. The current building is a hall, opened in 1883, with a total of 6 plaques all on the main facade. Two are built into the centre of the facade between the first and second floor windows. the other four are near the ground. We've nunbered these from left to right.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
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World War 2

Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...

The Huguenots

French Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. The name emerged in 1560 b...

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Chapel - building

{On the plaque to the left:} Erected 1573, Enlarged 1685. {On the plaque to ...

Plaque 1 - Geards

This memorial stone was laid by Henry Geard, Esqre. on the 12th July 1882.

Plaque 2

See the Wandsworth chapel for the truth of the 1573 claim.

Plaque 4 - Toms

This memorial stone was laid by Charles W. Toms, Esqre. on the 12th July 1882.

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Nearby Memorials

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SW12, Balham High Road, Balham Underground Station

Plaque 1 incorrectly states that there were 64 people killed in this incident. The Wandsworth Guardian carries the story of how it was di...

4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator

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Castle pub WW2 bomb

SW15, Brewhouse Lane, 3

The Castle plaque is the lower of the three near the camera. The Cromwell plaque is just visible, one window bay to the left of the woma...

4 subjects commemorated

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Edward Ardizzone

W9, Elgin Avenue, 130

Edward Ardizzone, 1900 - 1979, artist and illustrator, lived here, 1920 - 1972. English Heritage

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator

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Thomas Sopwith

W1, Green Street, 46

Sopwith lived here in the '30s when it was a single house.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator

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GCHQ - WC2

WC2, York Buildings, Watergate House

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1 subject commemorated, 2 creators

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Ronald William Godfrey Jones, B.E.M.

Footballer. A serving soldier n WW2, he was taken prisoner and sent to a camp in Italy. He volunteered to be an engineer, but found himself being sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. Here he witne...

Person, Armed Forces, Social Welfare, Sport / Games, Wales

1 memorial

Sandringham Buildings

WC2, Charing Cross Road, 80

Sandringham Buildings Erected by the Improved Industrial Dwellings Co Ltd (Sir Sydney H. Waterlow Bart. Chairman) 1884.

2 subjects commemorated

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Rotherhithe Tunnel Airshaft

SE16, Brunel Road

{Beneath the London Docklands Development Corporation logo:} Rotherhithe Tunnel Airshaft. This listed structure was constructed between 1...

4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator

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Sir Charles Barry

Born in London. Architect of the Houses of Parliament, after the 1834 fire. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. Father of the architect Charles Barry Jnr, engineer Wolfe-Barry and th...

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Sapper John Edward Alfred Ansley

John Edward Alfred Ansley was born on 7 September 1895 in Battersea. He was the second of at least eleven children of Alfred Ansley (1872-1948) and Mary Ansley née Quartley (1866-1945). His birth w...

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