{In the scroll at the top, French for 'My faith in God':}
Ma foi en dieu.
This stone, the first in the new street, was laid by Robert Edwin Villiers, 8 June 1885. Reconstructed by Trollope and Coles Ltd 1988.
Peto Bros. Builders
W1, Shaftesbury Avenue, Trocadero Centre
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Robert Edwin Villiers
Managed the London Pavilion theatre from 1886 to 1890. Robert Edwin Villiers...
Donald Swann, 1923 - 1994, composer, songwriter and entertainer, lived here 1961 - 1994. The Battersea Society
Our Latin consultant, David Hopkins, provided the translation and adds: "The quote at the top, 'Sapiens qui prospicit', is the school mot...
1926 - 1944 this house was the home of the extraordinary painter, Gluck (1895 - 1978). She commissioned Edward Maufe to convert an outbui...
London County Council Sir Francis Beaufort, 1774 - 1857, Admiral and hydrographer, lived here.
Wyndham's Theatre was built for Mary Moore and Charles Wyndham in 1899. Architect W.G. Sprague.
We did not initially recognise this logo, on at least 8 plaques in the Surrey Docks area, and maybe others elsewhere. We tried Google's image search and the results made us laugh; being an array of...
Author and Shakespearian scholar. Born in Enfield, at the school run by his father, Reverend John Clarke. John Keats was a pupil at the school for about 7 years (1803-10). Charles taught him and e...
French poet. Born Metz, France. Has been described as an ugly, homicidal alcoholic. He effectively eloped from his own marriage to live with Rimbaud. Following his imprisonment for attempted murder...
MBE DFM. RAF bomber pilot. Designed the Croydon Aerodrome WW2 memorial and was nstrumental in having it erected.
6 artists/craftspeople and 5 organisations are named as creating this Gallery of 17 murals. Rather than repeat this information on all 17...
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