This building was opened as the headquarters of the National Institute for the Deaf by His Majesty King George VI when HRH the Duke of York on the 11th day of June 1936.
WC1, Gower Street, 105
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Royal National Institute for the Deaf
Established in 1911 as the National Bureau for Promoting the General Welfare ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Royal National Institute for the Deaf
Became king when his brother, Edward VIII, abdicated. Like his father George ...
From the modern information board: "This garden covers the site of the church of St Olave, destroyed in 1666 by the Great Fire of London....
London County Council Rudyard Kipling, 1865 - 1936, poet and story writer, lived here, 1889 - 1891.
St George the Martyr's Mission Hall and working men’s club is behind number 49 Great Ormond Street, accessed via Barbon Close. The "St.GM...
This charming street, still largely as built, was designed by Elijah Hoole. Most of it (5-11 and 21-37) is listed Grade II. It replaced t...
Margaret McMillan C.H, C.B.E, 1860 - 1931, & Rachel McMillan, 1859 - 1917, social reformers and educationalists, lived here, 1910 - 1...
At British History On-line we read that it closed in 1923, not 1915 as per the plaque.
A scheme developed by The Campaign for Real Ale for erecting plaques on public houses that have featured in significant events in history.
Mechanical engineer and businessman. Born Hamburg, where his grandfather, from Birmingham, had established a business. Educated Germany and London. Inventor and motor industry pioneer. Coined the w...
Artist. Grant Waters has a review of his art which was not known to us before. A number of his London scenes are available on-line. Charles Maresco Pearce was born on 11 June 1874 in South Kensing...
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