Plaque

Rugby Football Union

Inscription

On this site stood the Pall Mall Restaurant where the Rugby Football Union was founded on the 26th January 1871.

Installed in or before 2012.

Site: Rugby Football Union (1 memorial)

SW1, Cockspur Street, 1, Oceanic House

August 2022: we were informed that this plaque had gone, while the building was undergoing some sort of transformation. By September it was back. Our thanks to Lionel Wright for that information.

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Rugby Football Union

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Pall Mall Restaurant

1 Cockspur Street

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Rugby Football Union

Created when delegates from 22 clubs met at the Pall Mall Restaurant and rule...

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