Westminster City Council
Savoy Theatre
Opened in 1881, the Savoy Theatre was the first public building in the world to be lit throughout by electricity.
Savoy Theatre
WC2, Carting Lane, Savoy Theatre
Credit for this entry to: Bob Baker
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Savoy Theatre
The Savoy Theatre opened in 1881. Despite this date it is a delightful exampl...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Savoy Theatre
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
We found the punctuation on this plaque so peculiar we have transcribed it exactly. Just shows that way back in 1858 even people in a po...
As the close-up picture shows, this corner boasts three plaques: a Mercers' maiden (see the Mercers' Company), an award from the 'Brick D...
This tablet was erected to commemorate the birthplace of George Robert Gissing (1857 - 1903) novelist and man of letters.
You can see three of these memorials in our photo of the church. The fourth, the plaque to Garvin, is on the east-facing wall to the left...
James Clerk Maxwell (1831 - 1879) physicist, lived here. LCC