City of Westminster
Mary Seacole, 1805 - 1881, Jamaican nurse, heroine of the Crimean War, lived in a house on this site.
The Portman Estate
Site: Seacole - George Street (1 memorial)
W1, George Street, 147
City of Westminster
Mary Seacole, 1805 - 1881, Jamaican nurse, heroine of the Crimean War, lived in a house on this site.
The Portman Estate
W1, George Street, 147
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Seacole - George Street
War between Russia and an alliance of France, Germany, Britain, Turkey and th...
Jamaican nurse, heroine of the Crimean War. That's the standard depiction of ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Seacole - George Street
Wikipedia has a very useful map showing "Estate (freehold) ownership of land ...
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
In grateful memory of Frederick Newland Pedley who founded the Dental School in 1889, this tablet was unveiled on 4th May 1994, the fifti...
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
See the Fulham monument for more info on this garden. On this wall are attached 3 memorials: two large stone panels (one for each world ...
A rejected planning application provides some history for the house: "The building dates from pre-1860 and would have formed part of the ...
First London coffee house, opened by Pasqua Rosée. The Telegraph produced a good article about coffee houses in London.
Housing reformer and co-founder of The National Trust. Born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, her father's eighth daughter (yes, really). She believed that social housing should be small houses (rather...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, History, Property, Social Welfare
Mathematical physicist and engineer. Born Belfast. His family moved to Glasgow when he was aged 11. Worked in thermodynamics and on the transatlantic cable. 1st Baron Kelvin. Died Largs Ayrshire.
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