Plaque

Seacole - George Street

Inscription

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

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Seacole - George Street

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Crimean War

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Mary Seacole

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Seacole - George Street

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Portman Estate

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Westminster City Council

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