Erection date: 1973
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859 - 1930, creator of Sherlock Holmes lived here, 1891 - 1894.
Greater London Council
SE25, Tennison Road, 12
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - SE25
Originally named Sheridan Hope, then Sherringford Holmes and finally Sherlock...
Born in Edinburgh where he trained as a doctor. Extremely successful writer o...
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - SE25
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
This building, known as the Queen Mary Wing, is an extension to the hospital on the left.
The biblical quotation is from: Matthew 19:14, or Luke 18:16, or Mark 10:13-15, take your pick.
Love all the architectural terms. We had to look up passimeter and it's roughly what we'd call a ticket booth, here's the very one.
We have found that the plaque was unveiled by the Mayor of Greenwich, but there is no indication that Greenwich Council actually erected it.
James Clerk Maxwell FRS King's College London Professor of Natural Philosophy, 1860 - 65 The Institute of Physics
