Sir John Kirk, J.P., Christian philanthropist, the children's friend, 1847 - 1922.
WC1, John Street, 32
31-32 John Street is known as John Kirk House and in April 2012 is being converted into apartments, see Banbury Ball.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir John Kirk
J.P., Christian philanthropist, the children's friend. Not to be confused wi...
This building was opened as the headquarters of the National Institute for the Deaf by His Majesty King George VI when HRH the Duke of Yo...
A London Inheritance has a good post on this house and its history.
There is no indication as to who erected the plaque, but the fulsome description of the Lanesborough Hotel, suggests that they might have...
The plot consists of 36 graves acquired by the London Fire Brigade Widows and Orphans Fund (founded in1882 by Massey Shaw, who, probably ...
Now, where's the best place to attach this plaque? Oh, there's a lamppost close up to the building - let's put it behind that. Sigh.
The main shaft is Portland stone and there is a useful granite seat around the base. At the back there is a basin for the drinking fount...
Left to right: Cons, Martineau, Hubback, Baylis. In our photo the pedestrian has just walked past Baylis. These mosaics are on the Maufe...
The V1 and V2 rockets were developed as a reaction to the heavy allied bombing of German cities towards the end of WW2. (V stands for Vergeltungswaffe - retribution weapon'). In total, over 3,000 V...
Mansion Global's 2020 sales page for this charmer has: ".. former owner .. Sophie Fedorovitch ..occupied the home until her death in 1953...
This memorial is in the north-west corner of the square.
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