Erection date: 1863
Glory be to God
St George the Martyr Schools for 200 girls & 200 infants, 1863.
Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone, Eph II.20
The quotation is from the Bible, Ephesians.
WC1, Old Gloucester Street, 24
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St George the Martyr School - Girls & Infants
This school started on two floors of the Church’s Vestry House in Cosmo Place...
We first took a photograph of this plaque some time ago, before it was stolen in March 2011, but then replaced with an almost identical c...
London Borough of Lewisham Sir Francis Baring, Bart, MP, 1740-1810, merchant & banker, lived here, 1797-1810, presented by Baring Bro...
The street number is actually on the door in Roman figures, XIV, which is very unusual.
We failed to find this in Dec-Jan 2017, even with the exact address. It shows a ship inside a bottle. This cast-iron roundel is one of 22...
Publishers at 65 Cornhill (the picture) until 1868. Also at 15 Waterloo Place. Their first big success was Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. They also published: Thackeray, Darwin, Ruskin, Browning...
In its time, it was one of the busiest fire stations in London. Fires frequently broke out in the nearby wharves, and during the Blitz, the station attended many fires following bomb attacks. It ha...
Prime Minister: 1979 - 1990. Born Grantham. MP for Finchley: 1959 - 1992. A Marmite politician of the highest order - her death was greeted with a rare mix of immoderate panegyrics and gleeful cele...
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