St. Lukes Parochial Schools founded 1698.
EC1, Old Street
The facade of this building tells the history of the school. Each of the 4 gable ends carries a plaque with a dated event, reading from left to right: 1887, 1698, 1972, 1870. Lower down are two, more decorative plaques, commemorating two treasurers, left to right: Pedder and Telfer.
The school is now in premises in nearby Radnor Street.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Luke's - 1698
St Luke's Old Street Conservation Plan (a pdf) refers to "History of St Luke'...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Luke's - 1698
The plaque is masquerading as the the last window on the right. From the church's website: "The first Catholic church in Pimlico was in ...
Greater London Council Sir Charles Eastlake, 1793 - 1865, painter and first director of the National Gallery, lived here.
The plaque is in front of the flowering cherry tree in this lovely spring garden. Thanks to Leonard Will for telling us about this garde...
We initially thought this memorial probably referred to one very bad bombing event. But, reporting on the unveiling of this plaque, News ...
Barnado Gardens. This block was built by the London County Council in 1957. It was named after Dr Thomas Barnardo (1845 - 1905), who open...
Merchant and evangelical activist. Born Leeds. Came to London in 1766. Good friend of Wilberforce and the Clapham Sect. Co-founder of the London Missionary Society in 1795 and its treasurer for...
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
The plaque fails to give the year of the Second Congress - it was 1847.
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