New wing added 1887, J. T. Pedder Esq. Chairman
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 - 1887
St Luke's Old Street Conservation Plan (a pdf) refers to "History of St Luke'...
John Thomas Pedder was born in 1823 in Romford, Essex, the second of the eigh...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Luke's - 1887
We thank our colleague Alan Patient for providing these photos. The Daily Mail reported that in the 1964 Mary Poppins film this "... hou...
These plaques mark property boudaries and identify ownership.
The three plaques are in a locked room which the staff kindly opened for us. See a photo taken at the unveiling of the Blanke plaque. W...
Bonus fact: The Guardian reported that the Austrian author Stefan Zweig lived in this street c.1934-9 but in 2012 English Heritage reject...
Lexicographer, grammarian and schoolteacher. Born at Tonbridge, Kent. He taught at Fettes College in Edinburgh and Sedbergh School in Yorkshire. Best remembered for 'A Dictionary of Modern English ...
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