St. Lukes School moved from this site 1972.
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 - 1972
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 - 1972
English Heritage Arthur Waley, 1889 - 1966, poet, translator and orientalist, lived and died here.
Unusually this memorial lists all the men who went to war, not just those who died. The names of the ten who did die are marked with a li...
In 1969 Lennon returned his MBE to the Queen but apparently this had no effect on his status and so this plaque is still technically corr...
In the photo the memorial is partly hidden by the rubbish bin.
These plaques were originally located on the buildings of the Teddington Studios in Broom Road. The studios were closed and demolished in...
