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
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Constantine Cavafy, 1863 - 1933, Greek poet, lived here, 1873 - 1876. The London Hellenic Society, 1974
Not sure whether the statue represents junior or senior.
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Peter Lind was a Danish construction engineer who came to England when, in 1913 he was appointed designer for the British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company. His firm built the silos for The S...
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