Erected for 400 children. James Telfer Esq. Treasurer
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 - Telfer
St Luke's Old Street Conservation Plan (a pdf) refers to "History of St Luke'...
Treasurer of St Luke's School in 1870 and had a new wing named after him in ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Luke's - Telfer
The quotation compares The Cock with Vauxhall Gardens.
The plaque is in the foyer of the flats. It was unveiled by John Pritchard, grandson of Jack and Molly Pritchard and Matt Cohn, grandson ...
Robert Graves, 1895 - 1985, writer, was born here. English Heritage
Unusually the plaque gives the birth and death years for each name. From a Wrexham paper we learn that altogether 13 Welsh-capped player...
The plaque contains an error - the theatre was actually the Princess Theatre on Oxford Street. By this time “pantomime” was beginning to ...
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