Historic Southwark
Site of St Thomas' Hospital, 1225 - 1865. The first printed bible in English was produced here 1537 A.D.
SE1, Borough High Street
Not one of London's most charming corners.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Thomas' Hospital and bible
James Nicholson, a printer residing at St Thomas' Hospital was granted a lice...
Named after Thomas a Becket, so possibly founded after 1173 when Becket was c...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St Thomas' Hospital and bible
The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropo...
English Heritage Sir Frederick Treves, 1853 - 1923, surgeon, lived here, 1886 - 1907.
This website confirms that the Aboriginal words mean the same as the preceding line.
Seems very odd for the chosen illustration to be of a computer game.
The Guardian archives hold their article about this plaque being erected, and it contains some good saucy jokes, e.g. Judge: "You are pre...
We'd hoped to find more information about the early buildings, perhaps a picture, but we found nothing. We are thankful that the new-bui...
Born, son of Elizabeth and John Dickens, at No.1 Mile End Terrace, Landport, Portsmouth (where there is a museum). For a map showing many of his London addresses see Londonist. His family were so p...
Born Darjeeling, India. She and her husband Laurence Olivier, managed the St James's Theatre from 1950 to its closure in 1957. She led a vigorous but unsuccessful campaign to try and save it. Die...
Poet. Born 25 Norfolk Crescent. First published aged 17. Died at a hospice in Clapham.
Civil engineer. Born Devon. Worked for Smeaton, first as an apprentice and then as assistant until 1772. Promoted cast iron as a constructional material. Built the Grand Canal in Ireland. Buil...
Master potter. Born in Burslem, Stoke, Staffordshire, into a potters family. Married his cousin, Sally. Childhood smallpox left him with a limp. His inability to operate the potters wheel meant he ...
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