Erection date: /8/2011
Sycamore House, built 1787, home of the Sycamore Laundry, 1898 - 1994.
The Clapham Society
SW4, Old Town, 4
In our photo the plaque can be seen between the trees and above the car.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sycamore House
Benjamin Bentley was the first occupant of the house, and presumably was resp...
It began as a business run by a Mrs. Buckland, who was said to have collected...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sycamore House
A society founded with the aim of improving the quality of life in Clapham an...
In 1933 the Duke of Cornwall was Prince Edward, who would later briefly become King Edward VIII.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1809 - 1892, poet, lived here in 1880 and 1881. English Heritage
Due to a warning the area was evacuated but this was incomplete and two men working in the newsagents opposite were killed. Strangely the...
A smaller stone in the lower right corner seems to be part of the overall design and has some markings on it but we could make nothing of...
Left to right: Mackmurdo, Williams, Thornycroft. All in a similar design so presumably erected by the same organisation - possibly a form...
Flight Sergeant Frederick Carleton Austin was born on 22 August 1918 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, the younger child of Captain John Buchanan Austin (1886-1918) and Erminie Idah Buchanan née Calvin (189...
Guitarist, singer and songwriter. Born in Dartford. He attended primary school with Mick Jagger for several years. They later met up again, and went on to be founding members of the Rolling Stones.
J.A.R. Newlands, 1837 - 1898, chemist and discoverer of the periodic law for the chemical elements, was born and raised here. Royal Socie...
Riding track, 1384 metres long. The name is possibly derived from 'route de roi' (the king's road) as it was established by King William III, forming part of his carriage drive from Whitehall to Ke...
Patrick Blackett, 1897 - 1974, physicist and scientific advisor, lived here 1953 - 1969. English Heritage
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