City of Westminster
William Terriss, 1847 - 1897, hero of the Adelphi melodramas, met his untimely end outside this theatre, 16 Dec 1897.
The Adelphi Theatre Co. Ltd
WC2, Maiden Lane, 19
This is the back of the Adelphi Theatre.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Terriss
Actor-manager, owner of the Adelphi Theatre. Born in London as William Charl...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Terriss
Founded as the Sans Parail by John Scott, and his daughter Jane, who was an e...
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
The stone is somewhat damaged which means the G of Holman's name is uncertain.
Strond is an old spelling of 'strand' meaning a beach.
Frederick George Creed, 1871 - 1957, electrical engineer, inventor of the teleprinter, lived and died here. Greater London Council
The graphic is similar to the logo used by the Bow Heritage Trail, and see LCC Municipal for more examples of its use. Apart from the gra...
This charity was founded at the start of WW1 by Arthur Pearson, the newspaper magnate who became blind in later life, as The Blinded Soldiers' and Sailors' Care Committee. February 1915 it opened t...
See Doves Bindery. Our picture shows the only remaining piece of the Doves type, or did until 2015, when some more was retrieved - see Doves Bindery.
Born London. Treasurer of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews Hospital. One of the Mocatta family but, unlike Frederic David Mocatta, not one of those there's much info on.
Born 1 Graham Street (now Terrace) SW1 into the British aristocracy, the eldest of 7 siblings - see Diana for the list. Popularised U and non-U linguistic usage. Novels include: The Pursuit of Love...
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