Verbruggens House
Verbruggen brothers - master founders in Woolwich
Grade II listed building, built 1772 - 3.
RARE - Royal Arsenal Riverside Explore
The plaque refers to the Verbruggens as brothers, when in fact they were father and son.
SE18, Plumstead Road
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Verbruggen's House - 2
Master gun-founder and artist. Born at Enkhuizen in the Netherlands. After an...
Gun-founder. Son of Jan Verbruggen. The picture shows the second machine buil...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Verbruggen's House - 2
A residential, retail and leisure development of the former Royal Arsenal sit...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Verbruggen's House - 2
Verbruggen's House, 1773, built for Jan & Pieter Vanbruggen, joint master...
'No Pasaran' translates from Spanish as 'they shall not pass'.
There are two stone plaques either side of the entrance, low on the wall, and two, rather classier, plaques in the entrance lobby. Readi...
The wall plaque has not only an ornate cartouche with the inscription but also a detailed relief of the lost building. 1873 is very early...
Our thanks once again to David Hopkins for his generosity with his Latin knowledge.
As part of WW2 the Germans set out to gain supremacy over the RAF in the British skies. This, the Battle of Britain, was the first time that a major campaign took place in the air. The Luftwaffe at...
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