London County Council
W. H. Smith, 1825 - 1891, bookseller and statesman, lived here.
W2, Hyde Park Street, 12
This house probably looked OK when it was part of a terrace but on its own it just looks weird.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
W. H. Smith - W2
Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna opened a small newsvendors in 1792 in Li...
William Henry Smith. Bookseller and politician. The son in "W. H. Smith and S...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
W. H. Smith - W2
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
The official Norway site provides useful background information for this plaque. See also the Norwegian gratitude stone.
The "A"s are certainly the anarchists' 'A' symbol but we don't understand what the hands signify. The gesture shows the thumb and first f...
The park was built on former railway sidings and opened on 27 April 1983, to coincide with the 38th anniversary of the dropping of the at...
The phrase "gratitude to God for national and parochial progress during that eventful period" is a fascinating insight into the late Vict...
The plaques are on the gate piers, facing the road, unicorn on the left, lion on the right. A nearby information board informs: King Ge...
“Carmen” were the equivalent of today’s delivery drivers.
Chancellor, Archbishop and Martyr. Born Cheapside of French parents. son of Gilbert Becket, mercer. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1162 to his death. Assassinated after his erstwhile friend, Henry II, d...
The first, 1775, building (in the picture) was replaced by a four storey building in 1803. It was rebuilt again in 1864 by the Freemasons who, in 1909, renovated it and changed its name to the Conn...
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