London County Council
W. H. Smith, 1825 - 1891, bookseller and statesman, lived here.
Site: W. H. Smith - W2 (1 memorial)
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.
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.
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“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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