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 ...
This plaque seems to be an afterthought to the new Islington war memorial. It names the two creators of that and also commemorates the wa...
Deptford Creek This is the mouth of the River Ravensbourne, first bridged in 1804. the Domesday Book of 1086 noted many watermills nearb...
Field Marshal Viscount Gort VC, 1886 - 1946, Commander in Chief at Dunkirk, lived here, 1920 - 1926. English Heritage
This plaque was given by the Royal Navy in memory of Captain Ralph Douglas Binney CBE Royal Navy who, on 8 December 1944 died from injuri...
Edwin Waterhouse, eminent accountant, worked in this building, 1899 - 1905. Corporation of London
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
Founded by a small group of clockmakers, whose aim was to unify the British horological industry and trades in the face of large numbers of imports of clocks and watches from abroad.
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