This wall was erected and the piles fixed Anno Domini 1817.
William Smith - Warden.
SE10, High Bridge Wharf, Trinity Hospital
Reading left to right these plaques are: Tide - 1874, Wall - 1817, Tide - 1928. We think the organisation for which the Wardens worked is probably Trinity House. The BBC has a good page about London floodings.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Wall - 1817
The Thames flood wall was erected probably in response to the "The Great Tham...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Wall - 1817
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Wall - 1817
This small enamel plaque looks as if it was installed when the cottages were first constructed. There may be eight versions of this littl...
This house was listed in the 2017 Open House event but disappointingly, by 2019, this link has died. We've taken this opportunity to gat...
The vehicle used for the delivery was the Cavell Van, the railway wagon which had previously been used for two ceremonial journeys from D...
A beautiful, hand-crafted plaque - not just the frame, the gold lettering has some lovely touches - see the "LO" of "glory" and the way t...
Spandau Ballet first performed here 5 December 1979 at the Blitz Club. PRS for Music Heritage Award
