Erection date: 1987
Greater London Council
Major Walter Clopton Wingfield, 1833 - 1912, father of lawn tennis, lived here.
SW1, St George's Square, 33
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Walter Clopton Wingfield
Invented, developed and patented by Wingfield. The Wimbledon championships b...
Born at Rhysnant Hall, Montgomeryshire, Wales. Served in the 1st Dragoon Guar...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Walter Clopton Wingfield
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
London University pulled down the Trollopes' house in the 1930s and replaced it with this car park.
Through the window to the right of the plaque can be seen the actual well, discovered during building works in 1924. This building (labe...
London County Council Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N., 1774 - 1814, explorer and navigator, lived here.
The four plaques are located as follows: To the left of the entrance - 1937 foundation, To the right of the entrance - opened 1940 (can ...
Interesting that this monument shares some design features with the nearby Air Forces Memorial, from the same decade - the sky blue lette...
The entrance to the Field is an important part of the memorial aspects of each site. For instance: the two heraldic panels are supposed t...
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