Inscription
Watch-house, erected 1791, destroyed 1941, rebuilt 1962.
Site: Charles Lamb - Giltspur Street (2 memorials)
EC1, Giltspur Street, 10
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Watch-house in Giltspur Street
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Watch-house in Giltspur Street
A watch house was an early form of local police station but we've heard it sa...
World War 2
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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Watch-house in Giltspur Street
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Charles Lamb - Giltspur Street
Ornamental Passions have a good post on this memorial, saying that Lamb is sh...
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This stone was laid by Sir Nicholas Edwin Waterhouse, KBE, 21st January 1955.
1 subject commemorated
Alexander Herzen
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London County Council Francis Place, 1771 - 1854, political reformer, lived here, 1833 - 1851.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
King Cole
E2, Meath Gardens
This website confirms that the Aboriginal words mean the same as the preceding line.
2 subjects commemorated,
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