Erection date: 17/9/1997
Friendship Tree
Maidenhair Tree (Ginkgo biloba)
Planted by His Excellency Dr. L.M. Singhvi, High Commissioner for India in the presence of Councillor Ray Adamson, Mayor of Camden.
Dedicated to the poetic genius of W. B. Yeats, on 17 September 1997.
WC1, Tavistock Square Gardens
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
WB Yeats - tree
Poet and dramatist. Born in Dublin to John Butler Yeats. A member of The Rhy...
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WB Yeats - tree
Ray Adamson served as the Mayor of the London Borough of Camden for the year ...
High Commissioner for India in the UK, 1991-7: after V. K. Krishna Menon, he ...
The plaque is in front of a tree stump, so that accounts for the "lost" tree but it is mid-way between a holly and a deciduous tree so it...
In July 2018 the 5 VC plaques are laid into the esplanade in front of the war memorial, reading left to right: Parslow, Booth, Train, Say...
Golden-Barked Ash, Fraxinus excelsior Aurea. Planted in memory of Hugh & Margaret Casson, 2000.
Tower Hamlets Remembers: Covid-19 This tree is in memory of those who lived in, worked for, and supported the London borough of Tower Ham...
Aesculus Indica (Indian Horse Chestnut) planted by Hugh Jenkins, MP, Minister for the Arts, on 17th May 1974, in memory of Lilian Baylis ...
Architect. Son of the architect George Dance the Elder, one of the 4 original members of the Royal Academy, he designed Newgate Prison and St Luke's Hospital. John Soane was his pupil. We have see...
The Kensington and Chelsea Virtual Museum has a photo of the Wilsons' home in Sydney Place captioned with: "During his visits to England Hungarian composer Bela Bartok regularly stayed with Freda a...
Person, Community / Clubs, Friend / family, Politics & Administration
Civil engineer. Born in Enfield. As chief engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works he created the London main drainage system and the Embankment. Great-great grandfather of Sir Peter, the tele...
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