Welcome to South Norwood home of inventor, engineer and philanthropist, William Stanley (1829 - 1909).
SE25, Station Road
In our photo the subway plaque can be seen above the entrance to the tunnel. The Stanley sign is above the 'public footpath' sign at the end of the railings. There is an identical subway plaque at the other end of the subway.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Stanley - Norwood Junction
Inventor, manufacturer and philanthropist. Born William Ford Robinson Stanley...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
William Stanley - Norwood Junction
Conceived by borough engineer George Carter and constructed by Robert McAlpin...
{On plaque attached to side:} This post box has been painted gold by Royal Mail to celebrate Pete Reed, Gold Medal winner, London 2012 Ol...
This reminds us of that scene at the end of Planet of the Apes.
2014: We've corrected the British Engineerium Trust web address on the panel to be the correct one. The red button actually causes nothin...
Anna Akhmatova, looking towards Anrep's gravestone (in another panel) and surrounded by the horrors of war, is visited by an angel. To th...
Cellist. Born Jacqueline Mary du Pré in Oxford. Her musical training began with lessons from her mother, before she enrolled at the London Violoncello School at the age of five. She made her debut ...
The plot consists of 36 graves acquired by the London Fire Brigade Widows and Orphans Fund (founded in1882 by Massey Shaw, who, probably ...
This is a large plaque, perhaps 2 or 3 feet wide. We tracked this plaque down at the Museum of London in November 2021 (before the Museu...
Born Oxfordshire. Joined the British East India Company as a clerk and rose to become the first Governor-General of Bengal 1773 - 85. Accused of corruption and the judicial killing of Maharaja Nand...
A privately funded charity established by Charles Pink. Its objective is to foster growth by finding a way to support small businesses.
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