Site: Wimbledon Library (2 memorials)
SW19, Wimbledon Hill Road, Wimbledon Library
Shakespeare to the left, Milton to the right.
SW19, Wimbledon Hill Road, Wimbledon Library
Shakespeare to the left, Milton to the right.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Wimbledon Library - Milton
Poet, essayist, playwright, historian, and diplomat. Born in the house called...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Wimbledon Library - Milton
Unveiled by Prince Philip in 1967. Inside the bust there is a ½ pint Guinness bottle and a note written by Belsky. The Guinness was, it i...
The roundels on the north, river-facing, frontage are occupied by, left to right: Anson, Drake, Cook, Howard, Blake, Benbow, Sandwich, Ro...
The figures either side represent Poetry and History. Ornamental Passions has no doubt that this bust portrays Homer. Who are we to argue?
This is one of a pair, See Charles I beheaded for more information. IanVisits pours cold water on the myth that nearby Cromwell's eyes a...
The Bayswater Athenaeum was built in 1863 by architect Arthur Billing of Newman and Billing. The name was originally inscribed in the pan...
Born Jersey. Aged 15 joined John Maples, Furniture dealer, and progressed to being vice-president of of the store in Tottenham Court Road. 1870 married. Alderman of St Pancras Borough Council. Live...
Person, Benefactor, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Channel Islands
Lord Mayor of London (1897), Army officer and businessman. Alderman on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. Listed on the "opening" plaque as "Lieutt.Col." He was very successful running a n...
Architect. Born 15 Size Lane, Bucklersbury, EC4. Did a lot of work in the City, at Guildhall and Smithfield, Billingsgate, Leadenhall Markets, the Guildhall School of Music, Tower Bridge. President...
These plaques were originally located on the buildings of the Teddington Studios in Broom Road. The studios were closed and demolished in...
We have numbered these 17 plaques, anti-clockwise, starting from the plaque for the whole crew which faces the water. Oddly, the last two...
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