Cheyne Walk heads - More and Erasmus
SW3, Cheyne Walk, 15
No inscription remains legible but we believe we've found the painting used as the model for the head on the right and it's Erasmus. So ...
2 subjects commemorated
Cheyne Walk heads - Carlyle and Mazzini
SW3, Cheyne Walk, 15
Both Mazzini and Carlyle are almost always depicted with a beard but finally we found Carlyle displaying his chin and that image looks to...
2 subjects commemorated
Tin Pan Alley
WC2, Denmark Street, 9
The plaque carries a QR code that provides smartphone users with audio and visual information on the area’s history, and pictures of the ...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Festival of Britain - N16
N16, Somerford Grove
The Somerford Estate has 12 blocks and we believe the award was for the whole estate, not just this block. The architect and landscape d...
1 subject commemorated
Jacqueline Cockburn - lost sculpture - plinth
SW3, Chelsea embankment gardens
The PMSA page for this memorial informs that the 1925 bronze statue was already missing in October 1999 and that the sculptor was P. Lind...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Brixton Theatre foundation stone
SW2, Effra Road, Windrush Square
Although not actually named, this lonely, vandalised stone is all that remains of the theatre.
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Coburg Dwellings
E1, Hardinge Street, Coburg Dwellings
There are four 'Mercers' Maidens' on the block. Next door is the Convent of Sisters of Mercy, which also has a maiden.
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Aston Martin
SW3, Henniker Mews
This is a gated mews and the plaque is out of sight from the street. We were lucky that the gate was open on the day we visited. Only a...
1 subject commemorated
Margery Allingham
W2, Westbourne Terrace Road, Hurlingham House
Margery Allingham, 1904 - 1966, writer of crime fiction and creator of Albert Campion, lived here, 1916 - 1926. City of Westminster
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Royal Marsden Hospital
SW6, Fulham Road, Royal Marsden Hospital
Founded in 1851 by William Marsden MD.
2 subjects commemorated
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