ICI - 9 - Liebig

ICI - 9 - Liebig

SW1, Millbank, 9, Imperial Chemical House

For an idea of what this area used to be like see this 1894ish map. It was all redeveloped following the 1928 flood. This block was desig...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
ICI - 2 - Mendeleeff

ICI - 2 - Mendeleeff

SW1, Millbank, 9, Imperial Chemical House

For an idea of what this area used to be like see this 1894ish map. It was all redeveloped following the 1928 flood. This block was desig...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Bradbury & Evans

Bradbury & Evans

EC4, Fleet Street, 78, Chronicle House

Oh, dear, what is happening to the City plaques? This one looks really cheap, and the letter spacing is dreadful: Br A Dbury, Dick Ens, ...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Piet Mondrian

Piet Mondrian

NW3, Parkhill Road, 60

Mondrian was in a rented room in this lodging house, with shared bathroom, 1938-40.  His room was on the ground floor, at the back.  The ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Tommy Handley

Tommy Handley

W2, Craven Road, 34, Amersham House

Tommy Handley, 1892 - 1949, radio comedian, lived here. Greater London Council

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Spurstowe Almshouses

Spurstowe Almshouses

E8, Sylvester Path, 1-11 (odd)

From the dates, this plaque was erected first in 1689 on the original 1666 almshouses and then re-erected on their 1819 replacement.

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Croydon Palace

Croydon Palace

CR0, Old Palace Road, Old Palace of John Whitgift School

Croydon Palace A former residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury (The Great Hall rebuilt between 1443 - 1452) now the home of Old Palac...

5 subjects commemorated
Shakespeare - EC2

Shakespeare - EC2

EC2, Noble Street, St Olave's churchyard, Silver Street

Unveiled by actor Fiona Shaw to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Shakespeare's tree

Shakespeare's tree

NW3, Primrose Hill

The plaque is now lost.

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Shakespeare's house - Blackfriars

Shakespeare's house - Blackfriars

EC4, 7 St Andrew's Hill, 7

Various sources identify Shakespeare's house, the gatehouse, as having been on the site of what is now the Cockpit pub at this junction, ...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
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