Note that the arrangement of the names on the back has been well-designed: they are in alphabetical sequence and fit neatly onto the ston...
Almost all of the lettering (lead letters pinned into stone) has dropped off, or been taken off, so most of the names are illegible - the...
Richard 'Beau' Nash, 1674 - 1762, dandy and leader of fashion, Master of the Ceremonies at the Wells, 1735 -1762. Royal Tunbridge Wells F...
We'd read that this plaque was unveiled on Zoom, for Covid reasons, on 5 November 2020. And maybe that was the plan at one stage, but Pau...
Most war memorials at churches make some reference to 'members of this parish who fell' or have a list of the dead, or those who served. ...
This plaque was removed when the house on which it was erected was demolished. A new plaque has been erected on the new house. We'd guess...
Vera Atkins, née Rosenberg, Commander of the Order of British Empire, Croix de Guerre, Legion of Honour. A Jewish pre-war British spy, Ve...
The house was 5 Whitehead's Grove - you can see a short terrace of houses here on this 1865 map.
This sculptured face is remarkably modern, almost mask-like. The statue was stolen in August 1991 but was found 2 weeks later in a Brixto...
Here William Penn (1644 - 1718) Quaker statesman and man of vision, founder of Pennsylvania and planner of Philadelphia, friend of the In...
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