Oliver Goldsmith - SE5

Oliver Goldsmith - SE5

SE5, Peckham Road, Oliver Goldsmith Primary School

The plaque fails to explain why it is here, or why this school has this name, which is probably the same thing.  Trying to answer this qu...

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Murray House

Murray House

EC2, Bridgewater Street, Murray House

The puzzle here is: what does this image depict? The Barbican? And what do the fox and heavenly bodies represent? 

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Basevi at Belgrave Square

Basevi at Belgrave Square

SW1, Belgrave Square

Basevi was the architect who designed the square.

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Borough Market Refurbishment

Borough Market Refurbishment

SE1, Middle Road, Borough Market

The plaque is located further into the market, above the entrance to the Green Market section.

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Borough Market Bell (2)

Borough Market Bell (2)

SE1, Middle Road, Borough Market

The bell says 'Since 1754', whilst the accompanying plaque says the market opened in 1756. We have tried to establish which of the dates ...

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Borough Market Bell (1)

Borough Market Bell (1)

SE1, Middle Road, Borough Market

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall carried out the first ringing of the bell.

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Borough Market

Borough Market

SE1, Middle Road, Borough Market

Note: the colonnade with glazed upper section that fronts this building on Stoney Street was not designed for this location.  Londonist i...

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Croydon home

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Croydon home

CR0, St Leonard's Road, 6

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 1875 - 1912 composer, lived and died here. Nubian Jak Community Trust Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Centenary Festival ...

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Pioneer Health Centre

Pioneer Health Centre

SE15, Queen's Road, 142

Dr. Innes Pearse, 1889 - 1978 and Dr. George Scott Williamson, 1884 - 1953, founded the Pioneer Health Centre here in 1926. English Heritage

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
John Lawson Johnston

John Lawson Johnston

SE21, Seeley Drive, Kingswood House

John Lawson Johnston, 1839 - 190, inventor of Bovril, owned and lived here at 'Bovril castle' Kingswood House.  London Borough of Southwa...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
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