Dance's obelisk

Dance's obelisk

EC2, Circus Place

The design of the obelisk is based on the 1771 one in St George's Circus, The profile is carved in Portland stone and was taken from a co...

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Coronation tree - Embankment Gardens

Coronation tree - Embankment Gardens

WC2, Victoria Embankment Gardens

There is a third plaque (far right) but it's about some gardening prize which we didn't find sufficiently interesting. During the early p...

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Thomas Shepherd

Thomas Shepherd

N1, Batchelor Street, 26

He lived here from 1820 - 1842.

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Sir Richard Arkwright

Sir Richard Arkwright

WC2, Adam Street, 8

Greater London Council Sir Richard Arkwright, 1732 - 1792, industrialist and inventor lived here.

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William Cadman

William Cadman

NW1, Marylebone Road, Holy Trinity Church

This church was built in 1827 by the architect Sir John Soane. Since 1956 it has been the HQ of SPCK (Society for Promoting Christian Kno...

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Edward Appleton

Edward Appleton

WC2, Strand

Professor Sir Edward Victor Appleton King's College London Nobel Laureate Ionospheric radio, 1924

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Charles Dickens - WC2

Charles Dickens - WC2

WC2, Wellington Street, 26

This building housed the offices of Charles Dickens' magazine 'All the Year Round' and his private apartments, 1859 - 1870.

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Punch and Judy

Punch and Judy

WC2, Covent Garden, St Paul's Church

This church, designed by Inigo Jones for Francis, 4th Earl of Bedford, was the first completely new church in London since the Reformati...

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Savoy Hotel - AR-MR

Savoy Hotel - AR-MR

WC2, Savoy Court

In 1903-10 the Savoy Hotel was built by Colcutt and Macmurdo. The magnificently Art Deco Savoy Theatre is in the western section. The sho...

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Percy Shelley - W1

Percy Shelley - W1

W1, Poland Street, 15

Shelley lodged here after he was expelled from Oxford.

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