Subject Types

Pilgrim Trust

From their website: "Our aim is to preserve and promote Britain’s historical and intellectual assets and to provide assistance to vulnerable members of society." Edward Stephen Harkness provided t...

Group, Benefactor

IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

This is a professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operations centre in Piscata...

Group, Community / Clubs, Science, USA

Winchester geese

In medieval London the Bishop of Winchester (e.g. William of Wykeham) had a Palace on the section of the south bank of the Thames nearest here. It included what is now Southwark Cathedral and the b...

Group, Gender Issues

Newlon Housing Trust

From the picture source website: "Newlon Housing Trust was established in 1967 when philanthropic members of the New London Synagogue decided to club together to buy properties that could be rented...

Group, Property, Social Welfare

George James & Sons

Blacksmiths in Northamptonshire.  From the Picture source: "We are a family run firm of traditional blacksmiths and have been producing  high quality metalwork from our forge for the past 170 years...

Group, Craft / Design

UCL School of Pharmacy

Founded in 1842 by the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and initially based at 17, Bloomsbury Square.  The current building in Brunswick Square was designed by Herbert Rowse, was began in 19...

Group, Education

L.U.D.R.A.

This almost certainly is the Leyton Urban District Ratepayers Association, who erected other plaques in the area. It had two candidates elected to the Urban District Council in 1904, and It underto...

Group, Community / Clubs

Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Represents mechanical engineers and the engineering profession. It has over 120,000 members in 140 countries, working across industries such as railway, automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, energy...

Group, Engineering, Science

Students of Camberwell School of Art and Crafts

Group, Sculpture

Enid Blyton Society

A society with the aim of providing a focal point for collectors and enthusiasts of Enid Blyton through its magazine 'The Enid Blyton Society Journal', its annual Enid Blyton Day and its website

Group, Community / Clubs