Group    From 1937 

The Blackheath Society

Categories: Community / Clubs

Group that works with local councils, residents, other amenity groups, traders, the police, the Boundary Commission, English Heritage, the Blackheath Joint Working Party and everyone else who can influence the well-being of the area for its continued enjoyment by future generations.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
The Blackheath Society

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2012 Commemorations - Blackheath

The names on the outer circumference sound as though they are areas of Blackh...

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The Blackheath Society

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Andrew Gibb drinking fountain and shelter

{On the (non-working) drinking fountain, on the top surface on the north side...

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1 memorial