Conservation group. Co-founded by two local residents, architect Tom Affleck Greeves and Harry Taylor, following the demolition of some historic houses and unsympathetic developments in the neighbourhood. They were supported by poet and conservation campaigner Sir John Betjeman.
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:
Bedford Park Society
On the back of the panel 8 Bedford Park men are featured, each with a paragra...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Bedford Park Society
Alec Dickson, 1914 - 1994, founder VSO & CSV, lived and died here. Bedfor...
Beryl Brownsword, architect & conservationist, lived here, 1922 - 2007. B...
T.A. Greeves, 1917 - 1997, architect & artist co-founder of the Bedford P...
John Butler Yeats 1839 - 1922 artist W.B. Yeats 1865 - 1939 poet Jack B. Yeat...
When we first researched this area in 2008 there were three plaques erected by the LGTA; others were erected later so we had to go back. The first three plaques all end with the text "Awards for ...
Novelist and London historian. Born Portsmouth. 1884 co-founded the Society of Authors. Secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund. Originator of the People's Palace. First president of The Hamp...
St Saviours is a former civil parish. Created from the union of the parishes of St Margaret and St Mary Magdalene. In 1855 it was grouped with Southwark Christchurch into the St Saviour's District....
Four stone bridges have spanned the Thames at this point. The first was built in about 1210 and lasted right through the medieval period. This was the one that had the spikes and is shown in some d...
Benefactors active in 2013. We'd guess that they were then living in the house on which they erected the plaque. British History Online, quoting the parish book, says that a Mr Wheeler lived in t...
Women's suffrage movement. It seems that many of these groups merged to form the Liberal Women's Foundation in 1887.
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