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Croydon Council

Categories: Community / Clubs

We think the "Croydon's Heritage" plaques must be erected by a section of Croydon Council. Certainly the Picture source website refers to the heritage plaques.

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

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Croydon Council

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Admiral Robert Fitzroy - SE19

Admiral Robert Fitzroy, 1805 - 1865, explorer and pioneer of weather forecast...

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Ashleigh and India Houses

Ashleigh & India Houses, 1848. Houses for professors of the East India Co...

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Cicely Mary Barker

Cicely Mary Barker, 1895 - 1973, artist and creator of the Flower Fairy child...

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Croydon airport terminal building

Croydon's Heritage Croydon airport terminal building, 1928 - 1959, one of the...

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Croydon Grand Theatre and Opera House

The Grand Theatre and Opera House stood on this site 1896 - 1959. Croydon's H...

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Other Subjects

Garrick Club

Garrick Club

Private members’ Club at 15 Garrick Street, named after David Garrick. Notoriously it maintains its rule of not admitting women as members. Members include many high profile or powerful men in fiel...

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Pickwick Bicycle Club

Pickwick Bicycle Club

The oldest surviving cycling club in the world was founded at Downs Hotel, during the craze for the newly evolving bicycle, just 2 weeks after Charles Dickens died. The founding members honoured hi...

Group, Community / Clubs, Sport / Games

1 memorial
Fountain Tavern

Fountain Tavern

Here the political opponents of Sir Robert Walpole met, using the title of the Fountain Club. Since the Kit-Cat Club, Walpole's supporters, also met here, we have to trust that the landlord arrange...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
The Chase Royal Wedding street party

The Chase Royal Wedding street party

Sadly we can't find a picture on the web.  Were you there?  Got any snaps?

Event, Community / Clubs, Royalty

1 memorial
Deptford History Group

Deptford History Group

2012: we can find no information about this group, so possibly it is no longer active.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial

Previously viewed

H. Woods, Jnr.

H. Woods, Jnr.

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Mugianto

Mugianto

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Thomas Tompion

Thomas Tompion

F.R.S. "the father of English clockmaking". Buried in Westminster Abbey.

Person, Craft / Design

4 memorials