'Special friend Davey', who, we are guessing, was a pet.
Other Subjects
Band of Mercy
Locally led organisations aimed at teaching young people about kindness to animals. They also worked to prevent cruelty to animals. Founded by Catherine Smithies as a furtherance of the temperance ...
1 memorial
Hodge, Johnson's cat
Johnson described Hodge as 'a very fine cat indeed'. All the information you might want on Hodge is available at Moggies The poet, Percival Stockdale wrote An Elegy on the Death of Dr Johnson's Fa...
1 memorial
Mother Goose
The interment register at St Olaves Hart Street records Mother Goose being buried on 14 September 1586. This is extremely strange so we did some digging. The story of a goose laying golden eggs ca...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Previously viewed
Islington war shrine
N1, Islington Green
We believe Higham funded this temporary memorial, rather than just putting in an appearance at the unveiling.
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Jenny Lind
SW5, Old Brompton Road, 189
The plaque is actually located over a gateway in Boltons Place.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
James "Bronterre" O'Brien
Democrat & chartist. Born County Longford, Ireland. Bronterre was initially a pseudonym but he later adopted it as his middle name. A child prodigy, he fell short of his early promise and died ...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Ireland
1 memorial
Samuel Southgate
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 23. Buried in grave 3 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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