Group    From 1996 

Edith Nesbit Society

Categories: Community / Clubs

Founded by Nicholas Reed. It aims to celebrate the life and work of the author and her friends, by means of talks, publications and visits to relevant places.

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

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Edith Nesbit Society

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Well Hall Pleasaunce

Jenny Agutter who played Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury in the 1970 film of The R...

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Kensington & Chelsea TMO

Kensington & Chelsea TMO

Tenant management organisation for the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Anglo-Chilean Society

Anglo-Chilean Society

Fromed at the Chilean Embassy at 3 Hamilton Place. In 2008 The British Chilean Chamber of Commerce based in London merged with The Anglo Chilean Society.

Group, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Chile

1 memorial
Shepherd's Bush Library

Shepherd's Bush Library

One of a number of libraries founded by the philanthropist John Passmore Edwards. The building fell into disuse after a new library was opened as part of the nearby Westfield London development. It...

Building, Community / Clubs, Museums / Libraries

1 memorial

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Karl Marx

Karl Marx

Born Trier, Germany (then Prussia). Died Maitland Park Road, Hampstead.  Lived briefly in Brussels. From the Institute for Fiscal Studies: "Marx lived for a time after arriving in London in 1849 a...

Person, Philosophy, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, Germany

6 memorials
Walklings Bakery bomb victims

Walklings Bakery bomb victims

killed on 17th April 1941 whilst sheltering in the cellars of Walklings Bakery.  The building, which stood on the corner of The Cut and Greet Street, suffered a direct hit killing all 54 people.

Group, Tragedy

1 memorial
Sir John Betjeman

Sir John Betjeman

Poet Laureate 1972 - 1984. Conservation campaigner. Credited with saving the Midland Grand Hotel (now St Pancras Chambers) and the station at St Pancras from demolition and helping to achieve their...

Person, Architecture, Poetry

11 memorials
Mrs Henry Gage Spicer

Mrs Henry Gage Spicer

Gertrude Maud Emms was born on 1 October 1885 in Bermondsey, the fourth of the seven children of George Edmonds Emms (1849-1908) and Alice Ann Emms née Harwood (1854-1927). On 31 January 1886 she w...

Person, Friend / family

1 memorial