This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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Approved extension
A misunderstanding? A joke? Do the owners now claim they have an English Heri...
Croydon Palace
Croydon Palace A former residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury (The Great...
Isokon Building
The plaque is in the foyer of the flats. It was unveiled by John Pritchard, g...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
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Abram Games
Abram Games, 1914 - 1996, poster artist and designer, lived and worked here, ...
Ada Lovelace
English Heritage Ada Countess of Lovelace, 1815 - 1852, pioneer of computing...
Agatha Christie - W8
Dame Agatha Christie, 1850 - 1976, detective novelist and playwright, lived h...
Air Chief Marshal Dowding - SW19 - 2
This plaque was removed when the house on which it was erected was demolished...
A.J.P. Taylor
A.J.P. Taylor 1906 - 1990, historian and broadcaster lived here. English Heri...
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Moxhay's Hall of Commerce in Threadneedle Street
From British History: The Hall of Commerce, existing some years ago in Threadneedle Street, was begun in 1830 by Mr. Edward Moxhay, a speculative biscuit-baker, on the site of the old French church...
1 memorial
Gordon and Viner
Architects. We can find no other building by this pair, nor anything about them.
1 memorial
Nicholas Hawksmoor
Baroque architect. Former pupil and assistant of Sir Christopher Wren. Never left Britain. Designed 6 major London churches using his idiosyncratic, muscular baroque style: St Alfrege’s, Greenwich;...
1 memorial
Frank Matcham
Theatre architect. Born Newton Abbot, Devon. Never qualified as an architect but designed at least 80 theatres and did some work on about the same number again. About 24 of his theatres survive rea...
9 memorials
Queen Eleanor’s Cross
The last of 12 Eleanor Crosses erected to celebrate Eleanor's last journey. Queen Eleanor of Castile died near Lincoln, with her husband, King Edward I, at her bedside, and was to be buried in Wes...
2 memorials
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Friese-Greene - Maida Vale - lost
W9, Maida Vale, 136, Friese Greene House
Friese-Greene lived here 1888-91 and a plaque was erected in 1954 - it can be seen in the photo, beside the door. In 1997, despite local ...
1 subject commemorated
World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
384 memorials
Borough Market Bell (1)
SE1, Middle Road, Borough Market
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall carried out the first ringing of the bell.
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
La Gioconda / Giaconda
Back in the 1960s this was the place where would-be future pop icons hung out. We've found references to: Marc Bolan, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Donovan, Small Faces, Elton John, Jimi Hendrix,...
1 memorial
Thomas Flamank
Lawyer, born in Bodmin, Cornwall. In 1497, King Henry VII needed to raise money for a war against Scotland, and imposed a country-wide tax. Cornishmen couldn't see that the war was anything to do w...
1 memorial