Event    From 14/6/1906 

First public library in St Pancras

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
First public library in St Pancras

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Highgate Branch Library - inside

Borough of St Pancras - Highgate Branch Library This library was opened by Hi...

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Highgate Branch Library - outside

St Pancras Borough Council This stone was laid on Thursday the 14th. June 19...

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British Empire Exhibition

British Empire Exhibition

The exhibition was held in Wembley Park. It was a showcase of aspects of many of the British colonies at the time. It had 18 million visitors in 1924, but failed to break even. The main stadium was...

Event, Museums / Libraries

1 memorial
British Library

British Library

16 years between the laying of the foundation stone in 1982 and the opening in 1998.  The Independent explains the delay: "The reason it has taken so long to build ... has relatively little to do w...

Building, Museums / Libraries

3 memorials
Earl of Ellesmere, Francis Egerton

Earl of Ellesmere, Francis Egerton

Politician, poet, founding trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1951. Born 21 Arlington Street, Piccadilly. Died Bridgewater House, London. ...

Person, Literature, Museums / Libraries, Poetry, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Dr Walther Model von Thunen

Dr Walther Model von Thunen

Pastor and philatelist. He had been a collector of stamps for most of his life, but his collections and library were lost when his house was looted by members of the occupying Russian army. His col...

Person, Museums / Libraries, Religion, Germany

1 memorial
J. Duff-Brown

J. Duff-Brown

Islington Librarian in 1906.  We believe he also published books on librarianship.

Person, Museums / Libraries

1 memorial

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Fireman Colin William Whipps
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Private A. Scadding

Private A. Scadding

HMS Wei Hai Wei, Royal Marine Light Infantry, China

Person

War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Isabella Beeton - Epsom

Isabella Beeton - Epsom

KT17, Upper High Street Epsom, 1

The plaque is next to the alarm on the left hand column below the word 'Dreams', above the child in the blue jacket.

2 subjects commemorated