From the Trust's website: "Our purpose is to study and celebrate the life and works of Sir Nigel Gresley in particular, and the works and achievements of the London & North Eastern Railway in general."
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Gresley Society Trust
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Nigel Gresley statue
Our photo shows the statue shortly after unveiling, with only a temporary not...
Other Subjects
John Hearn
Conservationist. Born in Wapping hospital and known as Ernie. A printer until retirement. He moved to the Waterloo area in the 1960s and found there was a lack of open spaces for walking his dog. T...
1 memorial
Betty Knight
Campaigner. Born in Finsbury. In 1996 she was the driving force behind the establishment of the Spa Green Management Organisation, a tenant-run group which looks after this council estate.
1 memorial
St George's Mission and St Peter's church, Wapping
1856 Reverend Charles Fuge Lowder commenced work on the mission in Wapping (named for their church St George's-in-the-East). Initially it was met with hostility, but in time it came to play an impo...
2 memorials
Immigration to Spitalfields
Spitalfields has experienced a number of waves of immigration from other countries, often driven from home due to difficult or dangerous conditions. The French Huguenots escaping religious persecut...
1 memorial
Leonard and Freda Darke
At Arts and Humanities Research Council we found a brief biography of Leonard (1914-2004) which includes: "In 1951 he and his family moved to Bedford Park, Chiswick (the first garden suburb) where ...
1 memorial
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A. L. Fitzmaurice
On the memorial this name is one of 4 added on the plinth, out of alphabetical sequence.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Norwood Grove - Nettlefold plaque
SW16, Norwood Grove, garden
In our photo the Nettlefold plaque can be seen to the left of the house, sometimes called The White House. The bird bath is the largest ...
2 subjects commemorated
Islington Tunnel - west
N1, Grand Union Canal near Muriel Street
This modern plaque is at the bottom of the sloping path on the left. 2019: The plaque at the other, east, end of this tunnel has been re...
2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Charlie Chaplin - Brixton Road
SW9, Brixton Road, 15 Glenshaw Mansions
Plaque unveiled by Paul Merton (a short video with some appropriate clips of Chaplin edited in).
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Gregory Peck - Elstree and Borehamwood Station
WD6, Allum Lane, Station forecourt
The plaques are around the station forecourt, either on frames or laid into the pavement. The gold lettering on the marble effect on the ...
1 subject commemorated
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