Founded to focus attention on the historic environment of the borough and to record, preserve and enhance its historic buildings.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group
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Brilliant Sign Company
On this site stood the Paragon Works of the Brilliant Sign Company. Formed in...
Citroën House - Ford
Citroën House, an early example of a concrete-framed building, was built in 1...
Farm Lane - Number 101
101 Farm Lane This site was first developed in the 1890s as a horse bus compa...
Farm Lane - Number 72
72 Farm Lane This building was constructed over market gardens in 1889 as two...
Other Subjects
Holman & Goodrham
Architects active in 1912. George Edward Holman (1862-1921/2) and Henry Robert Goodrham (1863-1937). More about them at Lea Bridge Heritage. We believe we have "Goodrham" correctly spelt but o...
1 memorial
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Born Bloomsbury. A treasured only child he had minimal education, never learning to spell. Indoctrinated by his father into the architecture of the Middle Ages, he became a religious fanatic who dr...
2 memorials
Sir Horace Jones
Architect. Born 15 Size Lane, Bucklersbury, EC4. Did a lot of work in the City, at Guildhall and Smithfield, Billingsgate, Leadenhall Markets, the Guildhall School of Music, Tower Bridge. President...
5 memorials
Kilburn Wells
In 1714, a well of 'chalybeate waters' (water impregnated with iron) was discovered near the Bell Inn, Kilburn. Gardens and a 'great room' were opened in an attempt to compete with the nearby Hamps...
2 memorials
Beryl Brownsword
Architect and conservationist. After WW2 she worked in the architectural practice run by Richard Sheppard. She was particularly active in the Bedford Park Society where she monitored planning appli...
1 memorial
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Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett
Novelist. Born at 2 Onslow Gardens, Pinner, Middlesex. her early life was marred by the deaths of four of her siblings. Her first novel 'Dolores' was published in 1911. In 1919 she met the writer M...
1 memorial
Tottenham and West Green - Windrush
N15, West Green Road/Philip Lane
It looks familiar but we cannot determine the significance of the jigsaw puzzle emblem, nor whether BBC refers to the British Broadcastin...
1 subject commemorated
John Cartwright
WC1, Cartwright Gardens
Bronze. This statue, considered Clarke's best work, belongs to the select group of seated London statues - see Peabody.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Sir Henry Morton Stanley
Explorer and journalist, born as John Rowlands at Denbigh, Wales. Illegitimate and brought up in a workhouse, he sailed to America as a cabin boy in 1859. He befriended a trader called Henry Hope S...
Person, Exploring, Journalism / Publishing, Race Issues, Seriously Famous, Africa, USA, Wales
1 memorial
Jan Kaplan
Author and filmmaker. Born in the former Czechoslovakia. Co-author of 'Prague in the Shadow of the Swastika', 'Prague; The Turbulent Century' and 'Prague 1900 - 2000'. He made the television series...
1 memorial
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