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
Sir Basil Spence
Architect. Born Basil Urwin Spence in Bombay. He studied at the Edinburgh College of Art, where he won many prizes. His most famous work is probably the new Coventry cathedral which was completed i...
1 memorial
2 memorials
Copenhagen House & Fields
Copenhagen House was a famous tavern & tea-garden which stood in what is now Copenhagen Park, N7, from early 17th century until 1855. The name either comes from the King of Denmark who stayed i...
Place, Architecture, Commerce, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration, Denmark
3 memorials
William Holford, Baron Holford
Architect and town planner. Born South Africa. Designed a rejected plan for pedestrians to be raised on walkways around Piccadilly Circus, and a much-loathed Paternoster Square which was, partly, b...
1 memorial
Blackheath Preservation Trust
One of the oldest building preservation trusts in the United Kingdom. It was founded by members of the newly-formed Blackheath Society as an independent and separate property company. Its original ...
3 memorials
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John Joseph Sims, VC
Soldier. A private in the 34th Regiment of Foot. On 18th June 1855 in Sebastopol, he went out under heavy fire in broad daylight and brought in wounded soldiers from outside the trenches. For his a...
War served, Other war
1 memorial
Thomas Thornycroft
Sculptor. born Cheshire. Came to London in 1835 where he was apprenticed to John Francis and worked alongside another of Francis's apprentices, his daughter Mary, whom he married on 29 February 184...
3 memorials
W. V. Chapman
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Robert Graves
SW19, Lauriston Road, 1
Robert Graves, 1895 - 1985, writer, was born here. English Heritage
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Thornycroft
NW3, Redington Road, 16
Left to right: Mackmurdo, Williams, Thornycroft. All in a similar design so presumably erected by the same organisation - possibly a form...
1 subject commemorated
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