The Hampstead Plaque fund was set up, many years ago, by Ralph Wade and has been administered by the Society ever since.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Heath & (Old) Hampstead Society / Hampstead Plaque Fund
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Heath & Hampstead Society
This stone was placed here in the Millennium year 2000 AD to commemorate the ...
John Carswell
This tree was planted by the Heath and Old Hampstead Society in its Centenary...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Heath & (Old) Hampstead Society / Hampstead Plaque Fund
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Avenue of trees - Hampstead Heath
This avenue was replanted in November 1988 to replace trees destroyed by a hu...
Bell Moor House - Beecham
Sir Thomas Beecham, 1879 - 1961, conductor and impresario, lived here, 1937 -...
Cecil Beaton - NW3
Sir Cecil Beaton, 1904 - 1980, photographer and designer, was born and lived ...
Charles de Gaulle - NW3
De Gaulle lived here with his family, September 1942-44 (though these dates v...
Other Subjects
Gargoyle Club
From 1928 – 1978 at 69 Dean Street. Renowned for its mirrored interiors and works of art by Matisse. Its many famous members included the Duke of Windsor, Tallulah Bankhead, Fred Astaire and Dyla...
1 memorial
Tom Thornton
Newspaper proprietor and campaigner. Born in Norwood. He became owner and editor of the Beckenham Journal, and used his influence in helping to establish the Croydon Road Recreation Ground. His pre...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Onyx Environmental Trust
We think this group is now (2015) called Veolia.
Group, Community / Clubs, Gardens / Agriculture, Philanthropy
1 memorial
Memorable Order of Tin Hats / MOTH
Founded by Charles Evenden as a brotherhood of South African front-line ex-soldiers. The club-houses are known as shell-holes.
1 memorial
Previously viewed
Sam Wanamaker
Actor, director and visionary who recreated Shakespeare's Globe. Born Chicago. In 1952, while working in the UK, he heard that the House Un-American Activities had black-listed him so he decided to...
2 memorials
Thomas Carlyle (author)
Historian, essayist and co-founder of the National Portrait Gallery. Born in Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Portrayed, second from right, in the 1860 Ford Madox Brown painting 'Work'...
6 memorials
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Princess Mary, Duchess of Teck
Born as Princess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth in Hanover, Germany. Father was Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge. Also known as Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. Died White Lodge, Richmond...
1 memorial
John Wilkes
A champion of English freedom, establishing the campaigning newspaper "The North Briton". In his 1754 'Essay on Woman' he wrote: 'Life can little more supply than just a few good f**ks and then w...
1 memorial
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