Group    From 2010 

Institute of Making

A multidisciplinary research club based at University College London. Its work focuses on hands-on research into materials and making from many different perspectives. It was founded by Mark Miodownik, Zoe Laughlin and Martin Conreen at King's College London and moved to UCL in 2012, officially opening on 16th March 2013.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Institute of Making

Creations i

Charles Darwin bust

This website gives more detailed information about the creation of the bust. ...

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St Paul's School

St Paul's School

Founded in 1509 by Dean Colet, dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, on the site in what is now New Change. The building was destroyed in the Fire of London, and was twice rebuilt. When the school outgrew i...

Group, Education

3 memorials
Eagle Squadrons

Eagle Squadrons

Knowing that America would eventually enter the war, and inspired by stories of the RAF pilots many American men responded to the call for pilots to replace those lost in the Battle of Britain. Fr...

Group, Armed Forces, USA

1 memorial
Redgrave family

Redgrave family

The acting dynasty, fully documented at Wikipedia. The photo shows, left to right: Lynn Redgrave, Jemma Redgrave, Corin Redgrave, Corin's wife Kika Markham, Luke Redgrave, Annabel Clark (Lynn's da...

Group, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre

1 memorial
Hackney Council

Hackney Council

Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington, all three of which had been created in 1900. Previously they had been paris...

Group, Politics & Administration

61 memorials
Friars of the Holy Cross, Crutched Friars

Friars of the Holy Cross, Crutched Friars

Their odd name is just a corruption of 'Crossed', a reference to the red cloth cross which they wore on their garments.  The Crutched Friars House in the City was founded at the end of the 13th cen...

Group, Religion

1 memorial

Previously viewed

V&A façade - Reynolds

V&A façade - Reynolds

SW7, Cromwell Road

Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
EPI Architects

EPI Architects

Architects. The only reference we can find to a group with this name is based in Tanzania.

Group, Architecture

1 memorial
West London Synagogue - Waley

West London Synagogue - Waley

W1, Seymour Place, 33, West London Synagogue

The architects of the 1933 building were Mewes & Davis (inscribed on a stone near the entrance), and of the 1964 building, Julian Sof...

2 subjects commemorated
Harry Selfridge

Harry Selfridge

Born Wisconsin. Too small to join the navy he became a clerk in a department store, where he rose to manager and then set out on his own. Very successful, he "retired" in 1906, moved to London and ...

Person, Commerce, USA

2 memorials
E. Gibbs

E. Gibbs

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial