From their website: "The Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation is a non-profit, volunteer organization. The purpose of the Society is to identify and recognize sites of American Jewish Historical interest. The Society sponsors and promotes programs of local and national historic interest. Cooperating with local Historical Societies, Communities, Churches and Synagogues, the Society encourages dialogue and interactive recognition of the commonality of the American Experience."
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Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation
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Barnett Lewis
At 9 Brooke Road, lived Air Raid Warden Barnett Lewis GM (George Medal) Jewis...
Leopold Marks
Jewish cryptographer, Leopold (Leo) Samuel Marks, MBE, lived in flat 410 Park...
Operation Mincemeat
The Biblical quotation draws attention to the secrecy which was essential to ...
Rathbone Street WW2 fire station - Harry Errington
On the night of 17th September 1940 during The Blitz, a London Auxiliary Fire...
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Brixton Society
From their website: "We help shape the future of Brixton by working to understand our history and built environment. To do this we hold regular meetings, lead heritage walks, and produce publicatio...
1 memorial
1 memorial
South End Green Association
An association for residents, shops and local workers devoted to South End Green, which is the principal gateway to Hampstead Heath. Shortly after being formed, it succeeded in thwarting a plan to ...
1 memorial
Grunwick 40
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Grunwick strike.
2 memorials
Queen Elizabeth College Almshouses
Founded by William Lambard to house twenty local, elderly, poor people and entrusted to be run by the Drapers' Company. The original buildings were demolished in 1818, and their replacements were e...
2 memorials
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Paddington Recreation Ground
Noted as the earliest public athletic ground in London. It includes ten tennis courts, an athletics track, two artificial grass pitches, and two bowling greens.
1 memorial
Heritage Lottery Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (rebranded 2019), formerly the Heritage Lottery Fund (established 1994), distributes a share of National Lottery funding.
27 memorials
Turnham Green Church Hall
W4, Heathfield Gardens, Heathfield House School
St Luke's feast day is 18 October. It's very possible that the text we can't quite read identifies Shattock as a churchwarden along with ...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Queen Elizabeth's birthplace - Silver Jubilee
W1, Bruton Street, 17
This plaque was dedicated in the Silver Jubilee Year of Her Reign. To Her Majesty, The Queen, who was born here on April 21st 1926. {In...
2 subjects commemorated
World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
402 memorials
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