The NPL's history page concentrates on their work (e.g. they weighed Concorde, no mean feat) rather than their buildings. NPL began its life housed in the former royal residence, Bushy House, in Bushy Park. This photo shows the grand opening of the Queens Road Gates in 1925.
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National Physical Laboratory stone war memorial
The National Archive BIS War Memorials has research about all the names on th...
NPL - Golden Jubilee
NPL National Phusical Laboratory Liriodendron Tulipifera Tulip tree This tree...
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First traffic lights in world
Less than a month after the lights were installed the lamp blew up, seriously injuring the policeman who was operating it. See the IET and the Victorianist for two different takes on the story. 20...
1 memorial
Sir Joseph Hooker
Botanist and explorer. Born Joseph Dalton Hooker, son of Sir William, at Halesworth, Suffolk. He travelled widely around the world, bringing back many species of plants to Britain. Became director ...
1 memorial
Maurice Wilkins
Molecular biologist. Born New Zealand. Worked on DNA X-ray diffraction studies 1953 at King's College London with Franklin, Gosling, Stokes and Wilson. 1962 awarded a Nobel Prize with Crick and Wa...
2 memorials
William Gilbert
Physician, physicist and natural philosopher. Born Colchester. Regarded by some as the father of electrical engineering or electricity and magnetism. Died in London, probably of the bubonic pla...
1 memorial
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Harrods bombing - lower plaque
SW1, Hans Crescent, Harrods
The high polish meant that we had to photo these plaques at a slant.
5 subjects commemorated
Fountain Tavern
WC2, Strand, Savoy Buildings
In this court in the 18th century stood the Fountain Tavern where the political opponents of Sir Robert Walpole met using the title of th...
6 subjects commemorated
Dr. Francis Alexander Barton
Co-pilot of the first British public airmail flight. He was a G.P. in Beckenham and had been obsessed with anything aeronautical from an early age. He was awarded a grant of £500 by the Alexandra P...
1 memorial
September 11 Memorial Garden
W1, Grosvenor Square
From a nearby information board: "Each column of the pergola is formed from a single oak trunk. Three bronze plaques commemorate the 67 ...
68 subjects commemorated,
19 creators
St Dunstan in the East
A church was first built on the site in Saxon times. It was restored by St Dunstan in 950 AD. Badly damaged by the Great Fire, it was patched up and then a steeple by Wren was added in 1701. In 181...
2 memorials
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