Ancient Greek goddess who personified victory. She was the daughter of the Titan Pallas and the goddess Styx. Our photograph shows the famous 'Winged Victory of Samothrace', also called the 'Nike of Samothrace'.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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We think the last line of the plaque means that Kougioumtzis is the sculptor ...
In 1740 this French Hugeonot church moved into the building in Hanbury Street, with a patent granted by King James II.
An information board at the site reads: "Christchurch Greyfriars churchyard covers the site of the church of the Franciscan monastery which stood here from about 1228. The original church was demol...
Prebendary of St Paul's, Rural Dean of Stepney and Vicar of Bromley St Leonard for twenty years. We learn from his obituary in the Guardian of 1 March 1893 that, apart from his first 6 months and ...
Was Vice Principal of the Jewish Orphanage at Norwood in 1956 and by 2000 had a position in the Office of the Chief Rabbi. Alan Greenbat was born 2 April 1929, the son of Maximilian Greenbat (1893...
The current church was built in 1874, destroyed by enemy action on 16 April 1941, and rebuilt by 1955.
Initially (ha-ha) we were puzzled by the letters at the bottom of this plaque and we are grateful to Jan Eskildsen who, via Facebook, has...
Saint in the Orthodox Church, killed by Bolsheviks.
In 1819, made and sold Britain's first bicycle in its hobby-horse form. As a coachmaker Johnson was able to make significant improvements to the two-wheel velocipede, as invented by von Drais. He o...
From BBC: "A boy of 16 has been charged with the murder of an 18-year-old stabbed to death on a playing field in south-west London. Police found Hazrat Wali fatally injured in Craneford Way, Twicke...
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