A society that exists to encourage interest in, and to care for the environment and history of Peckham and the surrounding area.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Peckham Society
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David Sheppard
Lord David Sheppard, 1929 - 2005, England cricket captain, Bishop of Woolwich...
Nunhead Lane V1 rocket
In memory of the 24 people who died from a V1 missile strike at this site on ...
William Griggs
Pioneer photo lithographer, William Griggs, 1832 - 1911, lived and worked her...
William Harnett Blanch
Historian, William Harnett Blanch, 1836 - 1900, lived here. Peckham Society
Other Subjects
Lower End Kingsdown Avenue Residents' Association
Residents' Association in Purley. Their Facebook page, LeKARA, was created in 2019.
1 memorial
Royal Astronomical Society
Formed as the Astronomical Society on 10 March 1820 with Sir William Herschel as the titular first President. The Royal Astronomical Society is a learned society and charity that encourages and p...
1 memorial
2 memorials
Betty Knight
Campaigner. Born in Finsbury. In 1996 she was the driving force behind the establishment of the Spa Green Management Organisation, a tenant-run group which looks after this council estate.
1 memorial
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The Foundation Company Ltd
Contractors who built 55 Broadway. We found some references to a company of the same name building skyscrapers in the United States but it may be a totally different company.
1 memorial
Sir Proby Cautley
Civil engineer and palaeontologist. FRS. Born Suffolk. Proby was his mother's maiden name. 1819 went to India as a commissioned second lieutenant. Apart from a few years his work there was main...
1 memorial
9 memorials
Matthew Arnold
Poet, writer and school inspector. Born at Laleham-on-Thames, Middlesex, son of Thomas Arnold. He won the Newdigate prize in 1843 with a poem on Cromwell. Appointed a lay inspector of schools in 1...
2 memorials
Albert Charles Starr
Mayor of Bermondsey 1929-1930 and then for a period of 3 terms during WW2: 1941-44. Our photo shows a group of officials from the United States during their tour of the Civil Defence Services at B...
2 memorials
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