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Southwark Council

The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Southwark, Camberwell and Bermondsey.
Southwark council annually invites proposals for new plaques from which a short list of nominations is produced. The winners are voted for by 'The People'. Whatever you think of that idea we hope you approve, as we do, the variety of plaque styles used by Southwark. Looking back Southwark probably regret it and would have preferred a 'house style' but we enjoy the diversity.

Londonist brought Southwark's historical maps to our attention. Irresistible to mapophiles.

2018: Southwark News wrote "The Blue Plaque scheme, run by the ‘News’ and Southwark Heritage in association with Southwark Council, commenced in 2002 and by September 2008 40 plaques had already been erected in the borough, with Sir Henry’s being the first to be put up on the Old Kent Road."

2019: Southwark News explains the origins of Southwark's blue plaques.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Southwark Council

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Gatehouse Square, Southwark

The sculpture is titled "Great Oaks from Little Acorns".  From PMSA:"... hold...

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National Service - Southwark

National Service This plaque is in recognition by Southwark Council and the P...

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Southwark Council

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Abbey Street Bridge

Bermondsey Abbey Street Bridge Designed by Colonel George Thomas Landmann, Ro...

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Ada Salter Garden - tree

The inscription's date of birth for Ada contradicts that of reputable sources...

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Albin funeral directors

F. A. Albin & Sons, family run funeral directors, proudly caring for the ...

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All Saints Cemetery Nunhead

All Saints Cemetery Nunhead, established by the London Cemetery Company, July...

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Anne Shelton

Anne Shelton, 1928 - 1994, popular singer and the World War II "Forces' Favou...

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Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave

Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave

Soldier and politician.  Political roles included:  Foreign Secretary, First Lord of the Admiralty and, 1810 - 1819, Master-General of the Ordnance.  It was during this time that the Cadiz memorial...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Phillip John Willoughby, JP

Phillip John Willoughby, JP

Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Charles Joye

Charles Joye

Treasurer and a governor of Guys Hospital and of St Thomas's Hospital. At Guy's he was on the committee to erect the statue to Guy and in his will he left money for the brass statue of Edward VI at...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir William McArthur

Sir William McArthur

Born Ireland, brother to Alexander. Moved his drapery business to London in 1857. Liberal MP 1868-85. Lord Mayor of London 1880-1. Supported a Methodist College in Ireland.

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
John Compton Lawrance, QC, MP

John Compton Lawrance, QC, MP

High Court Judge. Came from Lincolnshire. From Plymounth Law Review we learn: "John Lawrance was Conservative MP for South Lincolnshire for ten years, from 1880 to 1890, until his appointment as ...

Person, Law, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Greenwich Historical Society

Greenwich Historical Society

From the Picture source: "The Greenwich Historical Society began life as the Greenwich Antiquarian Society in 1905, merging with the Lewisham Society in 1919 to become the Greenwich and Lewisham An...

Group, Community / Clubs, History

1 memorial
Mary E. Nightingale

Mary E. Nightingale

Associated with the Wesleyan Schools, Leswin Road, 1883. Because her first name is given rather than just an initial it's possible that Mary was a child in 1883, in which case perhaps she was a pup...

Person, Education

1 memorial
St Mary’s church, Greenwich

St Mary’s church, Greenwich

SE10, King William Walk, St Mary's Gate into Greenwich Park

The excellent Greenwich Phantom tells us that the footprint of the old church is shown "by a beech hedge, some of the foundation stones m...

1 subject commemorated
Black British Heritage

Black British Heritage

They have an address at 182 Hammersmith Road, but the only website we can find (Dec 2011) is in Japanese.  Something fishy going on.

Group, History, Race Issues

1 memorial
London County Council

London County Council

Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the first directly elected strategic local government body for London. Replaced by the Greater London Council, covering a la...

Group, Politics & Administration

285 memorials