Designed by Francis Octavius Bedford. Unusually it is orientated north-south instead of east-west. This is because of a stipulation at the time that no building in Lower Norwood should be built within 100 feet of an existing building without the permission of the owner of the other building.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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St Luke's Church West Norwood
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Methodist of South Hampstead, active 1886. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, believes he has identified the Mrs Palfreman whose name was carved on the foundation stone at Holly Park Methodist Church, H...
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WW2 US military base in Bushy Park named after the first American aviator killed in Europe in WW2. Four blocks of temporary buildings were constructed in 60 acres in the north-east section of Bush...
An error in one of the names (Cleathers / Cleathero) has been pointed out to us and has been confirmed as being on the memorial itself. W...
British Prime Minister. Born Kingston, New Brunswick, (which at that time was a British colony and not part of Canada). After his mother's death in 1870 he moved to Scotland. Elected to parliament ...
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