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
These railings were completed in 2009 to replace the original railings which ...
This Memorial Garden, re-dedicated in 2009, commemorates the residents of Wes...
Catholic church built by architect John Newman in 1820. Replaced in 1902 by the church of the same name in nearby Eldon Street. From the church's website: "As the permanent seat of the Vicar Apost...
Priest. Founder of St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, and first vicar there: 1870 - 1907. From St Augustine's Church website: "Richard Carr Kirkpatrick was the son of an Irish landowner and a friend ...
The church was in existence from at least the early 12th century. At the reformation, it was sold and part of it became the Borough Compter courthouse and prison. The original building was destroye...
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for her Protestant beliefs. Gentlewoman. Widow of John Warne, mother of Joan and a son. Taken at a prayer meeting.
Originally called Bessborough House, it was built by William Ponsonby in the 1760s. It was sold to the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits) in 1861 and renamed Manresa House after the town in Spain where...
Renamed from the Globe to the Gielgud Theatre in 1994.
Sculptor. Born Tromborn France, studied in Paris. Possibly of German ancestry. From Mapping Sculpture: Kremer came to England on 25 September 1859. As his first recorded activity is in Penkhull,...
Edward Bamford, VC, DSO was a Royal Marines officer. Bamford was also awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his gallantry aboard HMS Chester during the Battle of Jutland. Captain Edward Bamf...
Born Coventry. Apprenticed to Eric Gill. Often worked in brick. Died Kenilworth. Obit. in the Independent. 2023: Ian Greig of the Alcester & District Local History Society drew our attention t...
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