Group    From 1937 

The Blackheath Society

Categories: Community / Clubs

Group that works with local councils, residents, other amenity groups, traders, the police, the Boundary Commission, English Heritage, the Blackheath Joint Working Party and everyone else who can influence the well-being of the area for its continued enjoyment by future generations.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
The Blackheath Society

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2012 Commemorations - Blackheath

The names on the outer circumference sound as though they are areas of Blackh...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
The Blackheath Society

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Andrew Gibb drinking fountain and shelter

{On the (non-working) drinking fountain, on the top surface on the north side...

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Other Subjects

Hoxton Hall

Hoxton Hall

Built 1863 as Mortimer's Music hall. 1866 MacDonald took it over but in 1871 following complaints it lost its performance licence.  Bought in 1879 by rich Quaker philanthropist William Isaac Palmer...

Building, Community / Clubs, Music / songs, Religion, Theatre

1 memorial
Queer Heritage

Queer Heritage

An appellation used on plaques erected by Sexual Avengers commemorating sites of gay events/interest.

Group, Community / Clubs, Gender Issues

1 memorial
Downs Hotel

Downs Hotel

The Pickwick Bicycle Club was founded here on 22 June 1870. At that first meeting, it was decided that the Downs Hotel should be the general rendezvous for bi-weekly excursions on Wednesdays and Sa...

Place, Commerce, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Prince of Wales pub, Mackenzie Road

Prince of Wales pub, Mackenzie Road

144 Mackenzie Road. This photo dates from the 1930s. Destroyed by a WW2 V2 rocket.

Building, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Tragedy

1 memorial

Previously viewed

Herbert C. Wotton

Herbert C. Wotton

Fireman killed as a result of an air raid an air raid on Old Palace School, Bow, E3 on 20 April 1941. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man: Auxiliary Fireman Herbert Charles W...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
John Hunter plaque

John Hunter plaque

W1, Golden Square, 31

Actually in Upper St John Street. The plaques can just be seen in the site photograph, at the far end of the white building.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Lilian Lindsay - N7

Lilian Lindsay - N7

N7, Hungerford Road, 3

There is evidence that Lindsay lived with her parents and siblings in this road at number 29 and also at number 3. Our colleague Andrew B...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Bowman's Lodge

Bowman's Lodge

An elegant house with views across countryside.  Edward Lear's stockbroker father held the lease 1806 - 1829 so Edward lived here until he was 16.  With two storeys and five bays it was not a parti...

Building, Property

1 memorial
Crown Agents

Crown Agents

An international development company based in the U.K. It helps other countries with their economies, health systems and financial management.

Group, Politics & Administration

1 memorial