Founded to protect and improve the environment and to stimulate public interest in the neighbourhood.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
The Boltons Association
Creations i
Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter, writer and artist, 1866 to 1943, lived in a house on this sit...
Other Subjects
Anglo-Canadian friendship
The plaque actually commemorated just the friendship between the people of Ottawa and the people of Holborn but this seemed a bit narrow so we have broadened the scope of the rapport.
1 memorial
Young Womens Christian Association
From their website: YWCA was founded in 1855 by Miss Emma Robarts and The Hon Mrs Arthur Kinnaird. Miss Robarts started organising groups for young women who were coming to London for the first ti...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Dulwich Society
"Our objects are to create the sense of community that one would hope to find in a good village, to increase awareness of local history and the character that make Dulwich special, to foster an app...
3 memorials
Eagle Hut
From Heritage Images (link now dead): "The Eagle Hut was designed as a centre for soldiers on leave in London during the First World War, providing accommodation and food. A group of soldiers, incl...
1 memorial
Previously viewed
Hobsons Place / Pelham Place
E1, Hanbury Street
Hobsons Place This block was built in 1966 by the Greater London Council and was named after Hobson's Place, which was one of the streets...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
1 memorial
James Braidwood
Firefighter. Born Edinburgh where he formed the world's first municipal fire brigade. In 1832 he became the first Superintendent of the London Fire Engine Establishment, the precursor to the London...
2 memorials
Dr George Webster
General Practioner. Founded the first British Medical Association, which existed 1836 - 1845. Worked in Dulwich, 1815 until his death in 1875. At Genealogy we find: " Dr Webster b Brechin {north ...
1 memorial
Anti-fascists in Bermondsey
One day before the anniversary of the Cable Street battle Mosley's Fascists, now banned from the East End and prevented from wearing uniforms, attempted to march through Bermondsey. 20,000 people ...
1 memorial
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