A society founded with the aim of improving the quality of life in Clapham and to strengthen its identity and sense of community.
Initiated a Green Plaque Scheme in 2011 to commemorate interesting buildings in Clapham.
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 Clapham Society
Clapham Common deep shelter. Built 1942. Troop hostel & government use ar...
The Lodge, built 1868. Clapham fire station 1868 - 1902. The Clapham Society
Odeon Cinema, 1938 - 1972, refurbished 1999 as foyer apartments. The Clapham ...
Clapham Parochial School, 1839 - 1974, converted to residential use 1999. The...
Eagle House built 1773. The surviving south wing refurbished 2008. The Clapha...
Diver. Born William Robert Bellenie in Newington, SE1 (but we can't find the address). Began diver training at Portsmouth Dockyard and qualified in 1892. He is famous as the saviour of Winchester C...
Charlton is an area of South-East London which still retains the feel of a village. Daniel Defoe described it as: 'A village famous, or rather infamous for the yearly collected rabble of mad-people...
A charity for the preservation of public parks and gardens in London. It facilitated the creation of new public open spaces. First chairman was the Earl of Meath. In about 1890 the MPGA was based a...
Group, Community / Clubs, Gardens / Agriculture, Philanthropy
From their Twitter page: South London Fawcett Group is a local group of the Fawcett Society which campaigns nationally for equality between women and men.
Author and conservationist. Born at 77 Fellows Road, Hampstead. One of the founders of the Inland Waterways Association, where he met and collaborated rather too closely with the author Elizabeth J...
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