This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
The Millennium
Commemorated ati
Blackfriars sundial
Can we guess what 'building products' Ibstock contributed, and how many? Diff...
Bromley Millennium Rock
Bromley Millennium Rock This boulder of Lewisian Gneiss from Lochinver in Nor...
Chelsea Pensioner statue
Commissioned by the Royal Hospital Chelsea to commemorate the Second Millenni...
Enfield Millennium Fountain
The Millennium Fountain by Wendy Taylor CBE. Unveiled by the Worshipful the M...
High Path Estate horse trough
There is another trough with the same inscription further west along the road.
Other Subjects
90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II was actually born on 21 April 1926, but since 1959 official celebrations have taken place on the second Saturday of June which in 2016 was the 11th.
Martin Spencer
Swan Marker and Barge Master of the Vinters Company c.2006-7. Modelled for the figure in the Vintners statue. Deceased by 2023.
London Stone
Elizabeth I's occultist, John Dee, believed this stone had magic powers. Elsewhere you may read that it is connected to the Roman Brutus but that story was fabricated in 1862. The Museum of London ...
Notting Hill Carnival
1959, 30 January: a "Caribbean Carnival" was held in St Pancras Town Hall. This annual event was organised by Claudia Jones and directed by Edric Connor (husband of Pearl Connor). It featured caly...
Event, Community / Clubs, Race Issues, Tourism / Traditions, Caribbean Islands
Maypole - St Mary Axe/Leadenhall
The maypole, comparable in height to that of the adjacent tower of St Andrew Undershaft, was used each Spring in a celebratory May Day festival. But at the festival on 1 May 1517 the City apprentic...
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Betty Knight
Campaigner. Born in Finsbury. In 1996 she was the driving force behind the establishment of the Spa Green Management Organisation, a tenant-run group which looks after this council estate.
British Comedy Society / Dead Comics Society
Originated in the front room of John Gatenbys' family home in Highgate, during a discussion concerning Peter Seller's nearby childhood home. Out of this the 'Dead Comics Society' was born and their...
Evangelista Torricelli
Physicist and mathematician, best known for his invention of the barometer.
Putney Pest House Charity
SW15, Commondale
Faded London have done some great research on the history behind this plaque.
West London Hospital
It was saved from demolition by the Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group and was converted to offices.
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