William Thackeray and Vera Lynn
E6, Thackeray Road
We can't find any connection that Thackeray had with this area. Nearby are Dickens and Macaulay roads, so it seems to be part of a litera...
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Dame Vera Lynn - Ladysmith Avenue
E6, Ladysmith Avenue
Lynn lived in this street from the age of 4 -21. The street name panel was installed to celebrate her 100th birthday. There is an identic...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Dame Vera Lynn - E7
E7, Vera Lynn Close
This sign was installed to celebrate Lynn's 100th birthday, but we don't know when the street was named for her.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Battersea Town Hall - Grand Hall entrance
SW11, Town Hall Road, Grand Hall
Intriguingly, the panels are 'palimpsests' or overwritten texts. We can make out some of the previous words and they seem to be saying ba...
3 subjects commemorated
Nipper Alley
KT1, Clarence Street
The naming of the alley after the HMV dog (buried nearby), upset the Kingston Society, who wanted it called Empire Way after the former t...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
LSHTM - Nightingale
WC1, Gower Street, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
This listed building was designed by Vernor Rees in 1926, one of the first steel-framed buildings ever erected. The balconies are decorat...
1 subject commemorated
LSHTM - Leishman
WC1, Gower Street, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
This listed building was designed by Vernor Rees in 1926, one of the first steel-framed buildings ever erected. The balconies are decorat...
1 subject commemorated
LSHTM - Sklodowska-Curie
WC1, Gower Street, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
This listed building was designed by Vernor Rees in 1926, one of the first steel-framed buildings ever erected. The balconies are decorat...
1 subject commemorated
LSHTM - Ball
WC1, Gower Street, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
This listed building was designed by Vernor Rees in 1926, one of the first steel-framed buildings ever erected. The balconies are decorat...
1 subject commemorated
LSHTM - Shattuck
WC1, Gower Street, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
This listed building was designed by Vernor Rees in 1926, one of the first steel-framed buildings ever erected. The balconies are decorat...
1 subject commemorated
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