RO - 19 - Airy
SE10, Royal Observatory, South Building
This name panel shares an elevation with the Royal Astronomical Society pediment.
1 subject commemorated
RO - 20 - Sheepshanks
SE10, Royal Observatory, South Building
Originally called the New Physical Observatory this cruciform building was added to the Royal Observatory complex by the 8th Astronomer R...
1 subject commemorated
RO - 21 - Adams
SE10, Royal Observatory, South Building
Originally called the New Physical Observatory this cruciform building was added to the Royal Observatory complex by the 8th Astronomer R...
1 subject commemorated
RO - 22 - Newton
SE10, Royal Observatory, South Building
Originally called the New Physical Observatory this cruciform building was added to the Royal Observatory complex by the 8th Astronomer R...
1 subject commemorated
RO - 23 - Horrox
SE10, Royal Observatory, South Building
Originally called the New Physical Observatory this cruciform building was added to the Royal Observatory complex by the 8th Astronomer R...
1 subject commemorated
RO - 19 ped. – Royal Astronomical Society
SE10, Royal Observatory, South Building
At the centre of the cartouche in the pediment is depicted Herschel's extraordinary Great Telescope, the 40-foot telescope constructed b...
1 subject commemorated
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
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