St Aloysius' College
N6, Hornsey Lane
This memorial is in the grounds at the front of the school. Note the statue in the photograph - there is nothing on it to say but we gue...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Montagu Sharpe
WC1, Gray's Inn Square
This memorial is a sundial in the shape of a armillary sphere - see Wolff for another example. The sphere is supported by 4 silhouetted g...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Fortnum & Mason
W1, Piccadilly, 181, Fortnum & Mason
From the shop's website: "1964 saw a new landmark added to the front of the store - the famous Fortnum's clock, with bells from the same...
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Procter family
W1, Tottenham Court Road
We were contacted by the people at London Street Views who are researching the Street Views of 1838 - 47, produced by John Tallis. They h...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Dr John Snow - site of pump
W1, Broadwick Street
When we first published this c.2009, the pump was on the north-east corner of the Broadwick Street / Poland Street junction. 2018: London...
3 subjects commemorated
Simon Wolff
N6, Archway Road
This object is known as an armillary sphere, or astrolab - a skeletal celestial sphere showing the rotation of the heavenly bodies, aroun...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Cockburn
WC1, Brunswick Square, The Brunswick Centre
This is an extremely unusual memorial - a handwritten notice and a photograph placed in a window for passers-by to see. And, important ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
William Duke of Cumberland
W1, Cavendish Square
The original was in lead and gilt and was, apparently, London's first outdoor statue of a soldier. Â The site was originally intended for ...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Lily Pond
WC2, Victoria Embankment Gardens
Buxton seems to have presented the pond the year before he became Chairman. This is unusual, presumably because it looks a little like th...
1 creator
Lloyds TSB War Memorial
EC2, Aldermanbury
This is a small, simple monument, placed at pavement level, not raised on a plinth. Despite this, it has a dignity and gravitas that many...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
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