Sir Frederick Ashton
SW3, Marlborough Street, 8
Sir Frederick Ashton, 1904 - 1988, choreographer, lived here 1959 - 1984. English Heritage
Sir Frederick Ashton, 1904 - 1988, choreographer, lived here 1959 - 1984. English Heritage
This plaque contradicts English Heritage's rules about erecting only one plaque per person, as there is already one for him in E1.
The board refers to "New Sydenham Church". Designed by Lewis Vulliamy, St Bartholomew's was constructed 1827-32.
Howard Staunton, 1810 - 1874, British World Chess Champion, lived here, 1871 - 1874. English Heritage
The Prince Regent (later King George IV) had died more than twenty years before the Great Exhibition. They mean the 'Prince Consort', i.e...
This text is ambiguous about where the photo was taken: at this site or at the Napier Shipyard? Wikipedia is clear that the chain was mad...
This stone was laid by Lady Kortright, 5 August 1896 and the hospital opened by HRH Princess Louise, 21 July 1897.
C. S. Forester, 1899 - 1966, novelist, lived here. English Heritage
We think this plaque was probably erected in 1882 when the land was repurposed from burial ground to a garden, but a lot of the inscripti...
Laurie Cunningham, 1956 - 1989, England international footballer lived here. English Heritage
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