Ruth Ling
SW4, Clapham Common Northside, 1
From Clapham Society: The architect of this library was "Edward Blakeway I’Anson .. who had grown up in Clapham. The builder was the loca...
1 subject commemorated
Clapham Library - Roman alter stone
SW4, Clapham Common Northside, 1
From Clapham Society: "It had been found in 1777 in the foundations of a building in the Tower of London. How, when and why it came to Cl...
3 subjects commemorated
Omnibus
SW4, Clapham Common Northside, 1
From Clapham Society: The architect of this library was "Edward Blakeway I’Anson .. who had grown up in Clapham. The builder was the loca...
1 subject commemorated,
4 creators
James Middleton House
E2, Middleton Street, James Middleton House
We've given the inscription as "Donald Hamilton, Wakeford & Partners - Chartered Architects" but it's actually carved as "Wakeeord" ...
22 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
London Bridge station award
SE1, Tooley Street, London Bridge underground station
Princess Anne is mentioned on the plaque but we suspect she did not actually visit this rather dismal and utilitarian corner of the stati...
2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Hare Court rebuilt - east
EC4, Hare Court
 The sculpture, 'Hands of Justice' by Tanya Russell, is not a memorial, as far as we know. The decorative plaque is on the wall behind, t...
2 subjects commemorated
William Palmer
N1, Wilks Place, Hoxton Hall
Both plaques are in very good condition with crisp inscription which suggests either that they have previously been indoors or that they ...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Archibald Mackirdy
N1, Wilks Place, Hoxton Hall
The Mackirdy Room was created at the same time that Hoxton Hall converted from being a music hall into an Institute which accommodated th...
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
William Nicholson - Marquis of Granby
W1, Rathbone Street, Marquis of Granby
Nicholson's pubs must have ordered a job lot of these plaques - all the same.
2 subjects commemorated
First intraocular lens implant
SE1, Westminster Bridge Road, St Thomas' Hospital
Wikimedia points out that "Harold Ridley and his theatre nurse (Mrs Doreen Ogg) both described the first implantation date as being on 29...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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