91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Plaque

Annie Besant - SE19

Erection date: 1963

Inscription

Annie Besant, 1847 - 1933, social reformer, lived here in 1874.
London County Council

Site: Annie Besant - SE19 (1 memorial)

SE19, Colby Road, 39

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Annie Besant - SE19

Subjects commemorated i

Annie Besant

Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Iris...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Annie Besant - SE19

Created by i

London County Council

Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Nearby Memorials

John Howard - E5

John Howard - E5

E5, Lower Clapton Road, 157-9, St. Andrews Mansions

This Neo-Tudor block has a better-maintained twin on the other side of the road to the right. The plaque is on the bricks between the bas...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Henry Hallam

Henry Hallam

W1, Wimpole Street, 67

LCC Henry Hallam, 1777 - 1859, historian, lived here.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Chaplin mosaics 2

Chaplin mosaics 2

SE1, Lambeth Walk, Chandler Hall

This image is from the 1918 'A Dog's Life'.

1 subject commemorated
Nine Elms Motive Power

Nine Elms Motive Power

SE1, Waterloo Station

Southern Railway (SR on the plaque) lost their ownership of Waterloo when the railways were nationalised in 1948 so the plaque was probab...

War dead | WW2
16 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Francis Bret Harte

Francis Bret Harte

W2, Leinster Terrace, 74

Seems likely that Harte did not actually die here.  See our page for Harte.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator