1855: Richard Jordan opened a pawnbroker’s, which became Jordan’s Department Store and in 1976, Alfies Antique Market.
NW8, Salisbury Street, Morris House
The eleven pavement plaques can be seen randomly distributed over this paved area. The Nightingale Street Buildings plaque can just be seen in our photo, on the red brick building, partly obscured by the shop awning.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Church Street pavement plaque - 1855 - shops
In 1855 Richard Jordan opened a pawnbrokers in Church Street. This developed ...
Bennie Gray bought Jordan's department store and founded Alfie's Antique Mark...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Church Street pavement plaque - 1855 - shops
The church is immediately north of the Westway, beside its parish hall.
1812: Construction of Regent’s Canal attracted Irish navvies & their fami...
1831 – 1962: Charlie Chaplin was one of many famous artists to perform at the...
1863: The Metropolitan Line, from Paddington to Faringdon via Marylebone, was...
The cloister garden is accessed through the gates in the building on St John Square. Free to visit and open most days. The garden was fir...
Professor Sir Edward Victor Appleton King's College London Nobel Laureate Ionospheric radio, 1924
Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister in 1868 and 1874 - 1880, worked in this building, 1821 - 1824. The Corporation of the City of London
London County Council Sir Edward Elgar, 1857 - 1934, composer, lived here, 1890 - 1891.
In 2021 Robert Turner sent us photos of a postcard showing a war memorial at the Chalk Farm bus garage. This had been found by his friend...
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