City of Westminster
Pall Mall. The first street in London to be lit by gas, in 1807.
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SW1, Pall Mall
We were surprised to see a memorial plaque attached to this piece of street furniture, a way-finding finger-post. Is this the only one? Or are there lots and we've just failed to spot them? Given the subject commemorated perhaps this is a well-placed rarity.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
First gas-lit street
The first public street lighting with gas was demonstrated in Pall Mall by Fr...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
First gas-lit street
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
There is an almost identical plaque on Celia Blairman House in Folgate Street.
David Hopkins, our Latin consultant, has again applied his skills and provided the translation. He also writes: "I know nothing about he...
We first photographed this plaque some years ago when the building was The Queen's Head public house.
This memorial to the arch is on the lawn beside the approach road to the manor house.
The Round House Remains of the windmill used c.1709 - 1720 to pump water from the round pond to the upper pond (now Claremont Square rese...
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