91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Plaque

Hugh Percival Wilkins

Inscription

Hugh Percival Wilkins, 1896 - 1960, "The Moonman", the first astronomer to map the moon, lived here 1948 - 1960.
Bexley Civic Society

Site: Hugh Percival Wilkins (1 memorial)

DA7, Fairlawn Avenue, 35

The small plaque is on the left of the porch above the mail box.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of 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:
Hugh Percival Wilkins

Subjects commemorated i

Hugh Percival Wilkins

Amateur astronomer, mechanical engineer and civil servant. Born in Carmarthen...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hugh Percival Wilkins

Created by i

Bexley Civic Society

Environmental group. Founded in the 1970s with the objectives to improve the ...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Nearby Memorials

Marconi - EC1

Marconi - EC1

EC1, Newgate Street

2019: The FT reported that BT have announced their plan to sell this site. The building only dates from 1984 but BT (GPO) have been on th...

1 subject commemorated
Cholmeley Boys Club

Cholmeley Boys Club

N16, Boleyn Road, 68

Residential advisor about this venue: "Beautiful old music-hall type venue with wooden floors, internal balconies and surreal decor". Ha...

5 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Cato Street Conspiracy

Cato Street Conspiracy

W1, Cato Street, 1a

Cato Street Conspiracy discovered here 23 February 1820. Greater London Council

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Hand & Racquet

Hand & Racquet

WC2, Whitcomb Street, Hand and Racquet pub

In 2009 Alan Patient reported that "the pub has been boarded up for many months and the plaque removed." 2013: The Victorian Society are...

6 subjects commemorated
William Richard Sutton

William Richard Sutton

N1, The Sutton Estate, Evelyn Denington Court

We think Evelyn Denington must be the politician (1907 – 1998) who served on the LCC and then the GLC, 1946 - 77, where she was Chair of ...

1 subject commemorated