Erection date: 1840
{Beneath the Thackeray family coat of arms with the motto 'Tenez le Droit' (Uphold the right):}
Built and endowed in 1840, for six aged females, by John Thackeray of the Priory, Lewisham, who died on the 13th day of May 1851.
This plaque must have initially been erected without the last section of text, "who died...".
SE6, Rushey Green
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesof london.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lewisham Almshouses
Philanthropist. He was a wealthy benefactor, particularly to Lewisham and Chr...
The home of philanthropist John Thackeray. It was built in the gothic style w...
Princess Alexandra was laying the foundation stone for the Chelsea Hospital for Women which was here until about 1916.Â
There was a mediaeval mansion on this site, built in the 14th century for Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. In 1717 Edward Newens, a local ...
The plaque is in the rear courtyard/garden of Hughes Mansions.
This plaque was first erected in the Sandemanian Chapel, at the same time, 1906, as the "MF" one. It was removed and put on display in th...
This clock tower has a non-identical pair, in Northolt, erected with the same text on the plaque and created by the same clockmaker, but ...
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