This stone was laid by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on behalf of H.M. the Queen on 28th May 1897.
N1, City Road
These two inscriptions are either side of the entrance steps. The patient entrance is now around the corner and this grand entrance seems little used. Â have featured a, frankly, more interesting architectural feature, on the 1933 extension, just to the north.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Moorfields Eye Hospital - foundation stone
Reigned: 1901 - 1910. Born and died at Buckingham Palace. Victoria's eldest s...
Reigned: 1837-1901, 64 years. Born Kensington Palace. Daughter of Edward, Duk...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Moorfields Eye Hospital - foundation stone
The Duke and Duchess of York went on to become King George V and Queen Mary.
We have numbered these 17 plaques, anti-clockwise, starting from the plaque for the whole crew which faces the water. Oddly, the last two...
The bas relief by Cibber is worthy of close examination. It shows a woman on the left (representing the City) languishing on some ruins....
Gustav Holst, 1874 - 1934, composer, wrote The Planets and taught here. English HeritageÂ
From The Modernists Journals Project we lean that this house was "designed by Halsey Ricardo for his daughter Anna ... and Maresco when t...
The plaques are around the station forecourt, either on frames or laid into the pavement. The gold lettering on the marble effect on the ...
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