Erection date: 1973
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859 - 1930, creator of Sherlock Holmes lived here, 1891 - 1894.
Greater London Council
SE25, Tennison Road, 12
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - SE25
Originally named Sheridan Hope, then Sherringford Holmes and finally Sherlock...
Born in Edinburgh where he trained as a doctor. Extremely successful writer o...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - SE25
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
Greater London Council Mary Seacole, 1805 - 1881, Jamaican nurse, heroine of the Crimean War, lived here.
The building with the clock (dated 1853),just uphill from the plaque, is called 'The Old Rectory'.
The plaque is on the pavement - in our photo you can just make out the circle.
Greater London Council Sir Alexander Fleming, 1881-1955, discoverer of penicillin, lived here.
The Duke and Duchess of York went on to become King George V and Queen Mary.
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