London County Council
W. H. Smith, 1825 - 1891, bookseller and statesman, lived here.
W2, Hyde Park Street, 12
This house probably looked OK when it was part of a terrace but on its own it just looks weird.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
W. H. Smith - W2
Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna opened a small newsvendors in 1792 in Li...
William Henry Smith. Bookseller and politician. The son in "W. H. Smith and S...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
W. H. Smith - W2
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography says she was born at number 21, not 1 as on the plaque.
The sun-burst was part of de Worde's printer's device - printed at the front or back of all books to identify the printer. Not sure we w...
We have numbered these 17 plaques, anti-clockwise, starting from the plaque for the whole crew which faces the water. Oddly, the last two...
This nursery was set up and funded by the Friends of the Children of Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1955 for the use of nursing mothers ...
We can't find any information about that damaged-looking grey shape at the top of the plaque. Any ideas? 2024: Julie kindly sent us a li...
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