On this site lived William Wilberforce, statesman and emancipator, 1759 - 1833.
Site: William Wilberforce - SW19 (1 memorial)
SW19, Souhside Common, 6
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
On this site lived William Wilberforce, statesman and emancipator, 1759 - 1833.
SW19, Souhside Common, 6
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Wilberforce - SW19
Politician, philanthropist and slavery abolitionist. Born in High Street, Hul...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
William Wilberforce - SW19
Founded by Richardson Evans and others, to 'safeguard the amenities of the Wi...
Neville Chamberlain, 1869 - 1940, Prime Minister, lived here, 1923 - 1935. London County Council
The cheerful quotation is from Proverbs 9:10 and also 1:7.
We first photographed this plaque some years ago when the building was The Queen's Head public house.
This cast-iron roundel, showing 4 tankards around an eagle motif, is one of 22 - see Bowler's page for more details.
The wooden cross atop the building supports a neon cross, wired to an electrical box so rusty that we doubt it still lights the way for N...
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