Riders of the Apocalypse
SE14, Sanford Walk
The mural features Thatcher, Reagan, Heseltine and Andropov, all astride cruise missiles encircling the globe, being met by a dove and a ...
5 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
earliest known mention of Londinium
SE1, Empire Square / Tabard Square
A newsletter of The British Epigraphy Society discusses the meaning of the mysterious title "Moritix Londiniensi". Interestingly this Ro...
Charles Jones plaque
W5, Windsor Road, 5
Not related to this plaque, but Youtube has a wonderful video of nearby The Mall, from c.1900.
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Centenary of St Olave's & St Saviour's Girls School - gates
SE1, Montague Close, Southwark Cathedral
Note that the plaque refers to a foundation and a girls school, the former funding the later. The school is some distance from the Cathed...
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2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Marie-Louise Christophe
W1, Weymouth Street, 49
Marie-Louise Christophe, 1778 - 1851, first and only queen of Haiti, lived in this house with her daughters in 1824. Nubian Jak Community...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Barrett fountain
E1, Commercial Road
Locating Three Colt Street was easy - it's still there, west of Limehouse Basin, though barely a building remains from the 19th century. ...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
G. A. Henty
SW11, Lavender Gardens, 33
G.A. Henty, 1832 - 1902, author, lived here. London County Council
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1 creator
Beryl Swain
E17, Grosvenor Park Road, 18
Beryl Swain, 22 January 1936 - 15 May 2007, the first woman to ride solo in the Isle of Man TT motorcycle race, lived here from 1962 to 1...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett - WC1
WC1, Gower Street, 2
Agnes and Rhoda moved here, with their business, in mid 1875. Rhoda died here in 1882. When Millicent Fawcett was widowed in 1884, she a...
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1 creator
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