Historic House
Charles Alfred Cruft, dog show promoter lived near here, 1913 - 1938.
London Borough of Islington
N5, Highbury Grove, Ashurst Lodge
Ashurst Lodge (number 12) was demolished in 1965 to make way for Highbury Grove School.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles Cruft
Dog show promoter. Worked as a travelling salesman for Spratt's. His first ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Charles Cruft
The Islington Book of Remembrance is an impressive undertaking: the database ...
Enid Blyton, 1897 - 1968, authoress, lived here. The London Borough of Bromley
This plaque was originally erected in 1902 at 3G but Watts incorrectly gave the date of the tragedy as 1885 instead of 1895, so when the ...
Henry Watson Fowler, 1858 - 1933, grammarian and lexicographer, lived here 1900 - 1903. English Heritage
This plaque is on the first building in Mansion House Street but actually in St Mildred's Court.
Elizabeth David, 1913 - 1992, cookery writer, lived and worked here, 1947 - 1992. English Heritage
The plaque is in exactly the same style as the two above so rather than show that we have chosen to show the sculpture. However it was o...
A strike of the women and teenage girls working at the Bryant and May Factory. Annie Besant had published an article about the poor working conditions at the factory, 'White Slavery in London'. Thi...
We found these two plaques in the basement, near the lift and stairwell. There may be others elsewhere in the store - if you find any pl...
The plaque seems to have been erected to celebrate 34 years which seems odd.
Considered to be the world's first circus ring. Erected in 1769 on the site of what is now St Thomas's Hospital on the south side of Westminster Bridge Road. The showman Philip Astley, (from Britis...
