Church House
Built 1938, destroyed in war 9th February 1945, rebuilt 1955 - 56.
Deo Gloria
WC1, Wakefield Street, United Reformed Church Trust
The blue plaque is on the site of number 13, now the United Reformed Church Trust’s UK headquarters. The other two plaques are inside, in the reception area on the ground floor.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Church House WC1 - building
Forgive us for the length of this entry. The history of the various buildings...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Church House WC1 - building
Our colleague Andrew Behan has done some detailed research on these names and...
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The Duke and Duchess of York went on to become King George V and Queen Mary.
Albert Chevalier, 1861 - 1923, music hall comedian, was born here. London County Council
Eugen Sandow, 1867 - 1925, body builder and promoter of physical culture, lived and died here. English Heritage
We're not experts so we'll accept that the tree is a mulberry. And the tree engraved on the plaque - we'll accept that that is an older v...
We cannot find any information about Bowler himself, only that in c.1990-2010, at least, he lived in Wilkes Street Spitalfields and created these unusual pavement plaques. We understand they were c...
Reigned: 1837-1901, 64 years. Born Kensington Palace. Daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg. Niece of her predecessor, King William IV. Her first name was Alexandrin...
Opened in 1913, as Camberwell Central Cinema, it suffered bomb damage but was reopened in 1945. It closed in 1948 and was being used for storage when a bad fire in 1957 prompted the decision to dem...
