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 ...
Crossing the River by Brian Cookson points out that the 18th of June was a bridge-heavy day for Prince Albert Victor in 1887 - he opened ...
We photographed this plaque in Sept 2003, but on returning to photograph the building in March 2008, the plaque had gone. 2021: we retur...
These 3 plaques are in the place previously occupied by the John Betjeman and Marylebone Station plaques, which have been moved to a loca...
Beautiful filigree carved text. Compare the typeface with that at Abbaye de la Cambre. This was erected the year after Charlotte died ...
The two foundation stones can be seen below the more ornate plaque. We do like their plain multi-layered frames. The building was threat...
This plaque, on the right flank wall of the red brick building, was unveiled on the same day as the Dallos plaque. The building which h...
Born Charles Spencer Chaplin in East Street, Walworth (possibly, see Londonist). Comic actor, composer, director and producer. Born into a music hall family. He joined a troupe of child dancers, '...
This image came from Twitter via Londonist, and from the children's clothes must be about 1910. 2020: Terje Hartberg contacted us via Tw...
London County Council Samuel Morse, 1791 - 1872, American painter, and inventor of the Morse Code, lived here, 1812 - 1815.
Herman Melville stayed at number 25 for two months in 1849. 2021: This house is available to rent (£19,500 a month, since you ask). Mans...
