Rotary clubs were founded to encourage fellowship amongst members of local business communities.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Croydon South Rotary Club
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Hand Cross - Croydon
{Beneath a Maltese cross:} Hand Cross Near here once stood one of the four ma...
Hern or Hurn Cross - Croydon
{Beneath a Maltese cross:} Hern or Hurn Cross Near here once stood one of the...
Stay or Stake Cross - Croydon
{Beneath a Maltese cross:} Stay or Stake Cross Near here once stood one of th...
Unknown Manorial Cross - Croydon
{Beneath a Maltese cross:} Manorial Cross Near here once stood one of the fou...
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Medical Society of London
Founded by Dr Lettsom. Originally based in the City, the Medical Society moved to its present house, Lettsom House, 11 Chandos Street, in 1873.
2 memorials
Garraways Coffee House
Garraway claimed to be the first to sell tea to the public, but not, as far as we can tell, at the Change Alley site, where he moved his coffee house after the Great Fire of 1666, replacing another...
2 memorials
1 memorial
Highbury View Tenants Association
There are lots of housing associations in Highbury, but we can't find any specific information about a group with this name. The building on which the plaque is erected is occupied by a sheltered h...
1 memorial
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Yury Gagarin
Astronaut. From Rianovosti: "Gagarin visited London in July 1961, three months after his legendary flight. He met with members of the Foundry Workers Union during his visit, as he had worked as a ...
1 memorial
Sir Christopher Wren
Born East Knoyle, Wiltshire, died London. Designer of 54 London churches, of which 13 were destroyed in the Blitz. Part of one of his churches, St Antholin, has ended up in an unexpected location...
38 memorials
Camberwell WW1 victims - Chumleigh Gardens
SE5, Burgess Park, Chumleigh Gardens
This memorial commemorates all 22 Camberwell citizens killed in WW1. We don't know when it was unveiled but think it may be the response ...
4 subjects commemorated
Margery Allingham
Writer. Born Margery Louise Allingham in Ealing. Initially she studied drama and speech-training to cure a stammer. She turned to writing, and in 1929 published her first successful novel, 'The Cri...
1 memorial
Coronation building
W2, Bayswater Road, 4 & 5 Hyde Park Place
We really like this unusual plaque - so of its time with its calligraphic decorations. In the background curlicues you can clearly see a...
1 subject commemorated