Burney Street Garden

Burney Street Garden

SE10, Burney Street

From the Greenwich Society website we learn that this garden was created by the Society out of a bomb site.  The Victorian-style marble m...

1 creator
Bromley by Bow war memorial

Bromley by Bow war memorial

E3, St Leonard's Street, Bob's Park / Bromley Recreation Ground

This lead inlay lettering is in remarkably good condition so we think it has recently been renewed. Sadly already one letter has gone mi...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Limehouse WW1 Cross

Limehouse WW1 Cross

E1, Butcher Row, St James' Gardens

We photographed this section of the cross to show the very unusual carving. At the base this depicts thorny branches entwined around ste...

War dead | WW1
36 subjects commemorated
St Dunstans WW1 cross

St Dunstans WW1 cross

E1, Stepney High Street, St Dunstans and All Saints

The Celtic cross is decorated with twisted rope in the arms with 'IHS' at the centre - see the Teddington Cross for more information on t...

2 subjects commemorated
St Saviour’s Dock

St Saviour’s Dock

SE1, Thames Path

The Pool of London Partnership have put up a number of plaques, attached to walls in the normal fashion. We can't see why St Saviour’s D...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Onslow Ford

Onslow Ford

NW8, Grove End Road

The monument was designed by Simpson. The Muse (naked lady) on the south face is a copy of Ford's own (for the Shelley memorial in Oxfor...

1 subject commemorated, 6 creators
Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy - new memorial

Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy - new memorial

SE15, Linden Grove, Nunhead Cemetery

{Left hand page of an open book:} To commemorate the scouts of the 2nd Walworth Troop drowned off Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey, on 4th Augus...

12 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
Queen Caroline memorial

Queen Caroline memorial

W2, Hyde Park

Unveiled by the Queen.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Cynthia Jarrett

Cynthia Jarrett

N15, Town Hall Approach Road, Tottenham Town Hall

The Cynthia Jarrett memorial is beneath the ground floor windows on the far right of the photograph. The Bernie Grant plaque is to the ...

1 subject commemorated
Queen Elizabeth II jubilees

Queen Elizabeth II jubilees

SE16, Fulford Street

This memorial has provided terrific value. It was first erected for the Silver Jubilee with just one short inscription (photo'd) which do...

4 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
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