New Gravel Pit Chapel - plaque
E9, Mead Place
In our photo the plaque is lost behind the bramble branches to the right of the right-most panel. We have captured 2 of the c.5 sculpted ...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Richard Everitt - bench
NW1, Purchese Street, Purchese Street Open Space
This open space was reduced in size in 2020-22 to allow the construction of a building on the Purchese Street/Brill Place corner. The re...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Barber Beaumont tomb
E1, Shandy Park
Three years before his death in 1841 Beaumont created a tomb for himself and his family in front of the chapel, “… two immense pedestals ...
1 subject commemorated
Founders Hall - Cloth Fair, Coade coat of arms
EC1, Bartholomew Passage
The coat of arms is supported by cannons and what must be cannonballs (despite appearing to have finger holes like those used in ten-pin ...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Prisoners of War - St. Martin in the Fields
WC2, St Martin's Place, St. Martin in the Fields
Our photo shows one of the wood blocks and also a short piece of railway track, not mentioned in any of the inscriptions. We visited dur...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
V2 rocket - Charterhouse Street
EC1, Charterhouse Street, 33, J. J. Mack Building
In 2022 Pavlos Clifton, Head of Development at Bywater Properties published an interesting page about the design of this memorial. This p...
3 subjects commemorated
Crucifixion
EC1, St John's Square, St John's Cloister Garden
The crucifixion sculpture was created by Cecil Thomas and installed as part of the post war reconstruction (1955-8). A square carved pa...
2 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Royal Hospital Chelsea - frieze
SW3, Royal Hospital Road, Royal Hospital Chelsea, Middle Court
In our photo you can see the Latin text on the frieze to the arcade. The statue faces the building and backs the Thames, and the camera. ...
5 subjects commemorated
Brick of cuneiform writing
EC2, Foster Lane, church courtyard
From Exploring London: "... a stone (actually baked brick) upon which is inscribed cuneiform writing. ... which comes from a Zigurrat in ...
1 creator
Roman pavement - St Matthews
EC2, Foster Lane, church courtyard
This church dates from the 12th century. From the church's website: "It has been altered, enlarged and restored many times and probably r...
2 subjects commemorated
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