WW1 cross at St Botolph's

WW1 cross at St Botolph's

EC2, Bishopsgate, St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate churchyard

Unlike the majority of war memorials this was erected while the war continued. Hell-fire corner knows of a printed Order of Service in th...

War dead | WW1
5 subjects commemorated
Hyde Park bollards

Hyde Park bollards

W1, South Carriage Drive

2013: You'd think one modern bollard is much like another, but not these 17; The rim of each bollard cap carries an embossed name or phr...

17 subjects commemorated
St Botolph's information board

St Botolph's information board

EC2, Bishopsgate, St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate churchyard

The church has two information boards, both of a standard design, which we would not normally collect but this one has some good history....

11 subjects commemorated
General Post Office capital

General Post Office capital

E17, Vestry Road, Vestry House Museum

185cm high x 160cm wide x 160cm deep and over 5 tons.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Octavia Hill seat

Octavia Hill seat

GU8, near Hascombe, Hydon's Ball

Well outside the M25, by no stretch of the rules is this in London but Octavia is a London person so we had to collect this giant seat wh...

1 subject commemorated
P&O lamp-posts

P&O lamp-posts

EC3, Undershaft

This lamp-post is on one side of a flight of steps. The other side, as you see, is a building site soon to be the Pinnacle. Behind the ca...

1 subject commemorated
Crane Court - Royal Society

Crane Court - Royal Society

EC4, Crane Court

The Society's own website says "Meeting nights were indicated by a lamp hung over the Fleet Street entrance to the courtyard." Matt Bro...

1 subject commemorated
Mac

Mac

EC3, Bell Inn Yard, St Michaels Cornhill Garden

This bird bath looks like it was erected sometime about 1980 - 2000, but we can find no clue about Mac and who loved him/her. Can anyone...

1 subject commemorated
Louise Cattell bench

Louise Cattell bench

NW1, Chalk Farm Road, 88

We don't normally collect benches but this was so stunning we photo'd it before we even realised it was a memorial. It was so beautifull...

1 subject commemorated
Golden Jubilee sundial

Golden Jubilee sundial

SW1, St Margaret Street, Old Palace Yard

This is an analemmatic sundial. A gnomon that moves according to the date makes the time-telling more accurate. In this case the gnomon...

2 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
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