horse block
SW1, Waterloo Place
. . . and what the Duke wants the Duke gets. Though these mounting aids were probably intended for use by all the gentlemen visiting the...
1 subject commemorated
St Bartholomew's Hospital - founding
EC1, West Smithfield, St Bartholomew's Hospital
The two figures on the broken pediment represent lameness and sickness.
3 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Grimaldi's grave
N1, Rodney Street, Joseph Grimaldi Park
Londonist report that when this church was converted for office use Grimaldi's grave (the above ground part at least) was moved to this l...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Penton Estate
N1, Risinghill Street
The plaque hints that the disembodied red Corinthian capital was salvaged from the Penton Estate Office, of which we can find no image. O...
2 subjects commemorated
St Silas cross
N1, Penton Street, St Silas Church
Unusually this memorial was erected before the end of the war. There may be more but the only other one we know of is at St Botolphs.
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Blue lamp
N1, Tolpuddle Street, 2, Police Station
The text comes from a small brass plaque in the blind window below the lamp.
1 subject commemorated
Old Church Garden - Wesley tomb
W1, Marylebone High Street
We don't normally include graves but since this has been moved it is now effectively a memorial.
4 subjects commemorated
Dr John Snow - site of pump
W1, Broadwick Street
When we first published this c.2009, the pump was on the north-east corner of the Broadwick Street / Poland Street junction. 2018: London...
3 subjects commemorated
Ciuffo
W1, Mount Street, St George's Gardens
Our best guess is that the object is a bird bath, which if Ciuffo was a dog, is strange.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Procter family
W1, Tottenham Court Road
We were contacted by the people at London Street Views who are researching the Street Views of 1838 - 47, produced by John Tallis. They h...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
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