Simon Wolff
N6, Archway Road
This object is known as an armillary sphere, or astrolab - a skeletal celestial sphere showing the rotation of the heavenly bodies, aroun...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Cockburn
WC1, Brunswick Square, The Brunswick Centre
This is an extremely unusual memorial - a handwritten notice and a photograph placed in a window for passers-by to see. And, important ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
New River Head
EC1, Hardwick Street, 173
At New River Head the water in the New River flowed into a Round Pond.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
1 subject commemorated
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
Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Walk
SW1, St James's Park
The top picture is a scan from a leaflet about this walk, available from: http://www.royalparks.gov.uk/ It shows that the walk actually ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Doorcase
WC1, Great James Street, 23-24
This small brass plaque is attached to the panelling beside the door, near the bell-push.
2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Montagu Sharpe
WC1, Gray's Inn Square
This memorial is a sundial in the shape of a armillary sphere - see Wolff for another example. The sphere is supported by 4 silhouetted g...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Lloyds TSB War Memorial
EC2, Aldermanbury
This is a small, simple monument, placed at pavement level, not raised on a plinth. Despite this, it has a dignity and gravitas that many...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
3 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
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