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
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
3 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
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
William Duke of Cumberland
W1, Cavendish Square
The original was in lead and gilt and was, apparently, London's first outdoor statue of a soldier. The site was originally intended for ...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Mary Queen of Scots House
EC4, Fleet Street, 143-4, Mary Queen of Scots House
A nearby pub sign says "the building next door, Mary Queen of Scots House was built in 1905. The statue of Mary Stuart a romantic idea of...
1 subject commemorated
Dick Whittington and his cat - Highgate
N19, Highgate Hill
British History Online (1878) says that in about 1795 "the original stone, being broken in two pieces, was removed hence to the corner of...
2 subjects commemorated,
5 creators
Printing
EC4, Magpie Alley
Until the 1980s Fleet Street and the area around used to be dominated by the newspaper industry: the journalism and the printing. These ...
1 subject commemorated
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