Mary Quant
SW3, Kings Road, 138a
The plaque was unveiled by Quant's son Orlando Plunkett Greene. Jan Elson has pointed out that there's something very funny about the "K...
2 subjects commemorated
Packington Bridge
N1, Shepherdess Walk, Packington Bridge
Viewed from the tow path this bridge is modern in design but the plaque was almost certainly erected to mark its opening in the 19th cent...
Rosalind Paget and Zepherina Veitch
WC2, Endell Street, 24
The plaque gives 1739 as the foundation date but sources give 1749.
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Bridge of Aspiration
WC2, Floral Street
The main plaque is being viewed by the couple to the left of the doorway to the Royal Ballet School. The two small black plaques undernea...
3 subjects commemorated,
18 creators
Oliver Goldsmith - grave
EC4, Middle Temple, Falcon Court
Goldsmith died at his home in Middle Temple and was buried in the grounds of the Temple Church. This plaque was installed following a 20...
1 subject commemorated
Lenin Estate / Parmiter Street Housing
E2, Cambridge Heath Road, Cambridge Court
Originally the 'Parmiter Street Re-housing Scheme', this development was named The Lenin Estate at a meeting, July 1927, by the then very...
23 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Choice FM
SW9, Trinity Gardens, 16-18
The Independent reported the unveiling. We thank our colleague Alan Patient for these photos.
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
The Bun House
E3, Devons Road, 75, The Widow's Son
The pub was established in 1848 and initially we assumed the widow was the innkeeper's wife. Then we found a 2013 article in the Romford...
Highams Park signal box
E4, Hale End Road, 511
The signal box is now, 2022, home to La Boîte, a crêperie. The story of this signal box is well told at Highams Park Forum, where we lea...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Roger Blake
E8, Hackney Downs station
This plaque is on platform 1, at the start of the walkway to Hackney Central station.
1 subject commemorated
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