Plaque

2012 Commemorations - Blackheath

Erection date: 2012

Inscription

The 30th Olympiad London 2012
The Blackheath Society 1937 - 2012
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee 1952 - 2012.

{On the outer circumference:}
West Kent Field
Old Donkey Pit
Lincoln Field
Church Field.

The names on the outer circumference sound as though they are areas of Blackheath, but we cannot find any confirmation for this.

2024: We are grateful to John Davis for explaining that "The names given on each quadrant of the circle relate to the field (area of Blackheath) directly adjacent:

West Kent field – named after the West Kent Wanderers, a cricket club formed by the landlord of the Hare & Billet pub in 1859, who used to play on that field.

Lincoln Field named after the Lincoln Regiment which stayed there during WW1.

Church Field – All Saints church is on it.

Old Donkey Pit – long gone, probably filled in during the 19th century – although another text (the London Naturalist) suggests it was after 1943, with debris from WW2.

Most of this information is from: "Walking the Heath – an introduction to its history" Neil Rhind & Roger Marshall, The Blackheath Society 2013 (there are maps in the book with the field names).

And John points out that Google Maps has this feature incorrectly labelled as "Millennium Circle", which is proving difficult to fix. 

Site: 2012 commemorations - Blackheath (1 memorial)

SE3, Blackheath

The memorial is arranged as a compass with an arrow pointing north.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
2012 Commemorations - Blackheath

Subjects commemorated i

Olympic Games - 2012

See also 2012 Paralympics. The first event was held on 25 July in Cardiff but...

Read More

Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

Our picture shows Queen Elizabeth II in the River Thames Diamond Jubilee Page...

Read More

The Blackheath Society

Group that works with local councils, residents, other amenity groups, trader...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Churchwardens at the Angel

Churchwardens at the Angel

N1, Liverpool Street, Halifax Bldg. Soc.

See also Churchwardens at King's Cross.

3 subjects commemorated
Druid Street arch WW2 bomb 1

Druid Street arch WW2 bomb 1

SE1, Druid Street

Following comments via Facebook and correspondence with Sue Itzinger we understand that at Nunhead Cemetery there is an unmarked mass gra...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Cutlers' Hall

Cutlers' Hall

EC4, Cloak Lane, College Hill Chambers

Site of Cutlers' Hall, 1416 - 1883, rebuilt after the Great Fire 1666. The Corporation of the City of London

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
John Logie Baird & Television broadcast

John Logie Baird & Television broadcast

WC2, Long Acre, 132

The plaque is on number 132 but Seven Dials and Research Gate say his flat/studio was at number 133, to the left (west) of the site of th...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Alfred Stevens

Alfred Stevens

NW3, Eton Villas, 9

This is a delightful but unusual row of houses - with the gardens at their front.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator