{On the lower edge of the bust:}
S. Thomas
[On a modern plaque lower on the wall:}
Thomas Becket, Chancellor, Archbishop and Martyr, son of Gilbert Becket, Mercer was born here c.1120.
EC2, Cheapside, 87-90
Note the appropriately named current occupants of the premises, Church's Shoes.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Thomas Becket
Chancellor, Archbishop and Martyr. Born Cheapside of French parents. son of G...
Ornamental Passions says of this building: "originally built for the Cunard Line in the late 19th century (all the buildings in the stree...
The terracotta plaque and Nabresina stone tablet, were commissioned by the residents' association to commemorate the bicentenary of the a...
We think that hiding below hundreds of layers of whitewash is a fine relief bust of Shakespeare. This is at the top of the pargeting (dec...
The foundation stone is immediately to the right of the central entrance. Above the entrance: "Westminster Public Library, The united pa...
In a niche over the original central entrance (now mainly disused in favour of the north entrance).
Only child of Lord Horatio Nelson, was baptised at St Marylebone church in 1803.
The south bank of the Thames used to be in Surrey, now in Southwark. The first dock created here in 1696 was initially named Howland Great Wet Dock and then Greenland Dock due to the whaling ships ...
Born Bishop's Stortford. Studied at Lambeth School of Art where she was a student of John Sparkes. Began work at Doulton's in 1871, the first female employee, she specialised in painting animals. H...
Officially, The Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. They originated in the garden of Kew Park formed by Lord Capel John of Tewkesbury. They were extended by Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales and further...
Calligrapher and lettering designer. Born in San José, Uruguay, the son of an army officer. When the family returned to Britain, he studied medicine in Edinburgh for a while, but became fascinated ...
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