This plaque was donated by the members of the Burlington Arcade Association to commemorate the sesquicentenary of the Arcade.
1819 - 1969
Unveiled 21st May 1969 by H.R.H. Princess Alexandra.
'Sesquicentenary' is such a great word - it's not even in the Microsoft dictionary. As you can work out it means the 150th anniversary.
W1, Burlington Arcade, 4
Actually on the pillar between nos 3 and 4.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Burlington Arcade
Lord George Cavendish, the future Earl of Burlington, commissioned the archit...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Burlington Arcade
Lord George Cavendish, the future Earl of Burlington, commissioned the archit...
Granddaughter of King George V and daughter of George, Duke of Kent. Born Ale...
Photographed and numbered from north to south. A nearby information board: On your right is the old Roman road to the south coast (now t...
Virginia Clarke, one of her former flatmates, assisted with the unveiling of the plaque.
Fred Perry, 1909 - 1995, tennis champion, lived here, 1919 - 1935. English Heritage
Jewish cryptographer, Leopold (Leo) Samuel Marks, MBE, lived in flat 410 Park West, when Chief of Codes at Special Operations Executive (...
London SE1 has a magnificent photo of the circus folk that accompanied the unveiling, which took place in the year of the 250th anniversa...
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