Erection date: 1951
London County Council
Charles Booth, 1840-1916, pioneer in social research lived here.
SW7, Grenville Place, 6
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles Booth - SW7
Philanthropist and shipowner. Born 27 Bedford North Street, Liverpool. On his...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Charles Booth - SW7
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 1836 - 1919, was born in a house formerly on this site. The first woman to be registered as a medical practi...
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David Hopkins, our Latin consultant, has again applied his skills and provided the translation. He also writes: "I know nothing about he...
Orwell lodged here for a short time, during which he had a punch-up with another lodger who came home drunk. It is possible that Orwell ...
The University has a grainy film of the ceremony when this stone was unveiled. It was a very grand occasion, attended by 3,000 people in...
Andrew Behan has researched this woman: Woman Police Constable Philippa Jane Arbuthnot was born on 8 October 1961, the youngest of the four children of Lieutenant Commander John Keith Arbuthnot O.B...
Merchant based in Southwark. First treasurer of Southwark Cathedral. He had homes at Clare Lawn, Mortlake, and at Purland Chase in Ross, Herefordshire. This image shows Wigan's memorial in that ca...
Plaque unveiled by Professor David Wormersley who has written many books on Gibbon.
Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Sir Alfred Hamer Warren, O.B.E. was born on 6 February 1856 in Poplar, London and educated at the local Wesleyan School. In 1896 he ma...
From the Picture source website: "The Turk’s Head was bought from the Council and renovated by our charity in 1992. Now it provides a café and affordable workspace and the rental income pays our ch...
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