Friends meeting house. This building was the Peckham meeting house of the Society of Friends 1835 - 1962, attended by eminent quakers including Elizabeth Cadbury, social reformer and Arthur Eddington, astronomer.
Historic Southwark
SE15, Highshore Road, 2 - 4, Royal Mail Delivery Office
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Friends Meeting Place - Peckham
English Buildings has a good short intro to Quakers in England and an assessm...
Philanthropist. Born Elizabeth Mary Taylor at 3 Elm Place, Peckham Rye. She a...
Astronomer. mathematician and physicist. Born Arthur Stanley Eddington in Ken...
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Friends Meeting Place - Peckham
The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropo...
The 50th plaque is on the corner of the building. The centenary plaque is in the porch, where there is also a splendid highly polished e...
Site of St. Margaret's Church (13th century) and the Borough Compter. Historic Southwark
This is a very odd corner of London. It has been taken over by Albins who have a "Memorial Garden" open to the public, office hours and w...
There is another pavement plaque for him in SE16 which was unveiled on the same day.
At the unveiling musketeers from the Rainsborough Regiment of the Sealed Knot fired a volley to mark the occasion.
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