Corporation of London
The Great Synagogue, Dukes Place, constituent of the United Synagogue stood on the site adjoining from 1690 and served the community continuously until it was destroyed in September 1941 in World War II.
EC3, Dukes Place
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Great Synagogue, Dukes Place
This was not actually the first synagogue built after the Jews returned to En...
In 1290 Edward I expelled Jews from England and for centuries, apart from tho...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Great Synagogue, Dukes Place
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...
We thank our colleague for spotting and snapping this on a recent visit to the ENO. It's located on the landing by the dress circle bar.
We've not seen the plaque but the V&A's description confirms that it looks just like this Charles Dickens' one.
The lady ticket inspector in our photo very kindly let us through the barrier to take our photos.
Standing in Piccadilly one sees 4 memorials on the wall: from left to right: Sotheran Fountain, Garden, Lyttelton Fountain, Railings. The...
Alexander Pope, 1688 - 1744, poet, lived in this row, Mawson's Buildings, 1716 - 1719. English Heritage
More information about the creation of the building at The Story of Essex Hall. The foundation stone is below the Essex Street & Ess...
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest. Labour MP for Mile End 1923-31. Born in Australia as John Rennie but was adopted by his uncle, Captain John Scurr, and brought to London...
Eleanor Gwyn, Gwynn, Gwynne, whatever. Born Hereford. Rumoured to have lived at Lauderdale House as the mistress of Charles II, where she dangled her first-born from a window to scare the King int...
This clock is in the public atrium to the new building and is the nearest we get to a memorial for the Mappin and Webb building, on its o...
Born in Winford, Somerset. "The Dockers' K.C.". Self-taught. National Organiser of the Dockers' Union, 1910 - 1921. General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union (which he created...
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