Erection date: 4/3/2020
Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, 1879 - 1967, botanist and a leader of the first women's army corps, lived in flat 93, 1915 - 1964.
English Heritage
WC1, Bedford Avenue, Flat 93, Bedford Court Mansions
After her husband’s sudden death in 1915, Gwynne-Vaughan moved to this flat, in close proximity to Birkbeck College where she gained her professorship in 1921.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Helen Gwynne-Vaughan
Prominent botanist and mycologist (fungi). Leader of the first women's army c...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Helen Gwynne-Vaughan
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
The WW2 plaque is very high up on the wall behind the arches and can only be read from a zoomed-in photo. The naming is confusing. This ...
The foundation plaque is to the left of the entrance, the war memorial plaque, to the right. The large entrance porch from its design is ...
On this and nearby sites stood Curriers' Hall between 1583 and 1940. Corporation of the City of London
LCC Lord Palmerston (1784 - 1865) Prime Minister, born here.
From English Heritage: "Baylis moved into 27 Stockwell Park Road with her aunt, Emma Cons, in 1914, and remained there until her death in...
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