Erection date: 19/3/2010
John Alfred Prestwich, 1874 - 1952, inventor and designer of engines, founded J.A.P. Engineering Company here in 1898.
Historic Buildings of the London Borough of Haringey
N17, Lansdowne Road, 1a
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Alfred Prestwich
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John Alfred Prestwich
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