Waterloo Station - 175 years
SE1, Waterloo Station
By 'mezzanine' we mean the half-floor around the main concourse, though Network Rail called it a 'balcony' in their press release announc...
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Battle of Waterloo
SE1, Waterloo Station
The Fitzwilliam Museum has a page showing an original medal and: "The victory of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815 led to the first British Ar...
3 subjects commemorated,
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Captain Frederick Marryat - Enfield
EN1, Baker Street, 470
Capt Frederick Marryat, 1792 - 1848, novelist, was educated at 'Holmwood' on this site. London Borough of Enfield
2 subjects commemorated,
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John Thelwall
WC1, Bedford Place, 40
John Thelwall, 1764 - 1834, political orator, writer and elocutionist, lived and worked here 1806 - 1813. English Heritage
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Henry Hicks
N7, Roman Way
The small building with the mural is UK Power Network's Wheelwright Street sub-station, with Pentonville Prison behind.
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Jim Henson - NW3
NW3, Downshire Hill, 50
Henson purchased this house in 1979 after ITV commissioned the Muppet series, filmed at Elstree Studios. From the Camden New Journal: "T...
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Wembley Lion
HA9, Wembley Hill Road
{Plaque on the front of the plinth, beneath a drawing of a lion:} The lion was the emblem for the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 - 192...
5 subjects commemorated,
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The Regal, Edmonton
N18, Sterling Way, 6 - 16
{On the mosaic mural:} The Regal, Edmonton souvenir, 8th March 1934. {On the brown plaque:} The Regal, Edmonton 1934 - 1986 Opened on 8t...
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Mary Harris Smith
EC4, Bucklersbury, City of London Magistrates' Court
The plaque was scheduled for unveiling on 5 May 2020, exactly 100 years since Harris had become a member of ICAEW, but the Covid pandemic...
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Three Kings at Eltham Palace
SE18, Wellington Street, Greenwich Town Hall
We wondered what brought about this gathering of kings (four if you include the host, King Edward III), but could not track down any refe...
5 subjects commemorated,
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