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,
1 creator
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,
1 creator
Thomas More - Woolwich Town Hall
SE18, Wellington Street, Greenwich Town Hall
We can find no confirmation that More lived at Eltham, though he probably visited his daughter, Margaret Roper, at her home there. From e...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Phineas Pett - Woolwich Town Hall
SE18, Wellington Street, Greenwich Town Hall
In 1906 this building replaced the previous, also purpose-built, 1842 Woolwich town hall which still survives, nearby, on the corner of C...
2 subjects commemorated,
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Margaret Roper - Woolwich Town Hall
SE18, Wellington Street, Greenwich Town Hall
In 1906 this building replaced the previous, also purpose-built, 1842 Woolwich town hall which still survives, nearby, on the corner of C...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Samuel Pepys - Woolwich Town Hall
SE18, Wellington Street, Greenwich Town Hall
The Diary of Samuel Pepys confirms that Pepys moved his wife out to Woolwich away from the plague, but he does not himself appear ever to...
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Covid memorial
SE1, Albert Embankment
This work consists of approximately 240,000 red and pink hearts, one for each of the UK Covid deaths. Volunteers created this mural and,...
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2 creators
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