Plaque

Madame Tussaud's home

Inscription

English Heritage
Madame Marie Tussaud, 1761 - 1850, artist in wax, lived here, 1838 - 1839.

NW8, Wellington Road, 24

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Madame Tussaud's home

Born in Strasbourg as Marie Grosholtz. Her mother worked for Dr Curtius, a wa...

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Madame Tussaud's home

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...

The church and Sunday School which used to be on this site were replaced with commercial premises in the 1930s. We can't find a photo of ...

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It would be nice if the two Lord Mayor Lawrences were related but we can't confirm. The wall and gates erected in 1665-6 are not those we...

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The building behind is the former Air Ministry. We thank Jamie Davis for finding this link to the British Pathe news film of the unveili...

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The pdf from St James's Conservation Trust says:"This plaque was removed from 28 Bury Street, prior to its demolition in 1962, to make wa...

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Leyton Library Grade II listed building, designed by John Knight in an Italianate style and opened in 1882 as Leyton Town Hall . Outgrown...

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In our picture the blue plaque is above the orange barriers and the Coopers' Hall memorial is on the low wall to the left, in front of a ...

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