This stone was laid by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on behalf of H.M. the Queen on 28th May 1897.
N1, City Road
These two inscriptions are either side of the entrance steps. The patient entrance is now around the corner and this grand entrance seems little used. Ornamental Passions have featured a, frankly, more interesting architectural feature, on the 1933 extension, just to the north.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Moorfields Eye Hospital - foundation stone
Reigned: 1901 - 1910. Born and died at Buckingham Palace. Victoria's eldest s...
Reigned: 1837-1901, 64 years. Born Kensington Palace. Daughter of Edward, Duk...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Moorfields Eye Hospital - foundation stone
The Duke and Duchess of York went on to become King George V and Queen Mary.
William Johnson Cory, Ionicus, 1823 - 1892, teacher, scholar and poet. Lived and died in this house. An assistant master at Eton College ...
English Heritage Sir Henry Wellcome, 1853 - 1936, pharmacist, founder of the Wellcome Trust and Foundation lived here.
These plaques are on the southern wall of the internal courtyard and we've heard that Jim, at least, was buried in this courtyard when it...
Prior to about 1840 this site was occupied by Wellington Cricket Ground. The almshouses were built as part of a complex of buildings inc...
Greater London Council Richard Bright, 1789 - 1858, physician, lived here.
This was the world's first underground passenger railway which opened from Paddington to Farringdon via Baker Street Station on 10th January 1863. IanVisits has reproduced an Illustrated London Ne...
Berlin has a mayor and an executive making up the Senat, similar to the Greater London Authority.
'Wardmote' just means a meeting where decisions are made.
This organisation has been a bit of a political football, often having its name changed, as follows: 1902 - 1933 Underground Electric Railways Company of London 1933 - 1948 London Passenger Transpo...
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