Erection date: 28/4/2017
This plaque was unveiled in memory of Lawrence Sheriff, founder of Rugby School in 1567 and thus of Lawrence Sheriff School, whose bequest of "eight acres of pasture", now known as The Rugby Estate, continues to reflect the spirit of his charitable endowment.
Unveiled by A. N. Wilson, an historian educated at Rugby, as part of the 450th anniversary celebrations.
WC1, Rugby Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Rugby Estate
Probably born in or near Rugby, 1515-16. In 1534 he went to London as an appr...
An area of land in Holborn owned by Rugby School. Lawrence Sheriff acquired t...
To commemorate the Centenary of the founding of Highgate Primary School, 1877 - 1977.
The Somerford Estate has 12 blocks and we believe the award was for the whole estate, not just this block. The architect and landscape d...
Nina Bawden, CBE, 1925 - 2012, writer and campaigner for railway safety, lived here, 1976 - 2012. London Borough of Islington Islington P...
This plaque forms part of the access door to the fountain's workings.
We thank our colleague, Alan Patient, for the photos of the plaque. April 2020: Immediately after publishing this we were contacted by o...
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