Erected for 400 children. James Telfer Esq. Treasurer
EC1, Old Street
The facade of this building tells the history of the school. Each of the 4 gable ends carries a plaque with a dated event, reading from left to right: 1887, 1698, 1972, 1870. Lower down are two, more decorative plaques, commemorating two treasurers, left to right: Pedder and Telfer.
The school is now in premises in nearby Radnor Street.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Luke's - Telfer
St Luke's Old Street Conservation Plan (a pdf) refers to "History of St Luke'...
Treasurer of St Luke's School in 1870 and had a new wing named after him in ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Luke's - Telfer
These 3 plaques are in the place previously occupied by the John Betjeman and Marylebone Station plaques, which have been moved to a loca...
Attlee lived here while he was MP for Walthamstow West.
The photograph of the plaque is taken from Derek Sumeray's book 'Discovering London Plaques'. We are so grateful that Sumeray captured th...
The park was built on former railway sidings and opened on 27 April 1983, to coincide with the 38th anniversary of the dropping of the at...
The Old Justice Sir Paul McCartney, MBE, musician & songwriter, used the interiors and exteriors of this public house as locations in...
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