Erection date: 2002
Thornton's Corner
Beckenham Journal, 1881 - 1965
First British Airmail Post Office, 9th August 1902.
Bromley & Beckenham Philatelic Society 2002
BR3, Beckenham High Street, 102 - 104
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Thornton's Corner
At this time post offices were 10-a-penny (cheaper than the stamps they sold,...
Newspaper. Started as a 24 page monthly publication costing 1d (about 0.5p). ...
A retail business established by Tom William Thornton and run by his family f...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Thornton's Corner
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859 - 1930, creator of Sherlock Holmes lived here, 1891 - 1894. Greater London Council
The plaque is located between the second and third windows on the first floor of this 1890s building. The Bromley Civic Society have ess...
LCC In a house on this site lived from 1854 - 1875, Sir Charles Lyell, geologist and from 1876 - 1882, W.E. Gladstone, statesman.
The 50th plaque is on the corner of the building. The centenary plaque is in the porch, where there is also a splendid highly polished e...
This 1913 map shows that Oswald Street used to extend down to Rushmore Street. That southern section, where, according to the plaque, New...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them