Chelsea china was manufactured in a house at the north end of Lawrence Street, 1745-1784. Tobias Smollett, novelist, also lived in part of the house, 1750 to 1762.
London County Council
SW3, Lawrence Street, 16
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Tobias Smollett & Chelsea China
Manufactured in a house at the north end of Lawrence Street SW3, 1745-1784. T...
Born Dalquhurn (now part of Renton) Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Poet and author...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Tobias Smollett & Chelsea China
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
Charles Walter Stansby Williams, 1886 - 1945, writer, was born here.
Not the style, but the high quality of this plaque reminds us of the one in Bessborough Gardens, unveiled by the Prince of Wales the year...
London county Council John Harrison, 1693 - 1776, inventor of the marine chronometer, lived and died in a house on this site.
The 7 plaques are on different faces of the frontage of the building. We've numbered them left to right. Plaque 3 can be seen in our phot...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them