Erection date: 1988
Site of Vicar's Oak.
Boundaries Gate
Crystal Palace Park 1988
SE19, Crystal Palace Parade, Entrance to Crystal Palace Park
There are identical plaques on both columns at the entrance to the park.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Vicar's Oak
The tree is mentioned as early as 1583. According to Alan Warwick in his book...
In July 2018 the 5 VC plaques are laid into the esplanade in front of the war memorial, reading left to right: Parslow, Booth, Train, Say...
Despite its appearance this memorial does not commemorate those who died in war. It's a list of people who have worked in the St John Am...
George Gissing, 1857-1903, novelist, lived here, 1882-1884. Greater London Council
From an Islington Borough website: The bomb completely destroyed the once rather splendid Highbury and Islington Station {but see below}...
According to Wikipedia the State of Victoria was founded in 1851 so this plaque was erected 16 years too early to commemorate that event....
August 2023, from Londonist: "The India Club — with its beloved restaurant that's been dishing up south Indian cuisine to Londoners for 70 years — is closing next month. ... The India Club was form...
Businessman and management consultant. He has held posts at many companies, and has been chairman of the Royal Ballet School and the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. This photo comes from the Kew A...
Person, Commerce, Dance, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Poet and journalist. Alice Thompson was born in Barnes. Her paternal grandmother was an unmarried Creole. Educated with her sister entirely by their father as they lived a peripatetic life mainl...
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