This wall was erected and the piles fixed Anno Domini 1817.
William Smith - Warden.
SE10, High Bridge Wharf, Trinity Hospital
Reading left to right these plaques are: Tide - 1874, Wall - 1817, Tide - 1928. We think the organisation for which the Wardens worked is probably Trinity House. The BBC has a good page about London floodings.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Wall - 1817
The Thames flood wall was erected probably in response to the "The Great Tham...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Wall - 1817
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Wall - 1817
Referring to the plaques on this second landing, as viewed by the people in our photo who are reading them the right way up: - at the lef...
Not the style but the high quality of this plaque reminds us of the one on Lorne House, unveiled by the Princess of Wales the following y...
The building in the background is 8 Canada Square, HSBC's London head office, and the building on which the 3 construction workers lost t...
The plaque was unveiled by John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets and Mark Healey founder of Hate Crime Awareness Week.
This is one of a set of 7 pavement plaques - see Kilburn Bridge for the list.
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