Erection date: 17/5/2014
Pioneer photo lithographer, William Griggs, 1832 - 1911, lived and worked here.
Peckham Society
SE15, Elm Grove, Elm House
The plaque is around the corner, visible from Highshore Road.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Griggs
Photographer. Born at Woburn, where his father was a gate-keeper to the Duke ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
William Griggs
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