This business was founded in 1861 by William Morris, artist and poet, for the manufacture of his designs in wallpapers, chintzes, woven fabrics, carpets, decoration, stained glass, and for the advancement of his great reform in all the decorative arts.
W1, St George Street, 17
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Morris - W1
Designer, author and visionary socialist. Born Elm House, Walthamstow, Essex...
Plaque unveiled by Barbara Windsor, Eric Sykes and Liz Fraser.
The (unhelpfully brick-coloured) plaque is to the bottom left of the small upstairs window. Perhaps that was his bedroom.
A circle around a dot is the boy scouts' tracking symbol meaning 'gone home'.
The feast of St Alphege is 19 April, which in 1880 was a Monday. He was Archbishop of Canterbury 1006-12. Captured by Vikings and kille...
We thank our colleague Alan Patient for providing the photographs of the plaques.
We took our photos on the Saturday of the 2014 Whitecross Street Festival.
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