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Anne Frank tree - Kingston

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War memorial: Gamages and Benetfink

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The Gamages/Benetfink plaque was brought to our attention by this post at A London Inheritance. In our photo you can see a path leading from the t...

Plaque to Milton erected by Bentham

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This lost plaque was brought to our attention by On London. There we read that the house was lived in by Milton (from 1651) and that it was later o...

John Walter and Milton & Shakespeare busts

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The plaque can just be seen in our photo, to the right of the door. From Times Property: The area was fashionable in 1750, when Walter built his h...

Barnett Lewis

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This building now occupies the site of Lewis's wartime family home.

Prisoners of War - St. Martin in the Fields

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This unusual memorial in the north-east corner of the body of the church was brought to our attention in 2023 by Maeve Bowen.

Old Bailey - WW2

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The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales is normally called the Old Bailey after the street it's on, which itself stands on the route of tha...

Devon Mansions bombing

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This five building complex was prone to being hit by German bombers during The Blitz, because of its proximity to the docks. The severity of the ra...

Streatham Bus Garage - WW1 plaque

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The photo of the building is from  Lambeth Archives and shows the memorial in place in 1981. The garage was demolished in 1986. This 1895 map show...

V2 rocket - Charterhouse Street

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This memorial is laid into the paving.  In our photo the person with the baby buggy is standing in front of it. A 1945 bomb killed 110 people, ser...