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Royal Arsenal Riverside

Categories: Property

A residential, retail and leisure development of the former Royal Arsenal site in Woolwich.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Royal Arsenal Riverside

Creations i

Arsenal Football Club founded

{Inscription on the plinth:} Royal Arsenal Riverside Royal Borough of Greenwi...

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Duke of Wellington - Woolwich

Originally erected, in 1848, at the Tower of London where the Board of Ordnan...

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Royal Arsenal Riverside Guardrooms

The same plaque appears on each of the guardrooms.

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Verbruggen's House - 2

The plaque refers to the Verbruggens as brothers, when in fact they were fath...

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Other Subjects

Lalla Rookh - house

Lalla Rookh - house

The house in which Moore wrote the poem Lalla Rookh was named for it, possibly by Moore himself.  From British History Online: "Lalla Rookh {was a} two storeyed villa with wide verandah rented in 1...

Building, Property

1 memorial
Austin Friars

Austin Friars

Augustinian friary just north-east of Bank, probably founded 1260ish, covering about 5.5 acres, it included a church, various other buildings for the accommodation of the friars and visitors, veget...

Place, Property, Religion

4 memorials
Portman Estate

Portman Estate

Wikipedia has a very useful map showing "Estate (freehold) ownership of land in Central London as of 2023". The Portman Estate is shown in yellow.

Group, Property

3 memorials
C. P. Roberts

C. P. Roberts

Builder of Islington Library in 1906.  From British History Online: "C. P. Roberts & Co. was founded by Charles Philip Roberts, born in Islington in 1846, who set up as a builder and decorator ...

Person, Property

1 memorial
11, Northampton Square

11, Northampton Square

The picture source website points out: The house at which this caller is visiting is No. 11, and there is a brass plate on the door bearing the words "G. Baxter, Offices No. 12".

Building, Property

1 memorial

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Darcus Howe

Darcus Howe

Broadcaster, writer and civil liberties campaigner. Born as Leighton Rhett Radford Howe in Moruga, Trinidad. He moved to England at the age of 18 and initially studied law before moving to journali...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Race Issues, TV & Radio, Caribbean Islands

2 memorials
William Offwood

William Offwood

From the parish of St Thomas in Bethnal Green and killed in WW1, a rifleman aged 37.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
N. Gayler
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Miss Marple

Miss Marple

Miss Jane Marple, village spinster detective, created by Agatha Christie.  Played by many actors, including: Gracie Fields, Margaret Rutherford, Angela Lansbury and Joan Hickson.

Fiction, Fictional

1 memorial