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
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Royal Arsenal Riverside
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Arsenal Football Club founded
{Inscription on the plinth:} Royal Arsenal Riverside Royal Borough of Greenwi...
Duke of Wellington - Woolwich
Originally erected, in 1848, at the Tower of London where the Board of Ordnan...
Verbruggen's House - 2
The plaque refers to the Verbruggens as brothers, when in fact they were fath...
Other Subjects
Herbert Huntly-Gordon
Architect and speculative builder. Worked closely with the manufacturers Doulton and Company to produce a rough-faced terracotta for this type of neo-renaissance architectural decoration. Ornamen...
1 memorial
Spurstowe Almshouses
Discover National Archives gives: "Shortly before his death in 1666, the Reverend Dr William Spurstowe, Vicar of Hackney, built six almshouses near Church Street, Hackney, for six ancient widows fr...
2 memorials
52 Tavistock Square
Lived in by Leonard and Virginia Woolf 1924-39. Our picture source also has some photos of the interior, and explains that, even though they have moved out, the destruction of this house affected V...
2 memorials
2 memorials
Duke of Westminster, 2nd, Hugh Grosvenor
Extremely wealthy man, grandson of the first duke. Nick-named Bendor, a "jovial" reference to a lost symbol on their coat of arms (go read Wikipedia if this sort if thing interests you). Had a 1...
1 memorial
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