Event    From 2/6/1953  To 2/6/1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

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Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

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Chauncy Hare Townshend Schools - war damage

This plaque is on the central cotagey-looking building which looks undamaged....

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Coronation building

We really like this unusual plaque - so of its time with its calligraphic dec...

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Coronation decorations

Borough of Hornsey ERII 2 June 1953 Awarded to the residents of Bryanstone...

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Coronation railings

The railings erected to commemorate the coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II w...

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Coronation tree - Embankment Gardens

This tree was planted to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953.

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Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick

Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick

His father, George Duke of Clarence, was executed for treason by being drowned in a vat of Malmsey wine, if we believe Shakespeare.  Edward was a potential claimant to the English throne and so imp...

Person, Execution, Royalty

1 memorial
King George II

King George II

Born Hanover, Germany, died Kensington, Palace, London. Reigned: 1727 - 1760. Notable as the last British sovereign to fight alongside his soldiers (in Germany, against the French). Also the king w...

Person, Royalty, Seriously Famous, Germany

9 memorials
H.S.H. Prince Francis of Teck, GCVO,  DSO
1 memorial
Louis-Napoleon, Prince Imperial

Louis-Napoleon, Prince Imperial

Son of Napoleon III. Born Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte in the Palace of the Tuileries, Paris. He fought in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 - 71 with his father, and was then sent to ...

Person, Royalty, France, South Africa

1 memorial
King Charles II

King Charles II

Reigned: 1660 - 1685. Born at St James's Palace. The son of the beheaded Charles I, he was the king "restored" to the throne after the civil war. Married Catherine of Braganza in 1662 but she prod...

Person, Race Issues, Royalty, Seriously Famous

19 memorials

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Company Serjeant Major Charles Samuel Taylor, MM

Company Serjeant Major Charles Samuel Taylor, MM

Charles Samuel Taylor was born in 1890, one of the seven children of William George Taylor (1861-1927) and Harriett Elisa Taylor née Dorey (1866-1912). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter o...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Alderman Charles William Hovell

Alderman Charles William Hovell

Member of Housing Committee, Diss Street 1922 and Housing Committee Parmiter Street, 1926. Member of the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926. Mayor of Bethnal Green 1924-27 (three terms).

Person, Politics & Administration

4 memorials
William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke

William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke

Nobleman, politician, and courtier. Herbert's first wife, Anne Parr, was a sister of Queen consort Catherine Parr, sixth wife to Henry VIII. Guardian of the young Edward VI, by whom he was created...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Property

1 memorial
German Lutheran church in London

German Lutheran church in London

The history of the German Lutheran Church in London began in earnest  with many craftsmen from Hamburg coming here after the Great Fire of 1666 to help in the rebuilding. They were granted the site...

Group, Religion

2 memorials