Noted as the earliest public athletic ground in London. It includes ten tennis courts, an athletics track, two artificial grass pitches, and two bowling greens.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Paddington Recreation Ground
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Sir Bradley Wiggins - Paddington Rec
Sir Bradley Wiggins C.B.E. enjoyed the facilities at Paddington Recreation Gr...
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Tonbridge Club
From Tony Jauncey: "Tonbridge club in Judd Street was founded after WW2 by a local vicar for the boys of King's Cross and surrounding area, to get them off the street and channel their energy into ...
1 memorial
Grand Lodge of England
By 1717 the Masonic lodges were already clubs having no connection to stone-masonry. Four London lodges met at the Goose and Gridiron pub in St Paul's Churchyard and formed the first Grand Lodge, i...
Group, Community / Clubs, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration
2 memorials
3 memorials
UCATT
Trade union representing all building trades.
Group, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Property
1 memorial
European Regional Development Fund
A fund allocated to the European Union. It focuses on reducing economic disparities within and between member states by supporting economic regeneration and safeguarding jobs.
1 memorial
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Veronica Maudlyn Ryan, OBE.
Veronica Maudlyn Ryan was born on 22 August 1956 in Plymouth, Montserrat, according to the Prabook website. She moved to London with her parents Cyril & Eleanor Ryan when she was an infant and ...
1 memorial
St George the Martyr School
This school started on two floors of the Church’s Vestry House in Cosmo Place. It was then housed in two nearby purpose-built properties, both now listed, and both now thought to be private residen...
2 memorials
London and Greenwich Railway
The first steam railway to have a terminus in London. Originally it ran, largely on viaducts, between Deptford and Spa Road Bermondsey. By 1838 it had been extended at both ends: from Deptford to G...
6 memorials
Private James Robert Ashby
James Robert Ashby was born in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, the second of the eight children of William Thomas Ashby (1840-1887) and Eliza Ashby née Gibbard (1850-1930). His birth was registered i...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Isambard Kingdom Brunel - Thames Tunnel flooding
SE18, Rotherhithe Street
We have visited this area many times, but only recently noticed this well-hidden little plaque.
4 subjects commemorated
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