Building    To 13/10/1940

Prince of Wales pub, Stockwell

The Prince of Wales public house was at 294 Clapham Road on the corner of Paradise Road from at least 1856. On Sunday 13th October 1940 a WW2 bomb destroyed the front section of the pub killing 32 people inside.Pubwiki says "The Saloon {the back section including a billiard hall} was reopened as a lock up on 10th April 1941. Then closed because of enemy action on 29th June 1944."

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Prince of Wales pub, Stockwell

Commemorated ati

Prince of Wales WW2 bomb

We think this plaque was installed c.2012, to replace the lost one. We are pu...

Read More

Prince of Wales WW2 bomb - lost

Our image comes from Paradise Memorial Garden. SarfLondonDunc informs that t...

Read More

Other Subjects

First Synagogue in Hackney

First Synagogue in Hackney

British History Online gives the following information: 'Benjamin Mendes da Costa and Jacob de Moses Franco were among the first members of the Jewish Board of Deputies in 1760, when every member o...

Building, Property, Religion

1 memorial
Pimlico Wesleyan chapel / Holy Apostles, Claverton Street

Pimlico Wesleyan chapel / Holy Apostles, Claverton Street

Built in 1852 as a Methodist Wesleyan chapel with seats for 1,000. In 1917 the building was acquired and adapted for Catholic use as the Holy Apostles church, a chapel of ease, served by clergy fro...

Building, Religion

1 memorial
Lloyds Coffee House

Lloyds Coffee House

Edward Lloyd first opened his coffee house on Tower Street in 1687 but had to move to larger premises in Lombard Street in 1691. It was a meeting place for businessmen where information was exchan...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Cumberlow

Cumberlow

The house, Cumberlow, was at what is now the north end of Chalfont Road. It is shown on this 1895 map and the grounds seem to extend onto the neighbouring sheet, which covers the site of the Stanle...

Building, Property

1 memorial
Finsbury Park Empire Theatre

Finsbury Park Empire Theatre

Designed by Frank Matcham. One of London’s most popular variety theatres. Here, in January 1921, the magician P. T. Selbit performed the illusion of "sawing a lady in half" - its first public perfo...

Building, Theatre

1 memorial