Contributions of the group PLAQUES

IMG 3872-001-George Orwell

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 12:12:31 +0000

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix) has posted:

Pond Street, on the side of a shop at South End Road, Hampstead

IMG 3738-001-Dick Moy Plaque

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 16:54:54 +0000

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix) has posted:

He was a historian, antiques dealer and owner of the Spread Eagle pub, Nevada Street, Greenwich. www.londonremembers.com/subjects/dick-moy
Here's his obit: www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dick-moy-25987.html

IMG 3735-001-Benjamin Waugh Plaque

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 16:54:52 +0000

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Founder of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Crooms Hill, Greenwich

IMG 3665-001-Claudia Vera Jones Plaque

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 22:44:06 +0000

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix) has posted:

She was responsible for the creation of what became the Notting Hill Carnival. Her grave is in Highgate Cemetery, very near to Karl Marx. More info about this incredible woman here: news.camden.gov.uk/pioneering-human-rights-campaigner-claudia-jones-celebrated-with-blue-heritage-plaque

IMG 3557-001-Martin Luther King Plaque

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 22:05:12 +0000

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix) has posted:

Plaque for the America Civil Rights leader, Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, Shaftsbury Avenue.

PXL 20241007 132402032-001-Fanny Wilkinson Plaque

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 22:05:14 +0000

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix) has posted:

Fanny Wilkinson was a landscape and garden designer. She was the first professional female landscape designer in Britain, and responsible for the design and the layout of more than 75 public gardens across London in the late 19th century. Her plaque is in Shaftsbury Avenue in back of James Smith & Son, the famous umbrella store in New Oxford Street. www.pascal-theatre.com/biographies/fanny-wilkinson

IMG 2903-001-Pankhurst Plaque

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 16:58:47 +0000

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix) has posted:

The home of Emmeline, Christabel and Sylvia Pankhurst was on the site of the current Kimpton Fitzroy Hotel, junction of Russell Square and Bernard Street, Bloomsbury.

IMG 2659-001-T Pasmore & N Anning1762

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 16:05:08 +0000

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On the wall in the back garden of 13 Princelet Street, a Landmark Trust property. I can't find any info about T Pasmore or N Anning.

IMG 2636-001-Stella & Fanny Plaque

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:35:34 +0000

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Ernest Boulton and Frederick Park, Victorian cross-dressers who performed on the stage as Stella and Fanny, lodged at 13 Wakefield Street, Bloomsbury. To learn more about them and see a photo, check this link: blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/fanny-and-stella-piecing-together-lgbtq-histories-and-telling-the-stories

IMG 2694-001-John Betjeman Plaque

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:49:35 +0000

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Highgate West Hill

IMG 2531-001-Henry Mayhew Plaque

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 15:17:04 +0000

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The founder of Punch magazine and author of London Labour and the London Poor lived here in Albany Street

IMG 2244-001-R H Tawney Plaque

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 21:52:23 +0000

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Founding father of the Welfare State. Lissenden Gardens, Gospel Oak

IMG 2247-001-Enid Marx Plaque

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 21:52:33 +0000

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix) has posted:

She designed moquette for TfL and postage stamps commemorating Queen Elizabeth's coronation in 1953. The plaque is one of the most recent (2022) to honor a woman for her achievements. Thornhill Road, Barnsbury www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/enid-marx

IMG 1573-001-Kate Greenaway Plaque

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:27:12 +0000

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix) has posted:

The artist Kate Greenaway lived and died here at 39 Frognal from 1846 to 1901. You can see her studio windows on the top floor of the house.

IMG 1586-001-Cecil Sharp Plaque

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:31:03 +0000

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Maresfield Road, Hampstead

IMG 1584-001-Sigmund & Anna Freud Plaques

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:31:26 +0000

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix) has posted:

Sigmund Frued lived here for only one year, 1938-1939. His daughter Anna resided in the house 1938-1982. The house is now the Freud Museum. Maresfield Road, Hampstead

IMG 1560-001-John Galsworthy

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 14:39:50 +0000

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The playwright and novelist lived here from 1918 to 1933. Grove Lodge adjoins Admiral's House in Admiral's Walk, Hampstead.

IMG 1562-001-Sir George Gilbert Scott

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 14:40:05 +0000

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix) has posted:

The architect of hundreds of English Gothic Revival buildings, including the Albert Memorial and the Midland Hotel at St Pancras Station, lived here at some point (the dates on the plaque are his birth and death). Admiral's House, Admiral's Walk, Hampstead.

IMG 1570-001-George du Maurier

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 14:40:21 +0000

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix) has posted:

The cartoonist and novelist lived here from 1874 to 1895. He was the grandfather of the author Daphne du Maurier. Hampstead Grove, Hampstead

IMG 1485-001-The Watch House

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Tue, 28 May 2024 10:53:29 +0000

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix) has posted:

Info about the Watch House from the Heath & Hampstead Society's website (with their typos corrected by me):

"On June 19 1829 the Metropolitan Police act was given Royal assent. This placed policing arrangements for the Capital under the control of Sir Robert Peel. Sir Robert organized the force on civilian lines rather than paramilitary. It became the third official non paramilitary police force in the world alongside the City of Glasgow Police and the Paris Police. A blue uniform was chosen rather than red (which was considered a military colour) to reflect the neutral status of the force. Until 1864 the officers wore top hats to maintain a civilian appearance. They were armed solely with a wooden truncheon and a rattle to attract assistance if required. Applicants had to be under the age of 35, in good health and be at least five foot seven inches in height.

Metropolitan Police patrols first took to the streets on 29 September 1829. Some members of the community regarded them as a threat to civil liberties. The original force consisted of 2 Commissioners, 8 Superintendents, 20 Inspectors, 88 Sergeants and 895 Constables, patrolling the streets within a seven-mile radius of Charing Cross. Between 1829 and 1830, 17 local divisions, each with a central police station, were established with each division assigned a letter. Hampstead was division S, and from 1830 officers from the police station in the Watch House at 9 Holly Walk patrolled its streets maintaining public order and combatting crime. After this time prisoners were confined in the Watch House rather than the single cell Parish Lock Up, which was built into the garden wall of 14 Cannon Lane."

Here's a photo of the Parish Lock Up: