Mentioned in Despatches
Jewish secret agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE)
lived at 9 Brownlow Court.
Captured and murdered in Mauthausen Concentration Camp, 1944.
Be strong and of good courage (Joshua 1:9) . . . — — Map (db m211224) HM WM
Marie Schmolka was the only Czechoslovak representative at the Evian conference of July 1938, which focused on the Jewish refugee crisis. After the Munich agreement of September 1938, together with Doreen Warriner, she organised the . . . — — Map (db m188406) HM
Chrystman was an evangelical Christian, a Polish Volksdeutsche, who managed the Kara-Hortensia Glass factory in Piotrkow-Trybunalski. He worked closely with Solomon Gomberg, a Jew from Lodz, to supervise the factory’s Jewish personnel. A large . . . — — Map (db m188414) HM
Holocaust Rescuer who saved tens of thousands of Jews
Wilfrid Berthold Jacob Israel was born into a liberal Jewish family of extreme wealth. His mother, Amy, the granddaughter of the Chief Rabbi of the U.K., Herman Adler, insisted he . . . — — Map (db m228001) HM
Awarded the George Cross for courage in defusing a landmine in Garston, Liverpool. He was a Club Leader at the Oxford and St. George's Youth Club in Enriques Street, Whitechapel, which subsequently re-located to this site.
Be strong and of . . . — — Map (db m231042) HM
Baudry Greene was founded in 1785 by sisters-in-law Baudry and Annabelina Greene. They were notorious socialites of the age, famed for throwing lavish
parties with their husbands, Wilhelm D Palmerston and Yann Comme-Belle, great entrepreneurs . . . — — Map (db m295364) HM
Royal Navy Gunner, Street Musician and "King of the Buskers"
Lived with his family in the St Giles Rookery which was on this site — — Map (db m220741) HM
In memory of the tens of thousands of British civilian and military personnel who suffered incarceration, many dying, in the Far East during the Second World War 1939 - 45, including those forced to labour on the Burma Railway. They ask for nothing . . . — — Map (db m120043) WM
The son of Jewish immigrants, Simmon lived here from the 1920s till 1940. He was posthumously awarded this highest medal for bravery when attempting to save the lives of three men in a burning barracks in Mogadishu, December 1944. . . . — — Map (db m188335) HM
Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh,
unveiled this plaque to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the opening of
the Channel Tunnel and the launch of international high speed rail services
between the . . . — — Map (db m295630) HM
Honouring the
bravery and sacrifice of
Colin Townsley
of Soho Fire Station who
gave his life in the line of duty
at the Kings Cross
underground fire
18th November 1987 — — Map (db m295064) HM
In Memory of
David Cassidy
12th April 1950 - 21st November 2017
Donated by his fans to honour his love of the U.K. and to commemorate his performances in Blood Brothers at the Phoenix Theatre, London.
December . . . — — Map (db m294321) HM
Seven Dials is one of the many creations of Thomas Neale MP
(1641-1699) - ‘The Great Projector’. Neale was one of the
most influential figures of late Stuart England: an MP for 30
years serving on 62 parliamentary committees; Master of . . . — — Map (db m295599) HM
Site of Endell Street Military Hospital 1915-1919
Established in former workhouse buildings during the First World War under the command of Dr Flora Murray & Dr Louisa Garrett Anderson, this 573-bed hospital is the only British . . . — — Map (db m294218) HM
[Inscription on obelisk:]
In Memory of our Glorious Dead
[South side inscription:]
In grateful memory of 3719 men of the
London and Northwestern Railway Company
who for the country justice and freedom
served . . . — — Map (db m112270) WM
FRANCES TROLLOPE (1780-1863)
author, lived at 16 Keppel Street
near this site. Her sons, the authors
THOMAS ADOLPHUS TROLLOPE
(1810-1892) and
ANTHONY TROLLOPE
(1815-1882)
were born there — — Map (db m120106) HM
George
Padmore
1903-1959
aka Malcolm Ivan Meredith Nurse
International Activist
and Renowned
Pan Africanist
Lived here
1941-1957 — — Map (db m117153) HM
Mabel's Tavern apparently takes its name from a local woman, Mabel Macinelly
who was born in Dublin, Ireland. She married into the family who owned
Hamilton House in Mabledon Place and became Mabel Hamilton. Not much information is known about . . . — — Map (db m296427) HM
Born 28th. Sepr. 1740; Died 23rd.Sepr. 1824.
The Firm, Consistent, & Persevering Advocate
of
"UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE,
Equal Representation, Vote by Ballot,
AND ANNUAL PARLIAMENTS.
He was the . . . — — Map (db m115492) HM
King’s Cross Station
Lewis Cubitt
(1799-1883)
Architect
The station was opened in 1852 as the London terminus of the Great Northern Railway and was restored between 2008 and 2013 by Network Rail with support from the Railway . . . — — Map (db m294552) HM
Lou Reed
and
Iggy Pop and the Stooges
played their first UK shows here
14-15 July 1972
Mick Rock
was there
His photos became the LP covers for
Transformer
and
Raw Power — — Map (db m294615) HM
84 Charing Cross Road
The Booksellers
Marks & Co.
Were on this site which
became world renowned
through the book by
Helene Hanff — — Map (db m122576) HM
Seven Dials is one of the many creations of Thomas Neale MP
(1641-1699) - ‘The Great Projector’. Neale was one of the most influential figures of late Stuart England: an MP for 30 years serving on 62 parliamentary committees; Master of the . . . — — Map (db m297509) HM
Chemistry Department
University College London
During the period 1930-1970
Professor Sir Christopher Ingold
pioneered our understanding of the
electronic basis of structure, mechanism
and reactivity in organic chemistry,
which is . . . — — Map (db m116440) HM
In Memory of
The Glorious Sacrifice
Offered by Prudential men
Who Fell in The Great War
1914 – 1919
We Are Bound to Give
Thanks Always to God
For You BrethrenBeloved of The Lord
II Thess. 2.13
For Ye are Our . . . — — Map (db m118262) WM
In
remembrance
of our comrades
who gave their
lives in the war
of 1939 - 45
( there are two memorials, one on each side of the entrance to the building ) — — Map (db m118263) WM
Indian Poet, Philosopher and
First Nobel Laureate from Asia
Unveiled by
HRH The Prince of Wales
7th July 2011
Sculpted by Shenda Amery
Installed by The Tagore Centre UK — — Map (db m145205) HM
Close to this place
Richard Trevithick
Born 1771 - Died 1833
Pioneer of
High Pressure Steam
ran in the year 1808 the
first steam locomotive
to draw passengers — — Map (db m110144) HM
In this house lived
in 1851
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Poet and Painter
and from 1856 to 1859
William Morris
Poet and Artist
and
Sir Edward C. Burne-Jones
Painter — — Map (db m111362) HM
History
The Parish and Municipal Church of St. Pancras is dedicated to the Roman Boy Pancratius who was martyred by the Emperor Diocletian in the Year 304.
The old Church in Pancras Road is the oldest Building in the Borough dating in . . . — — Map (db m110932) HM
Seven Dials is one of the many creations of an extraordinary man
- Thomas Neale MP (1641-99) - 'The Great Projector'. Neale was
one of the most influential figures of late Stuart England: an MP
for 30 years serving on 62 parliamentary . . . — — Map (db m295343) HM
Seven Dials is one of the many creations of Thomas Neale MP
(1641-1699) 'The Great Projector'. Neale was one of the
most influential figures of late Stuart England: an MP for 30
years serving on 62 parliamentary committees; Master of . . . — — Map (db m294921) HM
Sir Christopher Hatton (1540-1591), was Lord Chancellor of England and rumoured to be the lover of Queen Elizabeth I. In 1578 the Queen granted Christopher Hatton the grounds of Ely Palace on which Hatton House was built. In the 1600s Hatton . . . — — Map (db m118826) HM
24th September 1917
13 people were killed and 22 injured near this spot on the steps of the old Bedford Hotel by a 112 lb bomb dropped by a Gotha in one of Londons first night air raids — — Map (db m109121) HM
Welcome to Waterlow Park, 'a garden for the garden-less'.
Waterlow Park was formed out of the combined grounds of five houses; Andrew Marvell's Cottage, Elms Court, Fairseat House, Hertford House and Lauderdale House. During the late 1800s Sir . . . — — Map (db m304045) HM
St. Pancras Old Church stands on one of Europe's most ancient sites of Christian worship, possibly dating back to the early 4th Century. The present building has been here since the 11th or 12th Century and is situated close to the River Fleet, . . . — — Map (db m117417) HM
Ernest
BOULTON
1847-1904
Frederick PARK
1846-1881
'Stella & Fanny'
Victorian
cross-dressers
lodged at
13 Wakefield Street
on this site
1868-1870 — — Map (db m115489) HM
The Last Goon Show of All
starring
Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan
& Harry Secombe
was recorded by the BBC
in this Theatre on
30th April 1972 — — Map (db m115384) HM
This is the site of the former 'Marquee Club' which closed in 1995, originally built as a cinema in 1911 by Montagu Pyke, his 16th and final cinema — — Map (db m294336) HM
The Mousetrap
by Agatha Christie
The world's longest running play had its
50th Anniversary Performance at this
Theatre on November 25 2002 — — Map (db m296819) HM
The earliest official reference to the tavern now known as The Queen's Larder is contained in a deed drawn up in 1710 when Sir Nathaniel Curzon let the house to a London Stationer named Matthew Allam. The mortgage was transferred during the . . . — — Map (db m109117) HM
The first sermon on British soil by The Reverend Dr Martin Luther King was preached here at Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church in October 1961 — — Map (db m239963) HM
This plaque is dedicated to the three ladies who tought us how to cook this shops style of Fish and Chips
The Fenner sisters (Anna and Rachel) lived above the shop when we first arrived for several years. It was their late father that ran the . . . — — Map (db m294235) HM
THOMAS CORAM was born at Lyme Regis, Dorset in 1668. He became a Captain in the Merchant Navy trading between England and America. For several years he lived in America as a Shipwright gaining a great reputation as an expert on all matters . . . — — Map (db m112120) HM
This eighteenth century building was erected to collect tolls from those passing through the western entrance to the estates of the bishops of London — — Map (db m68119) HM
The square is in Bloomsbury, the medical and academic quarter of London with its historical architecture, noteworthy monuments, special literary interests and international peace associations. Once part of the estate of the Dukes of Bedford and . . . — — Map (db m120835) HM
Zepherina Veitch (1836-1894)
Dame Rosalind Paget (1855-1948)
pioneering midwives trained at
The British Lying-In Hospital
founded 1739 and sited here 1849-1913 — — Map (db m294234) HM
Restoration of Bloomsbury Square
Originally known as Southampton Square Bloomsbury Square was one of London's first designed garden squares. It was initially laid out during the middle of the 17th Century, after Lord Southampton built Southampton . . . — — Map (db m121936) HM
To the memory of the men who went from this museum and fought and fell in the war 1914 - 1918
Ian A. K. Burnett; Frank Derrett
C. R. Dunt; W. J. Eden; S. W. Littlejohn
H. Michie; John F. T. Nash; E. Pullen
M. Seeley; R. Sheehy; A. . . . — — Map (db m305727) WM
