1 ► United Kingdom, England, Berkshire, Wokingham — The Wokingham Memorial Clinic —

On Denmark Street, on the left when traveling north.

The People of Wokingham have given this building to be used as an Orthopedic Clinic in memory of the men who gave their lives for their country in the Great War of 1914 - 1918 and in thankfulness to almighty God for those who came back in safety . . . — — Map (db m216808) HM WM

2 ► United Kingdom, England, East Sussex, Lewes — Dr. Gideon A. Mantell —

On High Street at Castle Gate, on the left when traveling east on High Street.

Dr. Gideon A. Mantell F.R.S. Surgeon and Geologist Born in Lewes 1790. Died in London 1852 Lived Here He discovered the fossil bones of the Prehistoric Iguanodon in the Sussex Weald — — Map (db m129822) HM

3 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — A.W. Hofmann — 1818-1892 —

On Fitzroy Square at Fitzroy Street on Fitzroy Square.

Professor of Chemistry lived here — — Map (db m120032) HM

4 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Augustus Siebe — 1788 - 1872 —

On Denmark Street just east of Charing Cross Road, on the left when traveling west.

Pioneer of the Diving Helmet lived and worked here — — Map (db m116806) HM

5 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Bertrand Russell — 1872-1970 —

On Bury Place at Galen Place, on the left when traveling south on Bury Place.

Philosopher and Campaigner for Peace lived here in flat No. 34 1911-1916 — — Map (db m109328) HM

6 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Bloomsbury Square —

On Bloomsbury Square at Bloomsbury Way, on the right when traveling north on Bloomsbury Square.

Bloomsbury Square Sir Hans Sloane Trail by Year 5, Holy Trinity C of E Primary School this garden has been planted in honour of Sir Hans Sloane. Sir Hans Sloane was born in Killyleagh, County Down, in Ireland in the year 1660. He came to London . . . — — Map (db m130176) HM

7 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Bloomsbury Square Physic Garden —

On Bloomsbury Square at Bloomsbury Way, on the right when traveling north on Bloomsbury Square.

Bloomsbury Square Physic Garden Welcome to our garden in Bloomsbury Square. It's no ordinary garden; it is a physic garden. What's a physic garden? If you want to know more, read on! A physic garden has plants with medicinal properties for . . . — — Map (db m130177) HM

8 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Charles Darwin — 1809 - 1882 —

On Gower Street just north of Torrington Place, on the left when traveling south.

Naturalist lived in a house on this site 1838-1842 — — Map (db m115339) HM

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9 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Charles Fort — 1874 - 1932 —

On Marchmont Street just south of Tavistock Place, on the right when traveling south.

American Writer and founder of Forteanism, the study of anomalous phenomena Lived here 1921-1928 — — Map (db m117081) HM

10 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Dr Alphonse Normandy — 1809 - 1864 —

On Judd Street just north of Cromer Street, on the left when traveling north.

Analytical Chemist and Desalination Pioneer lived and worked here 1850-1859 — — Map (db m115539) HM

11 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Dr. Robert Willan — 1757 - 1812 —

On Bloomsbury Square just north of Bloomsbury Way, on the right when traveling south.

Dermatologist lived here — — Map (db m111064) HM

12 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital —

Near Euston Road at Churchway.

This building was formerly the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital Built in 1890 and finally closed in 2002. It was established by ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON The first woman to qualify as a doctor in Britain who created a hospital in . . . — — Map (db m115542) HM

13 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Faraday House —

On Southampton Row at Bloomsbury Place, on the right when traveling north on Southampton Row.

Faraday House Electrical Engineering College Occupied This Building From June 1903 Until April 1967 — — Map (db m121937) HM

14 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — First Anaesthesia in England —

On Gower Street just south of Chenies Street, on the left when traveling south.

The first anaesthetic given in England was administered in a house on this site 19 December 1846 — — Map (db m110133) HM

15 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Henry Cavendish —

On Bedford Square at Gower Street, on the right when traveling west on Bedford Square.

Honble Henry Cavendish Natural Philosopher lived here Born   Died 1731   1810 — — Map (db m115516) HM

16 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — James Robinson — 1813 - 1862 —

On Gower Street just south of Store Street, on the left when traveling south.

Pioneer of Anaesthesia and Dentistry lived and worked here — — Map (db m112269) HM

17 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — John Maynard Keynes — 1883 - 1946 —

On Gordon Square just south of Endsleigh Place, on the right when traveling north.

Economist lived here 1916-1946 — — Map (db m116762) HM

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18 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — London School of Tropical Medicine —

On Gordon Street at Gower Place, on the left when traveling north on Gordon Street.

This building housed the London School of Tropical Medicine and the Hospital for Tropical Diseases 1920-1939 — — Map (db m109853) HM

19 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Professor Sir Christopher Ingold — National Chemical Landmark —

On Gordon Street just south of Endsleigh Gardens, on the left when traveling south.

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

20 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Sir Hans Sloane — 1660 - 1753 —

On Bloomsbury Place at Southampton Row on Bloomsbury Place.

Physician Benefactor of the British Museum lived here 1695-1742 — — Map (db m110288) HM

21 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Sir Harry Ricardo — 1885 - 1974 —

On Bedford Square just east of Bayley Street, on the left when traveling east.

Mechanical Engineer was born here — — Map (db m111774) HM

22 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Sir Victor Horsley — 1857-1916 —

On Gower Street just south of University Street, on the right when traveling south.

Pioneer of Neurosurgery and Social Reformer lived here — — Map (db m109283) HM

23 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — The First Birth Control Clinic —

On Whitfield Street just south of Grafton Way, on the left when traveling south.

was opened by Dr. Marie Stopes in 1921 at Holloway and removed here in 1925 — — Map (db m115925) HM

24 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — The Queens Larder —

On Queen Square at Cosmo Place on Queen Square.

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

25 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Thomas Coram —

Near Brunswick Square just east of Hunter Street.

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

26 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Thomas Earnshaw —

On High Holborn at Southampton Row, on the right when traveling west on High Holborn.

Site of the business premises of Thomas Earnshaw 1749-1829 Noted watch and chronometer maker — — Map (db m109537) HM

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27 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Thomas Hodgkin — 1798 - 1866 —

On Bedford Square just north of Adeline Place, on the left when traveling north.

Physician, Reformer and Philanthropist lived here — — Map (db m112471) HM

28 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Thomas Wakley — 1795 - 1862 —

On Bedford Square just north of Adeline Place, on the left when traveling north.

Reformer and founder of "The Lancet" lived here — — Map (db m112469) HM

29 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — William Marsden — 1796-1867 —

On Lincoln's Inn Fields at Remnant Street when traveling north on Lincoln's Inn Fields.

Surgeon Founder of the Royal Free and Royal Marsden Hospitals lived here — — Map (db m109284) HM

30 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Christ’s Hospital —

On King Edward Street at Newgate Street, on the right when traveling south on King Edward Street.

Christ’s Hospital Founded near this site by King Edward VI – 1552 To house, feed and educate needy children Incorporating the Royal Mathematical School, founded by King Charles II – 1673 the School moved to Horsham, West . . . — — Map (db m118823) HM

31 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Christ's Hospital —

On Newgate Street at Warwick Lane, on the right when traveling west on Newgate Street.

Site of Christ's Hospital 1552-1902 — — Map (db m120770) HM

32 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — First Bethlehem Hospital —

On Liverpool Street close to Devonshire Row, on the right when traveling west.

Site Of The First Bethlehem Hospital 1247 — 1676 — — Map (db m117260) HM

33 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Royal College of Physicians —

On Warwick Lane just south of Newgate Street, on the right when traveling south.

Site of the Royal College of Physicians 1674 - 1825 — — Map (db m111145) HM

34 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — St Mark's Hospital —

On Aldersgate at Little Britain, on the right when traveling north on Aldersgate.

Site of St Mark's Hospital Founded by Frederick Salmon 1835 — — Map (db m117125) HM

35 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — The Golden Boy of Pye Corner —

On Giltspur Street at Cock Lane, on the left when traveling north on Giltspur Street.

The Boy at Pye Corner was erected to commemorate the staying of the Great Fire which beginning at Pudding Lane was ascribed to the Sin of Gluttony when not attributed to the papists as on the monument and the Boy was made prodigiously fat to . . . — — Map (db m111297) HM

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36 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Two Famous Clockmakers —

On Fleet Street at Whitefriars Street, on the left when traveling west on Fleet Street.

. . . — — Map (db m111728) HM

37 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Broad Street Pump —

On Broadwick Street at Lexington Street, on the right when traveling east on Broadwick Street.

The Red Granite kerbstone marks the site of the historic BROAD STREET PUMP associated with Dr. John Snow's discovery in 1854 that Cholera is conveyed by water — — Map (db m145183) HM

38 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Dr. John Snow — 1813 - 1858 —

On Frith Street at Bateman Street, on the right when traveling south on Frith Street.

Pioneer Anaesthetist and Epidemiologist lived in a house on this site — — Map (db m110228) HM

39 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Dr. John Snow — National Chemical Landmark —

On Broadwick Street.

Dr John Snow (1813 - 1858) founding father of Epidemiology. In 1854 his research linked deaths to the water pump near this site and thus determined that cholera is a water borne disease. — — Map (db m145194) HM

40 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Dr. Joseph Rogers — 1821-1889 —

On Dean Street at Bateman Street, on the right when traveling north on Dean Street.

Dr. Joseph Rogers Health Care Reformer lived here — — Map (db m109140) HM

41 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Foundation Stone — Institution of Engineering and Technology —

On Savoy Place at Victoria Embankment, on the right when traveling south on Savoy Place.

Victoria Queen of Great Britain and Ireland Empress of India Laid With Her Own Hand This Foundation Stone 24th March 1886 — — Map (db m117969) HM

42 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Frederick Winsor — 1763-1830 —

On Pall Mall at Carlton Gardens, on the left when traveling west on Pall Mall.

Gave the world's first demonstration of street lighting by coal gas, from a retort located here June 1807 — — Map (db m116810) HM

43 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Invention of Stereo Sound Reproduction, 1931 — Abbey Road Studios — IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing —

On Abbey Road just north of Grove End Road, on the left when traveling north.

Alan Dower Blumlein filed a patent for a two-channel audio system called “stereo” on 14 December 1931. It included a “shuffling” circuit to preserve directional sound, an orthogonal “Blumlein Pair” of velocity microphones, the recording of two . . . — — Map (db m167118) HM

44 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Isambard Kingdom Brunel —

On Victoria Embankment close to Temple Place, on the right when traveling west.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel Civil Engineer Born 1806   Died 1859 — — Map (db m118311) HM

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45 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — James Smithson — 1764 - 1829 —

On Betinck Street, 0.05 kilometers west of Welbeck Street, on the right when traveling west.

Scientist Founder of the Smithsonian Institution lived here — — Map (db m111027) HM

46 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — John Logie Baird —

On Frith Street just south of Bateman Street, on the left when traveling south.

In 1926 in this house John Logie Baird 1888-1946 first demonstrated Television — — Map (db m109837) HM

47 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Josef Dallos — 1905-1979 —

On Cavendish Square at Wigmore Street, on the left when traveling north on Cavendish Square.

Hungarian born British ophthalmologist Invented Living Eye Impression Technique 1930 First contact lens only practice here 1937-1964 — — Map (db m111739) HM

48 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Karl Ghattas — 1958 - 2007 —

On Harley Street just south of New Cavendish Street, on the right when traveling south.

Philosopher, Surgeon Printer & Poet lived here The Artist is Dead Long Live the Poet — — Map (db m111505) HM

49 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Mary Seacole — 1805 - 1881 —

On Soho Square at Soho Street, on the left when traveling east on Soho Square.

Jamaican Nurse Heroine of the Crimean War lived here — — Map (db m111124) HM

50 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Michael Faraday —

On Blandford Street just east of Chiltern Street, on the left when traveling east.

Michael Faraday Man of Science ————— Apprentice here. ————— B · 1791. D · 1867. — — Map (db m109286) HM

51 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Samuel Morse — 1791 - 1872 —

On Cleveland Street just south of Greenwell Street, on the right when traveling south.

American painter, and inventor of the Morse Code lived here 1812-1815 — — Map (db m115926) HM

52 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Sir Alfred Ayer —

On York Street just west of Upper Montagu Street, on the left when traveling west.

Philosopher Professor Sir Alfred Ayer 1910 - 1989 lived here 1980 - 1989 — — Map (db m109240) HM

53 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Sir Frederick Treves — 1853-1923 —

On Wimpole Street, 0.1 kilometers south of Queen Anne Street, on the right when traveling north.

Surgeon lived here 1886-1907 — — Map (db m109293) HM

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54 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Sir George Frederic Still — 1868-1941 —

On Queen Anne Street just west of Harley Street, on the right when traveling west.

Pædiatrician lived here — — Map (db m109285) HM

55 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Sir James MacKenzie — 1853-1925 —

On Betinck Street just west of Welbeck Street, on the right when traveling east.

Sir James MacKenzie F.R.S. Physician lived and worked here 1907-1911 — — Map (db m111738) HM

56 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Sir Jonathan Hutchinson — 1828-1913 —

On Cavendish Square just east of Harley Street, on the left when traveling east.

Surgeon, Scientist and Teacher lived here — — Map (db m111696) HM

57 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Sir Joseph Bazalgette CB —

On Victoria Embankment at Northumberland Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Victoria Embankment.

Sir Joseph Bazalgette CB Engineer of the London Main Drainage System and of this Embankment Born 1819   Died 1891 — — Map (db m118811) HM

58 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Sir Morell MacKenzie —

On Golden Square, on the right when traveling west.

Sir Morell MacKenzie, 1837 - 1892, founded the world's first hospital for diseases of the throat in a building on this site in 1865. — — Map (db m145193) HM

59 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Sir Patrick Manson — 1844 - 1922 —

On Welbeck Street at Queen Anne Street on Welbeck Street.

Father of Modern Tropical Medicine lived here — — Map (db m111502) HM

60 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Sir Ronald Ross — 1857 - 1932 —

On Cavendish Square at Wigmore Street, on the left when traveling north on Cavendish Square.

Nobel Laureate Discoverer of the mosquito transmission of malaria lived here — — Map (db m111416) HM

61 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Sir Stewart Duke-Elder — 1898-1978 —

On Harley Street at New Cavendish Street on Harley Street.

Opthamologist lived and worked here 1934-1976 — — Map (db m111513) HM

62 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Sir Thomas Peirson Frank — 1881-1951 — City of Westminster —

Near Milbank just east of Dean Stanley Street.

Chief Engineer for London County Council 1930-1946 Saved London from drowning during The Blitz — — Map (db m109116) HM

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63 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of Westminster — Thomas Young — 1773-1829 —

On Welbeck Street just north of Queen Anne Street, on the left when traveling north.

Man of Science lived here — — Map (db m111476) HM

64 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Greenwich — Airy’s meridian line —

Near Blackheath Avenue at Great Cross Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

George Biddell Airy, seventh Astronomer Royal, commissioned the enormous telescope that still defines the Prime Meridian and is situated in the building ahead of you. Observations made here were used by cartographers, surveyors, navigators and . . . — — Map (db m117709) HM

65 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Greenwich — Bradley’s meridian line —

Near Blackheath Avenue at Great Cross Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

James Bradley, third Astronomer Royal, observed with improved accuracy using the telescope (purchased in 1749) that first defined this line in 1750. Owing to the unequal length of solar days, astronomers measure the time using distant stars. Stars . . . — — Map (db m117741) HM

66 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Greenwich — Dedication Plaque of Flamsteed House —

Near Blackheath Avenue at Great Cross Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

The most noble King Charles II, greatest patron of the arts of Astronomy and Navigation, had this Observatory built to serve both arts. In the year of our Lord 1676, in the twenty-eighth year of his reign. Jonas Moore, Surveyor General of the . . . — — Map (db m117739) HM

67 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Greenwich — Family Tombstone of Edmund Halley —

Near Blackheath Avenue at Great Cross Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

The Family Tombstone of Edmond Halley (1656-1742) 2nd Astronomer Royal, 1720-42 The tombstone was moved to the Observatory from the churchyard of St Margaret's in Lee when Halley's tomb was restored by the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty in . . . — — Map (db m117738) HM

68 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Greenwich — Flamsteed’s Well Telescope —

Near Blackheath Avenue at Great Cross Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal at Greenwich, used a 100-foot (30.5m) well on this site to accommodate a very long telescope. The astronomer sat at the bottom of the well and observed stars that passed directly overhead. It was hoped . . . — — Map (db m117705) HM

69 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Greenwich — Greenwich Meridian Marker, 1750-1851 —

Near Blackheath Avenue at Great Cross Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

This pillar was built in 1798 to help astronomers align the Observatory's meridian telescope in the building behind you. This telescope defined what was then the Greenwich Meridian established in 1750 and was kept accurately positioned by sighting . . . — — Map (db m117740) HM

70 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Greenwich — Ordnance Survey Bench Mark — Public Standards of Length —

Near Blackheath Avenue at Great Cross Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

Ordnance Survey Bench Mark The small plate (marked ‘G1692’) is an Ordnance Survey bench mark. Similar marks appear on walls and buildings across the country. The height of each above sea level has been measured and recorded. Dating from the . . . — — Map (db m117704) HM

71 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Greenwich — The Greenwich Meridian Telescope —

Near Blackheath Avenue at Great Cross Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

Behind the window is the telescope which defines the Greenwich Meridian, the transit circle of 1850 designed by 7th Astronomer Royal, George Airy. It was the centre-line of this instrument which was adopted by an international conference in . . . — — Map (db m117742) HM

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72 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Greenwich — The Royal Arsenal — Engineering Heritage Award —

Near Plumstead Road at Woolwich New Road, on the right when traveling west.

Institution of Mechanical Engineers Engineering Heritage Award The Royal Arsenal 1671 to 1967 The Royal Arsenal produced much of the armaments required by this country during the growth of the British Empire and through two World Wars. Many . . . — — Map (db m118531) HM

73 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Greenwich — The Royal Observatory —

Near Blackheath Avenue at Great Cross Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

Welcome to the Royal Observatory, the historic home of British astronomy, Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian of the world. King Charles II signed a Royal Warrant in June 1675 to authorize building the Royal Observatory on the . . . — — Map (db m117707) HM

74 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Greenwich — The Shepherd 24-hour Gate Clock — The Time Ball —

Near Blackheath Avenue at Great Cross Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

The Shepherd 24-hour Gate Clock This is one of the earliest electrically driven public clocks and was installed here in 1852. The dial always shows Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). In summer Britain converts to British Summer Time (BST), which is . . . — — Map (db m117703) HM

75 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Greenwich — Time for everyone —

Near Blackheath Avenue at Great Cross Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

The Royal Observatory is famous for supplying Greenwich Mean Time. From 1833, astronomers made a daily signal to mariners in the Thames at 1 p.m. (1300 hrs) by raising and dropping the time-ball on Flamsteed House. In 1852 electrical technology . . . — — Map (db m117708) HM

76 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Greenwich — William Herschel’s Telescope —

On Blackheath Avenue at Great Cross Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Blackheath Avenue.

This is the remaining section of a 40-foot (12m) reflecting telescope, built for the astronomer William Herschel, who became famous for his discovery of the planet Uranus in 1781. the telescope was the largest in the world and cost over £4000, . . . — — Map (db m117706) HM

77 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Kensington and Chelsea — Sir Hans Sloane B.A.P. —

On Chelsea Embankment at Cheyne Walk, on the right when traveling west on Chelsea Embankment.

To the memory of Sir Hans Sloane B.A.P. President of the Royal Society and of the College of Physicians who in the year of our Lord 1753, the 92d of his age, without the least pain of body and with a conscious serenity of mind ended . . . — — Map (db m121396) HM

78 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Lambeth, Vauxhall — The Lambeth Cholera Epidemic —

On Albert Embankment, on the left when traveling south.

This plaque remembers the thousands of Lambeth residents who died in the cholera epidemics of the nineteenth century. You are standing close to what was the busy junction of Broad Street, Upper and Lower Fore Street before the building of . . . — — Map (db m241239) HM

79 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Southwark — The Faraday Memorial —

On Newington Butts at St. George’s Road, on the right when traveling north on Newington Butts.

The Faraday Memorial Michael Faraday (22 September 1791 to 25 August 1867) Near this spot in Newington Butts, Michael Faraday, one of Britain's greatest scientific figures, was born on 22 September 1791 and his birth is recorded in the . . . — — Map (db m121927) HM

80 ► United Kingdom, England, Hampshire, Winchester — 5 & 6, The Square —

On The Square, on the left when traveling east.

This building stands on the site of the Old Cornmarket and combined the structures of two houses to form The Winchester Provident Dispensary, set up in 1875 by a group of local citizens to provide medical help for the families of insured people . . . — — Map (db m230005) HM

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81 ► United Kingdom, England, Kent, Canterbury — Dr. Frank Wagher Fountain —

Near Pin Hill at Castle Row, on the right when traveling west.

. . . — — Map (db m129602) HM

82 ► United Kingdom, England, Leicester, Leicester City Centre — Leicester Automaton Clock —

Near Guildhall Lane close to St Martins West, on the left when traveling west.

The Leicester Automaton Clock This is a reconstruction based on remains at All Saints' Church, Highcross Street, Leicester, supplemented by documentary evidence. The original carved wood quarter-jacks disappeared many years ago, but traditionally . . . — — Map (db m125129) HM

83 ► United Kingdom, England, Medway, Rochester — The French Hospital (1718 - 2018) —

On La Providence, High Street, on the left when traveling south.

This stone commemorates the 300th anniversary of the founding of The French Hospital at La Providence for the relief of poor French Protestant refugees. On this site since 1959, the charity's almshouses continue to serve Huguenots and others — — Map (db m240346) HM

84 ► United Kingdom, England, Milton Keynes — Bletchley Park Public Memorial —

Near Sherwood Drive at Jemima Way, on the left when traveling north.

This Public Memorial For the Veterans of Bletchley Park and Its Outstations was Dedicated By Her Majesty The Queen On July the Fifteenth 2011 — — Map (db m117290) WM

85 ► United Kingdom, England, Milton Keynes — Code Breaking at Bletchley Park during World War II, 1939-1945 — IEEE Milestone In Electrical Engineering and Computing —

Near Sherwood Drive close to Jemima Way, on the left when traveling north.

On this site during the 1939-45 World War, 12,000 men and women broke the German Lorenz and Enigma ciphers, as well as Japanese and Italian codes and ciphers. They used innovative mathematical analysis and were assisted by two computing machines . . . — — Map (db m154430) HM

86 ► United Kingdom, England, Milton Keynes — Hut 1 Hut 8 —

Near Sherwood Drive at Jemima Way, on the left when traveling north.

Hut 1 The first Bombe machine was installed in this hut. It was brought here in March 1940 to test whether it could help Codebreakers discover Enigma settings more quickly than by hand. Hut 8 Hut 8 was the centre of naval codebreaking. Here . . . — — Map (db m117289) HM

87 ► United Kingdom, England, Northamptonshire, Upper Stowe — Birth Of Radar Memorial —

On Litchboro Northampton Road just west of A5, on the left when traveling east.

On 26th February 1935, in the field opposite Robert Watson Watt and Arnold Wilkins showed for the first time in Britain that aircraft could be detected by bouncing radio waves off them. By 1939 there were 20 stations tracking aircraft at . . . — — Map (db m142702) HM

88 ► United Kingdom, England, Oxfordshire, Oxford — George Claridge Druce —

On High Street at Turl Street, on the right when traveling east on High Street.

George Claridge Druce FRS 1850 - 1932 Botanist Pharmacist Mayor and Alderman lived here at his shop 1879 - 1905 — — Map (db m124417) HM

89 ► United Kingdom, England, Plymouth — The Laboratory on the Hoe —

On Madeira Road at Hoe Road, on the right when traveling west on Madeira Road.

The Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) The CPR was designed by Alister Hardy, a fisheries biologist, in the late-1920s. The device is towed off the back of a ship in order to record variations in the abundance and distribution of plankton. . . . — — Map (db m123829) HM

90 ► United Kingdom, England, Plymouth — The Laboratory on the Hoe —

On Madeira Road at Hoe Road, on the right when traveling west on Madeira Road.

The Marine Biological Association (MBA) The MBA is a research charity with a worldwide membership. Founded in 1884, the MBA has established itself as a leading marine biological research organisation, contributing to the work of twelve Nobel . . . — — Map (db m123830) HM

91 ► United Kingdom, England, Plymouth — The Laboratory on the Hoe —

On Madeira Road at Hoe Road, on the right when traveling west on Madeira Road.

The Aquarium of the Marine Biological Association Until 1998, the ground floor of the Citadel Hill Laboratory was the Plymouth Aquarium. Seawater was pumped to the Aquarium from the Laboratory's underground reservoirs by gas engines. In . . . — — Map (db m123833) HM

92 ► United Kingdom, England, Portsmouth — Hertha Ayrton —

Near Main Road (England Route B2154) at Clock Street, on the left when traveling north.

Hertha Ayrton was born Phoebe Sarah Marks in Queen Street, Portsea, on 28 April 1854. She was the third child of a Polish Jewish watchmaker named Levi Marks, an immigrant from Tsarist Poland, and Alice Teresa Moss, a seamstress. Her father died in . . . — — Map (db m123119) HM

93 ► United Kingdom, England, Portsmouth — Hertha Ayrton — Engineer, Physicist, and Inventor —

On Queen Street at St. James’s Street, on the right when traveling east on Queen Street.

First Woman to be nominated as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Suffragette and vigorous supporter of Women’s rights Born in Portsea on the site of this building in 1854 — — Map (db m123193) HM

94 ► United Kingdom, England, Shropshire, Ludlow — Mary Edwards — 1750 - 1815 —

On Brand Lane, on the right when traveling east.

First female "Computer" lived and worked from 4 Brand Lane. She was employed by the Board of Longitude to compute astronomical tables for the British Nautical Almanac between 1773 & 1815 — — Map (db m233022) HM

95 ► United Kingdom, England, Shropshire, Ludlow — Sir Caesar Hawkins — 1711 - 1786 —

On Mill Street.

Lived here. Sergeant-Surgeon to both King George II and George III — — Map (db m232807) HM

96 ► United Kingdom, England, Tyne and Wear, Newcastle upon Tyne — Sir Joseph Wilson Swan —

On Westgate Road at St Nicholas’ Street, on the left when traveling west on Westgate Road.

RSC Advancing the Chemical Sciences National Chemical Landmark Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS (1828 – 1914) Chemist, physicist and inventor of the incandescent light bulb which he first demonstrated at a public lecture here on 3 . . . — — Map (db m126492) HM

97 ► United Kingdom, England, Worcestershire, Worcester — Dr John Wall (1708-1776) / South Quay —

On Copenhagen Street.

Born in Powick, John was the son of a former Mayor of Worcester. He was educated at Kings School, Worcester and studied at Oxford to become a physician Dr. Wall was one of the founders of a charitable hospital the Worcester Infirmary in 1745. . . . — — Map (db m245566) HM

98 ► United Kingdom, England, York — John Snow —

On North Street at Tanner Row, on the right when traveling north on North Street.

John Snow (1813 – 1858) Pioneer of Public Health And Anaesthesia Proved that Cholera is water-borne by removing a pump handle Born and lived in North Street until aged 14 — — Map (db m125208) HM

99 ► United Kingdom, England, York — John Snow Memorial —

On North Street close to Tanner Row, on the right when traveling north.

Dr John Snow (1813-1858) was a Victorian physician, a pioneer in the fields of anaesthesia and epidemiology, famed for his tracing of the source of a cholera outbreak in London's Soho and confirming that it is a waterborne disease. John Snow . . . — — Map (db m125207) HM

100 ► United Kingdom, England, York — St. Leonard’s Hospital —

Near Museum Street (England Route A1036) at Lendal, on the left when traveling north.

St. Leonard’s Hospital Built at the expense of John Romanus (died 1255) this building, comprising a vaulted crypt with a chapel above, formed part of St. Leonard’s Hospital, at one time the largest hospital in the North of England. Originally known . . . — — Map (db m125343) HM