George Bird Black Plaque

184 Shepherds Bush Road, London, W6 7NL

This Building Stands On The Site Of 190 Shepherds Bush Road, Home Of George Bird And His Family In The 19th Century, As West London Builders And Brick Makers They Were Responsible For Many Local Buildings, Including The Earliest Parts Of Nazareth House And The Sacred Heart School, The Stonework Of The First Hammersmith Bridge (the Present, Second, Bridge Is Built On The Original Bird Piers), And Holy Trinity Church On Brook Green. The Birds Were Also Active In Civic Development And Public Welfar

  • Honouring: George Bird

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William Lilly Green Plaque - William Lilly (1602 - 1681) Master Astrologer Lived in a house on this site
Herbert Henry Asquith Blue Plaque - Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith 1852-1928 statesman lived here
Bronze Plaque № 42177 - This pillar was erected in 1824 under the direction of the Reverend John Pond, MA, Astronomer Royal. It was placed on the Greenwich Meridian and its purpose was to indicate the direction of true north from the transit telescope of the Royal Observatory. The Greenwich Meridian as changed in 1850 and adopted by international agreement in 1884 as the line of zero longitude passes 19 feet to the east of this pillar.