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Historic Sites

The Trafalgar Way And John Richards Lapenotiere Black Plaque - The Trafalgar Way. Brentford & Chiswick. On Monday 21st October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated a combined French and Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar on the south west coast of Spain. This victory permanently removed the threat of invasion of England by the armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. The first official dispatches with the momentous news of the victory,and the death in action of Vice Admiral Lord Nelson,were carried on board H.M. Schooner PICKLE by her captain Lieutenant John Richards
Paul McCartney And Linda McCartney Blue Plaque - The Bag O'Nails Club  Paul McCartney met Linda Eastman here on the 15th May 1967
Black Plaque № 5438 - Site of the worst civilian disaster of the Second World War. In memory of 173 men, women and children who lost their lives on the evening of Wednesday 3rd March 1943 descending the steps to Bethnal Green Underground air raid shelter. Not forgotten.
Aubrey Beardsley Blue Plaque - Aubrey Beardsley 1872-1898 artist lived here
Alfred Munnings Blue Plaque - Sir Alfred Munnings President of the Royal Academy Lived here 1920-1959
Black Plaque № 41398 - Alfred Harmsworth Lord Northcliffe 1865 - 1922 Newspaper founder and editor lived here 1870 - 1873
Carlo Marochetti Blue Plaque - Baron  Carlo  Marochetti  1805-1867  Sculptor  lived here  1851-1867
Rhaune Laslett-O'Brien Blue Plaque - Rhaune Laslett-O'Brien 1919-2002 through her vision and spirit the Notting Hill Street Festival was conceived in 1959. It later evolved into Notting Hill Carnival
George Emlyn Williams Blue Plaque - (George) Emlyn Williams CBE 1905-1987 Actor and Playwright lived here 1930-1934
Plaque № 8587 - Newington Green Church Built 1708, enlarged 1860.  Oldest non-conformist place of worship  in London, which is still in use.
George Orwell Green Plaque - George Orwell 1903-1950 Novelist & Essayist lived here at 27b 1944-1947
Coppice Row Turnpike Green Plaque - Coppice Row Turnpike stood near here c1750-1830
Alfred Salter Brushed Metal Plaque - In memory of Bermondsey GP Dr. Salter 1873 - 1945 who devoted his career to improving the health of local people and whose surgery stood on this site
Henry Dudley Brass Plaque - In a house on this site  The Revd. Sir Henry Bate Dudley, Bt, M.A., LL.d., J.P.  1745 - 1824  lived 1802 - 1816    Critic, Playwright, first journalist to be designated Editor   Founder with David Garrick et al. 2 November 1772  of    The Morning Post  (Merged with The Daily Telegraph in 1937)    also founder of  The Morning Herald  1780 - 1869
John Logie Baird Grey Plaque - From this site John Logie Baird broadcast the first television programme in Great Britain on the 30th September 1929
Blue Plaque № 9679 - ARP depot Harrow Green School - In memory of the five local Civil Defence volunteers and the six man crew of the Vickers Wellington bomber X9905 who perished when the aeroplane crashed on this site on the night of February 10th 1942
David Storey Blue Plaque - David Storey b.1933 novelist lived here 1956-1961
William Lindley And William Heerlein Lindley Blue Plaque - William Lindley 1808-1900 Sir William Heerlein Lindley 1853-1917 civil engineers lived here

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Trivia and Facts

The exact centre of London is marked by a plaque in the Church of St Martin's-in-the-Fields overlooking Trafalgar Square.

Evening Standard

Before the 17ft statue of Nelson was erected on top of the Trafalgar Square column in 1842, 14 members of the memorial committee who had commissioned the work held a dinner party on the 170ft-high plinth.

Evening Standard

Marble Arch was designed by John Nash in 1828 as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, but was moved to Hyde Park when Queen Victoria expanded the palace. It contains a tiny office once used as a police station.

Evening Standard

Quotes

He continued, slowly, by a process of osmosis and white knowledge (which is like white noise, only more useful), to comprehend the city, a process that accelerated when he realized that the actual City of London itself was no bigger than a square mile.

Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.

Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promis'd joy

Robert Burns

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