http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/leisureandculture/greenplaques/
Westminster is rich in its heritage of buildings and the people who have lived and worked here. Launched in 1991, The Green Plaque Scheme draws attention to particular buildings in Westminster associated with people of renown who have made lasting contributions to society.
163 out of 164 (99%) plaques have been curated
216 subjects all or unphotographedGender Diversity
The Queen's Hall 1893-1941. Site of Britain's leading concert hall where Sir Henry Wood founded The Promenade Concerts in 1895. The Queen's Hall was destroyed in The Blitz of 1941.
Henry Wood House, Langham Place, London, United Kingdom
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Sir Morell Mackenzie 1837-1892 founded the world's first hospital for diseases of the throat in a building on this site in 1865
32-33 Golden Square, London, United Kingdom
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John Stephen 1934-2004 founder of Carnaby Street as world centre for men's fashion in the 1960's
Carnaby Street, London, United Kingdom
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Jessie Matthews OBE 1907-1981 musical comedy star of stage and films was born in Berwick Street
22 Berwick Street, W1, London, United Kingdom
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Voltaire 1694-1778 French philosopher and satirist lodged in a house on this site 1727-1728
10 Maiden Lane WC2, London, United Kingdom
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Keith Moon (1946-1978) legendary rock drummer with 'The Who' performed here at the site of the Marquee Club in the 1960s
The site of the Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, Soho, London, United Kingdom
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Jeremy Bentham philosopher and reformer 1748-1832 lived in a house on this site
50 Queen Anne's Gate, London, United Kingdom
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W. T. Stead 1849-1912 journalist and reformer of great renown lived here 1904-1912
5 Smith Square, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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Site of The 2i's Coffee Bar (1956-1970) birthplace of British Rock 'n Roll and the popular music industry
59 Old Compton St, Soho, London, United Kingdom
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William Terriss 1847-1897 hero of the Adelphi melodramas met his untimely end outside this theatre 16 Dec 1897
Stage Door, Adelphi Theatre, Maiden Lane, London, United Kingdom
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Queen's Theatre The old Queen's Theatre occupied this site for just eleven years from 1867 to 1878 and was renowned in its day, albeit fleetingly, for the distinguished players, including Ellen Terry and Charles Wyndham, who trod its boards
Long Acre, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom
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Impresario Don Arden and mod band "Small Faces" (Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones, Ian McLagan and Jimmy Winston) worked here 1965-1967
Carnaby Street, London, United Kingdom
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Rosa Lewis 1867-1952 Chef de cuisine and hotelier dramatised as 'The Duchess of Duke Street' ruled the Cavendish hotel in a building on this site
Cavendish Hotel, Jermyn Street, London, United Kingdom
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Her Majesty's Theatre In 1705 Sir John Vanbrugh built the first of four theatres on this famous site. The second theatre, known variously as 'The King's' and 'Her Majesty's', was the home of Italian Opera, while the present theatre, designed by C J Phipps and opened in 1897, remains a home for major musicals
Charles II Street, London, United Kingdom
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Frederick Winsor 1763-1830 gave the world's first demonstration of street lighting by coal gas, from a retort located here June 1807
100 Pall Mall, London, United Kingdom
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Pioneer aviator, sailor and author Sir Francis Chichester KBE 1901-1972 single-handed circumnavigator of the world 1966-67 lived here 1944-1972
9 St James's Place, London, United Kingdom
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Peter Cook 1937-1995 comedian and "only twin" co-founded and ran the Establishment Club here 1961-1964
18 Greek Street, London, United Kingdom
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John Adams-Acton sculptor 1831-1910 lived here 1882-1906
14 Langford Place, London, United Kingdom
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Margery Allingham 1904-1966 writer of crime fiction and creator of Albert Campion lived here 1916-1926
1 Westbourne Terrace Road, London, United Kingdom
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Laura Ashley designer 1925-1985 began printing fabrics here with her husband, Bernard 1954-1956
83 Cambridge Street, Pimlico, London, United Kingdom
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Tony Ray-Jones photographer 1941-1972 lived and worked here
102 Gloucester Place, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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T. S. Eliot 1888-1965 poet, critic, playwright lived here
Crawford Mansions, Homer Row, London, United Kingdom
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Mary Seacole 1805-1881 Jamaican nurse heroine of the Crimean war lived in a house on this site
147 George Street, W1, London, United Kingdom
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The first performances of 'A Woman of no Importance' 19th April 1893 and 'An Ideal Husband' 3rd January 1895 by Oscar Wilde were presented at this theatre
Suffolk Street, London, United Kingdom
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David Thompson 1770-1857 explored and mapped Canada studied at this school 1777-1784
Grey Coat Hospital, Greycoat Pl, London, United Kingdom
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Denis Johnson (c. 1760 - 1833) From his workshop on this site in 1819 made and sold Britain's first bicycle in its hobby-horse form
69-75 Long Acre, London, United Kingdom
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Paul de Lamerie 1688-1751 The King's Silversmith lived and worked in a house on this site 1738-1751
40 Gerrard Street, London, United Kingdom
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Sir Edward Elgar composer 1857-1934 opened and recorded in these studios on 12th November 1931
Abbey Road Studios, Abbey Road, London, United Kingdom
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Robert Browning poet 1812-1889 lived in Warwick Crescent 1862-1887
Warwick Crescent, London, United Kingdom
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Pioneer anaesthetist Dr Joseph T. Clover 1825-1882 lived in a house on this site 1853-1882
3 Cavendish Place, London, United Kingdom
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle author 1859-1930 worked and wrote here 1891
2 Upper Wimpole Street, Paddington, London, United Kingdom
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Dr James Yearsley, MD, MRCS, LRCP, 1805-1869 founded the Metropolitan Ear Institute here in 1838
32 Sackville Street, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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Philosopher Professor Sir Alfred Ayer 1910-1989 lived here 1980-1989
51 York Street, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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Dr J. H. Hertz CH 1872-1946 Chief Rabbi of the British Empire lived here 1913-1946
103 Hamilton Terrace, Paddington, London, United Kingdom
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Henry Hall 1898-1989 Dance band director and impresario Pioneer of BBC popular music (1924-1964) lived here 1959-1981
8 Randolph Mews, Paddington, London, United Kingdom
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Jewish Workers' Bund Leader representative to the Polish Parliament-in-exile Szmul 'Artur' Zygielbojm 1895-1943 Took his life in protest at the world's indifference to Nazi extermination of the Jews lived nearby 1942 - 1943
Porchester Road, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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Dame Anna Neagle film and stage actress 1904-1986 and her husband Herbert Wilcox CBE film producer and director 1890-1977 lived here 1950-1964
Aldford House, London, United Kingdom
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Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti K.C.V.O Musician 1846-1916 Lived in a house on this site 1886-1916
12 Mandeville Place, Paddington, London, United Kingdom
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Sir John Milsom Rees GCVO 1866-1952 Surgeon lived here 1914-1939
18 Upper Wimpole Street, Paddington, London, United Kingdom
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Charles Babbage (1791-1871) mathematician & pioneer of the modern computer lived in a house on this site 1839-1871
1a Dorset Street, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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Vera Brittain author 1893-1970 lived here 1923-1927
117 Wymering Mansions, Wymering Road, London, United Kingdom
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Here in the former Turk's Head Tavern Dr Samuel Johnson & Joshua Reynolds founded The Club in 1764
9 Gerrard Street, London, United Kingdom
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Sir Winston Churchill spoke here at the former Caxton Hall 1937-1942
Caxton Hall, London, United Kingdom
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James Purdey the Younger 1828-1909 Gunmaker built these premises in 1880 to house his new showrooms and workshops
57-58 South Audley Street, London, United Kingdom
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Leo Bonn 1830-1929 founded what is now the Royal National Institute for Deaf People in this building 9th June 1911
22 Upper Brook Street, London, United Kingdom
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Arthur Fleischmann KCSG FRBS MD sculptor 1896-1990 lived and worked here 1958-1990
92 Carlton Hill, Paddington, London, United Kingdom
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Lady Dorothy Nevill 1826-1913 horticulturist, collector, writer and hostess live here 1873-1913
45 Charles Street, London, United Kingdom
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Dr Grantly Dick-Read 1890-1959 20th century pioneer of natural childbirth practised here 1935-1941
25 Harley Street, Paddington, London, United Kingdom
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Ken Colyer 1928-1988 played New Orleans jazz here in the basement 'Studio 51' 1950-1973
12 Great Newport Street, London, United Kingdom
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On this site, until destroyed by bombing during the winter of 1940, stood an archway and Mayfair's oldest house. 'The Cottage. 1618 A.D.' from where a shepherd tended his flock whilst Tyburn idled nearby.
Stanhope Row, London, United Kingdom
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Sidney Webb (Lord Passfield) 1859-1947 Social Researcher and Reformer Founder of the LSE was born in a house on this site 13 July 1859
38-44 Cranbourn Street, London, United Kingdom
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Jane Austen 1775-1817 Novelist stayed here 1813-1814
10 Henrietta Street, London, United Kingdom
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Juan Pablo Viscardo Y Guzman 1748-1798 Peruvian essayist herald of Latin American independence lived and died here
185 Baker Street, Paddington, London, United Kingdom
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Site of Theatre Royal Marylebone 1832-1959 also known as the Royal West London Theatre home of the Victorian dramatic & music hall tradition
71 Church Street, Paddington, London, United Kingdom
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Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797) "The African" lived and published here in 1789 his autobiography on suffering the barbarity of slavery, which paved the way for its abolition
73 Riding House Street, Paddington, London, United Kingdom
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Station 39 of the London Auxiliary Ambulance Service was located in Weymouth Mews where 200 volunteer ambulance drivers and personnel served 1939-1945
39 Weymouth Mews, London, United Kingdom
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Siegfried Sassoon MC Poet, novelist, biographer 1886-1967 lived and worked in a house on this site 1919-1925
54 Tufton Street, London, United Kingdom
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Arthur Haygarth 1825-1903 Cricketer, historian Old Harrovian died here
88 Warwick Way, Pimlico, London, United Kingdom
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Edward Dannreuther Musician 1844-1905 lived here 1873-1894 host to Richard Wagner for 5 weeks in 1877
12 Orme Square, London, United Kingdom
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Sir Michael Balcon 1890-1977 film maker lived here 1927-1939
57A Tufton Street, London, United Kingdom
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Headquarters of the Norwegian Government In Exile located here 1940-1945
Kingston House North, Prince's Gate, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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Henry Sylvester Williams 1867-1911 Anti-slavery and civil rights campaigner First black councillor in Westminster Elected 1906 for Church Street Ward
38 Church Street, Paddington, London, United Kingdom
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William Lilly (1602 - 1681) Master Astrologer Lived in a house on this site
Strand Underground Station (disused), London, United Kingdom
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Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (1775-1851) artist was born in a house on this site
21 Maiden Lane, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle dined here with the publisher of 'Lippincott's Magazine' on 30 August 1889, a meeting that led to 'The Sign Of Four' & 'The Picture Of Dorian Gray'
Langham Hotel, 1c Portland Place, London, United Kingdom
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Philip Jones CBE 1928 - 2000 Musician, founder of the Philip Jones brass ensemble and pioneer of brass chamber music lived here 1964 - 2000
14 Hamilton Terrace, NW8, London, United Kingdom
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Gerald Finzi 1901-1956 English composer was born here
93 Hamilton Terrace, St John's Wood, London, United Kingdom
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Edward Meryon MD FRCP 1807-1880 first described muscular dystrophy lived here 1846-1880
17 Clarges Street, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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General Pasquale Paoli 1725-1807 who fought tirelessly for the freedom of Corsica lived in a building on this site
77 South Audley Street, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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This building was the site of the Westminster office of the Penny Post and then the Two-penny Post 1794-1834
Gerrard Street, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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Bernard Sunley 1910-1964 Contractor and philanthropist lived and worked here 1941-1958
24 Berkeley Square, London, United Kingdom
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Sir Lennox Berkeley 1903-1989 Composer lived here 1947-1989
8 Warwick Avenue, London, United Kingdom
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Apollo Theatre Originally intended for musicals, the Apollo Theatre opened in 1901 with a farce called "The Belle of Bohemia". A popular policy of musicals, drama and comedy has continued to the present day. Notable long runs in recent years include Alan Bennett's "Forty Years On" with Sir John Gielgud
Shaftesbury Ave, London, United Kingdom
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Queen's Theatre Built by W. G. R. Sprague, the Queen's Theatre opened in 1908 with a comedy The Sugar Bowl. While the Edwardian interior has largely survived, the theatre suffered bomb damage during the last war, re-opening in 1959 with the present exterior and John Gielgud in The Ages of Man
51 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, United Kingdom
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Site of The Mont Blanc Restaurant where leading writers, including Belloc, Chesterton, Conrad and Galsworthy, met regularly in the early years of the 20th Century
15-16 Gerrard Street W1, London, United Kingdom
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Savoy Theatre opened in 1881 the Savoy Theatre was the first public building in the world to be lit throughout by electricity
The Savoy Theatre, Carting Lane, London, United Kingdom
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Keith Clifford Hall FSMC FAAO DCLP 1910-1964 Pioneer in the fitting of contact lenses practised here 1945-1964
140 Park Lane, London, United Kingdom
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Site of Old Slaughters Coffee House where on 16th June 1824 was formed the society now known as RSPCA
78 St Martin's Lane, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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Home of BBC School Radio 1952 - 1993. Pioneer of education for children through radio broadcasting.
1 Portland Place, W1, London, United Kingdom
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Lionel Logue CVO 1880-1953 speech therapist to King George VI practised here 1926-1952
146 Harley Street, London, United Kingdom
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Francis Crick O.M. F.R.S. 1916-2004 Eminent Scientist Nobel Laureate Discoverer of the structure of DNA & the genetic code lived here 1945-1947
56 St. George's Square, London, United Kingdom
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105 Catholic martyrs lost their lives at the Tyburn Gallows near this site 1535-1681
Tyburn Convent, Bayswater Road, London, United Kingdom
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John William Polidori 1795-1821 poet and novelist, author of 'The Vampyre' born and died here
38 Great Pulteney Street, London, United Kingdom
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Sir Roger Bannister while a medical student at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School from 1951-54, trained on the cinder track on this site in preparation for the first under 4 minute mile run in Oxford on 6th May 1954.
Paddington Recreation Ground, Randolph Avenue, W9, London, United Kingdom
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Site of Hindoostane Coffee House 1810 London's first Indian restaurant owned by Sake Dean Mahomed 1759-1851
102 George Street, Paddington, London, United Kingdom
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Terence Donovan 1936-1996 photographer worked here 1978-1996
30 Bourdon Street, London, United Kingdom
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John Peake Knight 1828-86 Inventor of the world's first traffic lights which were erected here 9th Dec. 1868
12 Bridge Street, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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Benjamin Britten composer 1913-1976 and Peter Pears singer 1910-1986 lived and worked here 1943-1946
St John's Wood High Street, London, United Kingdom
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Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force was formed and had its first headquarters here in the former Hotel Cecil 1st April 1918
80 Strand, London, United Kingdom
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London Palladium Opened in 1910, the London Palladium has been famed for variety for many years, while the site on which it is built has been connected for over a century with entertainments as diverse as Frederick Hengler's "Grand Cirque" in 1871 and the National Skating Palace of 1884
Argyll St, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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Globe Theatre The third theatre to bear the title of its Bankside namesake was originally known as the "Hick's Theatre" and was built in 1906 by the eminent theatre designer W G R Sprague. The Globe Theatre continues to delight with a successful mix of serious drama and top comedy
Shaftesbury Ave, London, United Kingdom
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Lyric Theatre Built by C J Phipps. The Lyric Theatre opened in 1888 with the comic opera "Dorothy" and has since developed a tradition of drama, light comedy and popular musicals. The great Italian actress Eleonora Duse made her debut here in "Camille" in 1893
Shaftesbury Ave, London, United Kingdom
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Alexis Soyer 1810-1858 chef, author of cookbooks, inventor lived here
28 Marlborough Place, St John’s Wood, NW8, London, United Kingdom
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Site of the last home of James Barry 1741–1806 Irish artist and creator of the murals at The Royal Society of Arts
36 Eastcastle Street, W1, London, United Kingdom
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Lord Stanley of Preston purchased the original Stanley Cup from a silversmith on this site in 1892 for the people of Canada to commemorate amateur and professional ice hockey. The cup is now in the hockey hall of fame in Toronto.
130 Regent Street, W1, London, United Kingdom
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Josef Dallos 1905-1979 Hungarian born British ophthalmologist invented living eye impression technique 1930. First contact lens only practice here 1937-1964
18 Cavendish Square, London, United Kingdom
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Duchess Theatre The Duchess Theatre began a distinguished career as a home for both drama and comedy when it opened with the war play "Tunnel Trench" in 1929. Prominent productions have included the 1936 London debut of T S Eliot's "Murder In The Cathedral" and Noël Coward's "Blithe Spirit" in 1942
Catherine Street, London, United Kingdom
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Wendy Richard M.B.E. 1943-2009 English actress lived here 1948-1953
The Shepherd’s Tavern, 50 Hertford Street, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom
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The Bee Gees Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb composed and stayed here 1968-1980
67 Brook Street, London, United Kingdom
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In recognition of Westminster's councillors and officers and the civil and emergency services during their actions during World War II (1939-1945) This plaque was unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Westminster City Council Councillor Angela Hooper CBE for the 50th anniversary of VE Day 8th May 1995
Victoria Street, London, United Kingdom
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Between 1897-1915 Cecil Court became the heart of the early British film industry and was known as Flicker Alley. British film pioneers Cecil Hepworth & James Williamson had offices here, alongside international companies such as Gaumont, Nordisk and Vitagraph
27 Cecil Court, London, United Kingdom
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From 1859-1865 the poet, painter and traveller Edward Lear 1812 - 1888 made a house on this site his London home and studio. Lear Bicentenary 2012
15 Stratford Place, Westminster, W1C, 1BE, London, United Kingdom
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Gas Light & Coke Company 1813-1937 site of a gasworks which provided the first public supply of gas in the world
Great Peter Street / St Anne's Street junction, London, United Kingdom
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This boundary wall of the Rutland Estate was destroyed by a bomb during World War II on 25 September 1940. At the request of residents a right of way was established when the wall was rebuilt by the City of Westminster in 1948 and has become to be known as the 'hole in the wall' Unveiled on 28 October 1988
Ennismore Street,, London, United Kingdom
On the site now occupied by the statue of King Charles I was erected the original Queen Eleanor's Cross a replica of which stands in front of Charing Cross Station. Mileages from London are measured from the site of the original cross.
Trafalgar Square / Whitehall, London, United Kingdom
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Look left to St James's Square and right to St James's Church in Jermyn Street. All this was the inspiration of one man: Henry Jermyn Earl of St Albans KG 1605-1684 diplomat, favourite of Queen Henrietta Maria and "founder of the West End" who died in his house on this site
10 St James's Square, London, United Kingdom
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The British premier of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony commissioned by the Philharmonic Society of London was given on 21 March 1825 in the Argyll Rooms Concert Hall on this site
252 Regent Street, London, United Kingdom
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W. S. Gilbert playwright & poet. His foe was folly & his weapon wit.
Embankment, London, United Kingdom
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Working Donkeys of Covent Garden. This plaque is in memory of the 100,000 costermongers' donkeys that worked in and around the market
Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom
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Cedric Keith Simpson CBE, MA, MD, LLD, FRCP, FRCPath, DMJ 1907 - 1985 eminent forensic pathologist, emeritus professor of forensic medicine and author, lived here The Royal College of Pathologists City of Westminster
1 Weymouth Street, London, United Kingdom
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Fortune Theatre. A 'jewel of a theatre' designed in the art deco style, and completed in 1924 on the site of the ancient Albion Theatre, haunts of actors and writers. This Fortune Theatre was named after the original in the Barbican where Shakespeare performed.
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Dame Sheila Sherlock MD FRS 1918-2001 World authority on the liver, Professor of medicine lived here 1970-2001
41 York Terrace East, Westminster NW1, London, United Kingdom
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George Nissel 1913-1982 Founder of G.Nissel & Co First independent UK contact lens laboratory Siddons Lane 1946
Siddons Lane, Marylebone, NW1, London, United Kingdom
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Sir Winston Churchill 1874-1965 Lived Here 1880-1883
29 St James's Place, SW1A, London, United Kingdom
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The Liberal Party was founded on this site on 6th June 1859
Almack House, London, United Kingdom
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Sister Dorothy Louise Thomas GC 1905-1989 nursing sister awarded the George Cross for her brave actions following a main theatre explosion at the Middlesex Hospital on 26 January 1934
John Astor House, Middlesex Hospital, 3 Foley Street, W1, London, United Kingdom
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William Smith 1769-1839 "Father of English Geology" made the first map of an entire country -England and Wales- in 1815 lived on this site 1804-1819
15 Buckingham Street, WC2, London, United Kingdom
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Site of the Adelphi Theatre Restaurant owned by the Swiss-Italian Gatti family, restaurateurs, music hall, theatre and electricity supply entrepreneurs. Sir John Gatti served as Lord Mayor of Westminster, 1911-12
410 The Strand, London, United Kingdom
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Meredith White Townsend 1831-1911 Editor of The Friend of India and the Calcutta Times Owner editor of The Spectator Lived Here c1871-1891
94 Harley Street, London, United Kingdom
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Sir Bradley Wiggins CBE enjoyed the facilities at Paddington Recreation Ground and lived close to the site attending nearby St.Augustine's CE High School. Sir Bradley became the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France and is the only cyclist to have won the Tour de France and an Olympic gold medal in the same year.
Paddington Recreation Ground, Randolph Avenue, W9, London, United Kingdom
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William Shipley 1715-1803 held the foundation meeting of The (Royal) Society of Arts in Rawthmell’s Coffee House on this site 22 March 1754
Rawthmell’s Coffee House in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom
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Ambrose Godfrey 1660-1741 Chemist and inventor of the fire extinguisher who lived at a house and worked at a laboratory and pharmacy on this site between 1706 and 1741
22-23 Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom
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Lord Duncan-Sandys 1908-1987 politician and statesman lived here 1945-1986
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In celebration of 50 years 1965-2015 Westminster City Council
Victoria Street, London, United Kingdom
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This building was once known as The National Sporting Club March 1891-October 1929 which under its president Hugh Cecil Lowther the Fifth Earl of Lonsdale and co-founders Arthur 'Peggy' Bettinson and John Fleming became the home of modern glove boxing
43 King Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom
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Councillor Angela Hooper CBE 1937-2010 Champion of Westminster's heritage and built environment for 25 years
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Site of The Thatched House Tavern. On June 1st 1815 was formed The Royal Yacht Squadron as named in 1833 by order of His Majesty King William IV
78 St James's Street, London, United Kingdom
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Wiltons since 1742 Established by George William Wilton. Noted for the finest shellfish, seafood and game. Purveyor of oysters to the royal household 1838 - 1938.
55 Jermyn Street, London, United Kingdom
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Dr. John Snow (1813-1858), a noted anaesthetist and physician, lived near the focus of the 1854 Soho Cholera epidemic, which started in August 1854 in Broad Street, as Broadwick Street was then called. In September of that year more than 500 people died in Soho from the disease. Snow had studied cholera in the 1848-9 epidemic in South London and developed a novel theory that polluted drinking water caused the disease. He recognised that cholera cases were clustered around the water pump located here and showed it was the cause of the epidemic. His theory initially met with some disbelief but he convinced the parish council to remove the pump’s handle on the 8th September 1854, to prevent its further use. Removal of the pump handle has become an international symbol of public health. The John Snow Society was founded in 1992 to commemorate Dr Snow’s work. The original pump was situated outside the site where the John Snow public house now stands and this replica has been returned to its historic location, previously marked by a pink granite kerbstone.
Broadwick Street, London, United Kingdom
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The adjacent street light is the last remaining sewer gas destructor lamp in the City of Westminster. Installed in association with Sir Joseph Bazalgette's revolutionary Victoria Embankment sewer, which opened in 1870, this cast iron ornamental lamp standard with original lantern continues to burn off residual biogas.
Carting Lane, London, United Kingdom
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1919-1921 The first home of GCHQ The Uk's intelligence, security and cyber agency known then as GC&CS, formed from the Admiralty's Room 40 and the War Office's MI1(b)
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Wilfred Ernest Lytton Day FRPS, FRSA, 1873-1936, cinema historian, founder of the Will Day Cinematography Collection & of the Anima Masonic Lodge, had his cine & radio shop here, 1913-1969 where he manufactured all John Logie Baird's experimental T.V. apparatus.
18-20 Lisle Street, London, United Kingdom
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Lord Byron, widely regarded as one of the greatest British poets was born here 22 January 1788 "Always laugh when you can. It is a cheap medicine"
Holles Street, London, United Kingdom
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HAMLEYS OF LONDON Established in 1760 by William Hamley. Unveiled in February 2010 to celebrate 250 years of being the Finest Toy Shop in the World
Regents Street, London, United Kingdom
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On this site in 1886, Queen's Park Rangers Football Club was formed with the merger of St Jude's Institute and Christ Church Rangers Football Clubs. Queen's Park Rangers Football Club
Fourth Avenue, St Jude's Hall, W10, London, United Kingdom
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King George Tupou V of Tonga May 1948 - March 2012 Reformer, traveller, Anglophile Lived and studied here 1963-1970
25 Cleveland Square Bayswater, London, United Kingdom
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John Heath-Stubbs O.B.E. 1918-2006 Poet lived here
22 Artesian Road, W2, London, United Kingdom
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Palace Theatre Built for Richard D'Oyly Carte in 1891 by T E Colcutt and known as the 'Royal English Opera House'. The theatre was renamed the 'Palace Theatre of Varieties' in 1892. In 1911 it became the Palace Theatre and is famous for being the home of London's longest-running musicals
113 Shaftesbury Ave, London, United Kingdom
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London Pavilion On this site between 1885 and 1934 stood the re-sited London Pavilion built following the demolition of its predecessor in Tichborne Street. The first West End theatre to introduce the now familiar "tip-up" seats, the London Pavilion was converted into a cinema in 1934, and a retail and entertainment centre in 1988
Piccadilly Circus, London, United Kingdom
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This building was the location of The Flamingo Club (1957-1967) the home of Jazz & Rhythm & Blues Founded by Jeffrey S.Kruger MBE, A pioneer in the British Music Industry
33-37 Wardour Street, London, United Kingdom
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St James's Theatre On this site stood the St James's Theatre, demolished in 1957 despite an epic campaign of protest led by Vivien Leigh and Sir Laurence Olivier. George Alexander, manager from 1890 - 1918, staged both Oscar Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan" and "The Importance of Being Earnest" for the first time. A joint venture by the City of Westminster and the Society of West End Theatre
23-24 King Street, London, United Kingdom
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Sir Thomas Peirson Frank 1881 - 1951 Chief Engineer for London County Council 1930-1946 Saved London from drowning during The Blitz
Thames Embankment, Victoria Tower Gardens South, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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Sir Simon Milton Square named after Sir Simon Milton (1961-2011) leader of Westminster City Council 2000-2008 Deputy Mayor of London 2008-2011
Sir Simon Milton Square, London, United Kingdom
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Vince Man's Shop Bill Green opened his Men's boutique here in 1954. As one of the earliest male fashion shops in London, it started the swinging 60's fashion revolution in Carnaby Street
5 Newburgh Street, Carnaby, London, United Kingdom
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It was at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School that the hormone Aldosterone, essential for life, was first discovered in 1952 by James F Tait, Sylvia A Simpson, Hilary M Grundy
Courtauld Building, 33 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia, London, United Kingdom
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Under the Westway adjacent to this plaque once stood the Parish Vestry of 1853 and later Town Hall of the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington 1900-1965
Paddington Exchange, 8 Hermitage Street, London, United Kingdom
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On this site stood the birthplace of Captain Thomas Riversdale Colyer-Fergusson VC awarded posthumously Died at the Battle of Passchendaele 31 July 1917 aged 21
Orchard Court, corner of Fitzhardinge Street and Seymour Mews, Marylebone, London, United Kingdom
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Professor Cecilia Vajda Britain's leading exponent of Kodály's principles of musicianship training Founder of the British Kodály Academy lived here 1969-2009
105 Hallam Street, Marylebone, London, United Kingdom
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Home of the Austrian Centre March 1939-January 1947 providing support for several thousand refugees in Britain and working for a free and democratic Austria
124 Westbourne Terrace, Paddington, London, United Kingdom
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London Coliseum Home of English National Opera since 1968. The London Coliseum, opened in 1904, was originally conceived as a variety theatre. Sir Oswald Stoll wanted a revolving dome to top his sumptous theatre, but this being deemed illegal, he settled instead for the flashing electric lights familiar today.
London Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, London, United Kingdom
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The Ivy Abele Giandolini, "Monsieur Abel", opened The Ivy as a café on this site in 1917
1-5 West Street, London, WC2H 9NQ , London, United Kingdom
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In August 1898 Fred Gaisberg and The Gramophone Company opened Europe's first disc recording studio on this site James Hall & EMI Archive Trust
31 Maiden Lane, London, United Kingdom
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Rev. Dr. John Clifford Renowned nonconformist and social activist was pastor of Westbourne Park Baptist Church from 1877 to 1923
Westbourne Park Baptist Church, Westbourne Park Villas, London, United Kingdom
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William Henry Hudson 1841-1922 Naturalist and Ornithologist, early and influential member of the RSPB, novelist and author of "Green Mansions" lived here
11 Leinster Square, London, United Kingdom
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Lord John During the swinging 60's fashion revolution, this building housed the Gold brothers' iconic store, famous for it's trend setting mod clothes and psychedelic mural
43 Carnaby Street, W1F 7EA, London, United Kingdom
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Windrush Generation Arrived from 1948 Caribbean citizens came to help rebuild war-torn Britain. Many served the crown in WWII This plaque marks their entry into Westminster and routes onward
Paddington Station, London Road, London, United Kingdom
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In this building in 1966 Henry Moss and Harry Fox opened iconic Lady Jane Carnaby Street's first women's fashion boutique
29 Carnaby Street, London, United Kingdom
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Don Luigi Sturzo 1871-1959 Italian Political Leader Lived here in exile from Italy between 1926 and 1933 as a guest of his friends Barbara Barclay Carter and Cicely M Marshall
213 Gloucester Terrace, London, United Kingdom
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Stanley Kwai-Tsun Tse 謝貴全 1943-2022 London Chinatown Community Leader Founder of SeeWoo 倫敦華埠社區領袖及泗和行創辦人 Opened here in 1975
18-20 Lisle Street, Soho, London, United Kingdom
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William Somerset Maugham 1874-1965 novelist and playwright lived here 1919-1923 "To acquire a habit for reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life"
2 Wyndham Place, London, United Kingdom
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Sir Hugh Casson CH KCVO PRA 1910-1999 Architect and President of the Royal Academy of Arts 1976-1984 Lived here 1985-1999
Hereford Mansions, Hereford Road, London, United Kingdom
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Café Monico once stood adjacent to this site Founded in 1877 by Giacomo & Battista Monico from Ticino, Switzerland Famous for its fashionable interior & fine cuisine
11-17 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, United Kingdom
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This building housed the Czechoslovak Government in exile Military Intelligence Service. Operation Anthropoid was planned here in October 1941, which led to the assassination of the Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich in Prague on 27 May 1942.
3-8 Porchester Gate, Bayswater Road, London, United Kingdom
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