{Stencil on the road:} Another needless cyclist death {Notice attached to the bike:} Cyclist killed in crash was kindest person - family. A family has paid tribute to a woman who died in a road collision in central London as "the kindest person in the room". Cheistha Kochhar, 33, died following a collision with a lorry while cycling in Clerkenwell Road, near the junction with Farringdon Road, on 19 March. The Indian national was a PhD scholar at the London School of Economics (LSE), her family said in a statement. No arrests have been made and inquires are ongoing, the Metropolitan Police sai ..read more

Grove Buildings Erected in 1909 by the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea on land presented by Earl Cadogan KG. Mayor Christopher Head, JP Chairman of Housing Committee: W. J. Mulvey, FRCVS Architects: Wills & Anderson Town Clerk: T. Holland Medical Officer of Health: L. C. Parkes, MD Contractors: Gathercole Bros ..read more

Dame Mary Quant, Kings Road, fashion designer, opened her boutique, Bazaar, on this site in 1955 ..read more

... L. S. ... .... by the vestry ..read more

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. Seven Dials Trust ..read more

{Inscribed in the granite frieze:} Erected by public subscription 1884 {On a plaque facing east:} Restored by the Council of the London Borough of Enfield with contributions from the customers of Marks and Spencer, Enfield, 1994. {On a plaque facing west:} Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Enfield in fondest memory of Henry Joshua (Jos) Brown, 1906 - 1983, past President of the Club and local horticulturist ..read more

{Beneath the crest of the Royal Ballet School:} The Bridge of Aspiration, the generous and symbolic gift to the Royal Ballet School donated by: Thomas and Deirdre Lynch John and Anya Sainsbury Harry and Carol Djanogly The Ashden Trust Robert and Ricki Gail Conway Charlotte Heber Percy Christopher and Jo Holdsworth Hunt The Mark Leonard Trust The J J Charitable Trust Simon and Virginia Robertson The Mercers' Company The Headley Trust January 2003 This plaque marks the contribution of David Norman, Chairman of Governors of the Royal Ballet School, 2000 - 2009, to the development of the Royal Ba ..read more

IOHANNES HICCOCKS Magister in Cancellario Vir Integer Vitae in Forensi negotio Inter severiores Iurisprudentiæ Litteras Urbanitate Morum conspicuus In rerum Civilium Vicissitudine Civis Bonus, et Inconcussus In labefacta Valetudine, et acutis doloribus Sui potens, et Comes in amicos. Curiam Suam penitus inspectam Et exagitatas acerrime fraudum Latebras Lucro apponebat: Virtutis enim Intemeratæ suæ Famam stabilivit Temerata Suspicio. Obijt V. Apr. MDCCXXVI. Ætat. LVIII. {This Latin translates as:} JOHN HICCOCKS Master in Chancery A man who was honest in life and in his dealings with the most s ..read more

Oliver Goldsmith Born Pallas Co. Longford, Ireland 1728. Died London 1774. Poet, novelist, playwright. Author of: The Deserted Village; The Vicar of Wakefield; She Stoops to Conquer. "... who left scarcely any style of writing untouched and touched nothing that he did not adorn" - Samuel Johnson ..read more

Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green Parmiter Street Re-housing Scheme This commemoration stone was laid by the Mayor Alderman Charles Wm. Hovell, JP, 11th September 1926. Housing Committee: Councillor W. Paddock - Chairman Councillor H. E. Adams - Vice-Chairman The Mayor {A list of 3 Alderman, followed by a list of 13 Councillors, see Commemorated subjects for the names.} E. C. P. Monson, FRIBA - Architect W. Simms - Builders David J. Keep - Town Clerk A. E. Darby - Borough Engineer ..read more