Plaque Wording: Natalie Bell born 1967 is a community activist playing a vital part in local projects such as Coin Street Community Builders, SE1 United Youth Forum, WaCoCo and Friends of St Johns Sculpture Garden. She champions youth leadership and is passionate about bringing community groups together to produce win-win results.
Artist: Naomi Hope

Plaque Wording: To the memory of James Braidwood superintendent of the London Fire Brigade, who was killed near this spot in the execution of his duty at the great fire on 2 June 1861.
A just man and one that feared god, of good report among all the nation.

Plaque Wording: Octavia Hill born 1838 the founder of modern social work through her tireless work to alleviate poverty from the age of 14, Octavia pioneered affordable housing, campaigned for open space, and co-founded the National Trust.
Artist: Joy Sturgess

Plaque Wording: Jude Kelly born 1954 is a theatre director and producer with over 100 productions to her name, many of them award winning. She founded the West Yorkshire Playhouse (1990) and Metal (2002), and was appointed Artistic Director of the Southbank Centre in 2005.
Artist: Silvie Jacobi

Plaque Wording: Mrs Mallet born circa 1840 was concerned for the poor of Lambeth and was a district visitor in 1864 trying to identify families in need. She organized a refuge for women and then started to prepare penny dinners. She also ran mothers meetings and gave sewing classes for girls.
Artist: Alejandra Casimiro Herrera

Plaque Wording: Dr Annie McCall born 1859 founded the Clapham Maternity Hospital and through her pioneering work in midwifery and childcare she achieved very high survival rates for mothers and children.
Artist: Laura Symes

Plaque Wording: Margaret Mellor born 1933. As a Waterloo resident Margaret has worked for the last 40 years on community planning in Waterloo. Her main aims have been to increase social housing for families and green open space for everyone. She contributed to the setting up of Waterloo Community Development Group, Coin Street Community Builders and Waterloo Action Centre.
Artist: Jacqueline West

Plaque Wording: Heather Rabbatts born 1955 was a Jamaican born British lawyer, business woman and broadcaster. Chief Executive of London Boroughs of Merton and Lambeth, she has been a campaigner against corruption and for human rights.
Artist: Paula Ligo

Plaque Wording: Mary Seacole born 1805 learned natural medicine in Jamaica and volunteered as a nurse in a cholera outbreak in Jamaica, taking her skills to Central America and then the Crimea War where she treated wounded soldiers from both sides. She wrote her autobiography Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands 1857.
Artist: Alejandra Casimiro Herrera

Plaque Wording: Violette Szabo born 1921 was a member of the British secret military service in World War 2. Captured when she ran out of ammunition during a gun battle between the French Resistance and German soldiers, Violette was interrogated, tortured, and died in Ravensbruck concentration camp. The French government awarded her the Croix de Guerre in 1947 and the Médaille de la Résistance in 1973.
Artist: Silvie Jacobi

Plaque Wording: Hester Thrale born 1741 was a colourful member of London society, noted for her wit and charm. Her book Reflections is recognised to day as an early feminist history, and her Anecdotes on the late Samuel Johnson is a valuable source for quotations.
Artist: Jacqueline West

Plaque Wording: Seeking Justice from the Crown.
In 1736 Mahomet Weyonomon, a Mohegan Sachem (chief), died in Aldermanbury in the City of London. He was 36 years old. Foreigners could not be buried in the City, so he was carried across the river and buried near St Saviours Church, now Southwark Cathedral. The exact location of the grave is unknown. The sculpture behind you is his memorial.
Mahomets presence in London was the result of injustice and exploitation. His tribe had helped the first settlers in New England survive the bitter cold and repel Indian attacks. The Mohegans became allies of the English but settlers began to steal tribal lands. Despite support for the Mohegan cause from Queen Annes Commissioners in 1705, the lands were not returned.
Mohomet sailed to London in 1735 with three supporters to petition King George II for the return of the stolen lands. While awaiting an audience, Captain John Mason and Mahomet contracted smallpox and died. This memorial was erected at the request of the Mohegan tribe to honour a fallen chief. A stone was brought from Mohegan lands and carved with forms that reflect ancient custom by Peter Randall-Page. It was unveiled by Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, on 22nd November 2006 with the tribal chairman Bruce Two Dogs Bozsum and the US Ambassador - symbolically granting the audience Mahomet never received.
Mahomet wrote several languages including English and Latin. He was the grandson of Sachem Oweneco who was granted the return of Mohegan lands by an order of 1705 which was ignored by the Connecticut government. Sachem comes from the Mohegan word for stone or rock.
The grey plaque in front of the sculpture is mostly unreadable

Plaque Wording: Lilian Baylis born 1874 - A niece of Emma Cons, Lilian flourished as a theatrical producer who revived the Old Vic Theatre and Sadlers Wells Theatre, as well as founding the forerunners of English National Opera, the National Theatre and The Royal Ballet.
Artist: Silvie Jacobi

Plaque Wording: Emma Cons born 1838 - Emma was a politician, suffragette, educationalist, business woman, philanthropist and impresario. She was the first woman alderman of the London County Council, founder of Morley College and the Old Vic Theatre.
Artist: Laura Symes

Plaque Wording: Eva Hubback born 1886 - An early English feminist and suffragette, Eva became Principal of Morley College in 1927. She was also President of the National Union for Equal Citizenship and was elected to the London County Council.
Artists: Dee Smith and Jo Thorpe

Plaque Wording: Caroline Martineau born 1844. Caroline was one of the earliest teachers at Morley College, and was principal from 1891 until her death in 1902. She was always known for her generosity and keen sense of social purpose - her last and most generous gift to the college was a physics laboratory.
Artist: Jacqueline West

Plaque Wording: This bronze disc bears an impression of the ground taken from the site in Crimea where Jamaican nurse Mary Seacole ministered to British soldiers during the war of 1853-1856
I trust that England will not forget one who nursed her sick who sought out her wounded to aid and succour them and who performed the last offices for some of her illustrious dead.
Sir William Howard Russell, war correspondent, The Times 1857

Plaque Wording: Able seaman Albert Edward McKenzie born Bermondsey 23rd October 1898
HMS Vindictive, Zeebrugge raid 23rd April 1918 died Chatham 3rd November 1918
Awarded the Victoria Cross for most conspicuous gallantry
Our local hero

Plaque Wording: Ernies BeachThis stretch of the river foreshore is named afer local resident and community activist John Hearn (known as Ernie). This is in recognition of his work gaining appreciation of the Thames as an asset and amenity for London...

Plaque Wording: {top left}The final Frost Fair was held in 1814. The construction of a new London Bridge with broader spans for shipping improved the flow of the tides. The Thames no longer froze over and the Frost Fairs were no more.
{top right}Sleds, sliding with skeetes, a bull-baiting, horse and coach races, puppet plays and interludes, cooks, tippling, and other lewd places ... a Bacchanalian triumph or carnival on the water.
{bottom left}Tankards of beer, ale, brandy, a dish of famous new-made coffee, tea or chocolate, Roast beef, plum cake; hot codlins, pancakes, duck, goose and sack, Rabbit, capon, Turkey and wooden Jack.
{bottom right}After the construction of London Bridge in 1468 its narrow arches slowed the Thames sufficiently for the water to freeze over in severe winters. During the freeze of 1664 the people of London took to the ice for what became the first ever Frost Fair.

Plaque Wording: 1869 - 1976 The Evelina Hospital for Sick Children in Southwark
Baroness Evelina de Rothschild Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild Lady Superintendent Alice Cross Dr Arthur Farre MD FRCP FRS
This plaque celebrates the founding of the Evelina Children's Hospital, which was built on this site in 1869. It commemorates the work of the founder, planners, doctors, nurses and staff, and all the generous benefactors and supporters during the hospital's first 107 years.
The hospital was founded by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in memory of the early deaths of his wife, Evelina, and their baby son. The hospital was planned by Dr Arthur Farre, obstetrician to Evelina and the royal family.
The chosen site, Southsea Court in Southwark, was in one of the poorest districts of London, where children were stricken with disease, serious infections and undernourishment leading to many deaths. This new model hospital uplifted the spirit of the people, bringing to a deprived district the hope of fighting the ravages of childhood diseases.
In 1976 the Evelina moved to Guy's Tower, Southwark, to unite with Guy's Hospital Children's Department. The old Evelina building was demolished and the area was converted into Mint Street Park.

Plaque Wording: John Dickens, the father of Charles Dickens, was imprisoned here for debt from February to March 1824

Plaque Wording: Both the Surrey County and Marshalsea Prisons had a long, thin site running towards the present Tennis Street.
This site had been occupied by The Surrey County or White Lion Prison until 1799.

Plaque Wording: The plaques have disappeared from the stones, and the wording is shown in the link to London Remembers

Plaque Wording: Marsh and McLennan's London offices are nearby.

Plaque Wording: {top left} The Gatehouse Square development was designed by the Greater London Council for Southwark Council and constructed with funds provided by the Sea Containers Group. The pavement mosaics which decorate this square were designed and made by pupils from the following schools: Aylwin School, Snowsfields Primary School, St. James CofE Primary School, St. joseph's RC Primary School, George Row, Tower Bridge Primary School. The bronze figure 'Great oaks from little acorns grow' was sculptured by Brian Yale.
{top right} This plaque was unveiled on 12th November 1987 by the Mayor Councillor Mrs Dorothy Winters to commemorate the social housing and nearby workshops which provide job opportunities for local people. These developments have been the result of the commitment of the local community, the Greater London Council and the London Borough of Southwark.

Plaque Wording: London Bridge 1825 - 1967
These granite slabs are coping stones from the former London Bridge which was dismantled in 1967 and re-erected in Lake Havasu, Arizona, USA. Designed by John Rennie, the bridge was opened in 1831 and has since featured in many films and books including those of Charles Dickens. Substantial parts of the abutments and walls still remain and are preserved as part of the fabric of the new bridge, where two large granite stair chambers (including 'Nancy's steps') still exist as part of the original Rennie southern vault.
Southwark Heritage Association - Southwark Heritage - alive today, working with Transport for London.

Plaque Wording: {The bronze plaque is above the white stone} Erected by the nursing staff in honour of the patients who died in the King George Hospital, H. M. Stationery Office Stamford Street, used as a military hospital during the war.
{The White Stone} In memory of those who have given their lives for their country. The names of those who died in the King George Hospital are inscribed on a parchment roll placed with the church records. The names of those who were parishioners of St. John's Church are inscribed on the three remaining panels of this memorial.

Plaque Wording: Mary Seacole Nurse of the Crimean War 1805 - 1881
Wherever the need arises on whatever distant shore I ask no higher or greater privilege than to minister to it.

Plaque Wording: The Florence Nightingale Garden
This garden celebrated the dedicated nursing and midwifery professionals who trained or have worked at Guy's and St Thomas' caring for our patints, pioneering new treatments and inspiring future generations.
Florence Nightingale founded the Nightingale Nurse Training School at St Thomas' Hospital in 1860, which continued until 1996. The Next Generation of Nightingales was launched in 2017 to build on this legacy.

Plaque Wording: Dedicated to the memory of those from the Allied armies who gave their lives in the Battle of Waterloo.
{On the medallion:} Wellington Waterloo June 18, 1815 T. Wyon S.
"My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won."
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Plaque Wording: To the memory of the men of the London Hop Trade who died for us in the Great War .... Their name liveth forever.

Plaque Wording: Church of St Thomas Apostle, (formerly St Thomas Martyr) Southwark, S.E.1. Parish church of St Thomas 1136 - 1862, which also served as the chapel of St Thomas's hospital 1215 - 1862, rebuilt in 1703 by Thomas Cartwright & Son (sometime master masons to Christopher Wren).The roof space was used as the hospital's herb garret and from 1822 as its operating theatre. Rediscovered by Raymond Russell in 1956, the herb garret and operating theatre is now a museum supported by the Lord Brock memorial trust.

Plaque Wording: Erected in the year 1882 by Colonel S. B. Bevington, first Mayor of Bermondsey in memory of his father, James Buckington Bevington JP of Neckinger Mills, Bermondsey, Born 1804. Died 1892.

Plaque Wording: Bermondsey Abbey
The Cluniac (Benedictine) Priory of St Saviour at Bermondsey occupied ground between Bermondsey Street, Abbey Street and Grange Walk. Founded in 1082 it flourished from the 12th to 15th century. This plaque marks the site of the Abbey Church.

Plaque Wording: {top left:} In memory of Violet Alice Tritton, 1883 - 1956
{top right:} A friend of Bermondsey for more than fifty years

Plaque Wording: Click on the link (to London Remembers) to see what was on the plaque.

Plaque Wording: Jacob, the Circle dray horse
The famous Courage dray horses were stabled on this site from the early nineteenth century and delivered beer around London from the brewery on Horselydown Lane by Tower Bridge. In the sixteenth century the area became known as Horselydown, which derives from 'horse-lie-down', a description of working horses resting before crossing London Bridge into the City of London.
Jacob was commissioned by Jacobs Island Company and Farlane Properties as the centrepiece of the Circle to commemorate the history of the site. He was flown over London by helicopter into Queen Elizabeth Street to launch the Circle in October 1987.

Plaque Wording: 1881 - 1951. The Rt.Hon. Ernest Bevin "The Dockers' K.C.". National Organiser of the Dockers' Union, 1910 - 1921. General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union, 1921 - 1945. Chairman Trades Union Congress, 1937. Member of Parliament Central Wandsworth, 1940 - 1950 and East Woolwich, 1950 - 1951. Minister of Labour and National Service, 1940 - 1945. Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1945 - 1951. Member of the Executive Committee of the International Transport Workers Federation. A forceful and inspiring leader of democratic principles. He gained a place in men's hearts few could equal.

Plaque Wording: Samuel Bourne Bevington V.D. J.P. 1832-1907
Colonel commanding 3rd VB The Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment 1884-1899
First mayor of Bermondsey 1900-1902
Erected by his fellow citizens

Plaque Wording: We human beings are passing through a crucial period in our development. Conflict & mistrust have plagues the past century which has brought immeasurable human suffering & environmental destruction. It is in the interests of all of us on this planet that we make a joint effort to turn the next century into an era of peace & harmony. May this Peace Garden become monument to the courage pf the Tibetan people & their commitment to peace. May it remain as a symbol to remind us that human survival depends on living in harmony & on always choosing the path of non-violence in resolving our differences.
The XIV Dalai Lama of Tibet 13 May 1999

Plaque Wording: Mary Seacole Trust: This plaque is to honour those healthcare workers who have dedicated themselves to aiding others in times of war, conflict and catastrophe throughout history
8th September 2017

Plaque Wording: Church of St Thomas Apostle, (formerly St Thomas Martyr) Southwark, S.E.1. Parish church of St Thomas 1136-1862, which also served as the chapel of St Thomas's hospital 1215- 1862, rebuilt in 1703 by Thomas Cartwright & Son (sometime master masons to Christopher Wren).The roof space was used as the hospital's herb garret and from 1822 as its operating theatre. Rediscovered by Raymond Russell in 1956, the herb garret and operating theatre is now a museum supported by the Lord Brock Memorial Trust.

Plaque Wording: Corporation of London, Tower Bridge This plaque records the visit on the centenary of Tower Bridge, Thursday, 30th June 1994 by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, AK, QSO, ADC, in the presence of the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor Alderman Sir Paul Henry Newall, TD, DL, MA, DLitt
{then a list of sheriffs, aldermen, commoners...}

Plaque Wording: Herbert Ashcombe Walker, KCB London & South Western Railway General Manager 1911 - 1923. Southern Railway General Manager 1923 - 1937. Director 1937 - 1947. This station, the development of the docks at Southampton & the electrification of the Southern Railway, to which he gave his genius & leadership, are his memorial.

Plaque Wording: This Bridge was opened by HRH the Prince of Wales, KG on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, on Saturday the 30th June 1894 in the presence of HRH The Princess of Wales, HRH The Duke of York KG and other members of the Royal Family, the Right Honorable Sir George Robert Tyler, Bart., Lord Mayor.
{followed a list of names}

Plaque Wording: City of London Tower Bridge The main towers, high level walkways and the machine rooms under the southern approach of this bridge were opened to the public on 30th June 1982 by the Rt Hon, the Lord Mayor Sir Christopher Leaver, GBE, DMus, in the presence of Norman Harding, Esq, Chairman of the City Lands and Bridge House Estates Committee and Sir John Reader Welch, Bt, MA, Chairman of the Planning and Communications Committee and the following members of the Joint Co-ordinating Committee:
{list of names, Consultants and Engineers}

Plaque Wording: Wayne Marques is near top centre, Evelyn Sharp is bottom centre, Dorkins is near top right

Plaque Wording: This monument is dedicated to the memory of John Bingham Esquire, sadler to Queene Elizabeth and King James, who was a good benefactory to this parrish & free schole, he departed this life in September 1625 in the 75 yeare of his age and his body lyes buried in a vault before this monument where it expects the resurrection of the just.

Plaque Wording: In memory of John Harvard founder of Harvard University in America baptized in this church 29 November 1607