Blue Plaques and Locations

Bankside
Bermondsey
Borough
Camberwell
Dulwich
London Bridge
Peckham
Rotherhithe
Walworth

Bankside

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Rose Theatre, The

The Rose Theatre
21 New Globe Walk
Bankside
London
SE1 9DT

Sam Wanamaker

1919 to 1993
The man behind Shakespeare's Globe

New Globe Buildings
Bankside
London
SE1

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Druid Street Arch Bombing

On October 25th 1940 a bomb fell through the Railway Arch killing 77 people sheltering from the air raid

Founded in 1857
World renowned biscuit maker that gave Bermondsey the name "Biscuit Town"

Drummond Road
Bermondsey
London
SE16

Borough

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Bert Hardy

To be unveiled
113 Webber Street
Borough
London
SE1

Borough Market

London's oldest fruit and veg market

Borough Market
8 Southwark Street
Borough
London
SE1 1TL

Charles Dickens

1812 to 1870
Writer, journalist and social reformer

Charles Dickens Primary School
Lant Street
Borough
London
SE1 1QP

Clink, The

Most notorious medieval prison

Clink Prison Museum
Soho Wharf
Clink Street
London Bridge
London
SE1 9DG

Harry Cole

Charles Dickens Primary School
Toulmin Street
Borough
London
SE1 1QP

John Harvard

To be unveiled
John Harvard Library
211 Borough High Street
Borough
London
SE1 1JA 

Mary Wollstonecraft

1759 to 1797
Writer, teacher and champion of women's rights

45 Dolben Street
Borough
London
SE1

Octavia Hill

Bishop's Hall
East Front Facing Red Cross Garden
Redcross Way
London
SE1

Strainer Street Arch Bombing

On the night of 17th February 1941 a bomb fell onto the arch where people were sheltering from the air raid. 68 died and 175 were injured

Arch
Stainer Street
London Bridge
London
SE1

Tabard Inn

Geoffrey Chaucer
1342 to 1400
England's greatest medieval poet and author of the "Canterbury Tales"
The Tabard Inn
Site from which Chaucer's pilgrims set off in April 1386

Talbot Yard
Borough
London
SE1 

Camberwell

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

1967
Camberwell-born actress
First black British woman to be nominated for an Oscar

To be unveiled
Flats at St Giles hospital
St Gile's Road
Camberwell
London SE5
(Birth place)

Una Marson

1905 to 1965
Poet. playwright, campaigner for equality
First black woman programme maker at the BBC

To be unveiled
Brunswick park
Camberwell
London
SE5

Dulwich

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Anne Shelton

1928 to 1994
Popular singer and the World War II " Forces' Favourite"
Lived here
Voted by the People

To be unveiled
142 Court Lane
Dulwich
London

Edgar Kail

Dulwich Hamlet FC
1900 to 1976
Last amateur footballer to play for England

Dulwich Hamlet Football Ground
Edgar Kail Way
Dulwich
London
SE22

Enid Blyton

1867 to 1968
Popular writer of over 600 books for children

354 Lordship Lane
East Dulwich
London
SE22

Phyllis Pearsall

1906 to 1996
Inventor of the London A to Z

3 Court Lane Gardens
Court Lane
Dulwich
London
SE21

London Bridge

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M. Manze

Founded 1902
Opened here 1927
The home of pie and mash
Voted by the People

Manze's pie and mash shops
87 Tower Bridge Road
London Bridge
London
SE1 4TW

Peckham

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Edward Turner

To be unveiled
87 Rye Hill Park
Peckham
London
SE15

Manze's pie and mash shops

To be unveiled
Menze's pie and mash shops
105 Peckham High Street
Peckham
London
SE15 5RS

Oliver Goldsmith

1730 to 1774
Flamboyant playwright, author of "She Stoops to Conquer"

Oliver Goldsmith Primary School
Peckham Rd
Peckham
London
SE5 8UH

Pioneer Health Centre, The

Opened here in 1935
Known world-wide as the Peckham Experiment, it was a family-based club for the study of health and society
Voted by the People

St Mary's Road
Peckham
London
SE15

Rio Ferdinand

Born 1978
Peckham's football legend who lived on the Friary Estate
Voted by the People

To be unveiled
Leyton Square
Peckham Park Road
London
SE15 6SX

Rotherhithe

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Bobby Abel

The Guv'nor
1857 to 1936
One of England's finest ever cricketers

Café Gallery
Park Approach
Southwark Park
Rotherhithe
London
SE16

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

1806 to 1859
Great Victorian Engineer
His first project was the Thames Tunnel, the world's first underwater tunnel

Brunel Engine Museum
Railway Avenue
Rotherhithe
London
SE16 4LF 

Michael Caine, Sir

1933
Film legend
Born in St Olave's hospital, Rotherhithe

St Olave’s Hospital
Lower Road
Rotherhithe
London
SE16

Richard Carr-Gomm

1922
Social Reformer
Founder of the Abbefield and Carr-Gomm Societies
Lived and worked here

36 Gomm Road
Southwark Park
Rotherhithe
London
SE16

Rotherhithe Picture Research Library and Sands Film Studios

To be unveiled
Grice’s Granary
St. Marychurch Street
Rotherhithe
London
SE16 

Sailing of the Mayflower

In 1620 the Mayflower sailed from Rotherhithe on the first stage of its epic voyage to America 

St Marychurch Street
Rotherhithe
London
SE16

Surrey Docks Fire

On September 7th 1940 the docks were set on fire in the first raid of the Blitz

185 Lower Road
Rotherhithe
London
SE16 2LW

Time and Talents

Established 1877, opened here 1899
Founded improve the living working conditions of women and children employed in the factories and the docks area of Bermondsey
Voted by the People

The Old Mortuary
St Marychurch Street
Rotherhithe
London
SE16

Born Bermondsey 17th December 1936
Rock and Roll singer, entertainer, stage and screen actor

Rotherhithe Civic Centre / Library
In place of Bermondsey boy statue
Albion Street
Southwark
London
SE16

Walworth

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Charles Babbage

1791 to 1871
Mathematical genius, astronomer, inventor and "Father of Computing"

The Side of Walworth Clinic
Larcom Street
Walworth
London
SE17

Charlie Chaplin

1889 to 1977
Walworth-born comic genius

East Street
Walworth
London
SE17

George Livesey, Sir

1834 to 1908
Chairman of the South Metropolitan Gas Company and one of Southwark's greatest industrialists
Gave this building to the People

Livesey Museum
682 Old Kent Road
Walworth
London
SE15 1JF

Michael Faraday

1791 to 1867
Scientific genius and discoverer of
Gave this building to the People

Southwark Housing Office
Larcom Street
Walworth
London
SE17

Henry Cooper, Sir

To be unveiled
Thomas a Beckett Gymnasium
Old Kent Road
Walworth
London
SE1 

We are currently taking nominations for 2008. To make your nomination for a blue plaque email vote4icons@southwark.gov.uk

Contact us

Arts and heritage team
Tel: 020 7525 2000
vote4icons@southwark.gov.uk
Chatelaine House
186 Walworth Road
London
SE17 1JJ