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www.thesohosociety.org.uk/maps/plaques/index.html The Soho Society © 2008-2010     Commemorative Plaques in Soho   listed alphabetically by surname, by street name and by location photographs   MAP BY COURTESY OF LOCATIONWORKS.COM, SOHO

                                   2i's Coffee Bar, 55-59 Old Compton Street (birthplace of British rock 'n' roll) 
                        John Logie Baird, 22 Frith Street (television equipment pioneer)
                               Tom Baker, 4 D'Arblay Street (mens' tailoring) 
                        Sir Joseph Banks, 32 Soho Square (botanist)
                             Sarah Bernhardt, 41-43 Wardour Street (actress) 
                               The Board of Green Cloth, formerly at 78 Dean Street
                           Charles Bridgeman, 54 Broadwick Street (landscape gardener)
                            Robert Brown, 32 Soho Square (botanist)
                            Edmund Burke, 37 Gerrard Street (politician)
           Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto), 41 Beak Street (Venetian painter)
                             Willy Clarkson, 41-43 Wardour Street (theatrical wig maker)
                    The [Literary] Club, 9 Gerrard Street (literary club)
                             Peter Cook, 18 Greek Street (comedian, satirist)
                      Lord Bernard Delfont of Stepney, Prince of Wales Theatre, 31 Coventry Street 
                           Earl of Derby, 22 Great Windmill Street (Contributions to Canadian ice hockey)
                             David Don, 32 Soho Square (botanist)
                  Ancient Order of Druids, 23 Poland Street (Preservation and practise of Druidic principles) 
                              John Dryden, 42-44 Gerrard Street (poet)
                                   Globe Theatre, 33 Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho W1 (London West End theatre) 
                        Lord [Lew] Grade, Palladium Theatre, 87 Argyll Street (entertainment, television) 
                                   Great Dangaroo Flood, 5 Old Compton Street (whimsical fiction)
                                   Hamleys Toy Store, 188-196 Regent Street, London W1B 5BT () 
                           William Hazlitt, 6 Frith Street (essayist and literary critic)
                            Thomas Hearn, 6 Meard Street (topographical draughtsman)
                              John Hunter, 7 Upper James Street (Surgeon) 
                           William Hunter, rear of Lyric Theatre, Great Windmill St (anatomist)
                         Sir Henry Irving, 41-43 Wardour Street (Victorian theatrical actor and manager)
                        Washington Irving, 8 Argyll Street (American writer and diplomat) 
                               The King of Corsica, St Anne's Churchyard, Wardour Street (notable for) 
                           Paul de Lamerie, 40 Gerrard Street (silversmith)
                               The Linnean Society, 32 Soho Square 
                      Franz Ferenc Liszt, 16 Great Marlborough Street (composer and pianist)
                              Karl Marx, 28 Dean Street (political and economic theorist)
                            Jessie Matthews, 22 Berwick Street (actress and dancer)
                        Sir Morell McKenzie, 32-33 Golden Square (Specialist: diseases of the throat) 
                                   Mont Blanc Restaurant, 16 Gerrard Street (literary links) 
                             Keith Moon, 90 Wardour Street (drummer, wild man of rock 'n roll)
                  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 20 Frith Street (musician and composer)
                                   Murder One Bookshop, 76-78 Charing Cross Road (crime and mystery books) 
                            Arthur Onslow, 20 Soho Square (Speaker of the House of Commons)
                               The Penny Post, 39 Gerrard Street (early postage stamps)
                   Dr John William Polidori, 38 Great Pulteney Street (novelist)
                    Sebastião José Pombal, 23-24 Golden Square (Portuguese statesman)
                         Dr Joseph Rogers, 33 Dean Street (health care reformer)
                        Peter Mark Roget, Broadwick Street (physician, scientist, lexicographer) 
                        Sir Samuel Romilly, 18 Frith Street () 
             Major-General William Roy, 10 Argyll Street (military surveyor)
                        Dorothy L. Sayers, St. Anne's Tower, Dean Street (Scholar and writer) 
                              Mary Seacole, 14 Soho Square (Jamaican nursing heroine of the Crimean War) 
                      Percy Bysshe Shelley, 15 Poland Street (Poet) 
                            Thomas Sheraton, 163 Wardour Street (furniture designer)
                                   Shipley Books, 70 Charing Cross Road, WC2 (bookseller) 
                          Augustus Siebe, 5 Denmark Street, St. Giles (Inventor/developer of diving helmet) 
                  John Christopher Smith, 6 Carlisle Street (composer)
                           Dr John Snow, 53 Frith Street (anaesthetist, epidemiologist)
                               The Soho Mural, adj. 17 Noel Street (colourful mural) 
                               The Spirit of Soho cor. Broadwick St & Carnaby St (mural showing aspects of Soho) 
        Anne Louise Necker (Mme de Staël) opposite 1-4 Argyll Street (French authoress)
                              Lord Stanley, 128 Regent Street (Contributions to Canadian ice hockey) 
                              John Stephen, 1 Carnaby Street () 
                            Johann Strauss, 1-2 Leicester Street (musician, composer)
                           Frankie Vaughan, Palladium Theatre, 87 Argyll Street (singer, entertainer) 
                            Sidney Webb, 38-44 Cranbourn Street (social reformer) 
                          Cllr Ian Wilder, Meard Street (Councillor, West End Ward) 
                             David Williams, (Founder, Royal Literary Fund)

    Anne Louise Necker (Mme de Staël) opp. 1-4 Argyll Street (French authoress) 
                          Washington Irving, 8 Argyll Street (American writer and diplomat) 
                 Major-General William Roy, 10 Argyll Street (military surveyor)
             Lord Grade, Palladium Theatre, 87 Argyll Street (entertainment, television)
        Frankie Vaughan, Palladium Theatre, 87 Argyll Street (singer, entertainer) 
         Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto) 41 Beak Street (Venetian painter)
                           Jessie Matthews, 22 Berwick Street (actress and dancer)
                             Peter Mark Roget, Broadwick Street (physician, scientist, lexicographer) 
                           The Spirit of Soho, cor. Broadwick St & Carnaby St (mural showing aspects of Soho)  
                         Charles Bridgeman, 54 Broadwick Street (landscape gardener)
                              Robert Brown, 54 Broadwick Street (botanist)
                     John Christopher Smith, 6 Carlisle Street (composer)
                           The Spirit of Soho, cor. Carnaby St & Broadwick St (mural showing aspects of Soho)  
                               John Stephen, 1 Carnaby Street ()  
                             Shipley Books, 70 Charing Cross Road, WC2 (bookseller)
                    Murder One Bookshop, 76-78 Charing Cross Road (crime and mystery books) 
           Lord Bernard Delfont of Stepney, 31 Coventry Street (impresario)
                            Sidney Webb, 38-44 Cranbourn Street (social reformer)  
                                  Tom Baker, 4 D'Arblay Street (mens' tailoring)  
                                 Karl Marx, 28 Dean Street (political and economic theorist)
           Dorothy L. Sayers, St Anne's Tower, Dean Street (Scholar and writer)
                          Dr Joseph Rogers, 33 Dean Street (health care reformer)
          Board of Green Cloth, formerly at 78 Dean Street 
                             Augustus Siebe, 5 Denmark Street St. Giles (Inventor/developer of diving helmet)
                            William Hazlitt, 6 Frith Street (essayist and literary critic)
                        Sir Samuel Romilly, 18 Frith Street ()
                   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 20 Frith Street (musician and composer)
                          John Logie Baird, 22 Frith Street, (television equipment pioneer)
                              Dr John Snow, 53 Frith Street (anaesthetist, epidemiologist)
                        The [Literary] Club, 9 Gerrard Street (literary club)
                     Mont Blanc Restaurant, 16 Gerrard Street (literary links)
                              Edmund Burke, 37 Gerrard Street (politician)
                            The Penny Post, 39 Gerrard Street (early postage stamps)
                           Paul de Lamerie, 40 Gerrard Street (silversmith)
                            John Dryden, 42-44 Gerrard Street (poet)                            
                  Sebastião José Pombal, 23-24 Golden Square (Portuguese statesman)
                    Sir Morell McKenzie, 32-33 Golden Square (Specialist: diseases of the throat)  
                        Franz Ferenc Liszt, 16 Great Marlborough Street (composer and pianist)
                  Dr John William Polidori, 38 Great Pulteney Street (novelist)
                             Earl of Derby, 22 Great Windmill Street (Contributions to Canadian ice hockey) 
                       William Hunter, opp. 37 Great Windmill Street (anatomist)
                                Peter Cook, 18 Greek Street (comedian, satirist)
                           Johann Strauss, 1-2 Leicester Street (musician, composer)
                               Cllr Ian Wilder Meard Street (Councillor, West End Ward)
                               Thomas Hearn, 6 Meard Street (topographical draughtsman)
                       The Soho Mural, adj. 17 Noel Street (colourful mural)  
                       Great Dangaroo Flood, 5 Old Compton Street, Whimsical fiction
                        2i's Coffee Bar, 55-59 Old Compton Street (birthplace of British rock 'n' roll)  
                      Percy Bysshe Shelley, 15 Poland Street (Poet)  
                   Ancient Order of Druids, 23 Poland Street (Preservation and practise of Druidic principles)
                             Lord Stanley, 128 Regent Street (Contributions to Canadian ice hockey)
                    Hamleys Toy Store, 188-196 Regent Street London W1B 5BT() 
                             Globe Theatre, 33 Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho, W1 (London West End theatre)  
                              Mary Seacole, 14 Soho Square (Jamaican nursing heroine of the Crimean War) 
                             Arthur Onslow, 20 Soho Square (Speaker of the House of Commons)
                          Sir Joseph Banks, 32 Soho Square (botanist)
                              Robert Brown, 32 Soho Square (botanist)
                                 David Don, 32 Soho Square (botanist)
                       The Linnean Society, 32 Soho Square (botanist)
                                John Hunter, 7 Upper James Street (Surgeon)  
        David Williams, St. Anne's Churchyard, Wardour Street (Founder, Royal Literary Fund)  
   The King of Corsica, St. Anne's Churchyard, Wardour Street (notable for)
                        Sarah Bernhardt, 41-43 Wardour Street (actress)
                       Sir Henry Irving, 41-43 Wardour Street (Victorian theatrical actor and manager)
                          Willy Clarkson 41-43 Wardour Street (theatrical wig maker)
                                Keith Moon, 90 Wardour Street (drummer, wild man of rock 'n roll)
                          Thomas Sheraton, 163 Wardour Street (furniture designer)

William Hunter anatomist [ more-1, more-2, more-3, more-4 ] rear of Lyric Theatre, Great Windmill Street MAP REF:F7 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       David Williams Founder of the Royal Literary Fund, 1790. Buried in St Anne's Churchyard. Lived for several years at 36 Gerrard Street (no plaque), Soho, W1 [ more-1 more-2 more-3 ] On the wall of St Anne's Tower, St Anne's Churchyard, Wardour Street, Soho, W1 MAP REF:H6 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Theodore, King of Corsica [ more-1, more-2 ] St Anne's Churchyard, Wardour Street MAP REF:H6 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT Three commemorative plaques are affixed to the west wall of St. Anne's Tower in Soho: Theodore, King of Corsica (upper-right), William Hazlitt (lower-right) and David Williams (left). The Hazlitt plaque is actually a gravestone although he is buried elsewhere in St. Anne's Churchyard.   The inscriptions in the image above are as follows:   NEAR THIS PLACE IS INTERRED THEODORE KING OF CORSICA WHO DIED IN THIS PARISH DEC 11 1756 IMMEDIATELY AFTER LEAVING THE KINGS BENCH PRISON BY THE BENIFIT OF THE ACT OF INSOLVENCY IN CONSEQUENCE OF WHICH HE REGISTERED HIS KINGDOM OF CORSICA FOR THE USE OF HIS CREDITORS     THE GRAVE, GREAT TEACHER, TO A LEVEL BRINGS HEROES AND BEGGARS, GALLEY SLAVES AND KINGS, BUT THEODORE THIS MORAL LEARN'D ERE DEAD: FATE POURED ITS LESSONS ON HIS LIVING HEAD. BESTOW'D A KINGDOM AND DENIED HIM BREAD. MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       The Spirit of Soho mural .. in Broadwick Street at the intersection with Carnaby Street MAP REF:5D [ more-1, more-2, more-3 ] CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT PAGE TOP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Peter Mark Roget MD FRS FSA, 1779-1869 Born in Broad (now Broadwick) Street. Compiler of Roget's Thesaurus beginning after his retirement at the age of 70, published in 1852. An accomplished physician and scientist, he made important contributions to the study of communicable diseases and to the education of the deaf and dumb. His study of the retina resulted in his paper on the Persistence of Vision with regard to Moving Objects which provided the first impetus to the recording and projection of motion and the subsequent film industry. Contributed to the slide-rule by inventing the log-log scale in 1815, which gave values of ex thereby enabling the calculation of any power or root of a number. Held important posts at the Royal Institution, Royal Society and London University. Nephew of Sir Samuel Romilly whose name is commemorated in Soho's Romilly Street. [ more-1, more-2, more-3 ]   Peter Mark Roget is commemorated by a blue plaque at the University of Manchester but not yet in Soho. PAGE TOP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Mme de Staël (Anne Louise Germaine Necker) 1766 - 1817. French salonist and authoress of many semi-autobiographical novels. Banished from Paris by Napoleon for her candour. [more-1, more-2, more-3] Opposite 1-4 Argyll Street (south end) at rear of Dickins and Jones MAP REF:B2 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT The plaque is somewhat obscured by dust from building work in 2009. MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       John Stephen Glaswegian clothes designer. Founder of Carnaby Street as the world centre of men's fashion. [ more-1, more-2, more-3 ] 1 Carnaby Street, Soho, London W1 MAP REF:D5 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Johann Strauss I composer and musician [more-1, more-2, more-3] 1-2 Leicester Street MAP REF:J8 The plaque is located between the first and second ground-floor windows at the left of the building. CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Tom Baker A paper plaque which advertises the Sir Tom Baker bespoke tailoring business. [more] 4 D'Arblay Street MAP REF:XX CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT THIS TEMPORARY PLAQUE IS PRINTED ON PAPER AND IS ATTACHED TO THE SHOP WINDOW PAGE TOP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Augustus Siebe, 1788-1872 German-born engineer and inventor, living in London, developed the first effective Diving Helmet which was sealed to a watertight, air-filled rubber suit. The invention saved countless lives and resulted in significant improvements in the safety of deep-water diving. [more-1, more-2, more-3] 5 Denmark Street, St. Giles, London WC2 MAP REF:L2 Strictly speaking, this plaque is offshore from mainland Soho but is "almost visible" in its Denmark Street setting from the Soho shoreline (pavement) between Manette Street and Goslett Yard. PROVISIONAL PHOTOGRAPH NOTE: Sometime during the period 1990-2000, a sub-aqua group named Soho Divers held regular meetings in a Soho hostelry. They subsequently moved to landlocked Acton in west London. Soho, it should be noted, is but a short stroll away from Charing Cross Pier and the River Thames. PAGE TOP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Great Dangaroo Flood A plaque placed by the Kymaerica Project. 5 Old Compton Street MAP REF:K4   CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT PAGE TOP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       William Hazlitt Essayist and literary critic [ more-1, more-2, more-3, more-4, more-5 ] 6 Frith Street MAP REF:J3 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Thomas Hearne Topographical draughtsman [ more-1, more-2, more-3, more-4 ] 6 Meard Street MAP REF:G5 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       John Christopher Smith Composer [ more-1, more-2, more-3 ] 6 Carlisle Street MAP REF:G2 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT George Frederic Handel lived a short distance away in Brook Street, Mayfair. See www.handelhouse.org There may be some uncertainty over the 'born in' and 'died in' dates shown on the plaque, above. They appear to be an amalgam of the dates of John Christopher Smith [the father, d.1763] and John Christopher Smith [his son, 1712-1795], both of whom resided at 6 Carlisle Street, Soho.   The following lines are copied from Handel, by C.F. Abdy Williams, published by J.M. Dent & Son, London, 1913: page 5: In 1609 there settled at Halle in Saxony a master coppersmith from Breslau, name Valentine Hendel [several spellings]. [lines deleted]. When he was sixty-two years old his wife died, and he married Dorothea Taust, daughter of the Pastor of Giebichenstein, a village on the Saale a short distance from Halle. The offspring of the second marriage consisted of two sons and two daughters. The eldest son died at his birth, and the younger, born on February 23rd, 1685, was named Georg Friedrich. page 185: The one instance [of Handel bearing ill-will] is that of John Christopher Smith, his old college friend, who joined him at Anspach, and who for many years acted as his treasurer and concert agent. Smith's son, [also named] John Christopher, was sent to school in Soho Square, but at the age of thirteen, Handel, finding that he showed considerable musical talent, took him to his house, made him his pupil, and afterwards employed him as his copyist, and became a faithful friend to him. Meanwhile, Smith senior continued to be Handel's treasurer till four years before the latter's death, when they went to Tunbridge together, and there quarrelled over some trivial matter. page 197: He [Handel] undertook the entire education of the son of his friend and treasurer, John Christopher Smith, sending him to Mr Clare's Academy in Soho Square, and, after himself teaching him the rudiments of music, engaging Pepusch and Roseingrave, organist of St George's, Hanover Square, to continue his musical education when he himself had no longer leisure to give him instruction. MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       John Hunter Surgeon [ more ] 7 Upper James Street. (The original 1907 plaque was placed at 31 Golden Square. Both addresses may refer to the same site.) MAP REF:D6 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT PAGE TOP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Washington Irving 1783-1859. American writer and diplomat. Author of Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. [more-1, more-2, more-3] 8 Argyle Street MAP REF:B2 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       The [Literary] Club .. .. at the Turk's Head Tavern [ more-1, more-2, more-3 ] 9 Gerrard Street MAP REF:J6 On the wall of the New Moon Loon Supermarket CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Major-General William Roy 1726 - 1790. Scottish military surveyor, antiquarian, and founder of the Ordnance Survey. [ more-1, more-2, more-3 ] 10 Argyll Street MAP REF:B2 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Mary Seacole [ more-1, more-2, more-3 ] 14 Soho Square MAP REF:J1 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Percy Bysshe Shelley Poet [ more-1 more-2 more-3 more-4 more-5 ] 15 Poland Street MAP REF:E2 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Franz Ferenc Liszt Composer and pianist [ more-1, more-2, more-3, more-4 ] 16 Great Marlborough Street MAP REF:B3 MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Mont Blanc Restaurant Many famous literary figures including Hilaire Belloc, G.K. Chesterton, Joseph Conrad, John Galsworthy and Edward Garnett met here in the early years of the 20th century. [ more-1, more-2, more-3, more-4 ] 16 Gerrard Street, Soho, London W1 MAP REF:H7 The plaque is located above the Golden Harvest Restaurant CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT PAGE TOP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       The Soho Mural A colourful adornment on a flank wall [more] adjacent to 17 Noel Street at corner of Poland Street MAP REF:E2 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT The SOHO MURAL 'Ode to the West Wind' 1989 Louise Vines for LONDON WALL 01-737 4948 MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Sir Samuel Romilly, 1757-1818 Born at No.18 Frith Street where his parents owned a jeweller's shop, his surname is commemorated in the name of nearby Romilly Street (formerly Church Street until 1937). Admitted to Gray's Inn in 1778, called to the Bar in 1783, took silk in 1800, became Treasurer of Gray's Inn in 1803, elected MP for Westminster in 1818. Law reformer with a special interest in the emancipation of Catholics and negro slaves and the reform of the penal code; at the time the death penalty was applied to more than 220 different categories of crime. [ more-1, more-2 ] Although commemorated by plaques at 21 Russell Square and in Gray's Inn, Sir Samuel Romilly is not yet commemorated by a plaque in Soho. PAGE TOP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Peter Cook Comedian, satirist [ more ] 18 Greek Street MAP REF:J3 The building once housed a strip joint which was followed by the late Peter Cook's satirical nightclub, the Establishment Club (opened 1961), and is now the Zebrano Restaurant. The plaque was unveiled on 15th February 2009. CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Musician and composer [more-1, more-2, more-3 ] 20 Frith Street MAP REF:J3 Situated above the stage entrance of the Prince Edward Theatre (formerly the London Casino) CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Arthur Onslow Speaker of the House of Commons [ more-1, more-2, more-3 ] 20 Soho Square MAP REF:H2 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       John Logie Baird Invented the first working television equipment to transmit moving pictures. The invention was electro-mechanical and was subsequently overshadowed by RCA's fully electronic equipment [more-1, more-2, more-3] 22 Frith Street MAP REF:J3 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT An extract from an obituary published in the Soho Clarion, No.100: Bert Wallder, 1913-1999 "... His brother Jim [Wallder] had the distinction of being the first person ever to appear on TV. John Logie Baird had just invented the first camera and TV set in his Soho workshop. He needed someone to sit in front of the camera for a few minutes while he disappeared into the next room to see if their image appeared on the crystal screen. Jim was working as a bicycle delivery boy for a grocer's shop and just happened to call on Baird with a delivery at the right moment to claim his place in the history books." MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Jessie Matthews OBE Musical comedy star of stage and films 22 Berwick Street MAP REF:E2 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT In early March 2009 the plaque was partially obscured by vegetation MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Ancient Order of Druids   [ more-1, more-2 ] The Kings Arms, 23 Poland Street MAP REF:E2 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Sebastiã José Marquess of Pombal Portuguese statesman and diplomat 23-24 Golden Square MAP REF:D6 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Karl Marx Political and economic theorist 26-29 Dean Street The plaque is located at second floor level above Leoni's Quo Vadis Restaurant. MAP REF: H4 See also Red Lion pub, 20 Great Windmill Street, W1 MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Lord Bernard Delfont of Stepney Impresario 31 Coventry Street (Prince of Wales Theatre, close offshore, south of mainland Soho. The plaque was unveiled on 12th October 1997. ) MAP REF:H9 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Sir Morell McKenzie Opened the first hospital for diseases of the throat at 32 Golden Square in 1865. 32-33 Golden Square (north side), London W1 MAP REF:D6 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL SIR MORELL MCKENZIE 1837-1892 founded the world's first hospital for diseases of the throat in a building on this site in 1865 ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE PAGE TOP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Sir Joseph Banks [more], jointly with Robert Brown [more] and David Don [more]. Also the Linnean Society [more]. 32 Soho Square MAP REF:H2 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Globe Theatre Opened in 1904 as the Hicks Theatre. Renamed as the Globe Theatre, 1909. Renamed as the Gielgud Theatre, 1994. [ more-1, more-2 ] 33 Shaftesbury Avenue MAP REF:G7 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Dr Joseph Rogers Healthcare reformer 33 Dean Street MAP REF:H4 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Edmund Burke Politician [ more-1, more-2, more-3, ] 37 Gerrard Street MAP REF:K6 Above the Top of the Town Chinese Restaurant (The paper lanterns mark the Chinese New Year 2009 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT EDMUND BURKE AUTHOR AND STATESMAN LIVED HERE B:1729 D:1797 MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Sidney Webb, 1859–1947 [more-1, more-2] Social reformer 38-44 Cranbourn Street, London WC2 [located east of Charing Cross Road and a few yards outside Soho but still easily visible from the Soho shoreline] MAP REF:L8 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT PAGE TOP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Dr John William Polidori novelist 38 Great Pulteney Street MAP REF:E5 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       The Penny Post [ more-1, more-2, more-3 ] 39 Gerrard Street MAP REF:J7 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Paul de Lamerie Silversmith [ more-1, more-2 ] 40 Gerrard Street MAP REF:K6 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Giovanni Antonio Canal (known as Canaletto) 1697-1768. The most famous of Venetian painters. Well represented in The National Gallery. [ more-1, more-2, more-3, more-4, ] 41 Beak Street MAP REF:C6 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Sarah Bernhardt 1844–1923. French stage and film actress. [more-1, more-2, more-3] Sir Henry Irving 1838-1905. Victorian theatrical actor and manager. [ more-1, more-2, more-3] 41-43 Wardour Street (opp Gerrard Street) MAP REF:H7 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT left-hand side of entrance right-hand side of entrance A Blue Plaque commemorating the life of Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905), Actor, may be seen at 15a Grafton Street, London W1, where he lived from 1872 to 1899. PAGE TOP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Willy Clarkson Theatrical wig maker 41-43 Wardour Street, W1 MAP REF:F2 MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       John Dryden Poet [more-1, more-2, more-3] 42-44 Gerrard Street The actual address was no.43. MAP REF:XX MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Dr John Snow Anaesthetist, epidemiologist [ more-1 more-2, more-3, more-4, more-5, more-6 ] 53 Frith Street MAP REF:J3 MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Charles Bridgeman Landscape gardener 54 Broadwick Street MAP REF:D5 MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Dorothy L. Sayers, Scholar and writer [ Dorothy L. Sayers Society, more-2, more-3 ] St. Anne's Tower, Dean Street MAP REF:H6 Available for viewing by the public during Open House Day in September of each year. Viewing at all other times by prior arrangement in writing. Please write to the Soho Society, 55 Dean Street, Soho, London W1D 6AF. MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       2i's Coffee Bar Birthplace of British Rock 'n' Roll [ more-1, more-2, more-3, more-4 ] 55-59 Old Compton Street MAP REF:H6 MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Councillor Ian Wilder He served as councillor for the West End Ward from 2002 to 2009. [ more-1, more-2, more-3 ] Meard Street, on flank wall of 69 Dean Street MAP REF:H5   A photograph of the location is awaited CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT PAGE TOP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Shipley Books The photographs were taken in mid-April 2009. [more-1, more-2] 70 Charing Cross Road, WC2 On the east side of Charing Cross Road and thus slightly offshore from mainland Soho MAP REF:L6 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT THIS TEMPORARY PLAQUE IS PRINTED ON PAPER AND IS GLUED TO THE SHOP WINDOW SHIPLEY BOOKS 1983-2008 A mecca for art lovers frequented by the likes of John Berger, Peter Blake, Annie Liebowitz and Susan Sontag. After 25 years of trading it closed its doors at 70 Charing Cross Road on Christmas eve 2008. PAGE TOP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Murder One Bookshop This shop specialised in crime and mystery books. For several years it was located in premises in Soho, on the west side of Charing Cross Road. It then moved across the road to the current premises. The photographs were taken in mid-April 2009. [more-1, more-2, more-3] 76-78 Charing Cross Road, WC2 On the east side of Charing Cross Road and thus slightly offshore from mainland Soho MAP REF:L6 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT THIS TEMPORARY PLAQUE IS PRINTED ON PAPER AND IS GLUED TO THE SHOP WINDOW MURDER ONE 1988-2009 The UK's first and only specialist crime and mystery bookshop owned by the acclaimed author Maxim Jakubowski. Here it thrived for 21 years before being forced to close due to internet competition. PAGE TOP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       The Board of Green Cloth [ more-1, more-2 ] Formerly at 78 Dean Street, Soho, but now in storage MAP REF:H3 53cm W x 48cm H x 3cm T PAGE TOP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Lord Grade (formerly Lew Grade) ##description## [more] Palladium Theatre, 87 Argyll Street MAP REF:XX CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Frankie Vaughan ##description## [more] Palladium Theatre, 87 Argyll Street MAP REF:XX CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Keith Moon Drummer, wild man of rock 'n roll [more] 90 Wardour Street (east side, north of Meard Street). MAP REF:G4 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Lord Stanley of Preston, 16th Earl of Derby Contributions to Canadian ice hockey [ more-1, more-2, more-3 ] 128 Regent Street MAP REF:C7 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT The bust shown below dates from an earlier era 22 Great Windmill Street MAP REF:F7/G7 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT PLAQUE TEXT TO FOLLOW MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES       Thomas Sheraton Furniture designer 163 Wardour Street MAP REF:F2 CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT MAP STREET NAMES SURNAMES   Hamleys Toy Store A planning application was submitted on 15 April 2009 to Westminster City Council for the installation of a green plaque on the column to the right of the main entrance. The application was granted on 8 July 2009. Westminster City Council Planning Application Reference: 09/02818/LBC. The plaque was installed during February 2010, in the same month as the celebrations and exhibition to mark the 50th Anniversary of nearby Carnaby Street. Hamleys Toy Store, 188-196 Regent Street, London W1B 5BT. MAP REF:5B CLICK THE IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT   PAGE TOP STREET NAMES SURNAMES