People's Plaques
The Seven Dials Trust’s People’s Plaques bring to light fascinating people and institutions from the very local to the international, who have made a contribution to the area and, in some cases, nationally and internationally.
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Stephen Rimbault (1711–1786) Featured
Stephen Rimbault was one of the greatest clockmakers of the eighteenth century. Of Huguenot descent, he was based in Seven Dials between c.1744 and c.1770.
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Roxy Club (1976–1978) Featured
The infamous Roxy, showcase for punk music and host to all the major bands of the genre, was housed in the basement of a Neal Street warehouse for two eventful years.
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Born in the Black Horse Inn on Long Acre, Thomas Stothard RA was one of the foremost history painters of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He is also remembered as the most prolific book illustrator of the time.
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The British Lying-In Hospital was London's first dedicated maternity hospital. Midwifery pioneers and campaigners Zepherina Veitch and Dame Rosalind Paget trained there and went on to establish midwifery as a profession.
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Nathaniel Westlake (1833–1921) Featured
The 19th century artist Nathaniel Westlake specialised in stained glass and was a leading designer of the Gothic Revival movement.
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Dudley Court on Endell Street and Short's Gardens covers the site of the St Giles parish workhouse 'baleful institution', into which were crammed over 900 paupers.
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