Deptford Friends' Meeting House - Deptford High Street
N 51° 28.752 W 000° 01.561
30U E 706505 N 5707310
This white plaque is located on the east side of Deptford High Street. It is attached to The Salvation Army charity shop.
Waymark Code: WMMHKG
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/23/2014
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The plaque has two elements: the centre part is about the Meeting House and inscription around the edge refers to Czar Peter The Great. The inscriptions are:
Deptford
Friends'
Meeting House
stood here
Demolished 1907
Peter The Great Czar of Russia Worshipped Here 1697-8
The Royal Museums Greenwich website tells us:
Tsar Peter I of Russia is more usually described as 'Peter the Great'. As a young man, he travelled to Europe in 1697–98 to study new developments in technology, especially shipbuilding. He lived in Deptford, at the home of the writer John Evelyn, for much of his four-month stay in England.
Although officially meant to be travelling incognito, most people seemed to know Peter's identity. At a height of six feet seven, it would have been hard for him to blend into a crowd!