Spotted in the book London street signs: a visual history of London's street nameplates by Alistair Hall (Batsford, 2020), this 2016 sign bears the explanatory caption: ‘Stratford born, Nina Layard (1853-1935) was a botanist, antiquary, archaeologist, poet and prehistorian who made many important discoveries in her field.’ Our readers will probably know that Nina Layard spent much of her life in Ipswich. A full article appeared in this Newsletter April 2014 (Issue 195) and can be read on our website.

The London street nameplate is on the edge of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Newham. Ipswich followed Stratford in east London in 2020, with a street nameplate to celebrate this redoubtable pioneer: Layard Close which runs off Cauldwell Hall Road, an Ipswich Borough Council housing development. There is, of course, an Ipswich Society blue plaque commemorating her work on the Unicorn Brewery building in Foundation Street.