Explorer. born Nairn, Scotland.
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George Chambers
Role on the lost expedition: Boy on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
John S. Peddie
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Sir Martin Frobisher
Privateer, explorer, and naval commander. Born Normanton, Yorkshire, birth date approximate. Aged 15 sent to London to learn a trade at his uncle's, who was a merchant adventurer. Frobisher expl...
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Hugh Price Hughes
WC1, Taviton Street, 8
Hugh Price Hughes, 1847 - 1902, Methodist preacher lived and died here. English Heritage
Thames Tunnel - Rotherhithe
SE16, Brunel Road, Rotherhithe Station
The plaque is at the bottom of the escalators and stairs.
St Luke's Parochial Schools
St Luke's Old Street Conservation Plan (a pdf) refers to "History of St Luke's School" by M. Routledge, 1989, a book or leaflet, we assume.
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries
A London livery company. Originally part of the Grocers’ Company, they separated when they were granted their own royal charter in 1617. The Apothecaries Act of 1815 granted them the power to lice...
Covid memorial
SE1, Albert Embankment
This work consists of approximately 240,000 red and pink hearts, one for each of the UK Covid deaths. Volunteers created this mural and,...