Person    | Male  Born 20/12/1803  Died 7/2/1879

Bennet Woodcroft

Inventor, industrial archaeologist, leading figure in patent reform and the first clerk to the commissioners of patents. Born Lancashire. Appointed professor of machinery at University College London in 1847. Much of the collection of early industrial devices at the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A) is due to him.

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Bennet Woodcroft

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Bennet Woodcroft keystone

{The base of the bow window above carries the ornate lettering:} Bennet Woodc...

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R.M. Robbins

R.M. Robbins

Author of "The History of London Transport" published in 4 vols 1974- 1976

Person, History

1 memorial
Police Memorial Trust

Police Memorial Trust

A charitable organisation created following a letter to The Times from Michael Winner about the death of Yvonne Fletcher, and it was in her memory that the Trust's first memorial was erected. The p...

Group, Armed Forces, History, Philanthropy

9 memorials
Waterloo 200 Charity

Waterloo 200 Charity

Their website is a good intro to the battle.

Group, History

1 memorial
1745 Association

1745 Association

Oddly with a contact address in Oxfordshire, this association does a splendid job keeping the story of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 alive.

Group, History

1 memorial