Extremely rich stockbroker. He bought Parkfield from his brother-in-law, Alan Block, when his own home at nearby no. 6 The Grove became too small for his eight children. He then bought the neighbouring Fox and Crown on West Hill and turned it into stables. In 1912 the Scrimgeours sold Parkfield to the Crosfields for £12,000. They renamed it Witanhurst and made a few additions. In 2007 it was valued at £75 million.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Walter Scrimgeour
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Queen Victoria's shock
Queen Victoria once rested at the Fox and Crown after her horses had bolted d...
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Robert Harrild
Printer and engineer. Born in Bermondsey, where in 1801 he set up the Bluecoat Boy Printing Office, producing books and commercial stationery. He is noted for introducing 'composition rollers' whic...
2 memorials
John Kemp-Welch
Say what you like about estate agents, they are sometimes extremely helpful when trying to identify people of property from the past. Courtenays have published some of the history of the Clapham Ab...
1 memorial
Highgate's original Gate House
Erected at the entrance to the Bishop of London's Park.
1 memorial
Wheatsheaf pub
Public house popular with London's Bohemian set in the 1930s, as were all the pubs in Fitzrovia, and beyond. Customers including George Orwell, Dylan Thomas, Edwin Muir and Humphrey Jennings were k...
2 memorials
Harry Chi-Cheung Lee
President of the China Town Chinese Association (London).
Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Tourism / Traditions, China/Hong Kong
1 memorial