Ambrose Godfrey
WC2, Southampton Street, 31
Ambrose Godfrey, 1660 - 1741, chemist and inventor of the fire extinguisher, who lived in a house and worked at a laboratory and pharmacy...
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St Paul's School - High Master's House
W14, Hammersmith Road, 153, St Paul's Hotel
St. Paul's School This house with attached lodge was built for the High Master of St Paul's when the school - founded next to St Paul's C...
2 subjects commemorated,
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General Gordon's birth place - lost plaque, oblong
SE18, Woolwich Common, 29
At our request Rosemary and Richard Christophers of The Lightbox, previously Woking Museum, put paid to the rumour that the plaque is hel...
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Cosmo Restaurant
NW3, Finchley Road, 6 Northways Parade
November 2014 the plaque was reported as "torn down" but, with promises of a replacement we won't mark it as lost, and hope someone can c...
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St Nicholas churchyard extension - south gate
W4, Chiswick Wharf, St Nicholas Church
The inscription is distressed to the extent that it is partially illegible. We believe it refers to the same gift as that on one of the p...
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St Nicholas churchyard extension - north gate, east pier
W4, Church Street, St Nicholas Church
Of course, none of you need reminding that a perch is equivalent to 5 and a half yards so the enlargement was by 137.5 yards or 125.73 me...
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St Nicholas churchyard extension - north gate - north gate, west pier
W4, Church Street, St Nicholas Church
Nearby Chiswick House was in the Cavendish family, 1758–1929, which explains their association with this church. The church's website sa...
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Andrew Lang
W8, Marloes Road, 1
Andrew Lang, 1844 - 1912, man of letters lived here in 1876 - 1912. London County Council
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Drill Hall - foundation stone
W1, Chenies Street, Drill Hall
In the spandrels above the entrance door: "Bloomsbury Rifles Pro Patria Semper" ('for my country always'). The technique used for this le...
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