Amy Gentry, 1903 - 1976 pioneer rower lived here.
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This 'plaque' was spotted in 2018 by a friend who lives nearby, to whom we are also grateful for the photos.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Amy Gentry
Pioneer rower. Amy Constance Gentry was born 111 White Hart Lane, Barnes. Emp...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Amy Gentry
Writing her book 'Eat Sweat Play: How Sport Can Change Our Lives' Anna Kessel...
24th September 1917 13 people were killed and 22 injured near this spot on the steps of the old Bedford Hotel by a 112 lb bomb dropped b...
We failed to find this plaque in Dec-Jan 2017, but it is identical to that further south so see there for more details.
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1786 - 1845, anti-slavery campaigner, lived and worked here. English Heritage
Harry Beck, designer of the 1933 London Underground map, lived here, 1936 - 1960. The Finchley Society 2003
Greater London Council George Meredith, O.M., 1828-1909, poet and novelist, lived here.
The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middlesex. This division was a liberty, i.e. it was an autonomous area under the jurisdiction of the Constable of the Tower of...
At London Historians we learn that Fanny and her husband, Reverend Alfred Wilson, had 5 sons, three of whom, Charles Edgar, Harold and Laurence, were killed while serving their country. Andrew Beh...
"Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament of the Twenty fifth of King George the Second." This is a form of words that we have found at three 19th century places of entertainment, two physically and...
Pop group. Originally, the group comprised four Jamaican born singers. They achieved world-wide chart success with songs such as 'Ma Baker', 'Rivers of Babylon' and 'Rasputin'.
Son of George Longman and Harriet Longman of Arcola Street Hackney. Husband of Rosina Longman (neé Beaumont), married in 1942 in Stoke Newington. Lived at Gunster Road Stoke Newington N16. Served i...
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