Charles Brooking 1723 - 1759 marine painter, lived near this site.
City of London
EC2, Tokenhouse Yard
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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles Brooking
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Charles Brooking
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...
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Gosh, there was a time when this area suffered from a 'shortage of funds'!
In our photo the Delfont plaque is just to the left of the white van, though when we photographed it it was high up on the building. Grac...
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Phileas J. Fogg, Esq. established the Society of Exploration here, 1a Bedford Street, 1883.
These 6 plaques are on the east elevation of the building, below the ground floor windows. We have numbered the plaques left to right. F...
Four stone bridges have spanned the Thames at this point. The first was built in about 1210 and lasted right through the medieval period. This was the one that had the spikes and is shown in some d...
Founded the Salvation Army. Born Nottingham. Came to London in 1849 to find better paid work and became a travelling lay preacher for the Methodists. Married Catherine Mumford in 1855. With his...
Established to maintain London Bridge. Named after Bridge House, the original administrative and maintenance centre located where St Olaf House now is. Originally funded by tolls from London Bridge...
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