Beneath this arch was situated the first workshop of Frederick Richard Simms, 1863 - 1944.
Father of the British Motor Industry
SW6, Ranelagh Gardens
Diamond Geezer has a post on this area, the station and the footbridge.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Frederick Simms
Mechanical engineer and businessman. Born Hamburg, where his grandfather, fro...
We have found quite a few King George's Fields - follow the link at the right to "King George's Fields Foundation" to see the list. Chec...
The verse comes from "The Apocrypha: Prayer of Azariah, Chapter 1". We don't understand why this plaque excludes Augustine Webster who w...
The gray plaque is above the entrance to the windmill museum; the brown plaque is at the centre of the four windows towards the left of o...
Founded in 1851 by William Marsden MD.
Lane and Orpen were distant cousins and rented this house together in 1907. The Lane plaque is above, Orpen below, with a little window b...
