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...
John Lindley, 1799 - 1865, botanist and pioneer orchidologist, lived here from 1836 and died here. English Heritage
De Gaulle lived here with his family, September 1942-44 (though these dates vary slightly depending on source). See Musee de la Resistan...
The English Heritage listing does indeed say "Benjamin Rule" but we are assuming that is a mistake since Rules themselves say Thomas (Be...
Charles Sargeant Jagger 1885 - 1934, sculptor, lived and died here. English Heritage
The names are of three of the founding members of the Amwell Society. Kindersley designed and carved the stone.
Actor-manager. Born Rotherhithe. Squire was his given first name. Although much information about this man is contained on his Wikipedia page our colleague, Andrew Behan, researched him through pub...
Replanted to replace trees destroyed by a hurricane during the night of 15/16 October 1987.
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