John Richard Green, historian of the English people, lived here, 1866 - 1869.
LCC
E1, Newark Street, 38, John Garnett House
From Survey of London: This building, designed by A. W. Blomfield, was erected in 1864-5 as a vicarage. Enlarged in 1869, it was converted to hostel use c.1997.
The streets south of the hospital are a fascinating mix of archetectural styles.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Richard Green - E1
Historian. Born in Oxford. Took orders and was vicar of St Philip's, Stepney....
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
John Richard Green - E1
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
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Dirty and uncared for, but we prefer the Duchess plaque - just the way they have written the "Qu" of "Queen" endears it to us. The modern...
This memorial originally comprised the two low marble plaques with the display stand between and a rather nice little fountain behind. O...
From the church's website: "Chosen by Calouste Gulbenkian, architect Arthur J. Davis, in partnership with Charles Mewes, designed the sch...
As far as we can tell this never was the site of Toynbee Hall which appears always to have been sited at 28 Commercial Street, as it stil...
Politician. A survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima. He was mayor of the city from 1975 to 1991. Every year on the anniversary of the bombing, he made appeals to the world to ban nuclear weapons. I...
The title of Wikipedia's page "Kingsway tramway subway" has way too many 'way's, but the page is very informative. The tunnel was constructed 1906, enabled by the 'slum clearance' project in the A...
Andrew Behan has done some research on this man with the splendid name: His full name was Edwyn Evans Cronk. Born in 1846 in Sevenoaks, Kent, the son of Edwyn Evans Cronk and Isabella Cronk, née B...
Pub in Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist".
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