Anno 1722
The six almes-houses founded by Sr. John Woolaston Knt., being very old and decayed were pull'd down: and these twelve built in their room, together with a school house for the charity girls at the sole charge of Edward Pauncfort Esq. one of the governours and treasurer of the chapell and free-school of Highgate.
Founded by Sir John Wollaston in 1658.
N6, Southwood Lane, 25
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Pauncfort Alms Houses
Tory MP. Early in the 1700s he moved into Lauderdale House and took a great ...
Born at Perton in Staffordshire. His name varies in spelling: Wollaston or Wo...
Greater London Council Mustapha Reschid Pasha, 1800 - 1858, Turkish statesman and reformer, lived here as Ambassador in 1839.
The Harrow School War Memorial Building, Memorial Shrine, Ceremonial Staircase and Retaining Wall are Listed Grade 2. The Listing summary...
English Heritage Sir Henry Segrave, 1896 - 1930, world speed record holder, lived here in flat No.6, 1917 - 1920.
Erected by Marler Estates plc. Chairman Leslie Sydney Marler, OBE, TD, 1900 - 1981. Architects: The Seely & Paget Partnership Cont...
This small plaque is on the planter which can be seen in our photo, below the "Brixton Library" sign. We thank our colleague, Alan Patien...
City of Westminster Mary Seacole, 1805 - 1881, Jamaican nurse, heroine of the Crimean War, lived in a house on this site. The Portman Estate
Illustrator. Born Somerset. In November 1835 Seymour, a successful illustrator, aged 38, known for comic sporting prints suggested to the publishers Chapman and Hall a project, a series of illust...
English statesman. Appointed Lord High Admiral in 1619. Favourite (possibly more) of King James I of England and then of Charles I but so unpopular with others that he was assassinated/murdered, le...
Sport. Also known as gossima, indoor tennis, table tennis, wiff-waff or whiff-whaff. The John Jaques and Son Company were producing equipment in the 1890s, and patented the game in 1901. Its origi...
Gold refiners and assayers who occupied 53 and 54 Barbican. One of the few buildings in the area to survive the incendiary bombing in December 1940, it was demolished in 1962. In 2009 Yellow Page...
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