Greater London Council
Sir Hiram Maxim, 1840 - 1916, inventor and engineer designed and manufactured The Maxim Gun in a workshop on these premises.
Site: Sir Hiram Maxim and his gun (1 memorial)
EC1, Hatton Garden, Kovacs House
Greater London Council
Sir Hiram Maxim, 1840 - 1916, inventor and engineer designed and manufactured The Maxim Gun in a workshop on these premises.
EC1, Hatton Garden, Kovacs House
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Hiram Maxim and his gun
Inventor and engineer. Designed and manufactured The Maxim Gun. Born Sangersv...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Hiram Maxim and his gun
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This delightful plaque has a crest at each end. The open gate rather spoils the picture.
{Original Cornish:} Rak perthy cofa, Myghal Josep an Gof ha Thomas Flamank, hembrynkysy an Gernowyon a geskerdhas bys dhe Loundres. Y a v...
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Born Belgium. The family moved to London in 1842 and his father established De Keyser's Royal Hotel on the site of what is now Unilever House. The son joined the business and the hotel became the l...
Person, Commerce, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration, Belgium
Above the entrance to the building (to the left of our picture) in stone: 1573, E.R.".
Railway administrator. Born in Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, In 1872 he joined the London and South Western Railway as a clerk, and rose to become the last General Manager of the Great Central Railway...
This house probably looked OK when it was part of a terrace but on its own it just looks weird.
Plaque unveiled by Wendy Richard, David Croft and Ron Lynch (his partner). It is located at the end of a 'gated' estate, hence the slight...
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