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
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
Rosalind Franklin, 1920-1958, pioneer of the study of molecular structures including DNA, lived here, 1951-1958. English Heritage
The wall to which the plaque is affixed is free-standing and not much longer than you can see in the photo. Just south of this point is ...
The plot consists of 36 graves acquired by the London Fire Brigade Widows and Orphans Fund (founded in1882 by Massey Shaw, who, probably ...
The palmette is a common decorative motif used in Greek, and in this instance Greek revival, architecture. It can also be seen along the ...
A much less interesting circular plaque above this one reads: The restoration of this shelter in 1987 for the Cabmen's Shelter Fund was ...
By 1377 the House of Converts, on this site, was largely unused so the king, Edward III, gave it to the Keeper of the Rolls of Chancery a...
After some investigation we realised that this stone-work is only a few feet away from where it was originally placed. What's happened is...
We visited on 5 February 2012,the third anniversary of Eilidh's death, and the day on which her family, together with Road Peace launched...
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