Pargiter Court - history

Pargiter Court - history

W1, Ingestre Place, Pargiter Court

We believe the parish referenced here is the one associated with St James's church in Piccadilly. In our photograph, just one resident ha...

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Pargiter Court - foundation stone

Pargiter Court - foundation stone

W1, Ingestre Place, Pargiter Court

The foundation stone is low down on the Ingestre Place elevation. The history plaque, in our photo hiding behind the 'no bikes' sign, is ...

Stuart House - Mary arrives in Scotland by boat

Stuart House - Mary arrives in Scotland by boat

SW3, Cadogan Square, Stuart House, 84

Lookup London draws attention to the signature on the side of the boat. It is very different from Kremer's other signatures but our zoome...

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Stuart House - Mary arrives in Scotland by horse

Stuart House - Mary arrives in Scotland by horse

SW3, Cadogan Square, Stuart House, 84

This Queen Anne style house was designed in 1880 by architect F.G. Knight for Oscar Leslie Stephen, a director of the Great Northern Rail...

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Stuart House - James I arrives in London

Stuart House - James I arrives in London

SW3, Cadogan Square, Stuart House, 84

This Queen Anne style house was designed in 1880 by architect F.G. Knight for Oscar Leslie Stephen, a director of the Great Northern Rail...

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Columbia Market gate posts

Columbia Market gate posts

E2, Columbia Road, Columbia Market Nursery School

Useful though the school might be, you must agree that the building behind these gate piers does not compare favourably with what was the...

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Peace Pagoda

Peace Pagoda

SW11, Battersea Park

Between 1947 and 2000 eighty peace pagodas were built around the world by the Nipponzan Myohoji Japanese Buddist movement, led by Nichida...

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H. G. Wells - South Street Bromley

H. G. Wells - South Street Bromley

BR1, South Street, 8

Mrs Knott's dame school. H.G. Wells was a pupil here, 1871 - 1874.

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Idris Newnham tree

Idris Newnham tree

N16, Clissold Park

Idris Newnham, 20.12.1975 - 18.12.1993

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Fela Kuti - W12

Fela Kuti - W12

W12, Stanlake Road, 12

Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti, 1938- -1997, singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and Nigerian activist lived in this house as a student in 1958....

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