Person    | Male  Born 13/1/1753  Died 29/1/1819

Sir Henry Tempest

Categories: Property

Sir Henry Tempest

4th and last baronet. In 1798 he built a country villa in Highgate which later was known as "The Holly Lodge" on Highgate West Hill, and became the property of Baroness Burdett-Coutts.

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Sir Henry Tempest

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Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial

This elaborate piece of high Victoriana was designed by George Highton of Bri...

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Waterloo churches / Commissioners' churches

Waterloo churches / Commissioners' churches

Following the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo a Commission was set up to build churches as a means of giving thanks and commemorating the victory. The churches are also known as Milli...

Concept, Property, Religion

1 memorial
Barking Abbey

Barking Abbey

Former royal monastery. Founded by St Erkenwald, whose sister, Aethelburg, was the first abbess. Destroyed by the Danes it was rebuilt in the 10th century. William the Conqueror stayed here after h...

Building, Property, Religion

1 memorial
John Bacon

John Bacon

Bought Friary House and the estate in 1800. This could be John Bacon the Younger but it's a common name so probably not.

Person, Property

1 memorial
Trollope & Colls Ltd

Trollope & Colls Ltd

Construction firm. Formed in 1903 from the merger of George Trollope & Sons, and Colls & Sons. Acquired by Trafalgar House in 1969.  

Group, Property

1 memorial
Tyburn Turnpike House

Tyburn Turnpike House

This toll gate is thought to have stood about where Marble Arch now stands.

Building, Commerce, Property, Transport

1 memorial

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London and North Western Railway

London and North Western Railway

Formed by the amalgamation of the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway. In 1922 merged with other companies to form the London, Midland an...

Group, Transport

1 memorial
Charles Cockerell

Charles Cockerell

NW1, Chester Terrace, 13

English Heritage C. R. Cockerell, 1788 - 1863, architect and antiquary, lived and died here.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Punch and Judy

Punch and Judy

Punch's Puppet Show was first performed in England and witnessed by Samuel Pepys 1662, in Covent Garden. And still popular in 2015.

Concept, Children, Theatre

2 memorials