Person    | Male  Born 1813  Died 1888

George Godwin

Architect, journalist and social reformer. Editor of "The Builder". Honorary Secretary to the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition Memorial.

Born in Brompton Terrace, Kensington. Died at home at 6 Cromwell Place, Kensington.

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George Godwin

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George Godwin

George Godwin, 1813 - 1888, architect, journalist and social reformer, lived ...

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Great Exhibition and Prince Albert

Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by...

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London House

London House

Destroyed by fire, 1766.

Building, Architecture

1 memorial
Shepherd's Bush Empire

Shepherd's Bush Empire

Theatre. Built for impresario Oswald Stoll and designed by Frank Matcham. Amongst its first performers were the Fred Karno troupe featuring Charlie Chaplin. When the appeal of variety shows began t...

Building, Architecture, Theatre

1 memorial
Edward W. Godwin

Edward W. Godwin

Architect-designer. Born Edward William Godwin in Bristol and moved to London about 1862. Widowed in 1865 he had an affair 1868-74 with Ellen Terry, married to, but separated from, G. F. Watts at t...

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
Holy Trinity Church Brook Green

Holy Trinity Church Brook Green

Designed by William Wardell, its foundation stone was laid by Cardinal Wiseman in 1851. The need for the church grew from the indigenous Catholic population being boosted by Irish immigration in th...

Building, Architecture, Religion

1 memorial
Eltham Palace

Eltham Palace

First mentioned in the Domesday Book, but the origins of this Palace are probably much earlier. It was given to Edward II in 1305, and was a royal residence until the 16th century. In 1933 the leas...

Building, Architecture

1 memorial