Born in Woodford, Essex His chief work was the Royal Courts of Justice (1868-81) in the Strand.
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George Edmund Street
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George Edmund Street
Greater London Council George Edmund Street, 1824 - 1881, architect, lived h...
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Sir Charles James Freake
Architect, builder and patron of the arts.
1 memorial
Francis Cranmer Penrose
Architect, archaeologist, astronomer and rower. Born Lincolnshire. Surveyor to the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral 1852 - 1899. Died Wimbledon.
2 memorials
Bauhaus
Art school. In full Staatliches Bauhaus. Founded by Walter Gropius, the name means 'building house', but in its early years it didn't actually have an architecture department. It was located initia...
1 memorial
Thomas Neale MP
Entrepreneur, the organiser of England's first lottery. Known as 'The Great Projector' although the layout of the Seven Dials area is his only surviving London project. Neal Street and Neal's Yard...
1 memorial
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Born 70 Parson Street, Glasgow. Architect, designer and watercolourist. He was a designer in the Arts and Crafts movement and the main exponent of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom. Married Margare...
1 memorial
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Stepney Borough Council
Former London borough which is now part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
3 memorials
Spitalfields weaving industry
Many of the Huguenots that arrived here in the 16th and 17th centuries were skilled silk weavers and set up looms in their homes in Spitalfields. The Spitalfields textile trade thrived until the mi...
2 memorials
Jewish expulsion and resettlement
In 1290 Edward I expelled Jews from England and for centuries, apart from those that practised their religion in secret, there were no Jews in England. In 1657, following a petition to Cromwell an...
4 memorials
Chelsea Embankment memorial - restored
SW3, Chelsea Embankment, Albert Bridge Gardens
An unusually decorative and high quality plaque for such a mundane event. We don't know whether it refers to a restoration of just the me...
1 creator
Ava Gardner
Actor. Born near Smithfield, North Carolina, USA. Married: Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, Frank Sinatra (divorced 1957). This last was a famously stormy and passionate romance. Aged 33 moved to Madrid,...
2 memorials
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