Event    From 1688  To 1988

300 years of Anglo-Dutch Maritine Friendship

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Both sea-faring, Protestant nations, relations have been pretty good since William of Orange was invited to take the British throne in 1688.

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300 years of Anglo-Dutch Maritine Friendship

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Anglo-Dutch friendship

We've not done well with this memorial. Can't explain the connection (assumi...

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Royal Photographic Society

Royal Photographic Society

Initiated by Roger Fenton and founded in London as the Photographic Society of London with Fenton as its first Secretary. The inaugural meeting was held at the, then, Society of Arts. Received Roya...

Group, Community / Clubs, Photography

2 memorials
Creekmouth Village

Creekmouth Village

Built in the 1850s by John Bennet Lawes to house the workers in his chemicals factory. Its foundations were unstable, and on the night of 31st January 1953, the village was swamped by the floods wh...

Place, Community / Clubs

2 memorials
Hoxton Hall

Hoxton Hall

Built 1863 as Mortimer's Music hall. 1866 MacDonald took it over but in 1871 following complaints it lost its performance licence.  Bought in 1879 by rich Quaker philanthropist William Isaac Palmer...

Building, Community / Clubs, Music / songs, Religion, Theatre

1 memorial
Jim Veal

Jim Veal

Chairman of the Tenants & Residents Association which campaigned for the redevelopment of the Caledonian Market Estate and the creation (from 2005) of new homes for the local community.

Person, Community / Clubs, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Festival Pleasure Gardens - Battersea

Festival Pleasure Gardens - Battersea

The gardens were in the northern part of Battersea Park, which had been transformed as part of the Festival of Britain.  Among its features, were a tree walk and the popular Guinness clock (picture...

Place, Community / Clubs

1 memorial

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Church Row

Church Row

The photograph appears under Stoke Newington Manor House/Church Row on the Hackney Plaques and Local History website, without any further explanation. We have to assume that this is a picture of Ch...

Place, Property

1 memorial