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Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

Favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Died near Oxford, on his way to Buxton to take the baths.

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Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

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Alienation Office

"Act 5 and 6 Will. IV.Cap.82" refers to a legal instrument created during the...

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Councillor R. J. Tallantire

Vice-Chairman of the Shoreditch Housing Committee in 1949. Elected onto the LCC in 1949.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

Anti-Corn-Law League

Founded in Manchester by Richard Cobden with the objective of having the Corn Laws abolished. This achieved, the League was dissolved. The Corn Laws imposed a high import tax on foreign grain, th...

Group, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

Bank of England

Londonist have an interesting post about animals at the Bank of England. The Guardian, 16 April 2022, reporting on an exhibition at the Bank of England, informed that the Bank once owned 599 slave...

Group, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Race Issues

1 memorial

Alfred Cotgreave was born on 7 June 1846 in Eccleston, Cheshire, the son of Robert and Mary Cotgreave and was baptised as Alfred Robert Cotgreave on 4 April 1847 in St Catherine's Church, Tranmere,...

Person, Museums / Libraries, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

Sir T. Vezey Strong

Lord Mayor of London, 1911. Married Lillie Hartnoll in 1900.

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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William de Morgan

Potter, tile designer and novelist. Born 69 Gower Street as William Frend de Morgan, to the mathematician Augustus de Morgan. Lifelong friend of William Morris, he designed tiles, stained glass an...

Person, Craft / Design, Literature

23 memorials

The Blitz

During WW2 Britain came under heavy bombing from Germany for 8 months, 1940-1941. This was called 'the Blitz' from the German word Blitzkrieg meaning 'lightning war'. London was particularly badly ...

Event, Tragedy

53 memorials

Augustus Banyard

A parishioner or member of the congregation of St Matthias, N16, who died in WW1.

Person

War dead, WW1

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Royal National Institute for Deaf People

Established in 1911 as the National Bureau for Promoting the General Welfare of the Deaf by Leo Bonn, this organisation's name has evolved somewhat over time.

Group, Benefactor, Social Welfare

2 memorials

Saint Monica

Born between 322 and 331. Known as Monica of Hippo she is assumed to have been born in Thagaste (present-day Souk Ahras), Algeria. Mother of Saint Augustine.

Person, Religion, Africa

1 memorial