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The Retreat, Peak Hill, Sydenham

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George Baxter's wife was living here in 1865 when he joined her and stayed until his death here in 1867. By 1894 it had been renamed Leahurst.

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The Retreat, Peak Hill, Sydenham

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George Baxter - SE26

There is a house, still extant, called Round Hill Cottage but Harrild lived a...

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Stimpson & Co

Stimpson & Co

Builders of the 1892 Westminster Public Baths and Wash-houses.  

Group, Property

1 memorial
Mrs. Eliz. Doughty

Mrs. Eliz. Doughty

Probably alive in 1824.

Person, Property

1 memorial
John Mowlem and Co. Ltd

John Mowlem and Co. Ltd

One of the largest construction and civil engineering companies in the UK. John Mowlem (1788 – 1868) stonemason and builder founded a quarrying and construction company 'Mowlem, Burt and Freeman' i...

Group, Property

2 memorials
William Shurmur

William Shurmur

Builder, active in 1891. The Freemason, Dec. 6, 1890: Page 3 reports on the Consecration of the William Shurmur Lodge, No. 2374: "A lodge, named after Bro. William Shurmur, the Provincial Grand Tr...

Person, Property

1 memorial
Joseph Whitehead & Sons Ltd

Joseph Whitehead & Sons Ltd

Contractor in marble work, responsible for the design and execution of works such as the drinking fountains for the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Based at Imperial W...

Group, Architecture, Commerce, Property, Sculpture

4 memorials

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Leila Campbell

Leila Campbell

Born as Leila Jaffe on 10 August 1911 her birth was registered in Birkenhead, Cheshire. She was the elder daughter of Myers Jaffe (1883-1961) and Rebecca Jaffe née Neiman (1879-1965) and when the 1...

Person, Politics & Administration, Theatre

1 memorial
Mary Geraldine Murphy

Mary Geraldine Murphy

Senior Purser Mary Geraldine Murphy was born on 14 May 1937 in Dublin, Ireland, one of the six children of Robert and Margaret Murphy.  Our Picture Source and the Clipper Crew website gives more i...

Person, Aviation, Tragedy, Ireland, Scotland

1 memorial
W. B. Hopson

W. B. Hopson

A commissioner of Limehouse Library in 1900.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Francis Pocock

Francis Pocock

Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial