This building was used as a hotel, 'The Pilgrim' until about 1930. It was demolished following WW2 bomb damage. The photo shows the east side and Byron's window was on the first floor, fourth from the left.
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Albergo del Pellegrino
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Byron in Bologna
The creators of this plaque have copied the two paragraphs from the original ...
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The North Star
Purpose built as a pub, as can be seen from the handsome exterior, which boasts attractive embossed stars at the tops of the main pillar supports. Originally above this, at roof level, was an elabo...
1 memorial
Walter Scrimgeour
Extremely rich stockbroker. He bought Parkfield from his brother-in-law, Alan Block, when his own home at nearby no. 6 The Grove became too small for his eight children. He then bought the neighbou...
1 memorial
Rosa Lewis
Hotelier. Born Rosa Ovenden at Leyton, Essex. She started her working life as a servant and graduated to become an itinerant cook for many of the famous families of the time. In 1883 she married th...
1 memorial
Rose and Crown pub
The photo shows the pub in 1977, with the Rectory next door, both remarkably unchanged. Website.
1 memorial
Sydney Simmons
From Parish of Frien Barnet: "... born in Okehampton, Devon ... made a fortune from a patent carpet cleaning process. By 1891, Sydney and his wife Annie were living in Friern Barnet at their house ...
2 memorials
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SW1, Horse Guards Road, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The Foreign Office was completed in 1873 to the 1861 designs of Sir George Gilbert Scott, with Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt for the St James’s...