This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
bankers & traders of the Ward of Cornhill
Creations i
Cornhill pump
We understand "the neighbouring fire officers" to mean the four fire assuranc...
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Whitechapel Bell Foundry
This foundry is the oldest manufacturing company in the UK and is still making bells at 32/34 Whitechapel Road. Probably their most famous creation is Big Ben (we thank Alice, a member of a childre...
Anderton's Hotel
In the fifteenth century this was the Horn tavern. In the early seventeenth century the hotel was popular with the legal community. A new building was erected in 1880 and probably that was the one ...
Edward Montague Nelson
Businessman and local politician. Born Warwick but spent most of his working life in London. His businesses tended to have colonial, especially Australian, connections. Lived at Hanger Hill House,...
Imperial Hotel, Russell Square
Designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll. The picture was taken in 1913 after the completion of the extension, which is the section on the left, to the north (2017: we now think the 'extension' was into t...
Neckinger Mills, Bermondsey
The Mills used to cover a large part of this area. Buildings remain at 162-164 Abbey Street. From Ideal Homes: "Bermondsey was known as a major industrial centre with particular specialisation in l...
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Jim Rugless
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.
Shaheed Minar martyrs
Those killed during the Bengali Language Movement demonstrations in 1952. At this time Bangladesh was part of Eastern Pakistan and the rulers of Pakistan were seeking to impose Urdu on the Bengalis...
Louis-Napoleon, Prince Imperial
BR7, Prince Imperial Road
Ao. Di. instead of A.D. is very unusual. Fecit is Latin: 'he made it'.
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