Person    | Male  Born 17/9/1842  Died 5/4/1935

Basil Champneys

Categories: Architecture

Architect. Born Whitechapel. Died at home at 42 Frognal Lane, Hampstead.

Works include: Newnham College, Cambridge.

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Basil Champneys

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Henry Fawcett

Bronze. The delightful dolphin spout is very similar to that at St Dunstan's....

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Walter H. Godfrey

Walter H. Godfrey

Walter Hindes Godfrey was born on 2 August 1881, the eldest of the six children of Walter Scott Godfrey (1855-1936) and Gertrude Annie Godfrey née Rendall (1855-1922). His birth was registered in t...

Person, Architecture, History

1 memorial
Ewan Christian

Ewan Christian

Architect.  Born Marylebone.  Designed the National Portrait Gallery.  Primarily worked on churches though he found time to design about 120 houses.  Died at the home he had designed for himself, '...

Person, Architecture

2 memorials
Marcial Echenique

Marcial Echenique

Professor of Land Use and Transport Studies and Dean of Architecture at Cambridge.  Born Chile.  Awarded an OBE in 2009.

Person, Architecture, Education, Transport, Chile

1 memorial
Holman & Goodrham

Holman & Goodrham

Architects active in 1912.  George Edward Holman (1862-1921/2) and Henry Robert Goodrham (1863-1937).  More about them at Lea Bridge Heritage.   We believe we have "Goodrham" correctly spelt but o...

Group, Architecture

1 memorial
Michael Ventris

Michael Ventris

Architect and decipherer of Linear B script.  While still at school he heard about the discovery of Knossos by Arthur Evans, and about the undeciphered Linear B script on the tablets. This mystery ...

Person, Architecture, History, Greece

1 memorial

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St John the Baptist upon Walbrook - monument

St John the Baptist upon Walbrook - monument

EC4, Cloak Lane

An unusual and unsuccessful siting of a three-dimensional monument. One face is presented to the pavement, the rest of the monument is be...

3 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
Battle of Lewisham - Plaque

Battle of Lewisham - Plaque

SE14, New Cross Road, 323, New Cross Inn

The plaque is on the brick wall to the right of the pub. The photo on our page for the Battle was taken right in front of this pub.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Edward Cox-Sinclair

Edward Cox-Sinclair

Churchwarden, St Pancras Vestry in 1897. Andrew Behan has researched this man: Edward Cox was born in 1838 in St Pancras, London, a son of William James Cox and Mary Ann Cox. His father was a Coal...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Wellclose Square, E1

Wellclose Square, E1

This down at heel backwater to the east of the Tower of London, has an unexpectedly rich history. The area around it was generally known as Wellclose and in 1686 it became part of the Liberty of th...

Place, Architecture

1 memorial
George Fox Hosking

George Fox Hosking

Senior 3rd Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above Bar...

Person, Engineering, Tragedy

1 memorial