Group    From 1669 

Bedford Estates

Categories: Property

The motto, Che Sera Sera, you should all know from the song (What Will Be, Will Be) and the animal is an antelope. This symbol is a much reduced version of some of the heraldry associated with the Bedford Estates.

Looking for a map showing the extent of the Bedford Estates, this is the best we've found.

More information about the Bedford Estates: "The Bedford Estates has owned, developed and managed much of Bloomsbury since 1669."

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Bedford Estates

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Bedford 1972

We believe that the crown and the 'B' are indicative of the Bedford Estates a...

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Bedford 2012

{Beneath a crown:} B 2012

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Councillor E. J. Golds

Councillor E. J. Golds

A developer and a councillor. Presented a Roman relic to Clapham Library in or soon after 1912. At that time Clapham was in the borough of Wandsworth and at Fandom we have found reference to Counc...

Person, Politics & Administration, Property

1 memorial
James Edmondson

James Edmondson

Builder. Born in Clerkenwell, the son of a carpenter, Isaac, from Cumberland. His first major development was the streets around Sotheby Road in Highbury and he went on to develop areas of Crouch E...

Person, Property

1 memorial
Myddelton House

Myddelton House

This site was previously occupied by an Elizabethan red-brick building known as Bowling Green House. In 1613 Hugh Myddelton, constructed the New River, the course of which bisected the land around ...

Building, Property

1 memorial
Rotherhithe Old Town Hall

Rotherhithe Old Town Hall

 Built in 1895 by the architects Murray and Foster.  The caryatides can be seen in the image either side of the entrance at the right. In 1905 Rotherhithe merged with Bermondsey and St Olave and t...

Building, Politics & Administration, Property

2 memorials
Leyton Library

Leyton Library

Designed by John Knight, this originally opened as Leyton Town Hall. It was outgrown and a replacement town hall was built next door in 1896. The empty building was later repurposed as a library.

Building, Museums / Libraries, Politics & Administration, Property

1 memorial

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Westminster City Council

Westminster City Council

The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St John's in 1727 but it was still run as a single vestry. In 1855 the two parishes were reformed into the Westminster Distric...

Group, Politics & Administration

183 memorials