Inventor, industrial archaeologist, leading figure in patent reform and the first clerk to the commissioners of patents. Born Lancashire. Appointed professor of machinery at University College London in 1847. Much of the collection of early industrial devices at the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A) is due to him.
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Bennet Woodcroft
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Bennet Woodcroft keystone
{The base of the bow window above carries the ornate lettering:} Bennet Woodc...
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Battlefields Trust
Founded to preserve the battle sites of Britain. The founding motivation was the fact that the battlefield of Naseby, (a perfectly preserved site of the battle of the English Civil War), was to be ...
1 memorial
Rose Crossgrove
One of a list of 26 researchers involved in researching Hester Leggatt's background.
1 memorial
Friends of the Forgotten Irish
The Irish Post has a photo of a similar plaque erected by this group in Dublin.
1 memorial
Period Living magazine
Launched in 1990, we thought this mag had folded years ago but, 2021, it's still going.
1 memorial
Arthur Haygarth
Cricketer. Born in Hastings, Sussex. He played for Sussex, the M.C.C. and Middlesex. After retiring as a player, he achieved fame as a writer and historian on cricket. Died in Pimlico.
1 memorial
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Sir Francis Chichester
SW1, St James's Place, 9
Westminster City Council Pioneer aviator, sailor and author, Sir Francis Chichester KBE, 1901 - 1972, single-handed circumnavigator of t...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Benjamin Baker - W8
W8, Kensington Gate, 3
Sir Benjamin Baker, 1840 - 1907, civil engineer, designer of the Forth Bridge, lived here 1881 - 1894. English Heritage
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
David Ricardo
Born East London, 36 Broad Street Buildings.
1 memorial
Elis David Almshouse
Founded by Elias Davy (the correct spelling of his name), and originally built for seven people of either sex and enlarged for twelve people in 1875. Residents transferred to newly built almshous...
2 memorials
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