Place    From 1965 

Borough of Enfield

The northernmost borough of London. Formed by the amalgamation of the Municipal Boroughs of Southgate, Enfield and Edmonton.

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Borough of Enfield

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Captain Frederick Marryat - Enfield

Capt Frederick Marryat, 1792 - 1848, novelist, was educated at 'Holmwood' on ...

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E. A. Bowles - Myddelton House

Myddelton House. Edward Augustus Bowles, 1865 - 1954, botanist & horticul...

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Enfield Market - pump

One wonders where the pump had been 1904-79, and how did Mrs Reeves acquire t...

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Enfield Millennium Fountain

The Millennium Fountain by Wendy Taylor CBE. Unveiled by the Worshipful the M...

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Enfield Town fountain

Supporting this lamp standard is really not a job for such small babies - the...

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Other Subjects

Josiah Wedgwood

Josiah Wedgwood

Master potter. Born in Burslem, Stoke, Staffordshire, into a potters family. Married his cousin, Sally. Childhood smallpox left him with a limp. His inability to operate the potters wheel meant he ...

Person, Craft / Design, Industry, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous

4 memorials
Sir Christopher Collett

Sir Christopher Collett

Chairman of the Temple Bar Trust, 1993 - 2004.  Lord Mayor of London in 1989.  The picture comes from his niece's obituary webpage.

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
Thomas Becket

Thomas Becket

Chancellor, Archbishop and Martyr. Born Cheapside of French parents. son of Gilbert Becket, mercer. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1162 to his death. Assassinated after his erstwhile friend, Henry II, d...

Person, Politics & Administration, Religion, Tragedy

2 memorials
Rev. R. Henley

Rev. R. Henley

Administrator of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.  Listed as "The Hon. and Revd. R. Henley - Incumbent" on the Pest House plaque.  Vicar of St Mary's Putney in 1886.

Person, Politics & Administration, Religion, Social Welfare

2 memorials
Mrs Iris Samuel, MBE, Deputy

Mrs Iris Samuel, MBE, Deputy

1990 - awarded the MBE for charitable services to the City of London, where she is associated with Portsoken Ward.  Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994. 

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials

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London Wall Walk - 2 - Trinity Place

London Wall Walk - 2 - Trinity Place

EC3, Trinity Place

To the right of our picture there is a section of London Wall with a modern information board sticking out of the ground. We much prefer ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Sir Christopher Wren

Sir Christopher Wren

Born East Knoyle, Wiltshire, died London.  Designer of 54 London churches, of which 13 were destroyed in the Blitz. Part of one of his churches, St Antholin, has ended up in an unexpected location...

Person, Architecture, Race Issues, Seriously Famous

38 memorials
Kipling House

Kipling House

WC2, Villiers Street, 43, Kipling House

The wording on the plaque could have been clearer. The first half is giving the history of York (Norwich) House. The second half, from 16...

10 subjects commemorated
Fleming - Nobel Prize

Fleming - Nobel Prize

W2, South Wharf Road, St Mary's Hospital - Medical School building

Fleming Discovered Penicillin {Around the profile bust:} Alexander Fleming Prix Nobel 1945

1 subject commemorated
Sir William J. Lancaster

Sir William J. Lancaster

Philanthropist.  Born Norfolk.  Prominent Putney resident, co-founder of the Putney School of Art 1883, Mayor of Wandsworth 1901-2, and churchwarden of St Mary's for 30 years.  Aged 17 joined the P...

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials