Group    From 1858 

British Horological Institute

Categories: Engineering

Founded by a small group of clockmakers, whose aim was to unify the British horological industry and trades in the face of large numbers of imports of clocks and watches from abroad.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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British Horological Institute

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George Daniels

George Daniels CBE, watchmaker, 1926 - 2011, lived & worked here. The Wor...

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William Charles Copperthwaite

William Charles Copperthwaite

Engineer. 1906 Copperthwaite published "Tunnel shields and the use of compressed air in subaqueous works". 2021: We were kindly contacted by Christopher Nobbs (great-nephew of Copperthwaite) who w...

Person, Engineering

2 memorials
Robert Mylne

Robert Mylne

Architect. Born Edinburgh. Returned from a Grand Tour to London in 1759. Won the competition to build Blackfriars Bridge, including the approach roads from the north and the south, each with a squa...

Person, Architecture, Engineering, Scotland

1 memorial
Rendel Palmer and Tritton

Rendel Palmer and Tritton

Engineers. This firm was started by James Meadows Rendel (1799 - 1856) and carried on by his son Sir Alexander Rendel (1829–1918). It became a partnership called Rendel Palmer & Tritton in the ...

Group, Engineering

2 memorials
Dugald Trystan Julius Herbert Gonsal OBE

Dugald Trystan Julius Herbert Gonsal OBE

Camden's chief engineer and assistant director of environment: 1966- 2001 when he retired. From the Burghers In The UK website we learn that he was born on 12 April 1935 in Colombo, Ceylon (now ca...

Person, Engineering, Politics & Administration, Ceylon

1 memorial
Tom Bates

Tom Bates

Assistant to Frederick Bremer. He helped build the first British motor car with an internal combustion engine.

Person, Engineering

1 memorial

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Mission Building - WW1 plaque

Mission Building - WW1 plaque

E14, Commercial Road, 747, The Mission Building

We can't find any information about that damaged-looking grey shape at the top of the plaque. Any ideas? 2024: Julie kindly sent us a li...

1 subject commemorated
Anne Frank

Anne Frank

Born Frankfurt, Germany. Died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany.

Person, Children, Seriously Famous, Tragedy, Germany, Netherlands

4 memorials
Henry Purcell

Henry Purcell

Organist and composer. Born St Anne's Lane, Westminster. Died at home in Marsham Street.

Person, Music / songs

4 memorials