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Cannon in Gunpowder Square

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Cannon in Gunpowder Square

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Cannon

{On plaque attached to one side of cannon:} Opened on 29th November 1989 by ...

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Broderip Ward

Broderip Ward

Ward in the former Middlesex Hospital, dedicated to the treatment of patients suffering from HIV/AIDS. When the epidemic began in the early 1980s, there was much misunderstanding about the nature ...

Place, Medicine

1 memorial
Rugby Estate

Rugby Estate

An area of land in Holborn owned by Rugby School. Lawrence Sheriff acquired the land in the 16th century and left it for the support of almshouses and a school. See there for more information.

Place, Property

1 memorial
Manor of Hyde

Manor of Hyde

An area roughly equivalent to modern-day Hyde Park. It was owned by Westminster Abbey, and its woods afforded both fire-wood and shelter for the monks and for their game and water-fowl.

Place, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
Three Colts Bridge

Three Colts Bridge

Grade II* listed bridge. It crosses the Hertford Union Canal, and was instigated by Sir George Duckett and constructed by Francis Giles.

Place, Transport

1 memorial
Coal Hole Tavern

Coal Hole Tavern

The meeting place of the Wolf Club of which in about 1826 Edmund Kean was a leading member.  Lawrence Silverman tells us that, later, this was the tavern where Renton Nicholson staged his very rude...

Place, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

1 memorial

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St Mary's trompe l'oeil - Hamilton

St Mary's trompe l'oeil - Hamilton

W2, St Mary's Square, Blossom Lower School

Emma lived in Greville's house on Paddington Green and it was here she met her future husband, Hamilton.

1 subject commemorated
Clink prison - blue

Clink prison - blue

SE1, Clink Street

Two plaques, both erected by Southwark Council - excessive.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Timothy Gilbert

Timothy Gilbert

United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Brother of Andrew Gilbert who also died in the attack. Timothy Paul Gilbert was born in 1966. He was marr...

Person, Tragedy, USA

1 memorial
Rifleman Robert Howard Bishop

Rifleman Robert Howard Bishop

Robert Howard Bishop was born on the 15 March 1894; the eldest of the six children of Robert Bishop (b.1864) and Annie Bishop née Howard (1873-1919) and his birth was registered in 2nd quarter of 1...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Fakeblueplaque no 2

Fakeblueplaque no 2

N10, Hillfield Park

Hillfield Park, House of the Century Centenary Award, 28 May 2000. The Society for the Promotion of Historic Buildings

1 creator