Sir John Betjeman
Poet Laureate 1972 - 1984. Conservation campaigner. Credited with saving the Midland Grand Hotel (now St Pancras Chambers) and the station at St Pancras from demolition and helping to achieve their...
11 memorials
Bexleyheath Clock Tower
Designed by Walter Epps. It was intended to stand 'as a memorial to the enterprise and loyalty of the inhabitants of Bexleyheath'. Our picture shows the tower in 1912.
1 memorial
Alfred Bickerdike
Architect. Born Manchester. In partnership with Paull 1873-7.
1 memorial
1 memorial
Brightwen Binyon
Ipswich-based architect. Born Manchester, Brightwen being his mother's maiden name. 2nd cousin once removed of Lawrence Binyon. Trained under Alfred Waterhouse. Exhibited at the Royal Academy 1887-...
1 memorial
The Black Cap
Public House. It was originally called the Mother Black Cap after a local legend concerning a witch, and had that name, according to licensing records, as early as 1751. In the mid 1960s it became ...
1 memorial
Blackheath Preservation Trust
One of the oldest building preservation trusts in the United Kingdom. It was founded by members of the newly-formed Blackheath Society as an independent and separate property company. Its original ...
3 memorials
William Nisbet Blair
Architect. Born Morpeth, Northumberland. Appointed St Pancras Borough Engineer in 1893 and still in post in 1906. Lived at 23 West Hill. Father of the entomologist, Kenneth Blair. Died Middlesex. H...
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Alan Blanc
Alan John Blanc's birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1929 in the Edmonton registration district. He was the son of Albert Francis Blanc (1888-1973) and Winifred Evelyn Blanc née Kirtland (1...
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Sylvia Blanc
She was born as Sylvia Sara Cole and her birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1927 in the Willesden registration district. In 1953 she married Alan John Blanc (1929-1995) in Marylebone and el...
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