This Square was laid out at the same time as Hoxton Square and in 1922 Charles Square still contained at least some houses from about 1685 - 1745. Only no. 16 remains. Shown in the picture, it was "used {1922} for the accommodation of the Shoreditch County Court, and before the present Court House was built in the rear of Old Street, the front room on the first floor was utilised for that purpose".
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Charles Square
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Austin Friars
Augustinian friary just north-east of Bank, probably founded 1260ish, covering about 5.5 acres, it included a church, various other buildings for the accommodation of the friars and visitors, veget...
4 memorials
Ted Christmas
Builder. Born Edward Charles Christmas in Lewisham. He set up his business around 1890, initially building large detached houses, and then less expensive ones in the Perry Vale area, where his styl...
1 memorial
Trollope & Colls Ltd
Construction firm. Formed in 1903 from the merger of George Trollope & Sons, and Colls & Sons. Acquired by Trafalgar House in 1969.
1 memorial
Herbert Huntly-Gordon
Architect and speculative builder. Worked closely with the manufacturers Doulton and Company to produce a rough-faced terracotta for this type of neo-renaissance architectural decoration. Ornamen...
1 memorial
12 & 14 Folgate Street
Reading left to right the five 4-storey houses in the picture are numbers 18 - 10. The picture source gives some detailed descriptions of the houses in their 1957 state and informs that in 1813 ou...
1 memorial
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Caxton Hall - head 4 - unidentified
SW1, Caxton Street, 10, Caxton Hall
Possibly John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester. His hat is spot on (possibly standard bishop-wear at the time) and although Fisher is normal...
Edward Gustave Slesinger, OBE, BSc, MS, FRCS
Chairman of the Board of Guy's Hospital in 1964. Born London. Edward Gustave Slesinger was born on 17 March 1888, the son of Gustave Schlesinger (1852-1903) and Louise Agnes Schlesinger née Sueski...
1 memorial
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