Comprising The Almshouse Charity (managing an almshouse in Chiswick) and The Lying-In Charity (offering an annual grant to benefit pregnant women in the London Borough of Hounslow).
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Chiswick Parochial Charities
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Hopkin Morris cottages
A small plaque to the right of the lower plaque reads 'Renovated 1974 London ...
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Bishop Thomas Wood
Born in the Parish of Hackney. He seems to have been a bad boy: Ejected from his rectory for scandal in 1651. Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1671 until his death, but suspended 1684 - 87 for bein...
1 memorial
Help for Heroes
Charity. Founded as a non-political, non-critical organisation by Bryn and Emma Parry, out of a desire to help the wounded servicemen and women returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.
1 memorial
Lee Rigby Foundation
A charity which was founded by Lyn and Ian Rigby after the murder of their son Fusilier Lee Rigby. It comprises a lodge where people can get away from the pressures of the outside world, and begin ...
1 memorial
Carr-Gomm Society
Charity founded by Richard Carr-Gomm, providing support to deprived people.
1 memorial
1 memorial
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Camp Griffiss / Widewing
WW2 US military base in Bushy Park named after the first American aviator killed in Europe in WW2. Four blocks of temporary buildings were constructed in 60 acres in the north-east section of Bush...
18 memorials
Artist Rifles
W1, St George Street, 8
The Artist Rifles was formed here at the studio of Henry Wyndham Phillips, 1860.
2 subjects commemorated
Borough of Enfield
The northernmost borough of London. Formed by the amalgamation of the Municipal Boroughs of Southgate, Enfield and Edmonton.
11 memorials
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford
Interested in rural science and one of the chief patrons of the Bath and West Agricultural Society of which he was President at the time of his death. His youngest politician brother, William (176...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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