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Crystal Palace Foundation

Categories: Community / Clubs, History

Dedicated to preserving the history of the Crystal Palace.

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Crystal Palace Foundation

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Camille Pissarro - SE19

Camille Pissarro (1830 - 1903) impressionist painter, stayed on this site 187...

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Paxton’s house ‘Rockhills'

On this site stood Rockhills, the home of Sir Joseph Paxton MP, 1852 - 1865, ...

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Sir Joseph Paxton - giant bust

The Carrera marble bust is 8ft high.

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Other Subjects

Turk's Head - Wapping

Turk's Head - Wapping

This entry discusses two pubs in Wapping, both called the Turk's Head. The Turk's Head in Wapping High Street is said to be the pub where condemned men, on their way to Execution Dock, were given ...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs

2 memorials
Deptford History Group

Deptford History Group

2012: we can find no information about this group, so possibly it is no longer active.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
William Beckham

William Beckham

William Beckham is the boy lying on his side on the left at the front in the photograph of the scout troop.  He was one of the ten children of William John Beckham (1870-1917) and Harriett Beckham...

Person, Children, Community / Clubs, Tragedy

2 memorials
Joe Meek Society

Joe Meek Society

The Joe Meek Society (formerly Joe Meek Appreciation Society) was formed in the early nineties to remember and celebrate the music and life of legendary sixties record producer and song writer Joe ...

Group, Community / Clubs, Music / songs

1 memorial

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Lieutenant Gerald Maurice Clive Toft

Lieutenant Gerald Maurice Clive Toft

Resident of Golders Green killed serving in WW2. Gerald Maurice Clive Toft was born in 1923, the elder son of Edmund Toft (1894-1941) and Violette Maud Hélène Toft née Duché (1895-1966). His birth...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
First underground passenger railway - Metropolitan

First underground passenger railway - Metropolitan

Between Paddington and Farringdon. A grand opening on the 9th preceded the opening to the public on Saturday 10 January 1863. “That afternoon Hetta trusted herself all alone to the mysteries of th...

Event, Transport

4 memorials
Department for Communities and Local Government

Department for Communities and Local Government

A department of the government of the UK. From Victoria Cross commemorative paving stones: "In August 2013, the UK government announced a campaign to honour Victoria Cross recipients from the First...

Group, Politics & Administration

70 memorials
J. T. G. Bates

J. T. G. Bates

Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.

Person, Armed Forces, South Africa

War dead, Other war
1 memorial