Born Elizabeth Clinton, sister to Henry Clinton, 2nd Earl Lincoln. Second wife (1597) of Sir Arthur Gorges with whom she had twelve children. From her brother she inherited Beaufort House.
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Dame Elizabeth Gorges
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Moravians / Gillick Pageant / Beaufort House
This unusual memorial was created by Ernest and Mary Gillick in their studio ...
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James Ashpital
1883, Trustee of Lopping Hall, Loughton. According to G. Sludge, ".. perhaps related to the architect of St Barnabas, Homerton, was a builder who was born and lived in Loughton." James Ashpital w...
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John Abernethy Warburton
Initially this plaque looked like it was raised by a man simply concerned about his property. The only notable Warburton we could find in the area is a Dr Warburton who managed the insane asylum w...
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Elis David Almshouse
Founded by Elias Davy (the correct spelling of his name), and originally built for seven people of either sex and enlarged for twelve people in 1875. Residents transferred to newly built almshous...
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Clapton House
It stood to the north of Clapton Pond, probably on the site of the house of Thomas Wood, later Serjeant of the Pantry, who lived in Hackney in 1597 and was a vestryman in 1627. The building on the ...
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Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
Favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Died near Oxford, on his way to Buxton to take the baths.
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Hoxton Market Christian Mission
Founded by John and Lewis Burtt. Described by Charles Booth as a "soup kitchen and refuge for the poor". Janet Seale wrote to us in 2013: "I used to attend Sunday School at Hoxton Market Christian ...
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East London Toy Factory
Opened by Sylvia Pankhurst as an answer to the dozens of tiny failing workshops where women were paid a pittance. Toys were no longer being imported from Germany, so the factory employed 59 women t...
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Joaquim Nabuco
SW7, Cornwall Gardens, 52
Joaquim Nabuco, 1849-1910, eminent Brazilian statesman and diplomat, lived here, 1900-1905.
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