The Docwras were in the building trade. The picture source website provides some useful information. We were glad to find the picture, even if it's only of one Docwra (Lancelot) and not the whole family.
A London Inheritance is certain that the memorial gates were funded by the family descended from Sir Thomas Docwra.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Docwra family
We can't find any information explaining these gates but they were probably p...
Dates back to at least the 15th century. Purchased by Charles Fitzroy (later Lord Southampton) and in 1761 he commissioned a survey of the land contained. It seems to have encompassed a large area...
Architect and surveyor. Churchwarden of St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe. He and his sons, Banister Flight Fletcher and Herbert Phillips Fletcher, formed the architectural practice: Banister Fletcher &...
Person, Architecture, Liveries & Guilds, Politics & Administration, Property
Surveyor of St Dunstans Stepney, 1844. Nominative determinism rules - see Isambard Brunel for more examples.
The full name was Charlotte De Rothschild Dwellings. Demolished 1973-80 - all but the arch which stood on Thrawl Street and which you can see in this picture. The picture source covers the histor...
Sited just to the east of Charing Cross and Nelson's column, where Northumberland Avenue and Waterstones now (2024) are. The picture source, Wikipedia, has a very useful map, but there we also read...
We are told by our Brussels correspondent, Jean-Michel Pochet, that in 1922 a plaque was erected at Howland Street: "Le poète français Pa...
Born near Inverforth House, Hampstead. From the banking family. The prime mover in the battle to save Hampstead Heath from development. He was also the prime founder of Christ Church in Hampstead S...
Unveiled by Lucian Holland, Wilde's great grandson, who made the unveiling speech. He was assisted by Stephen Fry who played Oscar in th...
This plaque is in the same style as others erected by Firemen Remembered, although they are not acknowledged on the plaque itself.
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