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...
Built 1796 by property developer James Burton, who probably lived here while developing the surrounding area. The 1834 Davies & Bartlett map (bottom right corner) shows the house surrounded by ...
Suburban housing estate in Muswell Hill, originated by William Jefferies Collins and developed by his sons William Brannan Collins and Herbert Collins. 'Rookfield Garden Estate - a study of the in...
Country villa. Originally called College Place. In 1947 Southwark Council purchased the lease but as the main building was in such a poor state it had to be rebuilt from ground level, retaining onl...
This company, reportedly 150 years old, had remodelled No 10 Downing Street and refurbished the Wallace Collection art gallery, but collapsed with massive debts in 2012.
The house and garden can be seen on a number of old maps, such as 1865 OS. From British History online (written in 1913): "Cheyne House consists of two or three different blocks of buildings, none...
