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...
From British History On-line: "A cottage called the Salt Box was built on demesne land on the edge of the heath north of Branch Hill Lodge between 1789 and 1808 and was replaced by a house called t...
Mainly from British History Online we've learnt the following: In 1740 Thomas Cooke, a director of the Bank of England, built almshouses, Cooke’s Rents, for 8 poor families with small children, and...
Established in the 1990s. As at 2025 Swan Housing Association is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sanctuary.
Worked on the 1921-6 construction of the Harrow School War Memorial Building, probably leading the project.
Engraver, painter and publisher of illustrated books, and property developer in Bayswater. Born Manchester. c.1800-24 he published and sold many books of aquatints and etchings, in his own shops in...
Grandson of the 3rd Duke of Portland. Member of Parliament for Kings Lynn. Private secretary to George Canning, his uncle. Voted for the Reform Bill and as head of the Protectionist Party opposed ...
Member of the staff of A. W. Gamage Ltd and/or Benetfink & Co. Ltd. Killed in WW1.
London borough. Formed from the former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and much of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
A grade II listed villa, thought to be the oldest building in Kensington and Chelsea. Built in 1674 by Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey on the site of Thomas More's garden. Extensively remodelle...
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