Clerk of Works during the building of the Stanley Halls, and subsequently resident Secretary and Manager.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Manuel Nunes Castello
Manuel Nunes Castello was born on 27 December 1879 in Sydenham, the eldest son and the second of the five children of Jacob Nunes Castello (1856-1905) and Alice Annie Castello née Benham (1857-1890...
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St Martin within Ludgate
The mediaeval church dates from 1174. Rebuilt in 1437 and then destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. Rebuilt by Christopher Wren 1680.
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Messrs Clarkson
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P. J. Darvall
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Oscar Wilde
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Muzio Clementi
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World War 1
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John Rennie, the elder
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