Person    | Male  Born 14/3/1827  Died 21/10/1907

George Frederick Bodley

Categories: Architecture

Ecclesiastical architect. Born Hull. George Gilbert Scott was his brother-in-law's brother and encouraged him to take up architecture and took him on as his first pupil. Initially practiced in Brighton and then moved to London in 1855. Died at Water Eaton, Oxford.

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George Frederick Bodley

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George Frederick Bodley

English Heritage George Frederick Bodley, 1827 - 1907, architect, lived here...

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Holy Trinity Church - SW7

The plaque does not make it clear that the early history all took place at an...

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George Frederick Bodley

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Cardinal Newman - statue

On the wall of the Oratory behind there are two sculptured plaques with flowe...

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Livingstone Design Group

Livingstone Design Group

Group of architects, active in 1989. We may be wrong but we're pretty certain it's not this one.

Group, Architecture

1 memorial
Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson, C.H., K.C.V.O., P.R.A., R.D.I.

Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson, C.H., K.C.V.O., P.R.A., R.D.I.

Hugh Casson was an architect, notably for the 1951 Festival of Britain and the London Zoo Elephant House. President of  the Royal Academy (PRA) from 1976 to 1984.  He was also president of The Frie...

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
Herbert Gribble

Herbert Gribble

Architect of the Oratory Church and was aged 29 years when he won the competition in March 1876. Not to be confused with Herbert Gribble (1860-1943) an English cricketer who played for Gloucestersh...

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
James Edmeston

James Edmeston

Architect and prolific writer of church hymns (nearly 2000!). Born Wapping. Died Homerton where he was a church warden at St. Barnabas.

Person, Architecture, Music / songs, Religion

1 memorial
G. Topham Forrest

G. Topham Forrest

Architect active in 1937. We have found his name associated with the design / laying out of: the Becontree estate in 1920 and the Downham Estate in Lewisham in 1923. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, h...

Person, Architecture, Scotland

3 memorials

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Keith Toms

Keith Toms

Councillor and former Mayor of Harrow Council.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Historic Chapels Trust

Historic Chapels Trust

From the picture source website: "Rescues places of worship in England that are no longer in use.   We aim to hand them onto future generations in good condition, as the physical record of religiou...

Group, History, Religion

1 memorial
A. B. Burton Foundry

A. B. Burton Foundry

Founder based in Thames Ditton.  From Exploring Surrey's Past: The foundry was established in Summer Road, Thames Ditton, in 1874 by Cox and Sons, ecclesiastical suppliers, to cast ornaments and st...

Group, Craft / Design

10 memorials
Prisoners of War

Prisoners of War

During WW2 the Germans treated their British prisoners of war (POWs) quite well but those held by Japan were treated appallingly. Japan had not signed and ignored the Geneva Convention and denied a...

Group, Borneo, Burma, Japan, Russia

4 memorials
Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh

Writer. Born 11 Hillfield Road, West Hampstead.  Wrote "Decline and Fall", "Brideshead Revisited".  And we have to tell you the strange but true fact that Waugh's first wife's name was also Evelyn....

Person, Literature, Seriously Famous

2 memorials