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George Kelham

George Kelham

Chairman of the statue Committee at Woolwich town hall in 1905.

The Church Bells of Kent refers to an Alderman George Kelham of Riverston, Wrottesley Road, funding a bell for St Margarets church, Plumstead in 1903. There is a Wrottesley Road in SE18 and the Land Registry puts Riverston at number 15, a substantial house.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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