From the Picture source: "The Greenwich Historical Society began life as the Greenwich Antiquarian Society in 1905, merging with the Lewisham Society in 1919 to become the Greenwich and Lewisham Antiquarian Society. The present name was adopted in 1991."
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Greenwich Historical Society
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Queen Elizabeth's Oak
The old tree is presumably gradually being decomposed by beetles and the like...
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Hoxton Hall
Built 1863 as Mortimer's Music hall. 1866 MacDonald took it over but in 1871 following complaints it lost its performance licence. Bought in 1879 by rich Quaker philanthropist William Isaac Palmer...
Building, Community / Clubs, Music / songs, Religion, Theatre
1 memorial
Oranjehaven
A club for Dutchmen who had escaped their occupied country to join the Allied Forces. The Dutch Wikipedia has some information. The day of opening may be 2 rather than 6 (sources vary). The lite...
1 memorial
Clapton Pond Neighbourhood Action Group
This group was originally set up (2003 or earlier) to improve the Clapton Pond park and pond, and the surrounding area.
1 memorial
Angle-kin Society
The only reference we could find to this society was on the website of the National Churchill Museum which has some documents in its 'Environics Collection' which is about how St Mary the Virgin Al...
1 memorial
Mayflower Tenants Association
Tenants and residents association in Rotherhithe, based in Mayflower Hall, 1 Neptune Street, SE16, on the site of Rotherhithe Old Town Hall.
1 memorial
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Jet Harris
Musician. Born Terence Harris in Kingsbury. He played with several groups before joining Cliff Richard's backing group The Drifters. At his suggestion they changed their name to The Shadows. He and...
1 memorial
People of London
These memorials have been sponsored by newspapers: the Daily Herald and the Evening Standard.
4 memorials
World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
402 memorials
Lady Diana Beauclerk
Lady Diana Spencer was born in 1735, the eldest child of the third Duke of Marlborough. She was expected to follow a traditional path through life: educated in the fashion considered suitable for a...
2 memorials
Clissold Park and House
Built as Paradise House, or Newington Park House, in the late 1700s for Jonathan Hoare. William Crawshay (1764 – 1834) bought it in 1811. He objected to his daughter's choice of a husband so it was...
2 memorials
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