Sir Walter Besant was the first president and the local historians Thomas Barratt and G. W. Potter were members. A London Inheritance has found evidence of its existence up to 1940.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Hampstead Antiquarian and Historical Society
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Thomas Park & J J Park
Thomas Park F.S.A. "The poetical antiquary", born 1759, died 1834, and his so...
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Marine Society
From the Marine Society: "Founded with the aim of providing men to fight in the King's ships as Britain faced war with most of Europe, The Marine Society was the world's first charity dedicated to ...
1 memorial
Royal Air Forces Association
A UK based charitable organisation which provides care and support to serving and retired members of the Royal Air Forces and their dependents. There are currently (2013) 504 branches across the UK...
1 memorial
2i's coffee bar
Birthplace of British rock 'n roll and the popular music industry. Mickie Most started as a singing waiter here. Owen Adams provides a huge amount of information.
1 memorial
Beryl Brownsword
Architect and conservationist. After WW2 she worked in the architectural practice run by Richard Sheppard. She was particularly active in the Bedford Park Society where she monitored planning appli...
1 memorial
Cynthia Williams
From Fitzrovia News "Many were shocked to hear of the death of Cynthia Williams, a stalwart of the Fitzrovia Play Association, who had been born in Ireland in 1925 but came to London as a child and...
1 memorial
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Greater London Council
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...
244 memorials
Arthur Lowe
Actor. Born Derbyshire. Played Captain Mainwaring in 'Dad's Army', 1968 - 1977. Collapsed in his Birmingham dressing room and died in a nearby hospital. In 2007 a statue was erected in Thetford,...
2 memorials
St Mary Magdalene Gardens
N7, Holloway Road
St Mary Magdalene was built in 1814 as a chapel of ease to Islington Parish Church, the parish having grown from the mid C18th onwards, a...
7 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
William Shipley
Drawing master, social reformer and inventor. Wikipedia's page differs significantly from the Oxford Dictionary of National Bigraphy. They agree that he was born in Kent and trained as a painter. H...
1 memorial
India House - in India
India, W, India, Gujarat, Kutch, Mandvi, Kutch
This town is the birthplace of Shyamji Krishna Varma, who founded India House.
3 subjects commemorated
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