Secretary to the Commissioners for the 1892 Westminster Public Library. Became librarian in Great Smith Street in March 1881 and went on to be employed by Westminster City Council as a branch librarian. Retired in 1904.
We have to assume that this is not the same Henry Poole that did the lovely bas relief work on the near-by wash-house.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Henry E. Poole
Westminster Public Library The united parishes of St Margaret and St John the...
Collector, dilettante, ordained clergyman, mesmerist, and hypochondriac (list from Wikipedia). Born Godalming into a wealthy family. Famous for his 1821 meeting with the poet John Clare (whom he i...
Opened the Subway Gallery in 2006.
This church, destroyed in the Great Fire in 1666 and rebuilt by Wren in 1676 was damaged in WW1 and then gutted in WW2, and then left roofless waiting for demolition - Londonist has a photo. On 5 ...
The newly built up Willesden area was provided with a library, completed in 1894. It was extended at the back in 1907, part funded by Andrew Carnegie. The whole back section was rebuilt with addit...
Founded by the American Rev. J. Brett Langstaff. The picture is from 1947. The New York Times, 19 March 1922 carries a letter reporting on a performance of a play for the benefit of this library....
Poet and forger of pseudo-medieval poetry. Born Bristol. Largely self-taught, read extensively and began writing verse aged 11. Became besotted with the medieval period and faked the writings of a ...
The Great Wen suggests that these spoons first appeared in about 2000 and that they refer to the use of the stairwell by heroin addicts.
This pediment comes from the Victorian barracks. From British History Online - Victorian barracks: “The riding-school's front to Hyde Par...
Building by Lutyens as the Central Club for the YWCA. This foundation stone is low down at the left of the frontage. In 1933 only a few ...
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