Building    From 1863 

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 (of Huntley and Palmer biscuits) for the Blue Ribbon Gospel Temperance Mission. 1893 in his will Palmer left the hall to the Quaker Bedford Institute. 1910 the hall was extended and became an Institute, used for boys and girls clubs. It is now used as a community centre.

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Hoxton Hall

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Archibald Mackirdy

The Mackirdy Room was created at the same time that Hoxton Hall converted fro...

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Hoxton Hall

Hoxton Hall. Built 1863 as a music hall. Owned since 1893 by Bedford Institu...

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Elizabeth Dun

Elizabeth Dun

Lived in Royal Crescent, 1972 - 1995.  From The Kensington Society Annual Report 1975-6: "Our gratitude ... to Miss Elizabeth Dun and her sister, Mavis, for a gift of garden equipment in memory of ...

Person, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Anglo-Finnish Society

Anglo-Finnish Society

From their website: "The Anglo-Finnish Society is the oldest Finland related voluntary organisation in the UK. Non-political and non-profit making, the Society fosters cultural and social relations...

Group, Community / Clubs, Finland

1 memorial
Friends of Burgess Park

Friends of Burgess Park

The Friends of Burgess Park are an association of people and other interested groups who are concerned to protect, promote and enhance an important, inner-city London park.

Group, Community / Clubs, Gardens / Agriculture

4 memorials
Friends of Telegraph Hill Park

Friends of Telegraph Hill Park

Active in 2008 and, 2024, this might be their Facebook page Telegraph Hill Park Voice.

Group, Community / Clubs, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
Benjamin Cotton

Benjamin Cotton

Benjamin Cotton was born on 10 February 1794, in Leyton, Essex (now Greater London), the ninth of the ten children of Captain Joseph Cotton (1745-1825) and Sarah Cotton née Harrison (1751-1818). On...

Person, Community / Clubs

1 memorial

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Queen Anne statue, St Paul's

Queen Anne statue, St Paul's

EC4, St Paul's Churchyard

The 4 female figures around the base represent: Britannia, France, America, Ireland. It was during Queen Anne's reign that the rebuildin...

1 subject commemorated, 6 creators
J. T. Ashley

J. T. Ashley

Committee Member of Kingston Spiritualist Church in 1927.

Person, Religion

1 memorial
J. Earnshaw

J. Earnshaw

Hammersmith and Fulham International Brigade volunteer.

Person, Spain

War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Grace Griffiths

Grace Griffiths

Her 1944 poem Doodlebugs was included in an audio compilation entitled 'The Best of Second World War Poetry' produced in 1993 and in the 1999 book 'Shadows of war : British women's poetry of the Se...

Person, Poetry

1 memorial
Battle of Brentford, 1642

Battle of Brentford, 1642

One of the many battles of the English Civil War. King Charles's forces were advancing on London. Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex attempted to stop them at the Brentford bridge. A small pitched...

Event, Armed Forces

1 memorial