Group    From 1970 

Islington Boat Club

Categories: Children, Sport / Games

The club has provided safe boating for thousands of youngsters on City Road Basin.

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Islington Boat Club

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Islington Boat Club

In gratitude to Crystal Hale, tireless campaigner & founder of The Isling...

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Kitty Hopkins

Kitty Hopkins

Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 10. Buried in grave 3 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.

Person, Children, Tragedy

1 memorial
David Davies

David Davies

One of the 11 "children of England" present on 7th July 1933 when The Princess Royal laid a foundation stone for a nurses home for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.

Person, Children

1 memorial
William Hamley

William Hamley

Founded Hamleys toy shop. Born Cornwall.

Person, Children, Commerce

1 memorial
June Wilkinson

June Wilkinson

One of the 11 "children of England" present on 7th July 1933 when The Princess Royal laid a foundation stone for a nurses home for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.

Person, Children

1 memorial

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Barking Abbey

Barking Abbey

Former royal monastery. Founded by St Erkenwald, whose sister, Aethelburg, was the first abbess. Destroyed by the Danes it was rebuilt in the 10th century. William the Conqueror stayed here after h...

Building, Property, Religion

1 memorial
Countrywomen of the soldiers that fought with Wellington

Countrywomen of the soldiers that fought with Wellington

This patriotic committee of women, led by Lady Lavinia Spencer, ordered the Achilles statue unadorned.  It was the men that insisted on the covering.

Group, Benefactor

1 memorial
William Friese-Greene

William Friese-Greene

Photographer, inventor and pioneer of cinematography. Born Bristol as William Edward Green. Married the Swiss Helena Friese in 1874 and added her name to his. (It's not clear where the extra "e" ca...

Person, Cinema

3 memorials
Holman & Goodrham

Holman & Goodrham

Architects active in 1912.  George Edward Holman (1862-1921/2) and Henry Robert Goodrham (1863-1937).  More about them at Lea Bridge Heritage.   We believe we have "Goodrham" correctly spelt but o...

Group, Architecture

1 memorial
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

Born at 24 Grosvenor Square. Promoted many reform causes, connected with factories, children, mental illness, housing. Also supported the restoration of the Holy Land to the Jews. President of the ...

Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare

3 memorials