1878 Hon. Secretary of the Stratford Martyrs Memorial Committee.
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J. W. Brooks
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Stratford Martyrs
The event on 27 June 1556 was a big draw: "These 11 men and 2 women were brou...
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Lord David Ennals
Labour politician. Born Staffordshire. Secretary of State for Social Services 1976 - 9. Patron of the Bromley by Bow Centre. Died at home in Belsize Park.
1 memorial
Sir Walter Raleigh
Courtier, explorer, author and puddle-coverer. Born Devon. Became a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I and explored Virginia, America, for her, enabling its colonisation. Briefly imprisoned in the T...
Person, Exploring, Poetry, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, USA
3 memorials
Poplar Borough Council
In 1855, Poplar joined with neighbouring Bromley and Bow to form the Poplar District of the Metropolis. This became the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar in 1900. In 1965 it merged with the Metropolit...
3 memorials
Arnold and Verna Rosen
From London Gardens Online: "The Rosens were long term residents at Cromwell Lodge, 30 Newington Green (near the north-east corner) who attended Newington Green School, later becoming school govern...
1 memorial
India League
August 2023, from Londonist: "The India Club — with its beloved restaurant that's been dishing up south Indian cuisine to Londoners for 70 years — is closing next month. ... The India Club was form...
1 memorial
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West London Synagogue
The synagogue community was founded in 1840 and moved to Upper Berkeley Street in 1870.
3 memorials
Alfred Hitchcock
Film director. Born at 517 Leytonstone High Road above his father William’s greengrocery and poultry shop. See Spitalfields Life for an unusual take on his life in Leytonstone. When Alfie was about...
23 memorials
Christ Church Spitalfields - alterations
Wikipedia says the works were done in 1850 but the church's own website confirms the date in the plaque and seems to say that all the Victorian alterations were undone ("a restoration of the church...
1 memorial
Cornhill Standard
A water conduit, and point of measurement. From Wikipedia: "first mechanically pumped public water supply in London, constructed in 1582 on the site of earlier hand-pumped wells and gravity-fed con...
2 memorials
Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford
In 1631 commissioned Inigo Jones to build the residential square at Covent Garden, with a piazza at the centre.
2 memorials
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