Person    | Male  Born 1804  Died 1892

James Buckington Bevington

Categories: Commerce

James Buckington Bevington

Of Neckinger Mills, Bermondsey, a successful leather manufacturers. Father of Samuel Bourne.

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James Buckington Bevington

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Bevington fountain

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United Kingdom Temperance & General Provident Institution

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Metropolitan Water Board

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Royal Society of Arts

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