Architect, pupil of Wren. Born Aberdeen. Died at home in Henrietta Street. Buried at old parish Church of St Marylebone.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
James Gibbs
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St Clement Danes
St. Clement Danes Built by the Danish community in the ninth century and rebu...
St Peter's Vere Street
St. Peter's Church, Vere Street, was designed by James Gibbs, built by Edward...
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Leonard and Freda Darke
At Arts and Humanities Research Council we found a brief biography of Leonard (1914-2004) which includes: "In 1951 he and his family moved to Bedford Park, Chiswick (the first garden suburb) where ...
1 memorial
Henry Flitcroft
Architect. His London work includes: church of St Giles in the Fields. Lord Burlington was his patron. Died at his Hampstead home.
1 memorial
T. A. Greeves
Architect and artist. Born Thomas Affleck Greeves. Studied at the Cambridge School of Architecture, but never actually designed any functional buildings. Instead he produced a series of fantastical...
1 memorial
1 memorial
G. Topham Forrest
Architect active in 1937. We have found his name associated with the design / laying out of: the Becontree estate in 1920 and the Downham Estate in Lewisham in 1923. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, h...
1 memorial
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Sinking of the Marchioness
The pleasure boat The Marchioness collided with another vessel and sank with the loss of 51 lives. In nearby Southwark Cathedral there is a Marchioness memorial stone. The following comes from a B...
4 memorials
50th anniversary of D-Day
W1, Grosvenor Square
An information board in the garden tells us about a memorial but we can't find it. Can anyone help? "On the 13th April 1994 the Prime Mi...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Fm. Alfred Charles Smee
Fireman killed in the Dudgeon's Wharf explosion. Andrew Behan has researched Smee: Fireman Alfred Charles Smee was born on 16 September 1921 and his birth was registered in Islington. He was the t...
3 memorials
Thomas Britton
EC1, Jerusalem Passage
Historic Site Here stood the house of Thomas Britton, 1644 - 1714, the musical coalman. London Borough of Islington
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Pete Curran
Politician and trade unionist. Born Patrick Francis Curran in Glasgow, becoming known as Pete from an early age. He moved to London where he co-founded the the National Union of Gasworkers and Gene...
1 memorial
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