Gunmaker, built premises in 1880 to house his new showrooms and workshops, James Purdey & Sons Ltd. The Picture Source website has a short on-line history and also informs about a book on the subject.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
James Purdey the younger
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James Purdey
Westminster City Council James Purdey the younger, 1828 - 1909, gunmaker, bu...
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J. D. Wetherspoon
Chain of bars, public houses and hotels founded by Tim Martin.
2 memorials
Robert Horner
Last private owner of Spitalfields fruit and vegetable market. Came from Essex, worked in the market and managed to buy the lease in 1875. Forced to sell to the City of London in 1920.
2 memorials
1 memorial
One Tun pub - Saffron Hill
The present day pub was rebuilt in 1875.
1 memorial
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Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister: 1979 - 1990. Born Grantham. MP for Finchley: 1959 - 1992. A Marmite politician of the highest order - her death was greeted with a rare mix of immoderate panegyrics and gleeful cele...
5 memorials
Margaret Wrightson
On a genealogical website we found "Margaret Wrightson born 1877, died 1976. Unmarried Sculptor & Artist". Her work seems very desirable to thieves. Another child statue, titled "Mary Mary qui...
1 memorial
Burdett-Coutts School
SW1, Rochester Street, Burdett-Coutts & Townshend Foundation CE Primary School
School founded by Angela Burdett-Coutts in 1849 and a member of that family still (2016) sits on the governing board. William had died ju...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Professor Banister Fletcher
EC4, Queen Victoria Street, St Andrew by the Wardrobe
This plaque is on one of the much distressed pillars at the foot of the steps.
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Holborn Viaduct - Myddelton
EC4, Holborn Viaduct
The sculptor has a page about this statue and its creation with some interesting photos.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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