Person    | Female  Born 1835  Died 5/10/1899

Jessie Craigen

Categories: Animals, Gender Issues, Medicine

Countries: Ireland

Jessie Craigen

Jessie Hannah Craigen was a working-class suffrage speaker. She was also a freelance (or 'paid agent') speaker in the campaigns for Irish Home Rule and the cooperative movement and against vivisection, compulsory vaccination, and the Contagious Diseases Acts. Her place of birth is uncertain. Died Ilford.

Kate Taylor has an interesting profile of Craigen, including an explanation of the lack of images.

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Jessie Craigen

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Fawcett frieze - 07, Craigen

It seems there are no images of Craigen, hence the lack of anything behind th...

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Nipper

Born Bristol (and/or found as a stray, sources differ).  Mixed breed with a reputation for nipping visitor's legs, hence the name. His owner, Mark Barraud (1848-1887) worked as a scenery designer i...

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3 memorials
horses killed on service with British regular & territorial cavalry regiments

horses killed on service with British regular & territorial cavalry regiments

The memorial says "millions" have been killed and we don't dispute that. In particular see horses killed in Hyde Park terrorist attack.

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1 memorial
Trim

Trim

Close companion to Captain Matthew Flinders. Born on HMS Reliance while in the the Southern Indian Ocean. He accompanied Flinders around Australia and to Mauritius. Wikipedia has a lot to say about...

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2 memorials
Pets - at least 5

Pets - at least 5

These pets include Marjorie who died 2 July 190? and Boo, "an honest mare".

Animal, Animals

1 memorial

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DLR extension to Lewisham - Lewisham

DLR extension to Lewisham - Lewisham

SE13, Lewisham DLR Station

On a cluttered wall, the plaque is the lower one on the right.

1 subject commemorated, 3 creators