This Metropolitan Benefit Societies asylum was founded by John Christopher Bowles in 1829 and successfully raised by his untiring efforts for the good of his brethren.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Christopher Bowles
Commemorated ati
Metropolitan Benefit Societies almshouses
Seems likely the plaques were put up when the side wings were added, in 1865-6.
Other Subjects
1 memorial
1 memorial
Thomas Doggett
Actor and theatre manager. Born in Castle Street, Dublin (his birth year is approximate). He possibly performed as a strolling player and had arrived in London by 1691, where he quickly achieved su...
1 memorial
Mrs Eliza Wilson
Born Eliza Lawes, daughter of Edward Hobson Vitruvius Lawes and Jane Edwards Lawes. He was a barrister and lived in Serjeants Inn, and their daughter was baptised on the 1st April 1824 at St. Andre...
1 memorial
John Ortelli
Giovanni Battista Ortelli was a successful Italian businessman who founded the Italian Hospital Queen Square. The badly deteriorated Ortelli family vault is at St Mary's RC Cemetery, NW10. There y...
1 memorial
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Cadby Hall - 9 keystone heads - composers
W14, Hammersmith Road, Lyons Walk
Cadby Hall was built in 1873 as a piano factory. Our picture comes from Cadby Hall: "Built to the design of Lewis H. Isaacs, Cadby Hall w...
Westminster in WW2
SW1, Victoria Street, 62, Westminster City Hall
Westminster City Council In recognition of Westminster's councillors and officers and the civil and emergency services for their actions...
3 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Firemen Randolph & Skinner
WC1, Tavistock Square, Woburn House
This plaque was rededicated to the memory of the two firemen in a ceremony on 16 April 2011.
Civilian war dead | WW2
4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
William Harris, butcher
EC1, St John Street
{Crammed in above the hog:} Rebuilt by Wm Harris 1897 {In a monogram lower down on the building:} W H
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Middlesex Hospital and Barnato and Joel
W1, Nassau Street
We had not heard of the Barnato-Joel family before coming across this plaque. If the web can be believed they are a tragic family. Do ...
3 subjects commemorated,
10 creators
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