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
James Thomas
Architect who works close to the site of Min Joo Lee's death, and regularly cycles through the junction. He worked with the local cycle shop, Cyclesurgery, to produce the ghost bike and organised ...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Sir Bernard Eckstein
Bernard Friedrich Eckstein was the son of Friedrich Gustav Jonathan Eckstein who became wealthy through gold mining activities in South Africa. Bernard lived at his father’s home in Park Lane, Lond...
1 memorial
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Siegfried Sassoon - SW1
SW1, Tufton Street, 54
Siegfried Sassoon, MC, poet, novelist, biographer, 1886-1967, lived and worked in a house on this site, 1919-1925. The Thorney Island Soc...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Vicar Humphreys
WC2, Adelaide Street
To the memory of William Gilson Humphrey B.D. Scholar divine Vicar of this parish from 1855 to 1886 Born Jan. 1815 Died Jan. 1886
1 subject commemorated
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...
Ambika Paul
W1, Portland Place, 9, Pavement Features
Two rather sad tree boxes, one empty and the other containing a dead commemorative tree.
2 subjects commemorated
Wembley Lion
HA9, Wembley Hill Road
{Plaque on the front of the plinth, beneath a drawing of a lion:} The lion was the emblem for the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 - 192...
5 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
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