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John Evans

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John Evans

Built the first planned Admiralty Office in 1695. Became Navy Board Purveyor.

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John Evans

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Old Admiralty Building

In the mid 16th century this site was the timber yard for the nearby Whitehal...

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Frederick Catherwood

Frederick Catherwood

Artist, architect and explorer.  Born at 21 Charles Square.  Topographical artist.  He visited many Mediterranean countries drawing their monuments and ruins.  In 1839-40 Catherwood and John Lloyd ...

Person, Architecture, Art, Exploring, South America

1 memorial
Isaac Ware

Isaac Ware

Architect. Baptized at St Giles Cripplegate. He was apprenticed to the Carpenters' Company in 1721 under Thomas Ripley, who secured posts for him at Windsor Castle and Greenwich. His most complete ...

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
Gordon and Viner

Gordon and Viner

Architects. We can find no other building by this pair, nor anything about them.

Group, Architecture

1 memorial
William Holford, Baron Holford

William Holford, Baron Holford

Architect and town planner. Born South Africa. Designed a rejected plan for pedestrians to be raised on walkways around Piccadilly Circus, and a much-loathed Paternoster Square which was, partly, b...

Person, Architecture, South Africa

1 memorial
Samuel William Iron

Samuel William Iron

Architect active in 1877. We can find no information about him, which is unusual for architects.

Person, Architecture

1 memorial

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Dombey and son

Dombey and son

Two of Charles Dickens characters from Dombey and Son (1848).

Fiction, Fictional

1 memorial
Thomas Hood - NW8

Thomas Hood - NW8

NW8, Finchley Road, 28

English Heritage Thomas Hood, 1799 - 1845, poet, lived and died here.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Borough Compter

Borough Compter

Courthouse and prison. The building was part of St Margaret's Church, which was closed during the reformation. It burned down in 1676 and was rebuilt in 1685. The functions moved to a new building ...

Building, Law

1 memorial
Lyon Cawch

Lyon Cawch

Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.

Person, Execution, Religion

1 memorial