Group    From 1822  To 2006

John Mowlem and Co. Ltd

Categories: Property

One of the largest construction and civil engineering companies in the UK. John Mowlem (1788 – 1868) stonemason and builder founded a quarrying and construction company 'Mowlem, Burt and Freeman' in 1822. It continued with Mowlem in it's name until bought by Carillion in 2006.

2023: Londonist investigated the "architectural oddments that once graced the streets of London, but now taste the sea air of Swanage." "We can thank two Victorian men for "Little London by Sea", as it's been dubbed. John Mowlem (who founded the famous construction firm) and his nephew George Burt brought tons of London salvage back to Dorset."

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John Mowlem and Co. Ltd

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City of London School - EC4, Embankment

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Police station foundation stone

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35 St Martin's Street

35 St Martin's Street

Three storey terrace house. Lived in by Isaac Newton 1710 - 1725, although he owned it until his death in 1727. When it was demolished the panelling of the front parlour was reconstructed as the Is...

Building, Literature, Property

1 memorial
Australia House

Australia House

Home of the High Commission of Australia. Designed by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie and built by Dove Brothers. Construction commenced in 1913, but as many of the building materials came from Austra...

Building, Property, Australia

1 memorial
Barton House, Stoke Newington

Barton House, Stoke Newington

The house is said (Hackney Gazette) to have been named for Joseph Beck's grandfather. Grace's Guide suggests that Beck and his family moved here between 1881 and 1891.   At the time the house was ...

Building, Property

1 memorial
Nathaniel Acton

Nathaniel Acton

Nathaniel Acton was a wealthy successful Suffolk landowner. British History Online describes the land he owned in and around Shoreditch, stretching into Hackney and Bethnal Green. The painting is b...

Person, Property

1 memorial
Foxgrove Road

Foxgrove Road

Road in Beckenham, Kent. David Bowie lived at number 24 in Flat 1 from March to October 1969. The photograph is of Seychelle Court which is now number 24. We can find no mention of Bowie living in ...

Place, Property

1 memorial

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Captain Richard Maples

Captain Richard Maples

Benefactor of Trinity House Almshouses. From John Stype's A Survey... : "Anno 1680, Captain Richard Maples, who died Commander of a Ship in the East-Indies, left to the Poor of this Corporation th...

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial
George F. Oakshott

George F. Oakshott

Church warden of Holy Trinity, Sloane Square in 1889.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Rita Ferguson rose bush

Rita Ferguson rose bush

N7, Cornelia Street, Charlie Adams Court

The Ferguson plaque is visible in our photo through the fence. The Adams plaque, not visible, is on the wall, to the right of our photo, ...

1 subject commemorated
Takeshi Araki

Takeshi Araki

NW6, Maygrove Road, Maygrove Peace Park

The park was built on former railway sidings and opened on 27 April 1983, to coincide with the 38th anniversary of the dropping of the at...

1 subject commemorated
Ferdinand II of Aragon

Ferdinand II of Aragon

See his wife's entry.

Person, Royalty, Spain

1 memorial