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John Nelson

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John Nelson

Published "History, topography, and antiquities of the Parish of St. Mary Islington, in the County of Middlesex..." in 1811.

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John Nelson

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Alexander Cruden

Camden Passage (link now dead) had a picture of the unveiling by Poet Laureat...

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John Humffreys Parry

John Humffreys Parry

Born Flintshire, Wales.  Came to London in 1807 to train as a lawyer at the Temple.  Called to the bar in 1811.  But he was unsuccessful in this profession and turned to writing about Welsh history...

Person, History, Journalism / Publishing, Tragedy, Wales

1 memorial
UK Antarctic Heritage Trust

UK Antarctic Heritage Trust

Established to support the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust in raising funds for the conservation of historical explorers' huts in the Ross Sea Region of Antarctica, and to recognise and conser...

Group, Exploring, History, Arctic & Antarctic

1 memorial
Baker Street Irregulars

Baker Street Irregulars

The Baker Street Irregulars is a literary society dedicated to the study of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Victorian world.  It is the oldest existing Sherlockian soci...

Group, Community / Clubs, History, Literature

2 memorials
Hammersmith and Fulham plaque erectors

Hammersmith and Fulham plaque erectors

We've found a number of plaques in a similar and distinctive style around the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, but we have not been able to determine who erects them.  If it's the council they ar...

Group, History

6 memorials
Historytalk

Historytalk

We learnt in April 2013 that this community history group had folded.

Group, History

2 memorials

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Edmund Payne

Edmund Payne

NW11, West Heath Avenue, 16

Edmund Payne (1863 - 1914) actor & comedian, lived here. The Theatre and Film Guild of Great Britain and America

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Princess Royal, Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, Viscountess Lascelles

Princess Royal, Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, Viscountess Lascelles

Third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. Born York Cottage, Sandringham Estate. Her elder brothers became, in quick succession, Edward VIII and George VI. She married the sixt...

Person, Royalty

4 memorials
Pilgrim Trust

Pilgrim Trust

From their website: "Our aim is to preserve and promote Britain’s historical and intellectual assets and to provide assistance to vulnerable members of society." Edward Stephen Harkness provided t...

Group, Benefactor

1 memorial
Steelyard, Stilliarde or Stalhof

Steelyard, Stilliarde or Stalhof

The Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and their market towns dominated trade along the coasts of Northern Europe, from the 13th to the 17th century. T...

Place, Commerce, Germany

2 memorials