Chairman of Committee for letting the City lands of the Corporation of London when the monument to Temple Bar was erected in 1880. Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894 and a Deputy at that time.
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John Thomas Bedford
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Temple Bar memorial
{On the frieze at the top of the monument, above the columns, text runs aroun...
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Tower Bridge, 1894 - opening
In 1894 the royal personages listed at the top of the plaque as: Prince of Wa...
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First underground passenger railway - Metropolitan
Between Paddington and Farringdon. A grand opening on the 9th preceded the opening to the public on Saturday 10 January 1863. “That afternoon Hetta trusted herself all alone to the mysteries of th...
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