Person    | Male  Born 1745  Died 1770

Joseph Simms

Categories: Craft / Design

Joseph Simms

Clock maker.

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Joseph Simms

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Joseph Simms at St John's

Joseph Simms, clock maker, 1745 - 1770.

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Writing about Bow Road Edith's Streets has: "203 & 205 Atlas Iron Foundry Durham Bros, iron founders. Numerous plates on iron buildings throughout London demonstrate their work".

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Old St Paul's Cathedral

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The round plaque is on the wall under the main entrance canopy, high up, near the first "E" of Empire. The three brass plaques are in the...

1 subject commemorated
Sir Anton Dolin

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Church of the Assumption & St Gregory

Church of the Assumption & St Gregory

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