In 1696 a mineral spring was discovered on the site, and the Kensington Wells developed from it. The first building to be erected at the spring was the Wells spa, which operated until the mid 18th century.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Kensington Wells
London County Council Aubrey House stands on the site of Kensington Wells an ...
Funeral directors based in West Norwood mostly known for monumental masonry, taken over by Smiths of Southwark. The picture source website has an interesting page about the history of their busine...
Born Wisconsin. Too small to join the navy he became a clerk in a department store, where he rose to manager and then set out on his own. Very successful, he "retired" in 1906, moved to London and ...
The origins of the East End textile industry can be traced to the 14th century when Flemish artisans set up dye works on the River Lea. In the late 17th century the Huguenots arrived in Spitalfield...
Thanks to (C) Peter Gregson for the picture.
Chartered accountants and registered auditors. They are based at the same address as the plaque and presumably contributed to its erection.
In 1887 Bostall Farm was bought by the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society and run to provide vegetables for the Co-op shops and food for the Society’s horses and pigs. By 1899 it had been decided t...
In living memory this was "very run down and some kind of Labour Party social club." Elsewhere: "The Sydenham and Forest Hill Social Club ... was in Round Hill House from the 1930s until, I suppos...
In 1958-60 a Roman boat was discovered in what is now almost five metres under the Guy's Cancer Centre. It is 15 metres long and is believed to have sunk, AD 190 - 225, in what is now known as the ...
From the picture source website: The International Brigade Memorial Trust was formed in 2002 from the veterans of the International Brigade Association, the Friends of the I.B.A., representatives ...
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