Group    From 1860  To 2012

Killby & Gayford

Categories: Property

Group

This company, reportedly 150 years old, had remodelled No 10 Downing Street and refurbished the Wallace Collection art gallery, but collapsed with massive debts in 2012.

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Killby & Gayford

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Shoreditch town hall extension

A report in the London North Middlesex Standard And Tottenham And Wood Green ...

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St Matthias Church House

The names on this plaque are difficult to read so take our transcription as t...

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The Page Estate

The Page Estate

Housing Estate in Eltham.  Inaugurated by the then Minister of Health, Christopher Addison. The photograph is an aerial view of the estate taken in 1931.

Group, Property

1 memorial
Northumberland House - Charing Cross

Northumberland House - Charing Cross

Sited just to the east of Charing Cross and Nelson's column, where Northumberland Avenue and Waterstones now (2024) are. The picture source, Wikipedia, has a very useful map, but there we also read...

Building, Property

1 memorial
Crowley House

Crowley House

Getty's picture caption is: "Crowley House on the River Thames at Greenwich, on the present site of Greenwich Power Station, London, circa 1775. The house was built for London merchant Sir Andrew C...

Building, Property

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
The Retreat, Peak Hill, Sydenham

The Retreat, Peak Hill, Sydenham

George Baxter's wife was living here in 1865 when he joined her and stayed until his death here in 1867.  By 1894 it had been renamed Leahurst.

Building, Property

1 memorial

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English Heritage

English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...

Group, Architecture, History, Property

417 memorials
Thames Water

Thames Water

When this authority was formed it took over responsibility for water supply from a number of other bodies including the Metropolitan Water Board.

Group, Engineering, Food & Drink

3 memorials
Westminster City Council

Westminster City Council

The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St John's in 1727 but it was still run as a single vestry. In 1855 the two parishes were reformed into the Westminster Distric...

Group, Politics & Administration

183 memorials
Jill (Gillian) Greenwood

Jill (Gillian) Greenwood

March 2023: Susanna (Greenwood) Taylor contacted us to say that her mother painted the plaques for Julian Huxley and Maggie's Corner. "She was Huxley's cousin and her name was Jill (Gillian) Greenw...

Person, Art

2 memorials
Sereina Liesch

Sereina Liesch

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial