Amanda Ward

Amanda Ward

Sculptor. Born in London and studied at West Surrey College of Art.  Her work includes illustrations, paintings and sculptures. Shared a studio and studied sculpture with Ian Walters. 2004 married ...

Person, Sculpture

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Brian Haw

Brian Haw

Brian William Haw was a protester and peace campaigner who lived for almost ten years from June 2001 in a peace camp in London's Parliament Square, in a protest against UK and US foreign policy. B...

Person, Peace, Politics & Administration

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Elijah Waring

Elijah Waring

Anglo-Welsh writer. Born Alton, Hampshire, the son of Quaker parents. Settled in South Wales in about 1810. Founded an English-language periodical, 'The Cambrian Visitor: a Monthly Miscellany' at S...

Person, Religion, Wales

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Michael Fadil

Michael Fadil

Fadil fell into the River Lea on a freezing January evening. From Hackney Gazette: "Police were called shortly after 7pm after the man reportedly fell from a boat near to Lea Bridge and The Prince...

Person, Music / songs, Tragedy

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G. R. Collis & Co

G. R. Collis & Co

Manufacturers of articles in gold, silver, bronze, electro-plate and crystallized bases of metals. George Richmond Collis purchased the business from Sir Edward Thomason (c.1769-1849) when Thomason...

Group, Commerce, Craft / Design

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Carrington & Co

Carrington & Co

John Bodman Carrington was a renowned British silversmith and jeweller, known for his exceptional craftsmanship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the 1870s, he worked in the Regent Stre...

Group, Commerce, Craft / Design

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Swan Housing Association

Swan Housing Association

Established in the 1990s. As at 2025 Swan Housing Association is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sanctuary.

Group, Property, Social Welfare

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George Henry Peachey-Edwards

George Henry Peachey-Edwards

George Henry Peachey-Edwards (1894-1972) worked for Bethnal Green Borough Council for forty years, rising to become the Chief Clerk. In 1960 Bethnal Green Borough Council named a block of sheltered...

Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Politics & Administration

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Spanish Armada

Spanish Armada

Looking for a single paragraph summary we found this at Schools History: "The Spanish Armada was an invasion fleet. It set sail from Spain in May, 1588. The Spanish Armada set out to the Netherland...

Event, Armed Forces, Spain

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Edmond Lord Sheffield

Edmond Lord Sheffield

Politician and sailor. Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire from 1603 to 1619 and Vice-Admiral of Yorkshire from 1604 to 1646. He was created Earl of Mulgrave in 1626. In the conflict with the Spanish Arma...

Person, Politics & Administration

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