Dress designer and interior decorator. Born Laura Mountney at 31 Station Terrace, Dowlais, near Merthyr Tydfil. She married Bernard Ashley in 1949 and they began designing and printing tea towels and scarves. Gradually they expanded the business, eventually having retail outlets in four continents. She died in Coventry hospital following a fall at her daughter's home.
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Laura Ashley
Designer and company director. Born in Brixton. He married Laura Mountney in 1949 and together they designed and printed tea towels and scarves. The enterprise gradually expanded and eventually com...
Master Shipwright. Born at Deptford Strond (a parish in Deptford). First Resident Commissioner of Chatham Dockyard, he designed and built several ships including the 'Prince Royal' which he built i...
Greater London Council Major Walter Clopton Wingfield, 1833 - 1912, father of lawn tennis, lived here.
Sir Charles Barry, 1795 - 1860, architect, lived and died here. L.C.C.
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The two seated allies are unidentified at the site but with the assistance of our US consultant, Trevor Blake, we can confidently identif...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
