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London Borough of Barnet

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Eric Coates - NW11

Eric Coates, composer, lived in this house, 1925 - 1931. London Borough of Ba...

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Sir Ove N. Arup

London Borough of Barnet Sir Ove N. Arup, lived in this house from 1932 to 1...

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Alderman Charles Fisher Yates

Alderman Charles Fisher Yates

Mayor of Hackney 1933-34. The picture shows him (the mayor, on the left) at the 1934 ceremony to bury a 'time capsule', a brass canister, below the foundation stone of the current Town Hall in Mare...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
George Canning

George Canning

Prime Minister 1827-1827 (only 119 days, the shortest PM tenure). Born Marylebone. 21 September 1809, Putney Heath, fought a duel with Lord Castlereagh, Secretary of State for War, over the deploym...

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
John Major

John Major

Prime Minister 1990–7.

Person, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
May Day demonstration in Hyde Park, 1890

May Day demonstration in Hyde Park, 1890

Paste Tense describes why and how the 1st of May became the International Workers' Day, how the first such day, in 1890, was planned in the United Kingdom, and goes on to describe: "The main demons...

Event, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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William Lindley

William Lindley

Civil engineer. Born at 1 Surrey Square, Old Kent Road. In his youth, he worked with Marc Isambard Brunel and Francis Giles. In Germany he became involved in the development of railways. With his s...

Person, Engineering, Germany

1 memorial
Lucien Pissarro

Lucien Pissarro

Painter, printmaker and wood engraver. Born in Paris, the eldest child of Camille Pissarro. He visited England on several occasions, becoming a British citizen in 1916. A founder member of the Camd...

Person, Art, France

2 memorials
Duncan Grant

Duncan Grant

Painter and designer. Born Scotland but brought up in India, Burma and Rugby School. Cousin and for a time lover of Lyton Strachey, through whom he met and joined the Bloomsbury Group. He also had ...

Person, Art, Craft / Design, Scotland

1 memorial
Greater London Council

Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone.  On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...

Group, Politics & Administration

241 memorials
First Dutch church, Austin Friars

First Dutch church, Austin Friars

The original Austin Friars monestery dates from about 1250. In 1550 Edward VI granted Protestant refugees from the Netherlands permission to establish a church here, the first Dutch Protestant chur...

Building, Religion, Netherlands

2 memorials