First recorded in Norman times as part of the royal demesne. It had a long succession of owners and tenants who held rights over the area.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Manor of Rotherhithe
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St Mary's Church Tower
This tower, being in imminent danger of ruin owing to the weakness of the fou...
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Sir Francis Lycett
Methodist Worthies by George John Stevenson Vol IV, 1885, has a biography which tells the story of the 50 chapels, claiming that he laid the foundations of 40. We find this hard to believe (show us...
1 memorial
David Burnett, FSI
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
1 memorial
J. Illidge
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900.
1 memorial
John Rees
Political activist and writer. 2012 co-authored 'A People's History of London'.
1 memorial
Sir John Davidson
Treasurer of the Pulford Street Site Committee. This is possibly Sir John Humphrey Davidson (1876–1954), who was a military man until 1922 when he left the army and then became MP in Fareham, Ken...
1 memorial
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