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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Charles Buxton
MP. Born Surrey. Son of the anti-slavery campaigner first baronet, he entered the family brewing business. He later published his father's memoirs and a history 'Slavery and Freedom in the Britis...
2 memorials
Ambassador Bjarne Lindstrøm
Appointed as Norwegian Ambassador to the Court of St James's (i.e. the UK) in July 2005
1 memorial
Nelson Mandela
Anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and International elder statesman. Born in a village near Umtata in the Transkei, South Africa. Gaoled 5th August 1962, sentenced to life imprisonment 12...
Person, Peace, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous, South Africa
5 memorials
Mrs J. Lynn
President of the British Women's Temperance Association, Holloway Branch.
1 memorial
Councillor H. Adams
Councillor and member of Housing Committee, Parmiter Street, and of the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926.
1 memorial
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John Henry Hesketh
Second Engineer (Refrigeration) on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Par...
1 memorial
Herbert Gifford Harvey
Junior Assistant 2nd Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park...
1 memorial
J. E. Stanley Lewis
Born in Ottawa. Ottawa's longest serving mayor, 1936 to 1948. The photo shows him in 1946 the year of the planting of the tree that he gifted but we don't think he was at the event.
1 memorial
John Newbery
Publisher who was the first to be successful with books for children. Born Berkshire. Died at home in St Paul's Churchyard. In the absense of a picture of Newbery himself we are showing one of his...
1 memorial
Stuart Trevor Hollick
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War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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