Event    From 1189  To 1989

Mayoralty of the City of London - 800th anniversary

The Mayor, poor lamb, has to make 700 speeches during his year in office.

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Mayoralty of the City of London - 800th anniversary

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Bench - Mayoralty

Along the front edge of the bench 10 sets of deviders are carved and along th...

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Mayoralty of the City of London - 800 years

The environmental improvements and landscaping to Salisbury Square were donat...

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W. Maxfield

W. Maxfield

Hon. Sec. to George How Memorial Committee.  The damaged memorial seems to have another word after "Maxwell" so it's possible that "Maxwell" is a given name and his surname is something like "Mead".

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
John Robert Daniel-Tyssen

John Robert Daniel-Tyssen

Brother of the lord of Hackney Manor, and manorial steward. His father's surname was Daniel and his mother's Tyssen, which suggests she was the one with the money.  In the mid-19th century the Tyss...

Person, History, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
D. McCarthy

D. McCarthy

Member of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
N. S. Hamburger

N. S. Hamburger

District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1899-1931. Donat in the Order of St John. Donat was a title awarded in recognition of contributions to the fund...

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Gerald Clarkson

Gerald Clarkson

Founding Master of the Worshipful Company of Firefighters.  Buckingham Covers has a short biography.

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Little Whig

Little Whig

WC1, Bedford Row, 42

These two houses now seem to have a single address and, like most of the street, are occupied by lawyers. We asked at reception for info...

1 subject commemorated
Walter Scrimgeour

Walter Scrimgeour

Extremely rich stockbroker. He bought Parkfield from his brother-in-law, Alan Block, when his own home at nearby no. 6 The Grove became too small for his eight children. He then bought the neighbou...

Person, Commerce

1 memorial
General Post Office

General Post Office

The first general post office in London opened in 1643, after King Charles I legalised use of the royal posts for private correspondence. It was possibly located on Cloak Lane near Dowgate Hill, in...

Building, Commerce

5 memorials
Moran Morris

Moran Morris

Pilot Officer, 133 Eagle Squadron, American, killed.

Person, USA

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Edward John Reed, MA

Edward John Reed, MA

Member of the Joint Co-ordinating Committee in 1982 for opening Tower Bridge to the public.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial