Group    From 1855  To 1889

Metropolitan Board of Works

Responsible for managing London's infrastructure, such as roads, sewage, etc. Replaced by the London County Council.

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Metropolitan Board of Works

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Great Eastern Street fountain

Pink and grey polished granite, sandstone capital and a ball finial in the fo...

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Northern Outfall Sewer - Dace Road

Northern Outfall Sewer, part of London's main drainage system, constructed mi...

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Northern Outfall Sewer - River Lea

Metropolitan Board of Works Northern Outfall Sewer Constructed 1862 - 63 John...

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Putney New Bridge

So the churchyard must have occupied the ground between the church and the ri...

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Other Subjects

Samuel Garcia Asher

Samuel Garcia Asher

Samuel Garcia Asher was born about 1868 in Russell Square, Bloomsbury. His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1868 in the St Giles registration district and his parents were Dr Asher Asher ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir James Duke

Sir James Duke

Alderman of St Dunstan's ward. Lord Mayor 1848. M.P. London 1849. Born Montrose, Scotland.

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration, Scotland

2 memorials
John Bright

John Bright

Politician.  Worked closely with Richard Cobden in the campaign for the repeal of the Corn Laws.  As a Quaker he was opposed to inequalities between individuals and groups; as a member of a mill-ow...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
W. A. Rushmere

W. A. Rushmere

District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1909-1951. Serving Brother in the Order of St John.

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Robert Besley

Robert Besley

Alderman and Lord Mayor of London, 1869 - 70. Typefounder and and punchcutter, credited with cutting the first Clarendon, a fat typeface with thick slabs, the first ever registered typeface.  The ...

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

2 memorials