Nathaniel Acton was a wealthy successful Suffolk landowner. British History Online describes the land he owned in and around Shoreditch, stretching into Hackney and Bethnal Green. The painting is by Gainsborough, 1758. Information from Kirby and His World.
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Nathaniel Acton
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Nathaniel Acton mosaic
{At the centre:} This estate is named after Nathaniel Acton, 1725 - 1795, who...
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Thomas Smith (Tottenham)
From British History Online we've learnt that lordships are something that could be bought and sold. The Tottenham lordships were tied in with Bruce Castle, until Thomas Smith got involved. Smith l...
1 memorial
Sir Arthur Gorges
Sir Arthur Gorges was an English sea captain, poet, translator and courtier from Somerset. Cousin to Walter Raleigh and fought in the campaign against the Spanish Armada. Married Elizabeth in 1597,...
Person, Armed Forces, Poetry, Politics & Administration, Property, Transport
1 memorial
The Crown Estate
Some of these plaques have an 'R' representing Regent Street which was (2024 defunct) a Crown Estate website promoting Regent Street as a shopping destination. Wikipedia had (2025: the map is no ...
3 memorials
Haddon Hall
Located at 42 Southend Road, Beckenham. David Bowie lived in flat 7 here from October 1969 to May 1972. The photograph shows him in the garden of the house. It was demolished in the early 1980s.
1 memorial
Friary House
There has been a house on this site since about 1551 and it was occupied by, amongst others, John Popham. Guests at the house included Queen Elizabeth I and, in the early 1700s, Queen Anne. 1800 th...
1 memorial
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Great Maze Pond
SE1, Great Maze Pond
That's all well and good, but was there a maze? All that text and not a word about the maze. Elsewhere we've read that 'maze pond' was ...
1 subject commemorated,
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Born as Frances Eliza Hodgson in Cheetham Hill on the edge of Manchester on 24 November 1849 and author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Secret Garden. She died, aged 74 years, on 29 October 1924...
1 memorial
The Boltons Association
Founded to protect and improve the environment and to stimulate public interest in the neighbourhood.
1 memorial
St Barthomews Hospital - East wing
Placed at the service of the war office during the Great War and was occupied by sick and wounded soldiers of the British Expeditionary Forces from October 1914 until the 31st January 1918. 5406 s...
1 memorial
2 memorials
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