See the New River for an explanation of why the New River Company came into being. Puzzled why the Company should have been so involved in rebuilding after war damage we found the explanation at AIM. The company acquired property along the route of the New River and in 1904, after losing its water supply duties to the Metropolitan Water Board, it re-incorporated into a property company.
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Claremont Close - WW2 damage
The charming insignia seems to show a roofscape, including a church, all behi...
Clarendon Arch - 1682
We are indebted to John Salmon at Geograph for his photo of this arch. The P...
Clarendon Arch - 1786
This bank of earth was raised and formed to support the Channel of the New Ri...
Myddelton Square - WW2 bomb
43 - 53 Myddelton Square Destroyed by enemy action on 11th January 1941. Re...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
George Simpson
Paint manufacturer who ran the Atlas Dyeworks. Born Newington. 1861 was living in Tulse Hill with his wife. Retired in about 1866 and by 1881 was living in Reigate where he died. See also Nicholson.
1 memorial
Robert H. Selbie
General Manager and one of the Directors of the Metropolitan Railway Company,
1 memorial
Henry Ford
American industrialist, business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. By creating the first automobile that middle-clas...
Person, Commerce, Industry, Race Issues, Seriously Famous, Transport
1 memorial
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Carlton Mansions Housing Co-Operative
A long-running squat. News of evictions prompted some interviews with residents. In 2013 Brixton Blog reported: "Many are professional artists; others work in jobs ranging from retail to community ...
2 memorials
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