Building    From 1709  To 1720

New River Head windmill

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Used c.1709 - 1720 to pump water supplied via the New River from the round pond to the upper pond (now Claremont Square reservoir).

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New River Head windmill

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New River Head windmill

The Round House Remains of the windmill used c.1709 - 1720 to pump water from...

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James Brown

James Brown

Contractors' engineer on the construction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel in 1908.

Person, Engineering

2 memorials
Sir Ove N. Arup

Sir Ove N. Arup

Born Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, son of the Danish Consul and was educated in Germany and later Denmark. Civil engineer who collaborated with many modern architects on projects such as the Sydney Opera ...

Person, Architecture, Engineering, Denmark, Germany

1 memorial
Francis John Forty OBE

Francis John Forty OBE

City Engineer (B Sc, MICE, FSA) City of London in 1959 and '63. Andrew Behan has researched this man: Francis John Forty was born on 11 February 1900 in Hull, Yorkshire, the youngest of the four c...

Person, Engineering

2 memorials
Bentley Motor Car

Bentley Motor Car

Walter Owen Bentley (1888 - 1971), "W. O." to his friends, founded Bentley Motors Limited. The chassis for the first model (3 litres) was exhibited at the London Motor Show in October 1919. By Dece...

Vehicle, Engineering, Transport

2 memorials
John Romer

John Romer

Architect and structural engineer. John Henry Romer was born on 13 March 1947 in Kingston-upon-Thames the eldest of the three children of Sydney Gurney Romer (1903-2005) and Dorothy Joan Agnes Rom...

Person, Architecture, Engineering

1 memorial

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Denis Johnson

Denis Johnson

In 1819, made and sold Britain's first bicycle in its hobby-horse form. As a coachmaker Johnson was able to make significant improvements to the two-wheel velocipede, as invented by von Drais. He o...

Person, Commerce, Engineering

1 memorial
Gordon Pirie

Gordon Pirie

Athlete. Born Douglas Alastair Gordon Pirie at 123 Beckett Street, Leeds. BBC sports personality of the year in 1955, when he out-ran the triple gold medallist Emil Zatopek. He broke five world rec...

Person, Sport / Games

1 memorial
John Passmore Edwards

John Passmore Edwards

Political and social reformer, politician, peace activist, and anti-slavery campaigner he became one of the most successful newspaper proprietors of his time. Born in a small Cornish village and ed...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Peace, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Social Welfare

13 memorials
Deirdre Margaret Napier

Deirdre Margaret Napier

Deirdre Margaret Napier was the youngest of the three children of Major William Napier (1893-1945) and Katherine Margaret Napier née Keightley (1897-1985). Her birth was registered in the 3rd quart...

Person, Friend / family, Ireland

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Lord Palmerston - Carlton Gardens

Lord Palmerston - Carlton Gardens

SW1, Carlton Gardens, 4

{Left most double plaque - top:} LCC Lord Palmerston, 1784 - 1865, statesman, lived here. {Lower:} Tablet fixed - 1907 Premises rebuilt ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator