Builder and economist, a key figure in the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire. Laid out Essex Street in 1675. Also redeveloped Red Lion Fields and the Temple. It seems he was an extrovert rogue, dishonest and manipulative. Died, probably at his home in Osterley House, Middlesex, heavily in debt. Good write up at London Historians.
His father, a preacher and politician, had the unusual first name: "Praisegod". That we believe is true since the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has an entry for Praisegod. Wikipedia's entry for Nicholas has his middle name as "Unless-Jesus-Christ-Had-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned". This is not mentioned in the ODNB so we wonder if it is one of those ho-ho-ho jokes for which Wikipedia's less-than-serious contributors are famed.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Nicholas Barbon
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Essex Street & Essex Hall
This plaque was first erected at 7 Essex Street in 1962 and then re-erected h...
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William Alban Jones
Architect active in 1909. Jointly with Percy Robinson designed Hove Town Hall and Villa Marina, Isle of Man.
Charles Hollis
Architect of All Saints Church and rectory, Poplar, 1823. Other work includes: St John the Baptist Church, Windsor, 1822. Docklands Ringers raise a puzzling query about All Saints Church Poplar: "...
Adelphi Terrace
The Adam brothers built a very large development including a run of houses with a terrace that overlooked the river, which was much closer before the Embankment was built. It was this terrace that ...
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John Law Baker fountain
WC2, Duncannon Street, behind St. Martin-in-the-fields
This is a lovely piece of sculpture. The cut off fluted column possibly indicates the "life cut short" of John Baker Law, but he died age...
Basil Champneys
Architect. Born Whitechapel. Died at home at 42 Frognal Lane, Hampstead. Works include: Newnham College, Cambridge.
George Frampton
NW8, Queen's Grove, 32
George Frampton, 1860 - 1928, sculptor, lived and worked here 1894 - 1908. Greater London CouncilÂ
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