Belonged to King Henry IV who gave it to his wife Queen Jane after which it was called her Wardrobe. It was afterwards a printing-house, and then a tavern. Not to be confused with Northumberland House at Charing Cross.
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Northumberland House - St Martin's le Grand
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Northumberland House - St Martin's le Grand
Site of Northumberland House The Corporation of the City of London
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124-126 Cheapside
This image shows the row before 1902 when Wood Street was widened and the east-most shop was demolished. The picture source, London's Historic Shops and Markets, writes: "Built in 1687 following th...
1 memorial
H. E. Tufton
Surveyor of the Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society in 1919, he may have also designed the building in Bow Road.
1 memorial
C. P. Roberts
Builder of Islington Library in 1906. From British History Online: "C. P. Roberts & Co. was founded by Charles Philip Roberts, born in Islington in 1846, who set up as a builder and decorator ...
1 memorial
William Ramsay
Royal mason. In 1332 designed the Chapter House and Cloister at St Paul's.
1 memorial
Dove Bros. Ltd
Builders. Founded in Studd Street, Islington by William Spencer Dove (1793-1869). In 1852 his sons turned the business into a partnership. Builders of the pathology block of St Bartholomew's Hospit...
7 memorials
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Central Foundation Girls School
E3, Bow Road
Below the first floor bay window a large stone frieze is beginning to crumble but still reads: "Stepney & Bow Foundation Coborn Girls...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
London County Council
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the first directly elected strategic local government body for London. Replaced by the Greater London Council, covering a la...
281 memorials
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
In 1923 Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (descended from the Royal House of Scotland) married Prince Albert, Duke of York, the man who would become George VI when his elder brother Edward VIII abdicated. ...
35 memorials
World War 2
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
378 memorials
Ford Motor Company
Founded by Henry Ford in Detroit. The company opened in Britain at Dagenham in 1931, but production here has been greatly downsized.
1 memorial
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