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Lady Kortright
Aided by Andrew Behan we have found two candidates for the Lady Kortright who gave the funds to the Grosvenor Hospital but cannot conclusively identify her. See what you think… One candidate is th...
Emily Sparkes
Emily Carpenter, daughter of a Bromley gamekeeper, met George Sparkes while working as his housekeeper. In 1865 she became his second wife. "He is said to have educated the lively and intelligent E...
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Savoy Palace
British History Online informs that a house was "built by ... Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, in 1245; but in the thirtieth year of Henry III. it was granted by the king to Peter, Count of Sa...
Columbia Market air raid shelter memorial
E2, Old Market Square, Rose Garden, Ravenscroft Park
This small garden is well-hidden. It's to the east of the tower Sivill House, that's the building in the background of our photo. We we...
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Guy Nicholls
Architect active in 1950. Possibly the borough surveyor for St Marylebone but we cannot confirm that.
Newquay House - right
SE11, Newburn Street, Newquay House
You can see the plaques on either side of the arched entrance to the central courtyard, at the centre of which there is what looks like t...
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