This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Port of London Authority
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King George V Silver Jubilee
The shield (showing the Port of London seal) above the text is surmounted by ...
Teddington Lock - 1858
We found the punctuation on this plaque so peculiar we have transcribed it ex...
Virginia Settlers Memorial
This voyage took place 16 years before the Mayflower. The memorial has a his...
Other Subjects
Commercial Motor Users of Hackney
The name suggest a group of local business people coming together around the use of new-fangled motor-powered conveyances. The text of the plaque tells us that they also had charitable activities. ...
United Kingdom Temperance & General Provident Institution
A life insurance company. From FriendsLife: "The UK Total Abstinence Life was formed in London in 1840 and, as the name suggests, its products were aimed initially at teetotallers. The group grew ...
Henry Shrubsole
Banker, draper and former mayor of Kingston upon Thames: 1877, 1878 and 1879. At an annual dinner given for the poor, he had just finished his speech and was in the act of presenting a small packet...
Devil Tavern
2, Fleet Street. Demolished 1787. Full title was the Devil and St Dunstan, the sign being the Devil's nose being tweaked by pincers wielded by the saint. It appears in a Hogarth illustration. T...
Westminster Bank
Founded as the London and Westminster Bank, it was the first firm founded under the Bank Charter Act of 1833. It wasn't until 1923 that it became known solely as the Westminster Bank. Its merger wi...