As ships got bigger ports were needed further down the Thames. In 1909 Tilbury Port became part of the Port of London Authority.
Situated just upstream from Tilbury Fort.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Port of Tilbury, London
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Culloden prisoners
This granite stone was recovered from Culloden Moor, site of the battle. We v...
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Bagnigge House
The house was built on the site of the, supposedly holy, Bagnigge Wells (mineral springs) in 1678. Nell Gwynne was supposed to have lived in this house. The picture shows the house c. 1790. In th...
1 memorial
City Road Basin
Part of the Regent's Canal. Built in 1820 to allow boats to moor and unload cargo, initially brought long distance but it soon became used primarily to transport local coal and building materials. ...
1 memorial
Sir Harry Arieh Simon Djanogly, CBE
Textile manufacturer and philanthropist. His family fled from France after the Nazi occupation and he was naturalised as a British subject on 1 November 1948. In 1986 he merged his Nottingham Manuf...
1 memorial
Isaac le Gooch
Dutch merchant and jeweller to the king. Benefactor of Latymer School. Edith Streets, discussing Linden House in Upper Mall, writes: "This is used as a sailing and rowing clubhouse, owned by the L...
1 memorial
Lenthall Works
We cannot discover who or what Lenthal(l) is/was but apparently it Works.
1 memorial
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Douglas Hurd
Born Wiltshire. Conservative politician who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major. 1997 entered the House of Lords as Baron Hurd of Westwell.
1 memorial
Human Rights tree
W6, Furnivall Gardens
Tulip Tree Planted 1998 to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
1 memorial
Teddington Studios - Jimmy Jewel
TW11, Broom Road, Teddington Studios
July 2015 The Mirror reported that 4 of these plaques (Benny Hill, Tommy Cooper, Sid James and Irene Handl) were stolen just prior to the...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Robert Graves
Poet and novelist. Born Robert von Ranke Graves at Red Branch House, Lauriston Road, Wimbledon. Professor of English at Cairo and Professor of Poetry at Oxford. His early poetry included 'Over the ...
Person, Literature, Poetry, Egypt, Spain
1 memorial
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