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Portman Estate

Categories: Property

Image source: www.portmanestate.co.uk

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Portman Estate

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First curry house

Site of Hindoostane Coffee House 1810 London's first Indian restaurant. Owne...

Seacole - George Street

City of Westminster Mary Seacole, 1805 - 1881, Jamaican nurse, heroine of the...

Special Operations Executive (SOE)

See Musee de la Resistance for more information on this plaque (in French).

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Tyburn Turnpike House

This toll gate is thought to have stood about where Marble Arch now stands.

Building, Commerce, Property, Transport

1 memorial

Thomas Cubitt

Builder. Born at Buxton, near Norwich. He travelled to India as a ship's carpenter, from which he was able to raise sufficient funds to start his own building firm in 1810. His two brothers: Willi...

Person, Property, India

4 memorials

Ibstock Building Products Ltd

From their website: "... clay and concrete building products, building the face of Britain for over 200 years."

Group, Commerce, Property

1 memorial

Wimbledon landowner and important member of local society. In 1854, Devas and two friends, Holroyd and Oliphant, founded Wimbledon Cricket Club and Devas became its first president. Lived in Mount ...

Person, Benefactor, Property, Sport / Games

1 memorial

Toy Inn

Its name derives from the fact that it was situated by the tow path on the Thames. Although the plaque says that it was built for Oliver Cromwell's troops, it actually originated as a hostelry for ...

Building, Property

1 memorial