Event    From 1841  To 1841

Raising the tower - Wandsworth All Saints

Categories: Architecture, Religion

The upper storey of the west tower was added in 1841 to enable a peal of eight bells to be installed. The picture shows the tower in 1810, pre-works.

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Raising the tower - Wandsworth All Saints

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All Saints Church tower

This tower was repaired and heightened in the year of our Lord MDCCCXLI. {184...

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Michael Searles

Michael Searles

Architect. He specialised in large houses particularly in London. His best known work is probably The Paragon, a 14 house crescent in Blackheath. His Wikipedia page gives some details and, erroneo...

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
George Frederick Bodley

George Frederick Bodley

Ecclesiastical architect. Born Hull.  George Gilbert Scott was his brother-in-law's brother and encouraged him to take up architecture and took him on as his first pupil.  Initially practiced in Br...

Person, Architecture

3 memorials
Tottenham High Cross

Tottenham High Cross

Erected between 1600 and 1609 on the site of a wooden wayside cross which was first mentioned in 1409. There is some speculation that the first structure on the site was a Roman beacon or marker. T...

Building, Architecture

1 memorial
Thomas Ripley

Thomas Ripley

Master Carpenter. Designed the Ripley block of the present Admiralty building in 1726.

Person, Architecture, Property

1 memorial
Charles Fitzroy Doll

Charles Fitzroy Doll

From 1885 until at least 1908 he was the Bedford Estate surveyor. Specialised in designing hotels, such as Hotel Russell. Other London work includes: Imperial Hotel next to Hotel Russell (demolishe...

Person, Architecture

2 memorials

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George Nissel

George Nissel

NW1, Siddons Lane

This plaque, on the right flank wall of the red brick building, was unveiled on the same day as the Dallos plaque.   The building which h...

2 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Percy Fitzgerald, FSA

Percy Fitzgerald, FSA

Sculptor, painter and author. Born Ireland.  The picture source website has a second picture of Fitzgerald, sadly no more flattering than this one.

Person, Literature, Sculpture, Ireland

2 memorials
C. Wood

C. Wood

One of the employees of Watney Combe Reid brewers who lost their lives in WW1.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Able Smn. A. Yewman
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Sinking of the Marchioness

Sinking of the Marchioness

The pleasure boat The Marchioness collided with another vessel and sank with the loss of 51 lives. In nearby Southwark Cathedral there is a Marchioness memorial stone. The following comes from a B...

Event, Tragedy

4 memorials