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Red Lion House

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Spitalfields Life, our picture source, says: "Becoming the Red Lion Tavern after his {Culpeper's} death, the building was demolished in the eighteen-forties as part of road widening when Commercial St was cut through to carry traffic from the docks." And has a map showing the streets at the time and other information about the house.

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Red Lion House

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Nicholas Culpeper

Nicholas Culpeper (1616 - 1654) physician, herbalist, astrologer and writer, ...

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William Smith & Son

William Smith & Son

Builders active in 1910.

Group, Property

1 memorial
Sayes Court

Sayes Court

Leased by John Evelyn from Charles II in 1663 and trashed by Peter the Great in 1698.  The picture source gives a full history of the house which was badly damaged in WW2 and demolished in 1947.  T...

Building, Gardens / Agriculture, Property

1 memorial
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford

John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford

Continued the development of Bloomsbury including the building of the Covent Garden Market in the Piazza. He received a royal grant permitting the market.

Person, Property

1 memorial
Messrs. Bennett

Messrs. Bennett

Builders active in 1896.

Group, Property

1 memorial
Myddelton House

Myddelton House

This site was previously occupied by an Elizabethan red-brick building known as Bowling Green House. In 1613 Hugh Myddelton, constructed the New River, the course of which bisected the land around ...

Building, Property

1 memorial

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Kreshnik Xhiku

Kreshnik Xhiku

Sculptor. Born in Albania and now resident in the USA. His works include memorials to the Albanian hero George Skanderbeg in London, Macedonia and Michigan, and a monument to Mother Teresa of Calcu...

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Kate Adie

Kate Adie

Born Northumberland.  Journalist and broadcaster for the BBC, known for her work as a war correspondent.

Person, Journalism / Publishing, TV & Radio

1 memorial
William G. Parry
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
St Luke's Church West Norwood

St Luke's Church West Norwood

Designed by Francis Octavius Bedford. Unusually it is orientated north-south instead of east-west. This is because of a stipulation at the time that no building in Lower Norwood should be built wit...

Building, Religion

2 memorials
Eton Mission and Eton Manor Clubs

Eton Mission and Eton Manor Clubs

The private boys school Eton College launched a scheme to provide social and religious support to people living in Hackney Wick and to familiarise privileged schoolboys with social conditions in de...

Place, Children, Community / Clubs, Religion, Sport / Games

4 memorials