Silk printer, pugilist, publican and property developer, active in the mid-1800s. Son of a prominent Summerstown family. He ran a local beer house, The Sir Jeffrey Dunstan at 47 Summerstown, and in the mid nineteenth century developed Althorp Lodge into a leisure and sporting centre. See there for more information.
His headstone in Wandsworth Cemetery reads: ‘A man who was loved by all, despised by none'.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Robert Sadler
This 1865 map shows Althorp Lodge, but the Copenhagen Running Grounds are not...
The association is a watchdog for the welfare of the suburb and acts as a strong pressure group. It conveys the views of its members to the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust, to the Borough of Barnet a...
Architectural historian, author & broadcaster. He lived in Kensington most of his life and was President of the Kensington Society from 1978 until his death.
From the website: "QPARA was established by local residents in 1973 as an entirely voluntary organisation keen to preserve the integrity of the conservation area … and that’s what we still do, but ...
Alumni Association for the Grey Coat Hospital school.
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