Building    From 1787 

Rose and Crown pub

The photo shows the pub in 1977, with the Rectory next door, both remarkably unchanged. Website.

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Rose and Crown pub

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Rose and Crown pub

The painted plaster rose and crown are rather lovely but the numbers, especia...

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Longman's Ship Binding Works

Longman's Ship Binding Works

Thomas Longman (1699-1755) through an inheritance acquired a publishing house, The Ship, in Paternoster Row (the street of book publishers) and shortly after, The Black Swan, next door. Daniel Defo...

Group, Commerce, Craft / Design

1 memorial
Joseph Whitehead & Sons Ltd

Joseph Whitehead & Sons Ltd

Contractor in marble work, responsible for the design and execution of works such as the drinking fountains for the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Based at Imperial W...

Group, Architecture, Commerce, Property, Sculpture

4 memorials
Denis Johnson

Denis Johnson

In 1819, made and sold Britain's first bicycle in its hobby-horse form. As a coachmaker Johnson was able to make significant improvements to the two-wheel velocipede, as invented by von Drais. He o...

Person, Commerce, Engineering

1 memorial
New Tunbridge Wells

New Tunbridge Wells

Pleasure Gardens and Medicinal Well. Also known as Islington Spa.

Place, Commerce, Medicine

1 memorial
Greenwich Workshop for the Blind

Greenwich Workshop for the Blind

The London Metropolitan Archive holds records for the Greenwich Workshop for the Blind, 1875-1960. and explains: "The Greenwich Workshop for the Blind, began as the Workshop for the Blind of Kent,...

Building, Commerce, Social Welfare

1 memorial

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Twyford C. of E. High School

Twyford C. of E. High School

Set up by the London Diocesan Board for Schools. It opened as a result of a concerted campaign by local parents. The admission criteria for the school favour students from practising Christian or o...

Place, Education

1 memorial
John Thwaites

John Thwaites

First Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works and thus the first Leader of local government in London. Born Westmorland. Came to London in 1832, trained as a draper and set up his own business...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Ruth Rendell

Ruth Rendell

Crime writer. Born Ruth Barbara Grasemann in South Woodford. She started work as a feature writer for the Chigwell Times, but was forced to resign after filing a story about a local sports club din...

Person, Literature

1 memorial
Lucy Lady Howard de Walden

Lucy Lady Howard de Walden

Sister to Lord George Cavendish Bentinck and Charlotte Viscountess Ossington. With their other sisters they had jointly inherited vast wealth.  When Charlotte died Lucy inherited her share and thus...

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial
Moravian Church

Moravian Church

Officially named Unitas Fratrum (Unity of the Brethren), it originated in Bohemia when Jan Hus, a priest and philosopher, objected to some of the practices of the Roman Catholic church, and wanted ...

Group, Religion, Czechoslovakia

2 memorials