An area of land in Holborn owned by Rugby School. Lawrence Sheriff acquired the land in the 16th century and left it for the support of almshouses and a school. See there for more information.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Rugby Estate
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Rugby Estate
Unveiled by A. N. Wilson, an historian educated at Rugby, as part of the 450t...
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Herbert Huntly-Gordon
Architect and speculative builder. Worked closely with the manufacturers Doulton and Company to produce a rough-faced terracotta for this type of neo-renaissance architectural decoration. Ornamen...
1 memorial
HM Office of Works
Summarising Wikipedia: The Office of Works (the King's Works) was responsible only for royal properties (1378–1832). This became the Office of Woods, Forest, Land Revenues and Works (1832–1852). Th...
1 memorial
Austin Friars
Augustinian friary just north-east of Bank, probably founded 1260ish, covering about 5.5 acres, it included a church, various other buildings for the accommodation of the friars and visitors, veget...
4 memorials
Norway House
Norway House and Norway Yard. By the beginning of the 19th century this fine house set in its own large garden, had become a famous boarding academy for young gentlemen. We know that in 1805 the ...
1 memorial
St Joseph's Almshouses
Roman Catholic almshouses, funded by Joseph and Mary Knight. Designed by Pugin, building began in 1847. 24 cottages were planned but only 18 built, in two blocks of 9, at the north-east corner o...
2 memorials
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3 memorials
Charity scholars
Looking at London has a page about these little blue people but even there we can find no origin story explaining why and when the first such statues were erected. We note that there seems to be a ...
23 memorials
Comic Heritage
Merged with the Heritage Foundation.
29 memorials
Sex Pistols
Punk band formed in London. Members included Johnny Rotten (born John Lydon) and Sid Vicious. Managed by Malcolm McLaren. Infamous TV appearance being interviewed by Bill Grundy. In 1975 they live...
1 memorial
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