Person    | Male  Born 19/6/1819  Died 25/3/1881

Sir Charles Reed

Politician. Member of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Director and Trustee of the original Abney Park Cemetery Joint Stock Company, Chairman of the Bunhill Fields Preservation Committee, associate of George Peabody. One of the managers of the 1873-75 changes at Aske’s Hospital. Died at Earlsmead, Page Green, Tottenham High Road. Buried Abney Park Cemetery.

2025: We were contacted by Tom Welsh (author of Fake Heritage) initially about Thomas Hugo.  Tom added: “Charles Reed sparred with Hugo over the Shadwell Shams. Reed tried to prove they were fakes, and Hugo challenged his evidence (reference ‘Fake Heritage’, chapter 8). Reed used an agent provocateur to try to discredit the mud-rakers suspected of forging lead pilgrim badges, but his methods were very dubious and really not successful. Reed's part in this ought to be better known.”

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Sir Charles Reed

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Aske's Hospital - right - 1875

This plaque summarises the history of the Hospital and celebrates the opening...

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Bunhill burial ground - 3 & 4

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1 memorial
Jack Lawrence

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Lucinda Dickens Hawksley

Lucinda Dickens Hawksley

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London Dungeon

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Place, Commerce, History

1 memorial
John Richard Green

John Richard Green

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Unidentied object

W6, Upper Mall Open Space

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1 subject commemorated
Earl Alexander of Tunis

Earl Alexander of Tunis

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Altab Ali arch

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1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Sir Robert Hanson

Sir Robert Hanson

Lord Mayor of London 1672-3.

Person, Lord Mayor

1 memorial
Charles F. Sweeny

Charles F. Sweeny

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Person, Armed Forces, USA

War served, WW2
1 memorial