Judge. Lord Keeper. Born Exeter. Lived in Essex Street. Died Teddington. Buried in St Mary with St Alban church where he is featured in a modern window.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Orlando Bridgeman
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Essex Street & Essex Hall
This plaque was first erected at 7 Essex Street in 1962 and then re-erected h...
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Old Watch House - E17
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German prisoners of war at Alexandra Palace - WW1
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Major Brett Cloutman, VC
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Bloody Assizes
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Robert Underhill
For more information about this hero click on the picture of the distillery plaque.
Rosalind Franklin
Crystallographer. Born Chepstow Villas. Worked on DNA X-ray diffraction studies at King's College London with Gosling, Stokes, Wilkins and Wilson. She was responsible for the photograph taken in Ma...
Dr Edmond Halley
Astronomer. born Haggerston, London. Correctly predicted the return of a comet in 1758 but died before the date. Invented the diving bell. Died Greenwich.
George Allen
Father of George Maule Allen. We are grateful to Paul Frecker who found this: "Despite his partial retirement from general practice in 1892, 'there are not many days when Mr George Allen cannot be ...
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