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Soho Housing Association
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Pargiter Court - history
We believe the parish referenced here is the one associated with St James's c...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Soho Housing Association
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Archer Street Chambers
Archer Street Chambers was built in 1882/3 as dwellings for artisans. It was ...
Clarion House
Clarion House stands on an historic site in St Anne's Court which passed from...
Royalty Mansions
Royalty Mansions was built in 1908 as flats with workrooms for tailors. It w...
St James's Residences
St James's Residences stand in an area first known as Knaves Acre. The origi...
Other Subjects
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...
Barking Abbey
Former royal monastery. Founded by St Erkenwald, whose sister, Aethelburg, was the first abbess. Destroyed by the Danes it was rebuilt in the 10th century. William the Conqueror stayed here after h...
41 Maitland Park Road
Karl Marx lived here for the last 15 years of his life. London Picture Archive date this photo 1935 so perhaps it was taken to show the plaque, newly erected. Getty Images have another, 1958, pho...
P. F. Story
Surveyor active 1937. A 1927 letter gives him the rank 'Lt Col.'. In a 1918 military list for the 20th (Light) Division he appears as 'Major P.F. STORY, D.S.O.'. As we researched the Bingham Court...
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Bedford College for Women, University of London
Founded by Elizabeth Jesser Reid as the Ladies College, the first higher education college for women. In 1900 it became part of the University of London and in 1913 moved to larger purpose built p...
World War 2
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
Arnold James Burton
See Burtons. The picture shows, left to right: Arnold, Barbara, Stanley, Raymond.
Johann Pestalozzi
Teacher and educational reformer. Born in Zurich. Motto "Learning by head, hand and heart". Wrote novels explaining his principles, e.g. 'Leonard and Gertrude', 1781. Died Brugg, Switzerland.
Northumberland House - Charing Cross
Sited just to the east of Charing Cross and Nelson's column, where Northumberland Avenue and Waterstones now (2024) are. The picture source, Wikipedia, has a very useful map, but there we also read...
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