Church architect. Born Gloucester. The official surveyor of the fabric for Westminster Abbey in 1961-73 and restored Martin-in-the-Fields after WW2. He has worked in parish churches and cathedrals all over England.
Church architect. Born Gloucester. The official surveyor of the fabric for Westminster Abbey in 1961-73 and restored Martin-in-the-Fields after WW2. He has worked in parish churches and cathedrals all over England.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Stephen Dykes Bower
Given by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association 1960.
Architect. Born Church Row, Fulham, to an architect father, also Henry. Laid out sections of Knightsbridge and Chelsea, including Sloane Square. Also built the original Brighton Pavilion, although ...
From Historic England: Engineer and architect to the Chiswick Urban District Council in 1921. Also designed the Memorial Fund's Chiswick War Memorial Rest Homes, Burlington Lane. Housing disabled s...
Architect, pupil of Wren. Born Aberdeen. Died at home in Henrietta Street. Buried at old parish Church of St Marylebone.
Architect and prolific writer of church hymns (nearly 2000!). Born Wapping. Died Homerton where he was a church warden at St. Barnabas.
We are grateful to Rambissoon’s daughter, Meera, who told us that her father designed the plaque. She writes: “He was an architect for London Underground. He was passionate about design and transpo...
Churchwarden of All Saints Church, Wandsworth in 1841. Andrew Behan has researched this man: John Dormay was born on 29 November 1802 in Wandsworth, the son of Peter Dormay and Jane Dormay née Bur...
Literary hostess and patron of the arts. Died in a clinic at Tunbridge Wells. Her Wikipedia page gives much information about her life and confirms that she was born on 6 June 1873 as Ottoline Vio...
Naval officer and politician. Born St James's Square. Joined the Navy aged 13 (this was not uncommon) and served in the French Revolutionary Wars. Charles had 7 elder brothers so the chances of him...
From Westminster: Mayfair suffered a direct hit during the Blitz of winter 1940 and the area’s oldest cottage, which had an inscription over its doorway ‘The Cottage, 1618 A.D’ was destroyed. This ...
MP, brewer, slave abolitionist and social reformer. Born Essex. Entered the Brick Lane brewery Truman, Hanbury & Company in 1808, eventually taking on sole ownership. 1807 married Hannah Gurney...
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