In the 19th century Swan Wharf was the site of a brewery and public house 'Swan Inn', destroyed by fire in 1871.
The image, an 1878 photo by William Reid, shows the tower of All Saints behind.
The Picture source gives: "An early 19th-century malting stands on the bank of the River Thames next to Swan wharf, the coal wharf of Cramer Roberts & Co. The 15th century tower of All Saints' Church is visible over the roofs. January 01, 1878."
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Swan Wharf & Swan Inn
This building stands on the site of Swan Wharf which in the nineteenth centur...
At 74 - 75 St Martin's Lane. Mentioned in Thackeray's "Vanity Fair".
Son of Helen and Richard D‘Oyly Carte. Chairman of the company 1901 - 1948 - through both World Wars. Father of Bridget. Wodehouse supposedly based Psmith, one of his characters, on Rupert, or p...
Chairman of Barclays Bank, Ltd., chairman of the London Bankers Clearing House. With a group of friends founded Goodenough College. Born Calcutta, died in London.
Born Lublin, Poland. 27-year-old cycle courier killed by collision with a HGV, a 32-tonne Scania tipper truck, whilst working for Anderson Young.In November 2004 Terence Mark Fallows, driver of th...
Actor. Born Donald Alfred Sinden in Plymouth. Renowned for his rich voice, he excelled in all genres of acting. On stage he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. In the cinema he appeared ...
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins 1861 - 1947 biochemist Nobel Prize winner 1929, lived in this house 1878 - 1898. London Borough of Enfield
A department of the government of the UK. From Victoria Cross commemorative paving stones: "In August 2013, the UK government announced a campaign to honour Victoria Cross recipients from the First...
Founder of the USSR. Born and died in Russia. Political theorist and Communist revolutionary. Reviewing a book on Lenin in the Observer, 23 October 2016, Nigel Jones wrote: "... once in power Lenin...
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