The Thames flood wall was erected probably in response to the "The Great Thames Flood" of January 1809 which particularly affected: Bisham, Eton, Windsor,Deptford and Lewisham. It has been raised a number of times since.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Thames flood wall
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High Tide - 1928
The 75 ft of wall which collapsed may actually have been in Millbank which is...
Wall - 1817
This wall was erected and the piles fixed Anno Domini 1817. William Smith - W...
Other Subjects
Furnival's Inn
One of the two Inns attached to Lincoln's Inn, the other being Thavie's Inn (which has a street and building just south of Holborn Circus). At Staple Inn we share with you our meagre understanding ...
Prince of Wales pub, Mackenzie Road
144 Mackenzie Road. This photo dates from the 1930s. Destroyed by a WW2 V2 rocket.
German Hospital
Opened with 12 beds in 1845. The local German community was very large at this time and nurses were recruited from Germany from the Kaiserworth Institute. Florence Nightingale was so inspired by th...
Marylebone conduit
At London Sideways we learn that in 1237 the City of London, short of water, were granted a piece of land beside the Tyburn River so that they could lay conduits to carry water to the City. This l...
Merton Place
Country house, built about 1750 for Henry Pratt. Lord Nelson arrived here in 1801 after his separation from his wife Fanny. In his time the grounds were extensive, a quarter square mile. He used ...
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Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister: 1979 - 1990. Born Grantham. MP for Finchley: 1959 - 1992. A Marmite politician of the highest order - her death was greeted with a rare mix of immoderate panegyrics and gleeful cele...
W. Young & Son
The Young family began fishing the Thames for whitebait in 1750. In 1811 William Young married Elizabeth Martha who had been selling fish at the Greenwich quayside. They set up a fish shop and the ...
Mary Anne Clarke's house
We think Clarke lived in 1803 in the house that can be seen to the left (west) of this church. See the plaque page for why we think this. And that the Duke of York frequently visited her here.
Arnold James Burton
See Burtons. The picture shows, left to right: Arnold, Barbara, Stanley, Raymond.
United Wards Club of the City of London
Both the picture source website and the City of London explain what this is. It was founded at The Bell, Carter Lane by Joseph Newbon.
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