In the 19th century there was an extensive general market for butchers' meat and provisions, in a part of Somers Town, called the Brill. It was described as an "imposing palace of gin and bitters". Note Brill Place still exists.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
The Brill
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Somers Town Mural
This mural was commissioned by the GLC in 1980 and moved to this site by St P...
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R. Mackay
Chairman of the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society in 1900.
1 memorial
Imperial Hotel, Russell Square
Designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll. The picture was taken in 1913 after the completion of the extension, which is the section on the left, to the north (2017: we now think the 'extension' was into t...
22 memorials
The George Pub, Fleet Street
Founded in 1723 as a coffee house, became Georges Hotel in 1830 and then a public house as it is today. Current building is late Victorian.
1 memorial
West India Docks
A series of three docks on the Isle of Dogs. Their construction was largely the responsibility of Robert Milligan, who had managed his family's Jamaica sugar plantations. He became outraged at loss...
1 memorial
Covent Garden Market
The piazza, created in 1630 by Inigo Jones for Francis the 4th Earl of Bedford, attracted stalls and hawkers so in 1670 the 5th Earl decided to formalise and profit from the situation and obtained ...
2 memorials
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5 memorials
St Marys Sports and Social Club - WW2 memorial
SW12, Balham High Road, St Mary and St John the Divine
The plaque is at the base of the tower. Our colleague Andrew Behan, has researched all the names on the memorial. A history time line of...
War dead | WW2
9 subjects commemorated
9 subjects commemorated
LSHTM - Parkes
WC1, Gower Street, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
This listed building was designed by Vernor Rees in 1926, one of the first steel-framed buildings ever erected. The balconies are decorat...
1 subject commemorated
Samuel Butler (poet)
Poet and satirist. Remembered now chiefly for a long satirical poem 'Hudibras'. Born Worcestershire. Died London.
1 memorial
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...
1 memorial
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