One of the (many) supposed origins of the word 'pom' for an Englishman, is that convicts were branded with the initials of 'Prisoner of Millbank'.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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Millbank Prison - Atterbury Street
This historic bollard was presented by the City of Westminster to the Royal...
Millbank Prison - Australia
This historic bollard was presented by the City of Westminster, London, Engla...
Millbank Prison - Riverside Walk
London County Council Near this site stood Millbank prison which was opened i...
Tolpuddle Martyrs at Copenhagen Fields
Copenhagen Fields From this site on 21st April 1834 thousands marched in sup...
Tolpuddle Martyrs mural
A modern information board informs that the mural was painted by Dave Bangs i...
Other Subjects
Staple Inn Hall
Staple Inn Hall, built in 1580, was destroyed by a flying bomb on the 24th August 1944. The Hall was rebuilt in its original form in 1955, incorporating timber & other materials saved from the...
1 memorial
Dulwich Village stocks
Sadly, our image does not show the Dulwich stocks, but some in Kent.
1 memorial
Claire Holder
"Dr. Claire Holder is from Trinidad. A Notting Hill Resident since the 1960s, she became the Chairperson and Chief Executive of the Notting Hill Carnival 1989 until 2002. Claire is a practising bar...
Person, Community / Clubs, Law, Politics & Administration, Caribbean Islands
1 memorial
Sir Reginald Rowe
Wrote the forward to the 1942 biography of Octavia Hill by E. Moberly Bell. The Improved Tenements Association was set up in 1900. From The London Journal: "As a concession to the societies, and t...
1 memorial
Sir William Gascoigne
Chief Justice of England during the reign of Henry IV. Born Yorkshire.
1 memorial
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Korean War
This war, the first UN action against aggression, has not officially ended but a ceasefire has held since 1953.
3 memorials
Millbank Prison
The design and construction of this prison stretched from 1799 - 1821 and passed through many hands: Jeremy Bentham, William Williams, Thomas Hardwick (father of Philip), John Harvey and Robert Smi...
4 memorials
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