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Trevithick Centenary Memorial Committee

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Trevithick Centenary Memorial Committee

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Richard Trevithick

The world’s first passenger-carrying railway was opened in Euston Square, or ...

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John Blanke Project

John Blanke Project

An art and archive project celebrating John Blanke.

Group, Art, History

1 memorial
Hammersmith and Fulham plaque erectors

Hammersmith and Fulham plaque erectors

We've found a number of plaques in a similar and distinctive style around the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, but we have not been able to determine who erects them.  If it's the council they ar...

Group, History

6 memorials
Thomas Carlyle (author)

Thomas Carlyle (author)

Historian, essayist and co-founder of the National Portrait Gallery. Born in Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Portrayed, second from right, in the 1860 Ford Madox Brown painting 'Work'...

Person, History, Literature, Scotland

6 memorials
Henry Hallam

Henry Hallam

Historian best known for his books on European history and English constitutional history.

Person, History

1 memorial

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Francis Knibbs

Francis Knibbs

Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man: Francis Knibbs was born in 1875 in Bermondsey, Southwark, the only child of Francis Edward Knibbs and Amelia Knibbs, née Potts. His father was a ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Nigel Playfair

Nigel Playfair

Actor and theatre manager. Born Nigel Ross Playfair in London. In 1918 he formed a syndicate to take over the derelict Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith. It became a highly successful drama venue, with ...

Person, Theatre

1 memorial
Women's work in WW2

Women's work in WW2

The vital work done by over seven million women during World War II.

Group, Gender Issues

1 memorial
Temple Bar memorial - Victoria

Temple Bar memorial - Victoria

EC4, Fleet Street

The south side is the most weathered and sullied by traffic fumes which explains the poor condition of the marble statue of Queen Victori...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Justus von Liebig

Justus von Liebig

Born Germany.  Considered the founder of organic chemistry and "father of the fertilizer industry".  He also was behind the company that trademarked the Oxo cube and made the invention of Marmite p...

Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Science, Germany

1 memorial