This toll gate is thought to have stood about where Marble Arch now stands.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Tyburn Turnpike House
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Tyburn Stone
We could not read most of the inscription on the stone but found it at San Fr...
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Cornhill market
Cornhill was apparently the only market allowed to be held after noon in the 14th century. Stow reports Cornhill holding a corn-market (not surprisingly) but also old clothes being sold there.
1 memorial
Lady Jane
in 1966 Henry Moss & Harry Fox opened the iconic Lady Jane, Carnaby Street's first women's fashion boutique. Our picture source, the Jewish Chronicle, shows that the whole Carnaby Street phenom...
1 memorial
Galen Weston
Businessman Willard Gordon Galen Weston was born in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, his father being a Canadian businessman. Having studied business Weston went to Dublin and set up his own grocery store ...
1 memorial
Railway Hotel, Harrow
A three-storey brick Victorian pub. In the 1950s it was used as a jazz club and by February 1964 an R&B club (the Bluesday) was operating, where played: Long John Baldry, the Bo Street Runners...
1 memorial
Enfield Market
From Wikipedia: "In 1303, Edward I granted a charter to Humphrey de Bohun, and his wife to hold a weekly market in Enfield each Monday, and James I granted another in 1617, to a charitable trust, f...
1 memorial
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Goldhawk Social Club
Pop music venue in the 1960s. The Who made some of their early performances here, as well as many other artistes including Adam Faith and Screaming Lord Sutch. It is now known as the Shepherd's Bus...
1 memorial
Abney House and Park
The house was built in 1700 and we understand it was close to Stoke Newington Church Street (rather than set back in the grounds). Lady Abney inherited the Manor of Stoke Newington in 1701 from her...
2 memorials
Dr William H. Brotherton
Lived in and ran his medical practice from a house at 289, Cambridge Heath Road. BMJ 19 March 1864 reports: "APOTHECARIES' HALL. On March 10th, the following Licentiates were admitted:- Brotherton...
1 memorial
London Bridge head spikes
Traitors’ heads used to be displayed on spikes on London Bridge, at the Stone Gateway on the south bank. This merry London ritual began in about 1300 and continued until about 1660. The lofty hea...
1 memorial
Bridge House Estates - Silex Street
SE1, Silex Street, Stopher House
Not a memorial really, more a mark of ownership.
1 subject commemorated
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