Person    | Male  Born 12/8/1871  Died 23/1/1946

Walter Gilbert

Categories: Sculpture

Sculptor. Born Rugby. Cousin to Sir Alfred Gilbert. His son, Donald, also sculpted and they often worked together. Other works in London include: some gates at the Freemasons Hall (inside or outside, we don't know) and the internal shrine there, the Buckingham Palace gates facing the Victoria Memorial, lift enclosure in the British Museum Extension (Edward VII Galleries) around 1907, others listed at Wikipedia. Died Littlehampton.

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Walter Gilbert

Creations i

CI - 1 - Christianity

St Peter’s Cornhill founded by King Lucius 179 AD to be an Archbishop’s see a...

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CI - 2 - Eleanor

We can't find proof that her route was as specified: from Queen Hithe (at the...

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CI - 3 - Bread

This entry will increase your word power: "Soke" - the territory under the ju...

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CI - 4 - Market

Cornhill the only market allowed to be held after noon in the 14th century.

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CI - 5 - Drapers

Birche Lane, Cornhill, place of considerable trade for men’s apparel, 1604.

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Richard Michael Renshaw

Richard Michael Renshaw

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Person, Sculpture, Wales

1 memorial
Andrew O'Connor

Andrew O'Connor

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Person, Sculpture, Ireland, USA

1 memorial
W. S. Frith

W. S. Frith

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Person, Sculpture

3 memorials
Skylon

Skylon

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Building, Sculpture

1 memorial
John Flaxman

John Flaxman

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Person, Sculpture

7 memorials

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Reginald & Daphne Goy

Reginald & Daphne Goy

N6, Waterlow Park

When we visited in 2004 the tree was not there. The park was undergoing some major Lottery-funded work so we thought that perhaps the tre...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel

Sir Marc Isambard Brunel

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Person, Engineering, France, USA

6 memorials
Trinity Green Almshouses

Trinity Green Almshouses

E1, Mile End Road

These alsmshouses are often called Trinity Almshouses which confuses them with the Deptford Trinity Alsmhouses.  We have photographed the...

2 subjects commemorated
A. A. Vinten, Jnr.

A. A. Vinten, Jnr.

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Queen's Gate WW1 memorial

Queen's Gate WW1 memorial

SW7, Queen's Gate, St Augustine’s Church

Designed by William Butterfield in 1865, this church is considered one of his best works.

War dead | WW1
78 subjects commemorated