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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Walter Gilbert

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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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Grinling Gibbons

Grinling Gibbons

Born Rotterdam. Wood carver and sculptor. Other works in London: a marble font in St James's Piccadilly, carvings in Whitehall Palace. Lived and died in Bow Street. See Discovering London for some ...

Person, Sculpture, Netherlands

10 memorials
William Fawke

William Fawke

Sculptor. He exhibited with the Society of Portrait Sculptors in 1978 and 1979 and had his first solo exhibition in 1982. Amongst his works are statues of Doctor Samuel Johnson and the composer Ral...

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
David Wynne

David Wynne

Sculptor of figures, animals, and portraits. Born London. Other work in London includes: Girl with a Dolphin 1975 (before Boy with a Dophin) near Tower Bridge, (London Details for photos), Dancer w...

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials
Jim Guy

Jim Guy

"Award-wining sculptor" but we are struggling to identify him. Could this be the same Jim Guy who was quoted in 2011 by the BBC as the Managing Director of the Zahra Modern Art Foundries, a short-l...

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Colin Dudley DFC

Colin Dudley DFC

Sculptor.  From the picture source: "He has written books on architectural history and is a talented artist. As well as doing a tour of ops as a Halifax Navigator with 578 squadron."

Person, Armed Forces, Sculpture, Australia

1 memorial

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Karla Roman

Karla Roman

E1, Whitechapel High Street

Killed at 9am as she cycled to work, by a coach. As far as we can tell the coach turned left across her path, as she also turned left out...

2 subjects commemorated
William Hamley

William Hamley

Founded Hamleys toy shop. Born Cornwall.

Person, Children, Commerce

1 memorial
Paul Butt

Paul Butt

Paul Gordon Butt was born on 7 July 1962 and his birth was registered in the Thurrock, Essex, registration district. He was the elder son of Richard A. Butt and Nora A. Butt née Aynge and his young...

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Norland Square Garden Committee

Norland Square Garden Committee

The managing committee of Norland Square Garden in London, W11.

Group, Community / Clubs, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands

She had a busy time on her visit to England in June 1989 to help us celebrate the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the crowning of William of Orange in 1689.  We've found 1 memorial she unveiled on ...

Person, Royalty, Netherlands

3 memorials