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
Creations i
CI - 1 - Christianity
St Peter’s Cornhill founded by King Lucius 179 AD to be an Archbishop’s see a...
CI - 2 - Eleanor
We can't find proof that her route was as specified: from Queen Hithe (at the...
CI - 3 - Bread
This entry will increase your word power: "Soke" - the territory under the ju...
CI - 4 - Market
Cornhill the only market allowed to be held after noon in the 14th century.
CI - 5 - Drapers
Birche Lane, Cornhill, place of considerable trade for men’s apparel, 1604.
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Hazel Reeves
Our picture comes from the video of the unveiling of the Gresley statue, on Reeves' website.
1 memorial
Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler
Sculptor. Born Staffordshire. Early rheumatic fever made him unfit for active service in 1914 so he served on the home front casting and moulding false limbs for amputees. Died at home in Mayfield,...
7 memorials
Samuel Nixon
Sculptor. Possibly born and brought up in London. Died at his home, Kennington Place, Kennington Common.
2 memorials
Kevin Atherton
Sculptor and artist. Born Douglas, Isle of Man. After twenty years of living and working in Ireland he is now (2023) based in Hastings. His practice includes performance, sculpture, film and video,...
1 memorial
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George Chapman
A barber/surgeon, who at the time of the murders lived in the cellar of the White Hart pub. He was later found guilty of poisoning his three wives for which he was hanged in Wandsworth Prison. Bor...
2 memorials
5 memorials
Liam Hamilton
A family squabble developed into a fight in which Paul Hamilton, 30, of nearby Woodstock Terrace fatally stabbed his cousin, Liam Hamilton, in the back with a large kitchen knife, near the site of ...
1 memorial
Auxiliary Fire Service / AFS
The London Fire Brigade website confirms that the Auxiliary Fire Service was initially formed in January 1938 as part of the WW2 Civil Defence Service. The Firefighters Memorial Trust website state...
18 memorials
Clifford Culpin
Son of architect Ewart Culpin. Also designed Greenwich Town Hall. RIBA vice-president.
1 memorial
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