A watch house was an early form of local police station but we've heard it said that this particular watch-house did at one time shelter the guards charged with preventing grave-robbing in the St Sepulchre graveyard. This is the last City of London watch-house standing.
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Watch-house in Giltspur Street
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Royal Arsenal Riverside Guardrooms
Originally the two guardrooms flanked a grand staircase, which was the riverside entrance to Woolwich Arsenal. One has been converted into a restaurant.
1 memorial
G. T. Bishop
Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Admiral Robert Blake
Admiral. The date given is his baptism, in Bridgwater, Somerset where there is now a museum and a statue. First fought for Cromwell in the army and was then appointed "General at Sea". 1652-3 he wa...
3 memorials
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
H. W. T. Elam
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
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Stanley Howard Burton
Stanley served in the RAF during WW2. The Burtons were philanthropic and in Leeds there is a gallery and a theatre named "Stanley & Audrey Burton" so we think he may have married an Audrey. W...
3 memorials
London County Council
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the first directly elected strategic local government body for London. Replaced by the Greater London Council, covering a la...
285 memorials
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