The palace covered the area approximately bounded by (clockwise) Northumberland Avenue, Victoria Embankment, Derby Gate, Downing Street, Horse Guards Road, The Mall. The area was already a centre of government and residence of kings and cardinals when in 1530 Henry VIII ‘acquired’ Cardinal Wolsey’s York Place and modified and extended it to be his White Hall Palace, named for the colour of the stones. Various changes and extensions were made by various monarchs. It suffered badly in a fire in 1691 and again in 1698. Some remained but by about 1750 most of the land had been reused, with only the Banqueting House surviving intact.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Whitehall Palace
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Queen Mary's steps
Queen Mary’s Steps, Whitehall Palace In 1691, Sir Christopher Wren designed f...
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Acton Hill House
Mill Hill or Acton Hill House was built for Richard White in the early 1800s on farmland. Much of it was demolished in 1877 but part remains as 11 Avenue Crescent. See Mill Hill Estate for more i...
1 memorial
Duchy of Cornwall
Something like a company, which invests mainly in land (mostly in the south-west of England) and with the income benefiting the Duke of Cornwall who is normally the monarch's eldest son. The biscui...
2 memorials
Guardian Angels Church & School
The church on the Mile End Road was opened in 1903, the school, shown in this picture, behind the church, in 1896. Both funded by the Howard Family of Norfolk.
1 memorial
Cheyne House
The house and garden can be seen on a number of old maps, such as 1865 OS. From British History online (written in 1913): "Cheyne House consists of two or three different blocks of buildings, none...
1 memorial
Harry Mallaby-Deeley
Politician. He sat as MP for Harrow and then Willesden East, and was renowned for rarely if ever speaking in the house. He was more successful as a property dealer, and in 1913 purchased the whole ...
1 memorial
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Infants Hospital - baby 1
SW1, Udall Street
The two be-wreathed babies are on the building on the south-east side of the street, which was the 1914 nurses home; the others on the, p...
Marie Lloyd
Music hall artiste. Born Matilda Alice Victoria Wood at 36 Plumber Street, Hoxton. She made her debut at the Eagle Tavern in 1884, using the name Bella Delmere. The following year, she changed her ...
3 memorials
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