Radical, MP and temperance advocate, nicknamed "Dry Wilf". Second Baronet of Brayton.
Member of Parliament for Carlisle, Cockermouth, Camborne, 1859-1906. President of the United Kingdom Alliance, 1879 - 1906.
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Wilfred Lawson
This statue original had figures representing Temperance, Peace, Fortitude an...
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Albion Mills
Corn mill built by Matthew Boulton, James Watt and John Rennie. Rennie moved from Scotland to London when invited to work on the construction of these Mills. Burnt down in 1791 and Spitalfields L...
1 memorial
Eagle Tavern
Spitlefields Life has an excellent write-up of the 19th century entertainment complex here.
2 memorials
Gunmakers Arms
Former public house located at 438 Old Ford Road. Sylvia Pankhurst and her fellow suffragettes converted it into a day nursery and called it The Mothers Arms. The photograph does not portray the ac...
1 memorial
Sun Public House
This pub was destroyed in a WW2 air raid shortly before closing time on 25th September 1940. The plaque says that 20 people were killed; Pubwiki puts the number at 16. The site stood empty for many...
1 memorial
Dolphin pub
We found the building on Google Street View dated 2012 but by 2014 it was gone. From the design of the building and the dolphin relief we'd guess it was built c1930-40. It appears on a 1950 map. T...
1 memorial
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Stella, Lady Reading
Philanthropist. Born Stella Charnaud in Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey. She is best remembered as the founder of the Women's Voluntary Services (now known as the Royal Voluntary Service). In...
Person, Philanthropy, India, Turkey, USA
1 memorial
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