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William Holmes

William Holmes

Church warden in the Aldwych area in 1807.

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William Holmes

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Pump well at St Mary-le-Strand

St Mary-le-Strand's site says: "The roadway in front of Somerset House . . . ...

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Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi

First woman prime minister of India. Born Indira Priyadarshini Nehru at Allahabad, United Provinces, India. Daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. She entered politics in ...

Person, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, India

1 memorial
Archibald Duncan Galloway

Archibald Duncan Galloway

Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Edward Couchman Beedell

Edward Couchman Beedell

Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

President of USA 1901 - 1909. The Teddy bear was named after him (following a cartoon of a hunting trip he had attended). Franklin D. Roosevelt was a distant cousin. Born and died New York. 2022: ...

Person, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, USA

1 memorial

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Lord Jellicoe

Lord Jellicoe

Born Southampton. Commander of the fleet and victor at the Battle of Jutland 1916, although he was criticized for his tactics. Governor of New Zealand from 1920 - 1924. Held the title Viscount Broc...

Person, Armed Forces, New Zealand

6 memorials
World War 1

World War 1

We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...

Event, Armed Forces, Tragedy

402 memorials
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The borough was formed in 1965 by the merging of the separate former boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea. It was originally planned to call it just Kensington, but Chelsea was added after local prot...

Group, Politics & Administration

31 memorials
London Charterhouse

London Charterhouse

Carthusian priory, founded by Sir Walter Manny and Bishop Michael Northburg of London. Inhabited by 25 monks. The priory was suppressed in 1538 (re: Dissolution of the Monesteries) and the land pas...

Building, Religion

2 memorials
Leysian Mission

Leysian Mission

From Wesley's Chapel and from Kay: The Leys School was opened in Cambridge in 1875; just two years after non-Anglicans were admitted to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. It was intended to...

Group, Religion, Social Welfare

8 memorials