Antiquarian, lawyer, politician and writer. His name was also spelt Lambarde. Born London, he studied law at Lincoln's Inn, wrote the 'Perambulation of Kent', (the first English county history) and probably served as Member of Parliament for Aldborough in the Parliament of 1563–1567. In 1576 he founded the Queen Elizabeth College Almshouses in Greenwich. Appointed Keeper of the Rolls in 1597.
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William Lambard
{Beneath the crest of William Lambard:} The College of Queen Elizabeth founde...
Archaeologist and historian. Born in Blackheath. He worked on the excavations at Lesnes Abbey and Charlton Camp near Woolwich.
We did not initially recognise this logo, on at least 8 plaques in the Surrey Docks area, and maybe others elsewhere. We tried Google's image search and the results made us laugh; being an array of...
Residents' Association in Purley. Their Facebook page, LeKARA, was created in 2019.
One of the oldest building preservation trusts in the United Kingdom. It was founded by members of the newly-formed Blackheath Society as an independent and separate property company. Its original ...
2022: The Seven Dials Trust has a page about Bieda, including: "David has chaired the Seven Dials Trust since its inception in 1984. David also serves on the committees of the Soho Society, the Mus...
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Founded by Sir Sydney Waterlow.
The picture source says "This is an 1865 photo of the house "Lord's Meade". John Eliot and Maria Howard moved there on 12th October 1830 and lived there all their lives."
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...
This theatre designed by the German architect Rudolphe Cabanel, began life in 1818 as the Royal Coburg Theatre under the patronage of Princess Charlotte of Wales and her husband Prince Leopold of C...
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