Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England and founder of Winchester College. Reconstructed Windsor Castle for King Edward III. Click on external site for more information. And see Winchester geese for the seamier side of the bishopric.
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William of Wykeham
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Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
Founded by William Morris, Philip Webb and others associated with the Pre-Raphaelites to counteract the highly destructive 'restoration' of medieval buildings being practised by many Victorian arch...
1 memorial
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner
Architectural historian and author of "The Buildings of England". Born in Leipzig, Germany. Hitler's rise to power caused him to move to London in 1935. Buried in the churchyard of St. Peter's a...
2 memorials
Adelphi Terrace
The Adam brothers built a very large development including a run of houses with a terrace that overlooked the river, which was much closer before the Embankment was built. It was this terrace that ...
3 memorials
Philip Tilden
Architect. In the Wikipedia list of his works none are in London.
1 memorial
Hampstead Garden Suburb
Henrietta Barnett formed a board of trustees to build this urban utopia following strict social principles: all classes accommodated, places of education provided, places for the handicapped and el...
8 memorials
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Henry Lofts
W1, Mount Street, St George's Gardens
Henry Lofts erected this fountain without naming anyone he wished to commemorate so, unusually, he is, on our website at least, commemora...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
John Tweed
Sculptor. Born Glasgow. Good friend and associate of Rodin. Also by Tweed is the Wellington Monument in St. Paul’s Cathedral. Died in a nursing home at 18 Langham Street.
7 memorials
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Charles J. Clark
Co-Churchwarden of St Michael & All Angels Church in Bedford Park in 1887.
1 memorial
Kensington Library - Princess Alice Garden - unveiled
W8, Philimore Walk, Kensington Central Library
The library, by E. Vincent Harris and opened in 1960, is the building to the south, the left of our picture. The Library Time Machine mus...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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