From St Lawrence Fountain: "Relatively little is known of the contractor for the fountain, William Thomas, other than he was based at Clipstone Street, Westminster. He was previously based from Princes Street, then York Road, in Lambeth. He was partially responsible for the building of terraces in Drayton Grove."
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William Thomas
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St Pancras fountain
This 'Matilda fountain' is a copy of the 1867 statue 'At the Spring' or 'Earl...
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Pageants Wharf fire station
In its time, it was one of the busiest fire stations in London. Fires frequently broke out in the nearby wharves, and during the Blitz, the station attended many fires following bomb attacks. It ha...
1 memorial
St Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane
The current St Dunstan's House, an office block, is the nearest building on Fetter Lane. Its predecessor, from which the decorative panels were rescued, stood there from 1886 until its demolition ...
1 memorial
Highbury Manor
It was built for the Lord of the Priory of St John of Jerusalem. The site may have been used by the Romans as a summer camp. It was destroyed by the mob led by Jack Straw during the Peasants' Revol...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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Blake's house SE1
Blake lived here with his wife, Catherine, throughout the 1790s. The photograph was taken in about 1913 and shows that it had already been honoured with a plaque. Despite this the house, with the r...
2 memorials
Atique Sharifi
Although commemorated on plaques as Atiq Sharifi, he was born as Atique Sharifi on 1 January 1981 in Afghanistan and entered the UK as a refugee in 2002. Living in Hounslow, he was a student at Wes...
3 memorials
Wilson Smithett & Co Ltd
Wholesalers of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices, located at 202 Blackfriars Road (2021). The Daily Mail has an interesting 2004 article about tea tasting at the Wilson, Smithett tea brokers office, S...
1 memorial
Diocese of London
From the Picture source: The Diocese of London is the group of Church of England organisations located in North London. It comprises parishes, schools, chaplaincies, missional communities and other...
1 memorial
Unity Theatre
Unity Theatre grew out of the agitprop street theatre in the East End of London in the early 1930's. The theatre, a converted chapel, was destroyed by fire in 1975.
2 memorials
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