Printing pioneer. Born in Woerth, Alsace, and his modern name is a corruption of Wynkyn de Woerth so, disappointingly, his is not an example of nominative determinism, unlike Isambard Brunel. Brought to London by and a pupil of William Caxton whose printing press he inherited. He moved to the Fleet Street/Shoe Lane area in 1500, thus initiating the association of Fleet Street with printing.
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Wynkyn De Worde
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Wynkyn de Worde
The sun-burst was part of de Worde's printer's device - printed at the front ...
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David Birch
In 1985 working with the London Pottery (96 Kingston Road, London Pottery, SW19). And in 2022: MD at The London Pottery Co Ltd, MD at The London Design Studio Co Ltd, (now at the Kingston Road addr...
1 memorial
John Penfold
Surveyor and architect. Born John Wornham Penfold in Haslemere, Surrey. He was a founding member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and is best known for designing the British hexagona...
2 memorials
Gary Drostle
Artist. Former president of the British Association for Modern Mosaic.
1 memorial
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The Potteries and the Piggeries
A notorious Victorian slum in Kensington. From the late 18th century this was an area where bricks were made to supply nearby construction sites. As London was developed agricultural activities w...
1 memorial
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George Cayley
W1, Regent Street, 309, University of Westminster
Formerly The (Regent Street) Polytechnic. The plaque for the first cinema is inside the hall and is not normally accessible except when t...
2 subjects commemorated
William Harnett Blanch
SE15, Denman Street, 55
Historian, William Harnett Blanch, 1836 - 1900, lived here. Peckham Society
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Cecil Johnstone
Hon. Cecil C. E. Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone. See his brother Francis for family information. Attended Eton, 1869-74.
1 memorial
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