Canterbury Province New Zealand
In March 1848 on this site, formerly 41 Charing Cross, the Canterbury Association met and planned the settlement of the province founded on the 16 December 1850 by English settlers led by John Robert Godley.
SW1, Whitehall, 22
Above the door is a cartouche reading "Hotl & Co 1809" and the porch frieze reads: "Glyn Mills & Co."
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Canterbury Province New Zealand
Formed to establish a colony in what is now the Canterbury region of New Zeal...
Founder of Canterbury, New Zealand. Born Dublin. Travelled extensively in Ire...
'Boy First Class' is a naval category for a boy aged 16 to 18 who is under training, and who has previously served for between 9 and 18 m...
We visited 5 weeks after the unveiling and the velcro that held the curtain was still in place. Wonder how long it remained...
The two dates indicate the beginning and end of construction, often marked with two different stones, but here they've just added some te...
City of Westminster John Stephen, 1934 - 2004, founder of Carnaby Street as world centre for men's fashion in the 1960s.
The plaque can just be seen in our photo, to the right of the door. From Times Property: The area was fashionable in 1750, when Walter b...
South African financier, b. London as Barnett Isaacs. Competitor of Cecil Rhodes in the South African diamond world. Entered politics in the Cape. His son Woolf became a successful racing driver an...
Born, son of Elizabeth and John Dickens, at No.1 Mile End Terrace, Landport, Portsmouth (where there is a museum). For a map showing many of his London addresses see Londonist. His family were so p...
The dates given on the plaque are about the time that the church ceased functioning and was demolished but we can't explain the exact dates.
Biblical scholar and headmaster. Born Staffordshire, his father a Wesleyan minister. Became a Wesleyan minister and then the first headmaster of the Leys School, Cambridge in 1875 and remained ther...
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