Isaac Watts statue
N16, Abney Park Cemetery
The quote "Ages unborn..." is presumably from one of Watts' hymns or psalms but we cannot discover which. The quote "Few men .. " is fro...
The quote "Ages unborn..." is presumably from one of Watts' hymns or psalms but we cannot discover which. The quote "Few men .. " is fro...
The text names Phineas Pett as the builder of this ship, but Wikipedia gives "... This was supervised by Peter Pett ... guided by his fat...
This is a marble copy of the bronze statue in Chester. "R & I" was a suffix that Victoria used after being proclaimed Empress of Ind...
{Next to the Borough of Merton crest:} The Round School Built in 1758 as a charity school for fifty poor children, containing a school ro...
In Victorian monograms the letters are often closely linked, often knotted together or sharing a downstroke, but these two appear relucta...
The plaque is just visible in our photo, on the dark wall, to the left of the corner, just below the leaves.
Lived in Loughton from 1954, and lived here with his family 1967-2004, his death.
In 1916 the Freemasons' War Hospital took over the former premises of the Chelsea Hospital for Women on the Fulham Road. At the end of th...
This, the foundation stone for the bridge, was laid in March 1897 and less than 5 months later the bridge was opened.
The sculpture depicts dockers at work as goods are moved from a hoist to a sack barrow. The three figures are modelled on real people - J...