Newby's ice store stood on the north bank of the canal in the 1860s. Ice was used to keep food fresh for transport, and in shops. Imported mainly from Norway, it was delivered along the canal by horse-drawn barges to Newby's, where it was stored in deep ice wells.
Bridge to Nowhere - Burgess Park Heritage Trail
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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Newby's ice store
Newby's ice store stood on the north bank of the canal in the 1860s. Ice was ...
Ice was cut in Norway, transported by ship to London, stored and then distrib...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Newby's ice store
The Friends of Burgess Park are an association of people and other interested...
The 7 plaques are on different faces of the frontage of the building. We've numbered them left to right. Plaque 3 can be seen in our phot...
The West Square Residents Association has provided an excellent history of this Square on a notice board at the gate. We have transcribed...
At Lost Hospitals we learn that this was a Nurse's Home, opened in 1931. So it's where Sister Thomas lived, not where she displayed her ...
English Heritage Frank Dobson, 1886-1963, sculptor lived here.
Anglican bishop. Born Arthur Mervyn Stockwood in Bridgend, Wales. He was ordained as a deacon in 1936 and a priest in 1937. Appointed Bishop of Southwark in 1959.
Co-churchwarden of Christ Church Spitalfields, 1843 - 45, at least.
Civil engineer. FRS. Born Scotland into a long line of civil engineers. In London worked on: Metropolitan Railway extension Whitechapel tp Bow and Kew Bridge. Died at his home, The Anchorage, Ha...
There is a 53 page, privately printed history of the Old Serjeants Inn, published in 1912 by the Law Union and Rock Insurance Company Ltd, who acquired the property in 1909.
Born in Streatham. He enlisted in the 13th Battalion (Wandsworth) East Surrey Regiment and was sent to France in June 1916. On 24th April 1917 at Villiers-Plouich, his troop's advance was held up ...
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