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St Govor's Well

W2

The Living Stream: Holy Wells in Historical Context By James Rattue, 1995 says "As his lands included the parish of St Govor in west Wales, he dubb...

William Burman VC

E1

Willesden bus garage WW1 memorial

NW10

These two maps, 1915 map and 1937 map, show this large L-shaped garage. A 1893 map shows the site vacant.  London Transport Museum has a photo of ...

St Saviour's Church - Lewisham - WW1

SE13

This church and nearby houses were developed on The Limes estate.

Bandstand - Queen's Park

NW6

The plaque is on the wall beside the steps. It's a pity that the paint-brush operative hadn't been better trained. Queen's Park was officially ope...

St Peter’s Church Hall

E2

We visited on a Sunday and there was a religious service taking place. But Serviced Office Portal has this address advertised as "Located in Bethna...

Stoke Newington - civilian war memorial

N16

Despite knowing that it was only about 50 meters from the entrance, we had some trouble finding this memorial so here's a crumb trail to help you: ...

Lonnie Donegan

NW6

This building was the Decca recording studios 1937 - 80. As an aside, the Railway Hotel (now the Railway) practically next door, on the corner wit...

St Nicholas, Chiswick

W4

Referring to our photo: the text of the war memorial is below the feet of the crucifix. Bedford's plaque is on the east wall of the church facing t...

St Matthias Stoke Newington war memorial

N16

This church, designed by William Butterfield, was completed in 1853. In 1867 Rev. Le Geyt's high church tendencies sparked strong protests: the vic...