This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
12,210 dead of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets, WW1
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Mercantile Marine Memorial - WW1
George V should have been on duty to unveil this but he was seriously ill so ...
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Hornsey District Council
1894 Hornsey became an urban district and in 1903 a municipal borough. In 1965 Hornsey's area was combined with Tottenham and Wood Green to form the present-day London Borough of Haringey.
3 memorials
Society for Improving the Conditions of the Labouring Classes
Founded as the Labourer's Friend Society by Lord Shaftesbury intending to improve working class conditions. It was keen on the provision of allotments. 1844 it changed its name to the Society for I...
1 memorial
Canal & River Trust
From their website: "We're the charity who look after and bring to life 2,000 miles of waterways, because we believe that life is better by water." Canal & River Trust took over the guardiansh...
1 memorial
Friars of the Holy Cross, Crutched Friars
Their odd name is just a corruption of 'Crossed', a reference to the red cloth cross which they wore on their garments. The Crutched Friars House in the City was founded at the end of the 13th cen...
1 memorial
Tolpuddle Martyrs
6 Dorset farm labourers, transported to Australia for joining a trade union. Following mass protests against their treatment the government was forced to give pardons and eventually after 2 years, ...
2 memorials
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Gertrude Bell
Traveller, archaeologist, writer and diplomat, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE, explored, mapped, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her knowledge and cont...
Person, Exploring, History, Politics & Administration, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Syria
1 memorial
Stamford Bridge Stadium
Venue which was used by the London Athletic Club until 1905, when its new owner Gus Mears founded Chelsea Football Club. Our photograph shows the stadium in its early days.
1 memorial
Atkinsons Carillon
W1, Old Bond Street, 24
In the photograph of the building the plaque is at the corner, behind the right-most man of the group of three.
1 subject commemorated
Six clasped hands and a golden ball
E1, Chilton Street, 52, St. Matthias Church House
Under the gable is a relief showing a surreal image: three arms each with a hand at both ends, with the six hands clasped in such as way ...
St Govor's Well
W2, Kensington Gardens
The Living Stream: Holy Wells in Historical Context By James Rattue, 1995 says "As his lands included the parish of St Govor in west Wale...
1 subject commemorated