From Environment Agency: “In 1874, the tide in the Thames rose 4 feet 3½ inches above Trinity mark, and inundated the south bank of the river along Lambeth, Bankside, and Rotherhithe, and even as far as Woolwich, causing a considerable loss of property and at least one life.”
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1874 flood
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Joseph Benbow
Crew member of the 'Olga'. Died during the voyage bringing Cleopatra's Needle to London.
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Covid 19 pandemic
Also called Coronavirus. The general consensus is that the pandemic originated in Wuhan, China. A national Day of Reflection is held every year on the first Sunday of March. This was initiated as t...
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Christ Church Spitalfields - fire
British History On-line puts the blame squarely on the "negligence of the steeple-keeper". There you can see the exact cost of the repairs to each element destroyed by the fire and the name of the ...
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Alfred Corking
Killed in the Moorgate tube disaster. 2019: Via Facebook we were contacted by Corrine Reynolds: "This is my nan's brother, his name is actually Arthur!!" Worried that our transcription had caused ...
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