Stonemason, architect and civil engineer. Born Eskdale, Dumfriesshire. Aged 12 left school to work for a local stonemason. Aged 25 rode on horseback to London. Built roads, bridges and canals. Never married and spent his live travelling from one project to another. An early nick-name was "Laughing Tam"; his admirer Robert Southey called him "Colossus of Roads". Telford New Town is named after him. Died at home at 24 Abingdon Street. The first engineer to be buried in Westminster Abbey.
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Thomas Telford
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Skempton Building plaques
2018: Eamonn Doyle has written to correct our "east to west", saying that the...
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Frederick Atkinson Powell
Architect. Mayor of Lambeth 1905-6 and 1906-7. Died at home at 344 Kennington Road.
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John Hargrave Stevens
Architect. Seems to have specialised in churches and often worked in partnership with George Alexander.
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Liam O'Connor
Architect, specialising in memorials, see the practice's website.
2 memorials
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Bromley Market House
A market has existed in Market Square since at least 1205. From Bromley Borough Local History Society: "The Bromley Market House, in the Market Square was a timber building with a red tile roof. Th...
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