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Royal Arsenal Riverside

Categories: Property

A residential, retail and leisure development of the former Royal Arsenal site in Woolwich.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Royal Arsenal Riverside

Creations i

Arsenal Football Club founded

{Inscription on the plinth:} Royal Arsenal Riverside Royal Borough of Greenwi...

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Duke of Wellington - Woolwich

Originally erected, in 1848, at the Tower of London where the Board of Ordnan...

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Royal Arsenal Riverside Guardrooms

The same plaque appears on each of the guardrooms.

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Verbruggen's House - 2

The plaque refers to the Verbruggens as brothers, when in fact they were fath...

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Other Subjects

Herbert Huntly-Gordon

Herbert Huntly-Gordon

Architect and speculative builder.  Worked closely with the manufacturers Doulton and Company to produce a rough-faced terracotta for this type of neo-renaissance architectural decoration.  Ornamen...

Person, Architecture, Property

1 memorial
Spurstowe Almshouses

Spurstowe Almshouses

Discover National Archives gives: "Shortly before his death in 1666, the Reverend Dr William Spurstowe, Vicar of Hackney, built six almshouses near Church Street, Hackney, for six ancient widows fr...

Building, Property

2 memorials
52 Tavistock Square

52 Tavistock Square

Lived in by Leonard and Virginia Woolf 1924-39. Our picture source also has some photos of the interior, and explains that, even though they have moved out, the destruction of this house affected V...

Building, Property

2 memorials
J. Cochrane and Sons

J. Cochrane and Sons

Builders active in 1902.

Group, Property

2 memorials
Duke of Westminster, 2nd, Hugh Grosvenor

Duke of Westminster, 2nd, Hugh Grosvenor

Extremely wealthy man, grandson of the first duke.  Nick-named Bendor, a "jovial" reference to a lost symbol on their coat of arms (go read Wikipedia if this sort if thing interests you).   Had a 1...

Person, Politics & Administration, Property

1 memorial