Group    From 1900  To 1965

Borough of Hampstead

A Metropolitan borough of the County of London. It was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Boroughs of St Pancras and Holborn to form the London Borough of Camden.

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Borough of Hampstead

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Bell Moor House - Barratt

On this site stood the house Bell Moor where the historian of Hampstead, Thom...

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Hampstead War Memorial

From the inscriptions it seems that the obelisk was created as a WW1 memorial...

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King Edward VII's coronation tree

Borough of Hampstead This tree was planted by the Mayor, Mr Alderman C. F. Pr...

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Other Subjects

John Sparkes

John Sparkes

Principal of the Lambeth School of Arts 1858 - 1900. Born as John Charles Lewis Sparkes in Brixton. Began teaching at Lambeth in 1857. Cultivated a special relationship between the school and Doult...

Person, Art, Education, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Gresham Committee

Gresham Committee

Gresham College (founded in 1597 under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham) is financially managed by the City of London and Mercers Company.  These two bodies interact with the College through the Join...

Group, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Thomas J. Russell

Thomas J. Russell

Co-churchwarden of St Marks, Dalston in 1898.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Norah Lyle-Smyth, Norah Smyth

Norah Lyle-Smyth, Norah Smyth

Painter, sculptor, photographer and suffragette. Born Norah Veronica Lyle-Smyth in Cheshire. She was befriended by Sylvia Pankhurst and accompanied her on a speaking tour around Europe. She finance...

Person, Art, Gender Issues, Photography, Politics & Administration, Sculpture, Ireland

2 memorials
R. S. Faulconer

R. S. Faulconer

Formerly a Churchwarden of the Parish of S. Mary Newington. Active in 1877.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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John Gilbert Winant

John Gilbert Winant

United States ambassador to Great Britain 1941-46. Born New York City. Succeeded the pro-appeasement ambassador, Joseph Kennedy, Winant was with Churchill when news arrived of the attack on Pearl H...

Person, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, USA

2 memorials
Festival of Britain

Festival of Britain

'A tonic for the Nation', The Festival was intended to cheer us all up after WW2, and incidentally to celebrate the centenary of the 1851 Great Exhibition. The symbol for the Festival was designed ...

Event, Art, Cinema, Science, Tourism / Traditions

20 memorials
Sir Hamo Thornycroft

Sir Hamo Thornycroft

Sculptor. Born William Hamo Thornycroft (but the William is normally dropped) at 39 Stanhope Street, Regent's Park.   Son of sculptors Thomas and Mary Thornycroft.  Studied at the Royal Academy Sch...

Person, Sculpture

8 memorials
Billy Smart's Circus

Billy Smart's Circus

The first appearance of the Billy Smart Circus was at Southall Park.

Group, Theatre

2 memorials
Morris Singer Foundry

Morris Singer Foundry

Founded by John Webb Singer as the Frome Art Metal Works. Cast many of the best known sculptures in London, including the statue of Justice on the Central Criminal Court, 1906. Merged with the Morr...

Place, Commerce, Craft / Design

22 memorials