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Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society

Categories: Community / Clubs, History

The society's website doesn't specify when it came into existence. It contains a number of 'journals', the oldest of which is dated 1980, so maybe it dates from then.

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

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Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society

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First V2 rocket attack

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Bedford Park Society

Bedford Park Society

Conservation group. Co-founded by two local residents, architect Tom Affleck Greeves and Harry Taylor, following the demolition of some historic houses and unsympathetic developments in the neighbo...

Group, Community / Clubs

5 memorials
Bruce Kenrick

Bruce Kenrick

Minister and housing campaigner. Born Bruce Henderson Kenrick at 14 Poulter Road, Walton, Liverpool. He practised medicine during World War II and decided to pursue a career as a doctor. While at u...

Person, Community / Clubs, Religion, Scotland, USA

1 memorial
Tokyo Sherlock Holmes Society

Tokyo Sherlock Holmes Society

Active in 1953. Initiated by Richard Hughes and also known as the Baritsu Chapter.

Group, Community / Clubs, Literature, Japan

1 memorial
Japan-British Culture Memorial Club

Japan-British Culture Memorial Club

We can find no information about this group so we guess it was short-lived and dis-banded once the memorial was unveiled.

Group, Community / Clubs, History, Japan

1 memorial
Paddington Waterways and Maida Vale Society

Paddington Waterways and Maida Vale Society

Conservation Society. Founded by Colonel Peter Flower and Lord Norwich.It has successfully opposed several unsympathetic building schemes in the area.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial

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Giltspur Street compter

Giltspur Street compter

A prison for debtors. The picture is by George Shepherd, brother of Thomas.

Building, Law

1 memorial
Richard Truman Fitz-Hugh

Richard Truman Fitz-Hugh

A "Guy's man" who died in the South African War, 1899 - 1902.

Person, South Africa

War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Royal Brunswick Theatre

Royal Brunswick Theatre

The Royal Brunswick Theatre was built on the site of a previous theatre, the Royalty Theatre (1785-1826) which had burnt down. The Royal Brunswick, designed by Stedman Whitwell, was constructed, st...

Group, Theatre

1 memorial
Merchant Taylors' School

Merchant Taylors' School

Founded in 1561 by Sir Thomas White and originally at St Lawrence Pountney, EC4. In 1875 moved to newly built premised at Charterhouse, mainly to enable expansion. But by 1929 it had been decided t...

Building, Education

3 memorials
Edward Charles Grenfell

Edward Charles Grenfell

1st Baron St Just. At Harrow, West Acre House, 1884-8. Banker and politician. Governor of Harrow School 1922-41. Director of the Bank of England 1905-40.

Person, Benefactor, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial