In the midst of the 100 year war between France and England Edward III had the city of Calais besieged and starved. His terms were that six of the principal citizens should surrender themselves, stripped of their finery, ropes around their necks and carrying the keys to the city and to the castle. They expected death but Edward’s queen, Philippa of Hainault, persuaded him to spare them.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Burghers of Calais
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Burghers of Calais
Created for the town square in Calais following France's devastating defeat i...
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William Robert Colton
Sculptor. Born Paris but came to England early and made his home in London. The only other public work in London that we know of is the 1897 Mermaid Fountain or Little Nell, in Hyde Park, just nor...
Lieutenant Hugh Reginald Baldwin
Hugh Reginald Baldwin was born on 4 March 1898, the second of the three children of Edward Thomas Baldwin (1847-1937) and Emily Henry Louise Stoker (1866-1936). His birth was registered in the 1st ...
St Anne's Court
Haven for political refugees from France and Switzerland and, in modern times, from Eastern Europe.
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Sir William Walton
SW1, Lowndes Place, 8, Lowndes Cottage
English Heritage Sir William Walton, 1902-1983, composer, lived here.
Sir Frank Brangwyn
W6, Queen Caroline Street, 51, Temple Lodge
Brangwyn leased this house 1900 - 1937/38.
Jane Austen Society
Formed initially to preserve Jane's cottage in the village of Chawton, Hampshire. This was purchased in 1947 and is now open to the public.
Fortune Theatre - WC2
Designed by Ernest Schaufelberg, this was the first London theatre to be built after the end of WW1, and one of the first buildings in London to to use ferro-concrete construction. Built on the sit...
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