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Reginald Bland Goy

Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man: Reginald Bland Goy was born on 3 January 1914, the second son and the third of the five children of Walter Richard Edward Goy and Elizabet...

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Sir James John Hamilton

The second and last Baronet of Woodbrook in the County of Tyrone.

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William Hare

Murderer. Born in either Newry, County Armagh or Londonderry. His birth year is also given as 1804. He moved to Britain, finishing up in Edinburgh where he met William Burke. Incorrectly thought of...

Person, Other, Scotland

Eva Hart

Aged 8, survivor of the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic. Born in Ilford, she and her parents were booked to emigrate to America on the Philadelphia, but because of a coal strike, they, and many oth...

Person, Other, USA

Howard de Walden Estates Ltd

Wikipedia has a very useful map showing "Estate (freehold) ownership of land in Central London as of 2023". The Howard de Walden Estate is shown in light red.

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Dame Francis Howland

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India Place

Formerly Montreal Place, this street was renamed India Place on Republic Day, 26 January 1996.

Place, Other, India

J. Lyons staff who died defending the WW2 home front

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Karmarama

A creative agency run by Dave Buonaguidi, a neighbour who lived over the road (this detail is important) from the "mole man".

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King's Reach

Reach of the river between London Bridge and Westminster Bridge, named in 1935 to commemorate King George V's Silver Jubilee.

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