Christ Church School, SW3

Christ Church School, SW3

Christ Church itself was built in 1839 and quickly established its Sunday School, initially only for boys and in rented premises in Flood Street. Then Lord Cadogan donated the land directly opposit...

Building, Children, Education, Property

4 memorials
Christ Church Spitalfields - alterations

Christ Church Spitalfields - alterations

Wikipedia says the works were done in 1850 but the church's own website confirms the date in the plaque and seems to say that all the Victorian alterations were undone ("a restoration of the church...

Event, Property, Religion

1 memorial
Ted Christmas

Ted Christmas

Builder. Born Edward Charles Christmas in Lewisham. He set up his business around 1890, initially building large detached houses, and then less expensive ones in the Perry Vale area, where his styl...

Person, Property

1 memorial
Church Row

Church Row

The photograph appears under Stoke Newington Manor House/Church Row on the Hackney Plaques and Local History website, without any further explanation. We have to assume that this is a picture of Ch...

Place, Property

1 memorial
Eagle House - Clapham

Eagle House - Clapham

Country house built by Benjamin Bond, when Clapham was fashionable for out-of-town residences. After 1889 the estate was sold and the main house and many of the other buildings were pulled down.   ...

Building, Property

1 memorial
Clapham Odeon

Clapham Odeon

Cinema. Designed by George Coles. The use of neon lights on its exterior gave it a distinctive look at night. It closed in 1972, but permission to demolish it was refused. It reopened as 'The Liber...

Building, Cinema, Property

1 memorial
Clapton House

Clapton House

It stood to the north of Clapton Pond, probably on the site of the house of Thomas Wood, later Serjeant of the Pantry, who lived in Hackney in 1597 and was a vestryman in 1627. The building on the ...

Building, Property

1 memorial
Albert Clarke

Albert Clarke

Worked on the 1921-6 construction of the Harrow School War Memorial Building, probably leading the project.

Person, Property

1 memorial
Clissold Park and House

Clissold Park and House

Built as Paradise House, or Newington Park House, in the late 1700s for Jonathan Hoare. William Crawshay (1764 – 1834) bought it in 1811. He objected to his daughter's choice of a husband so it was...

Place, Gardens / Agriculture, Property

2 memorials
J. Cochrane and Sons

J. Cochrane and Sons

Builders active in 1902.

Group, Property

2 memorials
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