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Charles Spiers

Charles Spiers

Trustee of the Norton Folgate almshouses in 1860.

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Charles Spiers

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Norton Folgate almshouses

These almshouses were erected in the year 1860 for poor inhabitants of the li...

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Charles Prestwich Scott

Charles Prestwich Scott

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Earl of Halifax

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William Rees-Mogg

William Rees-Mogg

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Entente Cordiale

Entente Cordiale

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2 memorials
Alec Roy

Alec Roy

Roy was Chair of the Lee Valley Park 1981-6. We can't find any information on him so we looked into the Park instead. The Park is huge, 10,000 acres, more than four times the size of Richmond Park...

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1 memorial