The City of London was well in advance of other parts of London when it came to sewerage.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Commissioners of Sewers
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St Olave, Silver Street - road widened
St. Olave’s Silver Street. This churchyard was thrown back and the road widen...
Other Subjects
Royal Hospital Chelsea
A retirement and nursing home for British soldiers who are unfit for further duty due to injury or old age. They are popularly known as ‘Chelsea Pensioners’. Founded by King Charles II in 1682 and...
Building, Armed Forces, Gardens / Agriculture, Social Welfare
Pulford Street Site Committee
The Pulford Street Site Fund was responsible for raising the resources necessary, mainly from Westminster residents, with grants from the Ministry of Health and Westminster Council, to build the Ta...
Abbeyfield Society
A charity which provides sheltered housing and care homes for elderly people, now known just as Abbeyfield. Founded by Richard Carr-Gomm, it owns and manages around 200 houses and 20 care homes (2...
Frederick Nicholas Charrington
Renounced a brewing fortune to help the East End poor. Born Bow Road, the heir to Charrington’s Brewery in Stepney. He entered the business but, aged 19, experienced a religious conversion and be...
Person, Food & Drink, Jack the Ripper suspects, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare
Tolpuddle Martyrs
6 Dorset farm labourers, transported to Australia for joining a trade union. Following mass protests against their treatment the government was forced to give pardons and eventually after 2 years, ...
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