Clock-maker.
We had 1989 as his date of death but in July 2024 we received this contact from Chris: "Dan’s distant nephew (grandson of his sister Elizabeth) here. Just to correct that 1989 is when Dan retired and sold the building, but he happily lived until 2002! The plaque is a little misleading in that respect…" We are grateful for that information and have made the correction.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Dan Parkes
Designer, entrepreneur and founder of the Urban Golf Tournament. Urban Golf seems to be exactly what you'd imagine it might be and has been played in the East End, Siena, Hong Kong, Canada and Ven...
Founded by C. R. Ashbee together with an evening school. Initially opened in Toynbee Hall then moved to the the top floor of the next-door warehouse, 34 Commercial Street. In 1890-1 the workshop...
A multidisciplinary practice specialising in sculptural timber structures for both public and private clients.
A notorious Victorian slum in Kensington. From the late 18th century this was an area where bricks were made to supply nearby construction sites. As London was developed agricultural activities w...
Anti-apartheid activist. Born Stephen Bantu Biko in Ginsberg Township, in what is now the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. He was initially involved with the multiracial National Union of Sou...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous, South Africa
Christian orphan beheaded aged 14. Patron Saint of children, cramps, headaches, oaths, treaties, against false witness and against perjury.
The Kensington Gardens Management Plan informs that the fountain was the gift of 'Mrs Galpin'. We researched this claim, extensively, and could find no Mrs Gilpin who satisfies the evidence, so we ...
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