Person    | Female  Born 1819  Died 1900

Emily Sparkes

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Emily Sparkes

Emily Carpenter, daughter of a Bromley gamekeeper, met George Sparkes while working as his housekeeper. In 1865 she became his second wife. "He is said to have educated the lively and intelligent Emily to share his intellectual and philanthropic interests." Widowed in 1878 she erected the fountain to commemorate her husband 2 years later. She remarried to become Mrs Dowling, but less happily. Information from London Parks and Gardens Trust.

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Emily Sparkes

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George Sparkes memorial

{Inscribed in the granite of the north, pavement, side of the plinth:} In aff...

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John Michele

John Michele

Second son of Simon in the parish of St John Clerkenwell. Active in 1714.

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial
Lady Margaret Butler-Charteris

Lady Margaret Butler-Charteris

Daughter of the Scots Richard Butler, 2nd Earl of Glengall (1794 – 1858) and wife, then widow, to the Irish Richard Charteris (1822 – 1874). She was the eldest daughter and heir to her father.  Th...

Person, Benefactor, Ireland, Scotland

1 memorial
one unknown yet well known

one unknown yet well known

This brainteasing benefactor presents us with an enigma.  Searching the web we found a book "Heretical Doctrines of the Plymouth Brethren by one unknown - yet well known" published 1852.  To quote ...

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial
Mrs Eliza Wilson

Mrs Eliza Wilson

Born Eliza Lawes, daughter of Edward Hobson Vitruvius Lawes and Jane Edwards Lawes. He was a barrister and lived in Serjeants Inn, and their daughter was baptised on the 1st April 1824 at St. Andre...

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial

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Clothworkers Company

Their Hall, next to All Hallows Staining, was destroyed in the Great Fire.

Group, Liveries & Guilds

3 memorials
Philip Leckrone

Philip Leckrone

Pilot Officer, 71 Eagle Squadron, American, killed.

Person, USA

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
L. S. Waghorn
War dead, WW1
1 memorial