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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Charles Hopton
Born into a wealthy merchant family and admitted as a child to the Guild of Fishmongers. His will provided for almshouses to be built in the parish of Christchurch, Blackfrars, for poor, single men...
2 memorials
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Roger Jefcoate
From The Woodland Trust: "Roger Jefcoate has spent 30 years secretly planting his beloved black poplars.... As a scientist and engineer, Roger developed Possum, the first remote control to help dis...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
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W. Fallowfield
One of the employees of Watney Combe Reid brewers who lost their lives in WW1.
War dead, WW1
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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