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Henry Bursill

Bursill also sculpted the allegorical statues on Holborn bridge and seems to be the same man who produced a book on hand shadows in 1851. See Speel for some more info on Bursill.

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Henry Bursill

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Holborn Viaduct - Fitz Eylwin

{On a granite plaque below the statue:} Henry Fitz Eylwin, Mayor 1189 to 1212.

Holborn Viaduct - Gresham

{On a granite plaque below the statue:} Sir Thomas Gresham, born c.1519, die...

Holborn Viaduct - Walworth

The sword he sports represents the one which removed Tyler's head, the origin...

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John Bell

Sculptor. Born Norfolk though his family home was in Suffolk. On the Albert Memorial the America group is his. Died at home at 15 Douro Place, Victoria Road, Kensington.

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials

Author and sculptor. Born Hilda Mary McDowell. In the 1930s she entertained both Mahatma Gandhi and Haile Selassie at her home in Wimbledon, and sculpted the bust of Selassie which now stands in Ca...

Person, Benefactor, Literature, Sculpture, India

1 memorial

Major Cecil Brown

A member of the Imperial Camel Corps for which he provided the statue in Embankment Gardens.

Person, Armed Forces, Sculpture

1 memorial

Mark Holloway

Assistant to Enzo Plazzotta.

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial

Charles J Allen

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial

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Salt Office

British History Online explains "The salt tax, which was unknown in England until 1694, was enforced during the greater part of the eighteenth century. The tax was repealed in 1730, but was reimpos...

Group, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

C. S. Chan, RFA

SS Atlantic Conveyor, Liverpool

Person

War dead, Other war

1 memorial

Korean War memorial

SW1, Victoria Embankment, Victoria Embankment Gardens - Whitehall section

The phrase "distant obligation..." references a cabinet meeting on 25 June 1950 at which, in the context of British involvement, Korea wa...

3 subjects commemorated, 13 creators

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World War 1

We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...

Event, Armed Forces, Tragedy

402 memorials

Boris Anrep

Mosaic artist. Also wrote poetry in Russian and English. Born Russia. Came to England in 1899 to learn English. Spent time in St Petersburg, Edinburgh and Paris. A 1904 visit to see the mosaics in ...

Person, Art, Craft / Design, Russia

6 memorials