Poet, essayist and historian. Born France. Catholic. His works include 'Cautionary Tales for Children', in which Matilda told lies and was burnt to death. Died Guildford.
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Hilaire Belloc
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Hilaire Belloc
Greater London Council Hilaire Belloc, 1870-1953, poet, essayist and historia...
Mont Blanc restaurant
City of Westminster Site of the Mont Blanc Restaurant where leading writers,...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Historic Croydon Airport Trust
From their website: The Historic Croydon Airport Trust was founded in 1978 as the Croydon Airport Society. It set out to conserve the history and heritage of London Croydon Airport, Britain’s first...
2 memorials
Major-General William Roy
Military engineer, surveyor, antiquary. Born South Lanarkshire. Founder of the Ordnance Survey. 1749-55, one of a team that produced "The Duke of Cumberland's Map", commissioned by George II as ...
Person, Armed Forces, Engineering, History, Science, Scotland
2 memorials
1 memorial
Joseph Ritson, FSA
Literary antiquarian. Born Co. Durham. Trained as a lawyer and from 1780 had chambers in Gray's Inn where he specialised in conveyancing. Odd in a number of ways: aged 20 converted to vegetarian...
1 memorial
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Henry Fawcett statue - lost
SW8, Vauxhall Park
Donated by Henry Doulton and created in terracotta by Tinworth, who worked at Doulton’s nearby Lambeth factory where it was made. The bas...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Carthusian martyrs
EC1, Charterhouse Square
The verse comes from "The Apocrypha: Prayer of Azariah, Chapter 1". We don't understand why this plaque excludes Augustine Webster who w...
19 subjects commemorated
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